Scene on Radio
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.
Latest episodes
Dec 14, 2016 • 24min
I Found No Strangers (Travels With Mic, Part 3)
The last in our series exploring the spirit of America in the footsteps of one of its greatest writers, John Steinbeck. At key spots on Steinbeck’s 1960 journey across the country, we team up with artists to explore how things have changed, or not, and to talk back to Steinbeck across the years. In this episode, visits with theater director Troy Nickerson in Spokane, Washington, and poet Diana Garcia in Monterey, California.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 30, 2016 • 21min
Reality is Not the Stronger (Travels With Mic, Part 2)
The second in a three-part series, journeying into the soul of America through the eyes of artists, while following in the footsteps of Nobel Prize-winning writer John Steinbeck who drove across the country in 1960 for his iconic book, Travels with Charley. In this episode, photographer Wayne Gudmundson in eastern North Dakota, and Yurok basket weaver Susan “Tweet” Burdick in Humboldt County, California. Produced by John Biewen.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 16, 2016 • 22min
Monster America (Travels With Mic, Part 1)
First in a three-part journey into the soul of America, through the eyes of working people who happen to be artists. In this episode, David Slater in Sag Harbor, New York, and Kalamu ya Salaam in New Orleans. Retracing the 1960 journey by writer John Steinbeck for his book, “Travels with Charley in Search of America.” Produced by John Biewen.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Nov 2, 2016 • 39min
El Nuevo South
Siler City, North Carolina used to be a typical Southern town. Everybody was white or black. Now the town’s population is half Latino. One community’s journey through the “five stages of grief” – all the way to acceptance? By John Biewen and Tennessee Watson. Music by Blue Dot Sessions and Lucas Biewen.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Oct 19, 2016 • 21min
Prince and Philando and Futures Untold
How to grieve when the deaths come so quickly? How, as an African American mother, to protect your child’s innocence and hope? An audio essay by Stacia Brown.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 27, 2016 • 27min
None of Us Could be Thrown Away (Storymakers, Part 4)
The last installment in our Storymakers series. Four pieces by citizen storytellers on living together, and apart, in Durham, North Carolina. By Vimala Rajendran, Chip and Teddy Denton, Courtney Reid-Eaton, and Nia Wilson.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jul 13, 2016 • 32min
That Old Optimism (Storymakers, Part 3)
More from our team of citizen storytellers in Durham, NC. Stories by Courtney Smith, Katt Ryce, and Kimani Hall, exploring the things that unite and divide people in Durham and in America. Part of Storymakers: Durham, a project of the national Localore: #FindingAmerica initiative.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 30, 2016 • 35min
The Way It Is (Storymakers, Part 2)
Three stories conceived and made by citizen storytellers Jamila Davenport, Roberto Nava, and Debby Bussel explore race, class, and gentrification in Durham, North Carolina.
Part of Storymakers: Durham, a project of the national Localore: #FindingAmerica initiative.
Music by Lucas Biewen and Blue Dot Sessions.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Jun 15, 2016 • 21min
Finding America in Durham, N.C. (Storymakers, Part 1)
Can stories help to bring a community together? How about radio stories, conceived and made by citizen storytellers? Introducing Storymakers: Durham, a project of the national Localore: #FindingAmerica initiative.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
May 26, 2016 • 33min
Hearing Hiroshima
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.
Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
