{
  "meta": {
    "title": "Sun Ra, in his own voice",
    "kicker": "The Takatune Archive · Sun Ra Speaks",
    "note": "A living catalog of Sun Ra himself — interviews, lectures, TV appearances, and declamations — pulled from public YouTube uploads. Curated to feature Sun Ra's own voice, not tributes about him.",
    "updated": "2026-08-22"
  },
  "categories": [
    {
      "id": "lectures",
      "label": "Lectures",
      "blurb": "Classroom Sun Ra. Berkeley, 1971 — 'The Black Man in the Cosmos.' The chalkboard was cosmic.",
      "videos": [
        {"id": "Cfy2BpbkGe8", "title": "Berkeley Lecture, Pt. 1", "year": "1971", "source": "UC Berkeley · Afro-American Studies 198", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "1LWEQmAGeRQ", "title": "Berkeley Lecture, Pt. 2", "year": "1971", "source": "UC Berkeley · Afro-American Studies 198", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "lw51E3_BF9s", "title": "Berkeley Lecture, Pt. 3", "year": "1971", "source": "UC Berkeley · Afro-American Studies 198", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "HotNAXOPxwQ", "title": "Berkeley Lecture, Pt. 4", "year": "1971", "source": "UC Berkeley · Afro-American Studies 198", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "4q0A53Coqd0", "title": "Afro-American Studies 198: The Black Man in the Cosmos", "year": "1971", "source": "UC Berkeley", "channel": "Miami World Internet Cafe"},
        {"id": "u98Co51cgCY", "title": "On Good, Evil, Whiteness & Blackness", "year": "1971", "source": "Berkeley Lecture excerpt", "channel": "mobileaarmy"},
        {"id": "3o2Wfs6qoc0", "title": "Creating Your Own Mythology", "year": "1979", "source": "Lecture · Nov 10, 1979", "channel": "Emperor Xavier Dujuan"},
        {"id": "rKsMR5YmvyY", "title": "The Possibility of Altered Destiny", "year": "1979", "source": "NYC lecture · Nov 10, 1979", "channel": "KomischeStars"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "radio",
      "label": "Radio Interviews",
      "blurb": "Late-night dials from Philly, New York, London, San Francisco. Sun Ra took every call.",
      "videos": [
        {"id": "_Q7UcKVawA8", "title": "BBC Interview", "year": "1970", "source": "BBC · United Kingdom", "channel": "CEddy10165"},
        {"id": "AMMWNwVhq5k", "title": "Helsinki Interview", "year": "1971", "source": "Finland radio", "channel": "Miguel Patrício"},
        {"id": "3wVS4KNgoPI", "title": "KJAZ, San Francisco", "year": "1974", "source": "KJAZ · San Francisco", "channel": "Intergalaxtic Music: Sun Ra tapes"},
        {"id": "fBUQoxt7X54", "title": "WXPN with Russell Woessner", "year": "1982", "source": "WXPN · Philadelphia · Sep 27, 1982", "channel": "Intergalaxtic Music: Sun Ra tapes"},
        {"id": "ygRAhzhuH18", "title": "WXPN with Russell Woessner", "year": "1984", "source": "WXPN · Philadelphia", "channel": "CEddy10165"},
        {"id": "Iu3m-2_Z5R0", "title": "The Red Writing (WKCR)", "year": "1987", "source": "WKCR · New York", "channel": "Emperor Xavier Dujuan"},
        {"id": "JXjh7BFxV2g", "title": "WKCR Marathon with Phil Schaap", "year": "1987", "source": "WKCR · New York · April 1987", "channel": "CEddy10165"},
        {"id": "b_2BkAmmZrI", "title": "Cosmic Chaos", "year": "1987", "source": "WXPN · Philadelphia", "channel": "Emperor Xavier Dujuan"},
        {"id": "oRyRHP9FOZQ", "title": "Jez Nelson · JazzFM London", "year": "1990", "source": "JazzFM · June 7, 1990", "channel": "Intergalaxtic Music: Sun Ra tapes"},
        {"id": "07zOffc3dN0", "title": "Straight No Chaser · KPFK", "year": "1991", "source": "KPFK · with Jay Green", "channel": "CEddy10165"},
        {"id": "CY3OlMjvXM0", "title": "First Trip to Egypt (excerpt)", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Radio excerpt", "channel": "Lamberfunk"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "tv",
      "label": "Television",
      "blurb": "Broadcast Sun Ra — from local Philly news to David Sanborn's Night Music.",
      "videos": [
        {"id": "6smH2FhxEZM", "title": "Live at 5", "year": "1983", "source": "WNBC · New York", "channel": "CEddy10165"},
        {"id": "h_yOVEIFLu8", "title": "Perspectives", "year": "1988", "source": "WPIV · Philadelphia", "channel": "CEddy10165"},
        {"id": "CcV-iTXVmrE", "title": "Night Music with David Sanborn", "year": "1989", "source": "NBC · Sanborn's late-night showcase", "channel": "Jazz Dispensary"},
        {"id": "mNgwzY0KzlM", "title": "Detroit Black Journal", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Detroit Public TV", "channel": "ukvibeorg"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "poetry",
      "label": "Poetry & Declamations",
      "blurb": "Sun Ra the poet — reading his own verse, live and on tape.",
      "videos": [
        {"id": "jzBrlfGkwpY", "title": "Declamation, Warehouse SF", "year": "1971", "source": "Warehouse · San Francisco · June 10, 1971", "channel": "Emilio Valdes"},
        {"id": "TmdqjXTkrD8", "title": "Reading Poetry on WXPN", "year": "1976", "source": "WXPN · Philadelphia · Dec 25, 1976", "channel": "Intergalaxtic Music: Sun Ra tapes"},
        {"id": "TT-wudSxGWs", "title": "Sun Ra Speaks — His Poetry", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Poetry archive", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"}
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": "speaks",
      "label": "Sun Ra Speaks Series",
      "blurb": "Short-form clips from the Sun Ra Music Channel — pulled from the tapes, one thought at a time.",
      "videos": [
        {"id": "rOEjiHZrdqc", "title": "On Stuff Smith, 1948", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Archive tape", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "Vh1W4XypAQA", "title": "On June Tyson & Art Jenkins", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Archive tape", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "AmpgKIJl9NY", "title": "The Shape of the World Today", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Archive tape", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "dSE2BhengoE", "title": "Night of the Purple Moon Plus", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Archive tape", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "wMMVfXNLWXQ", "title": "Planet Getting Worse / Pleiades", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Archive tape", "channel": "Sun Ra Music Channel (Official)"},
        {"id": "H-8keqA0nSo", "title": "On John Coltrane & Artistry", "year": "1964", "source": "Interview excerpt", "channel": "Samo Salamon"},
        {"id": "AgJyTjCL2HE", "title": "Best Answer on Music", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Interview excerpt", "channel": "Miguel Patrício"},
        {"id": "yNQztJlTY88", "title": "That's what Black people are… Myth!", "year": "n.d.", "source": "Interview excerpt", "channel": "Ancestors Advocate"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}