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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Imagine that! Fighting climate breakdown is actually good politics...?
Folks, we conducted our first poll! There are really remarkable findings in the results, but this one is probably the most important: 74% of Americans want the U.S. to fight climate change.
https://heatmap.news/politics/americans-overwhelmingly-want-u-s-to-do-more-on-climate-change-heatmap-poll-finds
NPR Launches New Podcast Exploring Lives Of Employees They Just Laid Off https://www.theonion.com/npr-launches-new-podcast-exploring-lives-of-employees-t-1850262516?utm_medium=sharefromsite&utm_source=_twitter
I hope (against hope) that the media will spend at least as much time in the communities being revitalized by clean energy manufacturing as it does in those losing out. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/03/22/auto-factory-closing-ev/
"Climate disasters will become so extreme people cannot adapt. Heat waves, famines and infectious diseases will claim millions of additional lives. Basic components of the Earth system will be fundamentally, irrevocably altered."
no paywall: https://wapo.st/3JR9QBo