Scene on Radio
by Kenan Insitute for Ethics at Duke University
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. Previous series includeSeeing 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; andThe Repair(Season 5),on the climate crisis: Where did we go so wrong in our relationship with the rest of the natural world, and who's "we"? Produced and hosted by John Biewen and created at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, Scene on Radio is supported by the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. The show is distributed by PRX.
Episodes
An Athlete Inside and Out
22m · PublishedTal Ben-Artzi didn’t worry about being an out bisexualathlete 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 LGBTQwomen athletes, past and present.
The (High School) Mascot Wars
26m · PublishedTwo 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.)
Friends and Basketball
26m · PublishedMore 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.
Sports, the Great Uniter?
13m · PublishedCan a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson? John Biewen explores the questionin the inaugural episode of Scene On Radio, a new podcast of audio stories from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University.
Scene on Radio has 104 episodes in total of non- explicit content. Total playtime is 62:32:04. The language of the podcast is English. This podcast has been added on January 14th 2024. It might contain more episodes than the ones shown here. It was last updated on May 5th, 2024 20:11.