Scene on Radio

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University•www.sceneonradio.org

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. Our latest is Season 7, Scene on Radio: Capitalism. 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 democracy in the U.S. and why we don’t have more of it; The Repair (Season 5), on the cultural roots of the climate crisis; and Season 6, Echoes of a Coup, the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history, in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898. Produced and hosted by John Biewen, with collaborators, Scene on Radio comes from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.

The show is distributed by PRX.

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Episodes

What Men Talk About When They Talk About Sports

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 on sports and society, “Contested,” host John Biewen listened in. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nov 18, 2015•20 min•Season 1Ep. 6

A Level Playing Field?

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, society and culture: Sports and the American Dream. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Nov 04, 2015•27 min•Season 1Ep. 5

An Athlete Inside and Out

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 on sports, society and culture: stories of LGBTQ women athletes, past and present. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Oct 21, 2015•22 min•Season 1Ep. 4

The (High School) Mascot Wars

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. (Produced in 2015. Listen for the update at the end.) Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Oct 07, 2015•26 min•Season 1Ep. 3

Friends and Basketball

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 on Radio host and producer John Biewen hangs with a girls’ high school basketball team to test the idea. Scene on Radio comes from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices...

Sep 23, 2015•26 min•Season 1Ep. 2

Sports, the Great Uniter?

Can a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson? John Biewen explores the question in the inaugural episode of Scene On Radio, a new podcast of audio stories from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Sep 01, 2015•13 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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