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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