A South Sudanese refugee and the music that cuts his heart to pieces. Thelonious Monk’s North Carolina roots. Music and home. Pieces by Nusaibah Kofar-Naisa and John Biewen. Photo: The bend in the railroad tracks,…
It happens. A happy, healthy young person suddenly gets a grave diagnosis. What does not usually happen: The patient rolls tape. By Ibby Caputo. Photo: A young woman getting chemotherapy treatments, 2007. Courtesy of Ibby…
It waits for us all. A lot of people want to think about death as little as possible. Others want to dive right in and explore the mystery. Two short docs on the Big D….
Music can be a powerful gift – if you get the song right, or the right song. Two stories from North Carolina. Photo: Jenna Horgan and migrant workers at a farm camp near Benson,…
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…
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…
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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.
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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/