Scene on Radio

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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.

Episodes

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•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast

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•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

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•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

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•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast