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From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man

As the media portrays 2023's Burning Man as a hellscape, THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man revists the work of a group of Burners at the 2019 event. ...

Bought by KFCF FM, WVTF, Nevada Public Radio, KUNM, WGBH Radio Boston and more

BLACK LIVES MATTER meets BLACK ROCK CITY

From: David Boyer
Series: THE INTERSECTION at Burning Man

One principle guiding Burning Man is "Radical Inclusion." But it's never been racially diverse. Activists like Favianna Rodriguez are changing that.

Episode 5: Conclusion - What We’ve Learned

From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative

Over the past few episodes, we introduced you to the idea of what Shifting the Narrative is and what it looks like in gun sense, the war on poverty...

Episode 4: On The Death Penalty - The Unexpected Messenger

From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative

Over the past decade, support for the death penalty has plummeted. In this episode, we look at why this happened and how one unexpected messenger, ...

Episode 3: On Guns - Bridging the Divide on Stage

From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative

Gun violence is an issue that divides many Americans. But a theater company in New York set out to build a bridge by helping people with firsthand ...

Episode 2: On Poverty - The Power of The Camera

From: Will Coley
Series: Shifting the Narrative

Fifty years ago, the Poor People’s Campaign took over a portion of the National Mall in Washington, DC. Their aim: change how Americans understand ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Ghosts of the Korean War: Stop THAAD

From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact

Caption: Protest against President Trump and THAAD in Soseongri, Korea, Credit: Stop THAAD Alliance

We head to Soseongri, a small village nestled in the mountains of Seongju County. There, grandmas and grandpas in the 70s, 80s, and 90s are organi...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WXDU, and WRIR

Program 1 ~ The Battle of the Airwaves

From: WPSU
Series: Time to Lay it Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War

The first hour of the two-part series, Time to Lay It Down ~ The Soundtrack of the Vietnam War that explores the music created during the Vietnam W...

Bought by KPIK-LP, KWSO, Radio Bristol, WQLN, Prairie Public and more

Part 3: The end of times

From: Steve Ray
Series: Christian China and the end of times

After innocent civilians were murdered in Tiananmen square, Chinese revolutionaries learned that political activism couldn't be the only solution. ...

City Of Dreamers - Part 3

From: Littleglobe
Series: Audio Revolution!

City of Dreamers explores the lives of young people and immigrant families from Santa Fe’s South Side. First presented live, on stage at the Lensic...

Kill 'Em Dead with Needle and Thread

From: Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife
Series: Stories Summer Institute 2016 Documentaries

Jeremiah Williams, better known as Flag Boy Twin, may have left New Orleans, but he brought his rich heritage as a Mardi Gras Indian with him. Part...

Bought by KALW

Harlem In Revolt - Part #3 (Malcolm X unedited interview)

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)

Caption: Malcolm X (1964), Credit: Associate Press

Malcolm X 1963: The uncut interview.

Harlem In Revolt - Part #2

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)

This is the second hour of the documentary 'Harlem In Revolt.' It was made by a young writer called Austin Clarke and looked at the state of Harlem...

Bought by KQED

Harlem In Revolt - Part #1

From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Harlem In Revolt (3 Parts)

A little more than fifty years ago, 1963, was a time of great upheaval in the United States. The fight for civil rights was in full force with peop...

Bought by KQED

Marriage Poster Gals Del & Phyllis: A Love Story

From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco

Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin were the first same-sex couple to wed in San Francisco City Hall in 2004 and again -- legally -- in 2008, mere months b...

Bought by WORT, KQED, and KVMR

Fannie Lou Hamer

From: KSLU
Series: In Your Face Women

Older, overworked, frustrated and unwell, Hamer's famous line "I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired" appears on her tombstone. But she mainta...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio

Strange Fruit: Voices of a Lynching

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Audio History Project

Poet and songwriter Abel Meeropol wrote that lament after seeing a photograph of two black teenagers hanging from a tree.

Bought by PRX Remix, Marfa Public Radio, KUER, WMMT, KFAI Minneapolis and more

Chapter 23 - On the Line

From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York

On the job in the steel mills, the Ministers-in-Industry participants continue to shield their identities as seminarians to keep the situation real...

Chapter 21 - Reinie

From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York

At Union Seminary Richard immediately audits a seminar being co-taught by John Bennett and Reinhold Niebuhr on “Christianity and Communism.” Richar...

Chapter 18 - The Election of 1948

From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York

Richard spends the 1948 fall election season organizing student chapters of the League for Industrial Democracy on college campuses. Though loyal t...

Chapter 7 - Getting Religion on the East Side

From: Margaret Poethig
Series: On the Sidewalks of New York

Richard's mother enrolls him in Good Will Sunday School, an East Side mission of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church. At Good Will, Richard lear...

William Jennings Bryan: The Speech That Changed Politics

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders

At the 1896 Democratic Convention, Bryan gave a speech that electrified his party and won him the nomination. His “Cross of Gold” speech is known t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, The Story, PRX Remix, KUT and more

Shirley Chisholm: The Politics of Principle

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders

In 1972, Shirley Chisholm launched a spirited campaign for the Democratic nomination. She was the first woman and first African American to run. De...

Bought by WABE, WEZU, New Hampshire Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more

The “Veep”

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders

Alben Barkley served in Congress for close to 40 years and was Harry Truman’s vice president from 1948-1952. Though he wanted to be President himse...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, PRX Remix, WDET Detroit Public Radio, and KFAI Minneapolis

Victoria Woodhull: The First Woman to Run for President

From: Radio Diaries
Series: Contenders

In the 19th century, Victoria Woodhull was many things: a clairvoyant, a businesswoman, an advocate for women’s rights and sexual freedom, and a ma...

Bought by KUNM, New Hampshire Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public and more

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