All Pieces for The Center for Documentary Studies

 
MEN Part 3: Skeleton War
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Scene On Radio
Caption: Scene on Radio logo , Credit: Mara Guevarra
A few hundred years ago, the great thinkers of the Enlightenment began to declare that “all men are created equal.” Some of them said that notion s...

Bought by WCNY, KTRT RADIO INC, and KSFR


  • Added: Oct 16, 2018
  • Length: 33:34
  • Purchases: 3
The Making of Male Dominance
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
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One-hour documentary special on the invention and perpetuation of patriarchy in the Western world and early U.S. history.

Bought by WVTF, WRKF, KBIA, Maine Public Radio, KJZZ and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2018
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 57
MEN Part 2: Ain't No Amoeba
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Scene On Radio
Caption: Scene on Radio logo , Credit: Mara Guevarra
For millennia, Western culture (and most other cultures) declared that men and women were different sorts of humans—and, by the way, men were bette...

  • Added: Aug 03, 2018
  • Length: 31:48
MEN Part 1: Dick Move
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Scene On Radio
Caption: Scene on Radio logo , Credit: Mara Guevarra
Launching Scene on Radio Season 3 series—MEN—co-hosts John Biewen and Celeste Headlee look at the problems of male supremacy. And we visit Deep Tim...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 19, 2018
  • Length: 37:45
  • Purchases: 1
The Invention of Race
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Gomes de Zurara, the Portuguese inventor of blackness (and whiteness), highlighted, on The Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon, Portugal. , Credit: Harvey Barrison
One-hour historical documentary that tells the story of the construction of race, and racism, as we live with them today.

Bought by Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WHCP-LP Cambridge, WAMU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, KCUR and more


  • Added: Oct 22, 2017
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 132
The Invention of Race: Preview
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Gomes de Zurara, the Portuguese inventor of blackness (and whiteness), highlighted, on The Monument to the Discoveries in Lisbon, Portugal., Credit: Harvey Barrison
Preview for upcoming 1-hour special, telling the story of the construction of race, and racism, as we live with them today.

  • Added: Oct 11, 2017
  • Length: 06:47
Scene on Radio #3: The (High School) Mascot Wars
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Scene On Radio
Caption: Emblem in the main foyer at Teton High school in Driggs, Idaho., Credit: John Biewen
Two small towns, one in Idaho, the other in Upstate New York, debate whether to stop calling their high school sports teams the Redskins.

Bought by KRZA, KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 24:51
  • Purchases: 4
Scene on Radio #2: Friends and Basketball
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Scene On Radio
Caption: Pattonville High School basketball players (left to right) Cassie Callahan, Allyson Sanders, and Tyra Brown. , Credit: John Biewen
Can the camaraderie of a team sport make race and class status “disappear” for the kids involved or their parents?

Bought by KUER, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 26:27
  • Purchases: 3
Scene on Radio #1: Sports, the Great Uniter?
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Scene On Radio
Caption: Beer vendor, Busch Stadium, Credit: John Biewen
Can a winning baseball team bring St. Louis together post-Ferguson?

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 21, 2015
  • Length: 13:02
  • Purchases: 2
Emmett and Trayvon
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Mike Wiley performing Dar He: The Story of Emmett Till
Documentary Theater artist Mike Wiley performs and discusses Dar He, his one-man play about the murdered teenager Emmett Till.

Bought by KUER and WUNC


  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 13:22
  • Purchases: 2
Hello, My Name Is....
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: The Producers, l to r: Ashley Mooney, Dillon Buckner, Grace Farson, Madeline Miller, Ted Phillips, Wilson Sayre, Eunice Kim, Clare Fieseler, Ligaiya Romero, Ben Finkel. Not pictured: Jagmeet Mac , Credit: John Biewen
A one-hour collection of short pieces about names and the naming of stuff, produced by undergrad and graduate students at Duke University. Hosted b...

Bought by KUER, WRVO Public Media, WCQS, KRCU Public Radio, WTIP and more


  • Added: Sep 06, 2013
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 8
Groundwork: Democracy Close to Home
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: A resident of Chicago's 49th Ward., Credit: Melissa Beck
A timely one-hour special, hosted by NPR's Scott Simon, that tells stories of American democracy at the local level. We listen in as people wrestle...

Bought by KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, Nevada Public Radio, Connecticut Public (WNPR), KRCU Public Radio and more


  • Added: May 30, 2012
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 79
Five Farms, Episode Five: Succession
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families
Caption: David Pecusa, Third Mesa, Hopi Nation, Credit: Andrew Lewis
For each of the families of Five Farms, the question looms large: Who will take over the farm? Succession features the next generation --- the youn...

Bought by WCNY, WEKU, KFOK-LPFM, WRPI, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Five Farms, Episode Four: Harvest
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families
Caption: Jeff and Annie Main, Capay, Cal., Credit: Alix Lowrey Blair
Autumn is harvest time. That means Iowa corn and soybeans; fruit dried in the California sun; greens, beans, and potatoes; slaughtered hogs and bee...

Bought by WFAE, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, KICI Iowa City, KUNM, KUNC & The Colorado Sound and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 28
Five Farms, Episode Three: Stewardship
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families
Caption: Sherry Hager, Colrain, Mass., Credit: Steve Schapiro
Stewardship focuses on the daily choices farming families make to preserve their land, water, and air --- the fundamentals of farming. During mid-s...

Bought by WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, WEKU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Five Farms, Episode Two: Nurturing
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families
Caption: Eddie Wise, Whitakers, N.C., Credit: Tom Rankin
Early summer is a time of long days on the family farm, perfect for nurturing crops and animals as they approach the peak of growing season. Nurtur...

Bought by WCNY, Rhythm & News Service, WEKU, KBGA 89.9 FM, KFOK-LPFM and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 13
Five Farms, Episode One: Planting
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Series: Five Farms: Stories from American Farm Families
Caption: Craig Griffieon of Ankeny, Iowa, Credit: Elena Rue
Spring planting on the family farm is the time of the annual gamble --- on the alchemies of nature, on the health of livestock, on future fall harv...

Bought by WCNY, WFAE, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KGNU Community Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Jun 06, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 16
Recycled
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
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A compilation of short documentaries on the theme, "Recycled," exploring aspects of human life that get repeated and re-used, for better and for wo...

Bought by WFAE, WRIR, WBEZ, KWIT, Georgia Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: May 20, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
Travels with Mike: In Search of America 50 Years After Steinbeck
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
Caption: Producer John Biewen queries the author in Monterey, Cal., Credit: Diana Garcia
A one-hour special revisiting Steinbeck's iconic book, Travels with Charley -- published 50 years ago, in 1962 -- and journeying into today's Ameri...

Bought by WRGY, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KOSU, WHFR and more


  • Added: Apr 18, 2011
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 82
Nuevo South
From: The Center for Documentary Studies
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An un-narrated portrait of a Southern town in transition

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KPFA


  • Added: Oct 01, 2008
  • Length: 30:12
  • Purchases: 2

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