Scene on Radio

Season 1

1. Sports, the Great Uniter?

   Episode 1

   Show notes

   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.

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   Sep 1, 2015 13 min

2. Friends and Basketball

   Episode 2

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   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.

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   Sep 23, 2015 26 min

3. The (High School) Mascot Wars

   Episode 3

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   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.)

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   Oct 7, 2015 26 min

4. An Athlete Inside and Out

   Episode 4

   Show notes

   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.

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   Oct 21, 2015 22 min

5. A Level Playing Field?

   Episode 5

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   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.

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   Nov 4, 2015 27 min

6. What Men Talk About When They Talk About Sports

   Episode 6

   Show notes

   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.

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   Nov 18, 2015 20 min

7. Hijabis

   Episode 7

   Show notes

   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 that come with the scarf, and the deeply personal decision to wear it. Short documentaries by Reem Alfahad and Sofiya Volubuyeva.

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   Dec 2, 2015 18 min

8. No Santa

   Episode 8

   Show notes

   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 children.)

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   Dec 16, 2015 14 min

9. Emmett and Trayvon

   Episode 9

   Show notes

   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 brings to life the story of Emmett Till.

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   Dec 30, 2015 16 min

10. The Right Note

    Episode 10

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    Music can be a powerful gift – if you get the song right, or the right song. Two stories from North Carolina.

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    Jan 13, 2016 17 min

11. The Dead Can't Do You Nothing

    Episode 11

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    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.

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    Jan 27, 2016 23 min

12. Losing Yourself

    Episode 12

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    It happens. A happy, healthy young person suddenly gets a grave diagnosis. What does not usually happen: The patient rolls tape. By Ibby Caputo.

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    Feb 10, 2016 32 min

13. Straight, No Chaser

    Episode 13

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    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.

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    Feb 24, 2016 21 min

14. Groundwork

    Episode 14

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    People in two communities – one in Alaska, one in New York State – wrestle with questions about energy and the environment. We listen in on democracy close to home. Stories by John Biewen and Jon Miller, edited by Deb George.

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    Mar 9, 2016 24 min

15. Things I'm Afraid to Say

    Episode 15

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    A refugee from Bosnia. An NYC-born survivor who grew up poor, black, Muslim, and gay. And how one, and her music, saved the other.

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    Mar 23, 2016 21 min

16. Rogue Chickens and Ratty-ass Radishes

    Episode 16

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    A punk farmer. A tale of rogue chickens on the loose in the city. A pair of refreshing takes on the whole Food thing, in and around Durham, NC. Pieces by Emily Hilliard and Joseph Decosimo.

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    Apr 6, 2016 20 min

17. Selected ShortDocs: Memory

    Episode 17

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    A quartet of very short works exploring memory – most inspired by Third Coast Audio Festival ShortDoc Challenges. Pieces by Ligaiya Romero, Madeline Miller, Nan Pincus, and John Biewen.

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    Apr 20, 2016 18 min

18. Close Relations

    Episode 18

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    The people we love have power—the power to upend our lives, or at least to make things interesting. Two stories of surprises, curveballs thrown by family members. Pieces by Qathi Hart and John Rash.

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    May 4, 2016 17 min

19. My Dad and Me, in Three Songs

    Episode 19

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    It can take a lifetime to make sense of a parent, or to get over him. Or, just maybe, to come to terms. By Ruxandra Guidi.

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    May 18, 2016 19 min

20. Hearing Hiroshima

    Episode 20

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    The word “Hiroshima” may bring to mind a black-and-white image of a mushroom cloud. It’s easy to forget that it’s an actual city with a million people and a popular baseball team. How did the cataclysm of 1945 reverberate in the place where it happened?

    Hearing Hiroshima is a production of Minnesota Public Radio, from American Public Media.

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    May 26, 2016 33 min