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Correcting Race

From: Distillations
Series: Innate

"Race correction" is a practice based on the premise that Black bodies are inherently different from White bodies. Medical students are trying to c...

This "Bad Child" Became a Judge With a Passion for Justice, Poetry, and Decency

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1.5, Episode 3 Retried Judge Calvin Johnson was a lot of firsts, including the first elected African American judge in New Orleans. Johnso...

These young New Orleans dancers want the police to know they are not a threat

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1 Episode 9 A dance troupe of young, Black, male teens express their fear and anxiety about police and how the police might potentially vie...

Bought by PRX Remix

A New Orleans rabbi and her congregants are starting new conversations about mass incarceration

From: Eve Abrams
Series: Unprisoned

Season 1, Episode 7 Congregants at a New Orleans synagogue study and educate themselves about mass incarceration and form bonds with formerly inca...

Bought by PRX Remix

Treating America’s Opioid Addiction Part 3

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Searching for Meaning in Kensington

Lasting Letters: Leaving a legacy behind

From: KALW
Series: Crosscurrents

Caption: Jeremy Jue with his dad, Robert, Credit: Jeremy Jue

“Lasting Letters: Leaving a legacy behind” reports on legacy letters and how they are helping people prepare for death, say goodbye, and grieve lov...

Refugee Doctors

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Escape is only the first challenge.

High-Tech and Amish

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Using 21st-century medicine to maintain a 300-year-old way of life.

Rethinking Ink

From: Distillations
Series: Distillations

Lasers, tattoo removal, and second chances.

Bought by KALW

Where Richard Becomes Bianca: Inside Miss Vera's Crossdressing Academy

From: George Bodarky

Miss Vera’s Finishing School for Boys Who Want to be Girls bills itself as the world’s first crossdressing academy. We spend time with its founder,...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Syrian Civil War: What are the impacts of displacement on Syrian lives?

From: Mateo Schimpf

The war in Syria, now in its fifth year, has created a refugee crisis. Almost 4 million Syrians have fled the country, and another 7.6 million have...

The Future of Coal

From: The Allegheny Front: Reporting on the Environment

Caption: A coal terminal in Eastern Kentucky., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier

Can the Appalachian Mountains recover from centuries of mining? What will happen to the thousands of coal miners projected to lose their jobs in th...

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio

In Kentucky, a Prairie Made by Coal

From: Reid Frazier

Caption: Up to a million acres of strip-mined land have been de-forested., Credit: Photo: Reid Frazier

More than a million acres of strip-mined land—an area the size of Rhode Island—are now deforested in Appalachia.

Bought by WMMT, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, and PRX Remix

Her Newborn In Withdrawal, A Young Mother Faces Her Own Recovery

From: Kristin Espeland Gourlay
Series: Newborns in Withdrawal

Caption: Baby Jonathan, 10 days old, Credit: Kristin Gourlay

More babies are being born dependent on the opioid drugs their pregnant mothers were taking. Their condition, called neonatal abstinence syndrome, ...

Shenandoah Valley Shape Note Singers

From: Tanner Latham
Series: Authentic South

Caption: Cross Keys Ruritan Hall, Harrisonburg, VA, Credit: Sarah Cumming

Contributor Kelley Libby visits a shape note sing event in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Sometimes this style of singing is referred to as Sac...

Bought by West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Troy Public Radio, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and PRX Remix

West of Memphis

From: Joyride Media

New one-hour special details the story of the West Memphis Three case – the accused, the victims, the legal battles and the advocates. Will include...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPVL, KFOK-LPFM, KSRQ, and Prairie Public

Following Seas

From: Alex Lewis

Caption: An aerial view of North Beach Island where five cottages were demolished by the federal government.

In late 2011. the federal government decided to demolish five old seaside cottages on Cape Cod that were at threat of being washed away due to coas...

Bought by PRX Remix

Love and Loss in the Pet World

From: Todd Cross

We bring animals into our lives for companionship. And this newly formed relationship redefines the idea of family. This is a look at pet love and ...

Child Obesity - Part Two - Kihuanna's Story

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

This feature profiles a 9-year-old girl named Kihuanna who, at 4 foot one and 139 pounds, has a body mass index twice what it should be. With the h...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio

Child Obesity - Part One -- The Clinical Approach

From: Karen Brown
Series: Child Obesity -- A Community's Response

One health center in Holyoke, MA addresses the 50 percent rate of overweight and obese children in this predominantly low-income, Puerto Rican comm...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Iowa Public Radio

Are childhood mental illnesses related to strep?

From: Julianne Hill

This two-part series examines the debate by world-class scientists if a connection between tics, Tourette's, obsessive-compulsive disorder and ext...

Daran Kravanh

From: Dmae Lo Roberts

After experiencing the horror of the Khmer Rouge experience, Daran Kravanh credits an accordion that appeared on a stump in a forest with saving hi...