Scene on Radio

Scene on Radio

78 episodes

Scene on Radio is a two-time Peabody-nominated podcast that dares to ask big, hard questions about who we are—really—and how we got this way. Previous series include Seeing White (Season 2), looking at the roots and meaning of white supremacy; MEN (Season 3), on patriarchy and its history; The Land That Never Has Been Yet (Season 4), exploring the not-so-accidental failings of democracy in the U.S.; and The Repair (Season 5), on the climate crisis: Where did we go so wrong in our relationship with the rest of the natural world, and who's "we"? Produced and hosted by John Biewen, Scene on Radio comes from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University (CDS) and is distributed by PRX.

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S6 E5: A Way Forward

Published: Feb. 8, 2024, 1:40 p.m.
Duration: 58 minutes 18 seconds

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S6 E4: The Forgetting

Published: Jan. 31, 2024, 1 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 32 seconds

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S6 E3: A Day of Blood

Published: Jan. 24, 2024, 1:35 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 21 seconds

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S6 E2: Crying "Negro Rule"

Published: Jan. 17, 2024, 2:03 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 12 seconds

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S6 E1: What Was Lost

Published: Jan. 10, 2024, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 12 seconds

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Season 6 Trailer: Echoes of a Coup

Published: Jan. 3, 2024, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 48 seconds

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Update: Scene on Radio status report

Published: June 2, 2023, 2 p.m.
Duration: 2 minutes 45 seconds

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"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast

Published: Aug. 10, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes 25 seconds

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White Affirmative Action: Rebroadcast

Published: July 27, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 11 seconds

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Losing Ground: Rebroadcast

Published: July 13, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 57 seconds

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Bonus: Introducing Hot Take

Published: July 6, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 14 minutes 2 seconds

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Himpathy: Rebroadcast

Published: June 29, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes

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Things I'm Afraid to Say: Rebroadcast

Published: June 15, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 52 seconds

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Prince and Philando and Futures Untold: Rebroadcast

Published: June 1, 2022, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 12 seconds

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S5 E11: Change Everything

Published: Dec. 15, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 35 seconds

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S5 E10: The Power Structure, Not the Energy Source

Published: Dec. 8, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 8 seconds

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S5 E9: Pachamama

Published: Dec. 1, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 28 seconds

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S5 E8: Last Orders

Published: Nov. 24, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 42 seconds

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S5 E7: Deluges and Dreams

Published: Nov. 17, 2021, 1:45 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 45 seconds

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S5 E6: "We Don't Have the Power to Fight It"

Published: Nov. 2, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 21 seconds

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Bonus Episode: Manchin on the Hill, and Introducing Drilled

Published: Oct. 20, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 39 minutes 8 seconds

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S5 E5: Jakarta, the Sinking Capital

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 30 seconds

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S5 E4: Up to Heaven and Down to Hell

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 1 minute 18 seconds

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S5 E3: "Managing" Nature

Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 55 minutes 20 seconds

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S5 E2: To the Victor

Published: Sept. 22, 2021, 12:45 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 45 seconds

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S5 E1: In the Beginning

Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 1 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 25 seconds

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Season 5 Trailer: The Repair

Published: Aug. 23, 2021, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 41 seconds

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REBROADCAST: S4 E8 The Second Redemption

Published: Jan. 13, 2021, 2:55 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 13 seconds

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BONUS EPISODE: Election 2020

Published: Nov. 24, 2020, 2:22 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 14 seconds

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Hearing Hiroshima (Rebroadcast)

Published: Aug. 3, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 2 seconds

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S4 E12: More Democracy

Published: June 10, 2020, 5:47 p.m.
Duration: 57 minutes 20 seconds

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S4 E11: More Truth

Published: May 27, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 56 minutes 43 seconds

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S4 E10: Schooled for Democracy

Published: May 13, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 59 minutes 6 seconds

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S4 E9: American Empire

Published: April 29, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 53 seconds

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S4 E8: The Second Redemption

Published: April 15, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 3 minutes 5 seconds

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S4 E7: Freedom Summer

Published: April 1, 2020, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 7 minutes 9 seconds

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Bonus Episode: Pandemic America

Published: March 27, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 52 seconds

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S4 E6: A New Deal

Published: March 17, 2020, 1 p.m.
Duration: 52 minutes 27 seconds

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S4 E5: Feminism in Black and White

Published: March 4, 2020, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 48 seconds

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S4 E4: The Second Revolution

Published: Feb. 19, 2020, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 45 seconds

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S4 E3: The Cotton Empire

Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 52 seconds

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S4E3: The Cotton Empire

Published: Feb. 5, 2020, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 41 minutes 52 seconds

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S4 E2: "The Excess of Democracy"

Published: Jan. 22, 2020, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 52 seconds

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S4 E1: Rich Man's Revolt

Published: Jan. 8, 2020, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 46 seconds

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Season 4 Trailer: The Land That Never Has Been Yet

Published: Dec. 18, 2019, 4:45 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 27 seconds

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S3 E12: The End of Male Supremacy?

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 3 seconds

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The End of Male Supremacy? (MEN, Part 12)

Published: Dec. 12, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 3 seconds

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S3 E11: Domination

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 43 seconds

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Domination (MEN, Part 11)

Published: Nov. 28, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 43 seconds

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S3 E10: The Juggernaut

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds

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The Juggernaut (MEN, Part 10)

Published: Nov. 14, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Duration: 54 minutes 53 seconds

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S3 E9: Be Like You

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes

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Be Like You (MEN, Part 9)

Published: Oct. 31, 2018, 3:30 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes

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S3 E8: American Made

Published: Oct. 17, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 47 seconds

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American Made (MEN, Part 8)

Published: Oct. 17, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 47 seconds

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S3 E7: Himpathy

Published: Oct. 3, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes

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Himpathy (MEN, Part 7)

Published: Oct. 3, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 51 minutes

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S3 E6: Warriors

Published: Sept. 19, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 11 seconds

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Warriors (MEN, Part 6)

Published: Sept. 19, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 42 minutes 11 seconds

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S3 E5: More Than Paper Cuts

Published: Sept. 5, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 24 seconds

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More Than Paper Cuts (MEN, Part 5)

Published: Sept. 5, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 53 minutes 24 seconds

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S3 E4: Feminism in Black and White

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 56 seconds

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Feminism in Black and White (MEN, Part 4)

Published: Aug. 22, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 46 minutes 56 seconds

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S3 E3: Skeleton War

Published: Aug. 8, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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Skeleton War (MEN, Part 3)

Published: Aug. 8, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 18 seconds

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S3 E2: Ain't No Amoeba

Published: July 25, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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Ain't No Amoeba (MEN, Part 2)

Published: July 25, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 39 seconds

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S3 E1: Dick Move

Published: July 11, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 45 seconds

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Dick Move (MEN, Part 1)

Published: July 11, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 37 minutes 45 seconds

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Scene on Radio Season 3: MEN Trailer

Published: June 27, 2018, 4 p.m.
Duration: 5 minutes 10 seconds

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I Know It's You (Rebroadcast)

Published: Dec. 13, 2017, 3:02 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 58 seconds

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Transformation (Seeing White, Part 14)

Published: Aug. 24, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 44 minutes 10 seconds

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White Affirmative Action (Seeing White, Part 13)

Published: Aug. 9, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 47 minutes 58 seconds

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Losing Ground

Published: July 26, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 50 minutes 58 seconds

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My White Friends (Seeing White, Part 12)

Published: July 12, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 16 seconds

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Danger (Seeing White, Part 11)

Published: June 28, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 52 seconds

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Citizen Thind (Seeing White, Part 10)

Published: June 14, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 25 seconds

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A Racial Cleansing in America (Seeing White Part 9)

Published: May 31, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 29 minutes 14 seconds

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Skulls and Skin (Seeing White, Part 8)

Published: May 17, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 48 minutes 33 seconds

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Chenjerais Challenge (Seeing White, Part 7)

Published: May 5, 2017, 1:55 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds

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That's Not Us, So We're Clean (Seeing White, Part 6)

Published: April 26, 2017, 3:58 p.m.
Duration: 40 minutes 5 seconds

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Little War on the Prairie (Seeing White, Part 5)

Published: April 12, 2017, 4 p.m.
Duration: 1 hour 2 minutes 57 seconds

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On Crazy We Built a Nation (Seeing White, Part 4)

Published: March 30, 2017, 5:26 p.m.
Duration: 36 minutes 30 seconds

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Made in America (Seeing White, Part 3)

Published: March 16, 2017, 3:13 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 39 seconds

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How Race Was Made (Seeing White, Part 2)

Published: March 1, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 28 minutes 35 seconds

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Turning the Lens (Seeing White, Part 1)

Published: Feb. 15, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 30 seconds

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Movement Time

Published: Jan. 25, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 45 minutes 10 seconds

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Emmett and Trayvon (Rebroadcast)

Published: Jan. 11, 2017, 5 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 54 seconds

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I Found No Strangers (Travels With Mic, Part 3)

Published: Dec. 14, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 23 minutes 37 seconds

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Reality is Not the Stronger (Travels With Mic, Part 2)

Published: Nov. 30, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 50 seconds

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Monster America (Travels With Mic, Part 1)

Published: Nov. 16, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 17 seconds

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El Nuevo South

Published: Nov. 2, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 38 minutes 34 seconds

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Prince and Philando and Futures Untold

Published: Oct. 19, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 33 seconds

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Scene on Radio Season 2 Preview

Published: Oct. 7, 2016, 1:30 p.m.
Duration: 3 minutes 25 seconds

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None of Us Could be Thrown Away (Storymakers, Part 4)

Published: July 27, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 58 seconds

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That Old Optimism (Storymakers, Part 3)

Published: July 13, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 32 minutes 2 seconds

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The Way It Is (Storymakers, Part 2)

Published: June 30, 2016, 1:10 p.m.
Duration: 34 minutes 42 seconds

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Finding America in Durham, N.C. (Storymakers, Part 1)

Published: June 15, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 36 seconds

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Hearing Hiroshima

Published: May 26, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 33 minutes 28 seconds

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My Dad and Me, in Three Songs

Published: May 18, 2016, 4:35 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 35 seconds

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Close Relations

Published: May 4, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 16 minutes 48 seconds

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Selected ShortDocs: Memory

Published: April 20, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 18 minutes 10 seconds

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Rogue Chickens and Ratty-ass Radishes

Published: April 6, 2016, 3:55 p.m.
Duration: 19 minutes 51 seconds

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Things I'm Afraid to Say

Published: March 23, 2016, 4 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 55 seconds

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Groundwork

Published: March 9, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 24 minutes 5 seconds

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Straight, No Chaser

Published: Feb. 24, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 42 seconds

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Losing Yourself

Published: Feb. 10, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 31 minutes 51 seconds

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The Dead Can't Do You Nothing

Published: Jan. 27, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 38 seconds

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The Right Note

Published: Jan. 13, 2016, 5 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 7 seconds

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Emmett and Trayvon

Published: Dec. 30, 2015, 4:43 p.m.
Duration: 15 minutes 32 seconds

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No Santa

Published: Dec. 16, 2015, 4:53 p.m.
Duration: 14 minutes 15 seconds

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Hijabis

Published: Dec. 2, 2015, 5 p.m.
Duration: 17 minutes 37 seconds

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What Men Talk About When They Talk About Sports

Published: Nov. 18, 2015, 5 p.m.
Duration: 20 minutes 26 seconds

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A Level Playing Field?

Published: Nov. 4, 2015, 4:57 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 32 seconds

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An Athlete Inside and Out

Published: Oct. 21, 2015, 4 p.m.
Duration: 22 minutes 9 seconds

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The (High School) Mascot Wars

Published: Oct. 7, 2015, 3:57 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 22 seconds

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Friends and Basketball

Published: Sept. 23, 2015, 4 p.m.
Duration: 26 minutes 25 seconds

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Sports, the Great Uniter?

Published: Sept. 1, 2015, 2:50 p.m.
Duration: 13 minutes 1 second

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