A father turns on a recorder while tucking in his 7-year-old, having no idea he’s about to capture a poignant growing-up moment in his son’s life. (Advisory: This episode is not suitable for some young…
The surest way for a woman to declare herself a Muslim is to wear the head scarf — the hijab. In these two short pieces, young Muslim women explore the often unwelcome questions and perceptions…
S1 E6: What Men Talk About When They Talk About Sports (Contested, Part 6 of 6)
- November 18, 2015
- Tagged as: Contested, Season 1
Tens of millions of Americans, most of them men, tune in to sports talk radio. Is sports talk a haven for old-school guy talk, including misogyny and gay-bashing? For the final episode in our series…
S1 E5: A Level Playing Field? (Contested, Part 5 of 6)
- November 4, 2015
- Tagged as: Contested, Season 1
Two families, both making big investments of time and money to involve their kids in sports. But the investments they’re able to make are very different. In Part 5 of “Contested,” our series on sports,…
S1 E4: An Athlete Inside and Out (Contested, Part 4 of 6)
- October 21, 2015
- Tagged as: Contested, Season 1
Tal Ben-Artzi didn’t worry about being an out bisexual athlete at Penn State. Maybe she would have if she’d known the school’s history. How much have times changed? In Part 4 of “Contested,” our series…
S1 E3: The (High School) Mascot Wars (Contested, Part 3 of 6)
- October 7, 2015
- Tagged as: Contested, Season 1
Two small towns, one in Idaho, the other in Upstate New York, try to decide whether to change the nickname of their high school sports teams: The Redskins. Photo: Emblem in the main foyer at…
S1 E2: Friends and Basketball (Contested, Part 2 of 6)
- September 23, 2015
- Tagged as: Contested, Season 1
More from suburban St. Louis, post-Ferguson, on the popular notion that sports unites communities. Can the camaraderie of a team sport make race and class status “disappear” for the kids involved or their parents? Scene…
S1 E1: Sports, the Great Uniter? (Contested, Part 1 of 6)
- August 26, 2015
- Tagged as: Contested, Season 1
Can a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson? John Biewen investigates in the inaugural episode of Scene On Radio, a new podcast of audio stories from the Center for Documentary Studies…
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Just 15 minutes into season 5 of @SceneOnRadio and already the point that the writers of the Genesis story broke with the idea that the gods were also part of nature seems so significant. On some level, I understood that but had never really thought about its importance
It’s here, it’s here!! Digging deep into the roots of the climate crisis in S5 of @SceneOnRadio https://twitter.com/sceneonradio/status/1438131645501083648
In your feed: Season 5 Episode 1.
How did we get ourselves into this climate fix, and who's 'we'?
We start at the beginning. Like, 500 BCE. @amywestervelt
We are so excited to see this series come to life! Listen to the first episode of "The Repair" to better understand how we arrived at our current climate crisis.
This season of @SceneOnRadio is supported by our Fund for Women Journalists. https://twitter.com/SceneOnRadio/status/1438142204627853313
It's on. Season 5: The Repair. Our climate series begins.
How did we get this way, the ecology edition. With
@amywestervelt @0212crd
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https://www.sceneonradio.org/s5-e1-in-the-beginning/
It's on. Season 5: The Repair. Our climate series begins.
How did we get this way, the ecology edition. With
@amywestervelt @0212crd
@prx @IWMF
https://www.sceneonradio.org/s5-e1-in-the-beginning/