There’s a long and painful history in the U.S. of white men killing black men and boys without punishment. In this episode, we listen in on “Dar He,” the one-man play by Mike Wiley that…
Episode 29: I Found No Strangers (Travels with Mic, Part 3)
- December 14, 2016
- Tagged as: Season 1, Travels With Mic
The last in our series exploring the spirit of America in the footsteps of one of its greatest writers, John Steinbeck. At key spots on Steinbeck’s 1960 journey across the country, we team up with…
Episode 28: Reality is Not the Stronger (Travels with Mic, Part 2)
- November 30, 2016
- Tagged as: Season 1, Travels With Mic
The second in a three-part series, journeying into the soul of America through the eyes of artists, while following in the footsteps of Nobel Prize-winning writer John Steinbeck who drove across the country in 1960…
Episode 27: Monster America (Travels With Mic, Part 1)
- November 16, 2016
- Tagged as: Season 1, Travels With Mic
First in a three-part journey into the soul of America, through the eyes of working people who happen to be artists. In this episode, David Slater in Sag Harbor, New York, and Kalamu ya Salaam…
Siler City, North Carolina used to be a typical Southern town. Everybody was white or black. Now the town’s population is half Latino. One community’s journey through the “five stages of grief” – all the…
How to grieve when the deaths come so quickly? How, as an African American mother, to protect your child’s innocence and hope? An audio essay by Stacia Brown. Photo: Stacia Brown’s daughter, Story. Photo by…
Episode 24: None of Us Could be Thrown Away (Storymakers, Part 4)
- July 27, 2016
- Tagged as: Season 1, Storymakers
The last installment in our Storymakers series. Four pieces by citizen storytellers on living together, and apart, in Durham, North Carolina. By Vimala Rajendran, Chip and Teddy Denton, Courtney Reid-Eaton, and Nia Wilson. Photo: Members…
More from our team of citizen storytellers in Durham, NC. Stories by Courtney Smith, Katt Ryce, and Kimani Hall, exploring the things that unite and divide people in Durham and in America. Part of Storymakers:…
Three stories conceived and made by citizen storytellers Jamila Davenport, Roberto Nava, and Debby Bussel explore race, class, and gentrification in Durham, North Carolina. Part of Storymakers: Durham, a project of the national Localore: #FindingAmerica…
Episode 21: Finding America in Durham, N.C. (Storymakers, Part 1)
- June 15, 2016
- Tagged as: Season 1, Storymakers
Can stories help to bring a community together? How about radio stories, conceived and made by citizen storytellers? Introducing Storymakers: Durham, a project of the national Localore: #FindingAmerica initiative. Photo: A Story Circle at SpiritHouse,…