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S5 E2: To the Victor

  • September 22, 2021
Christopher Columbus landing at Hispaniola in 1492. Engraving from Herrera, 'Historia General De Los Hechos De Los Castellanos,' 1601. Edited photo highlights the ships, weapons, seamen, and the Christian cross in bright red.

How Western Europe really broke bad in its understanding of humanity’s place in the natural world, starting in the Middle Ages. Part 2 of The Repair, our series on the climate crisis. By host and…

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S5 E1: In the Beginning

  • September 15, 2021
A photo taken of Genesis 1:28 in the Christian Bible with several words glowing red. Photo: John Biewen. Edit: Mara Guevarra.

The climate emergency is here. In the first four episodes of our series, we explore the questions: How did we break so bad? How did we become the kind of society that would unleash so…

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Season 5 Trailer: The Repair

  • August 25, 2021
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This season will explore the cultural roots of our current ecological emergency, and the deep changes Western society will need to make to save the Earth and our species. Through interviews with historians and other…

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REBROADCAST: S4 E8 The Second Redemption

  • January 13, 2021
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2/26/1981 President Reagan with Prime Minister Thatcher of the United Kingdom in the Blue Room during her state visit

This special re-broadcast of a Season 4 episode is in response to the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters. A look at the right-wing counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America:…

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BONUS EPISODE: Election 2020

  • November 24, 2020
  • Tagged as: bonus, bonus episode, election, podcast, Season 4

What does the 2020 election in the United States tell us, or remind us, about the state of democracy in America? A follow-up to our Season 4 series on democracy, The Land That Never Has…

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S1 E20: Hearing Hiroshima (2020 REBROADCAST)

  • August 3, 2020
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  2020 REBROADCAST: The word “Hiroshima” may bring to mind a black-and-white image of a mushroom cloud. It’s easy to forget that it’s an actual city with a million people and a popular baseball team….

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S4 E12: More Democracy

  • June 10, 2020
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A photo of protestors with their faces obscured at a march in Raleigh, NC.

What will it take to make the United States a more fully-functioning democracy, and how can we, as citizens, bring about that change? By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika. Interviews…

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S4 E11: More Truth

  • May 27, 2020
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How well do the news media serve us as citizens, and what role does the notion of “objective,” or “neutral,” journalism play in the failings of American democracy? Story reported by Lewis Raven Wallace, with…

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S4 E10: Schooled for Democracy

  • May 13, 2020
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In most American schools, children hear about democracy, but don’t get to practice it. What would a more engaged brand of civics education look like? Story reported by Ben James, with host John Biewen and…

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S4 E9: American Empire

  • April 29, 2020
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050317-N-6628F-031 Camp Morell, Kuwait (Mar. 17, 2005) Ð Navy Seabees assigned to Naval Mobile Constriction Battalion Two Four (NMCB-24), participate in a live-fire range exercise prior to deploying to Iraq in support of the Global War on Terrorism. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class James Finnigan (RELEASED)

“America” and “empire.” Do those words go together? If so, what kind of imperialism does the U.S. practice, and how has American empire changed over time?  By host and producer John Biewen, with series collaborator Chenjerai…

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2x Peabody-nom’d podcast of @CDSDuke. S5: "The Repair," on climate crisis. How did we go so wrong, and who's 'we'? Co-hosted by John Biewen and @amywestervelt.

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you don't have to "feel" positive to take constructive and positive actions...

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I have a message for the women of North Carolina: you still have a legal right to an abortion in our state. North Carolina state law protects women's reproductive freedoms. 1/

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RT @HC_Richardson @Jenna_Blum: When I was doing a book tour in Germany in 2017, a German police detective who was a child during Hitler’s regime said to me, “be very careful. Democracy disappears by inches and then quickly.” I believed him then and we are watching it now.

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“To limit warming to 1.5°C, 90% of fossil fuel reserves must remain in the ground as unburnable carbon.” https://carbontracker.org/reports/unburnable-carbon-ten-years-on/

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IV_doorJosh Karr@IV_door·
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Today seems like the best time to donate (again) to the Women’s Health Center of WV (https://www.womenshealthwv.org/) and to (re)visit @SceneOnRadio’s 4th season … especially the recommendations on the SCOTUS (Listen to whole season - but min 32 - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/scene-on-radio/id1036276968?i=1000477455236)

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