Scene on Radio

Facts can be ignored by the powers that be and still ignite a movement. An interview with Tim Tyson, author of the new b... Read more

In the American Revolution, the men who revolted were among the wealthiest and most comfortable people in the colonies. ... Read more

In most American schools, children *hear about* democracy, but don’t get to *practice* it. What would a more engaged bra... Read more

In the summer of 1787, fifty-five men got together in Philadelphia to write a new Constitution for the United States, re... Read more

Several years after Janey was sexually assaulted by her former boyfriend, Mathew, she told some of her closest friends, ... Read more

Two small towns, one in Idaho, the other in Upstate New York, try to decide whether to change the nickname of their high... Read more

In the decades after America’s founding and the establishment of the Constitution, did the nation get better, more just,... Read more

There’s a long and painful history in the U.S. of white men killing black men and boys without punishment. In this episo... Read more

Lewis Wallace, female-assigned at birth, wanted to transition in the direction of maleness—in some ways. He shifted his ... Read more

A few hundred years ago, the great thinkers of the Enlightenment began to declare that “all men are created equal.” Some... Read more

Two families, both making big investments of time and money to involve their kids in sports. But the investments they’re... Read more

In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi to place themselv... Read more

There’s a long and painful history in the U.S. of white men killing black men and boys without punishment. In this episo... Read more

The surest way for a woman to declare herself a Muslim is to wear the head scarf — the hijab. In these two short pieces,... Read more

The conservative, neoliberal counterrevolution in the face of expanding democracy in America: It started long before Don... Read more

Tal Ben-Artzi didn’t worry about being an out bisexual athlete at Penn State. Maybe she would have if she’d known the sc... Read more

Tens of millions of Americans, most of them men, tune in to sports talk radio. Is sports talk a haven for old-school guy... Read more

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

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 act... Read more

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... Read more