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The Girls of the Lessburg Stockade
In 1963, at least 15 Black girls were imprisoned in the Leesburg Stockade for 45 days.


The Last Man on the Mountain
In the 1990s, Arch Coal began mountaintop removal mining in a corner of West Virginia called Pigeonroost Hollow. There used to be dozens...


Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair
Bridgette McGee sets out to uncover the truth about what happened to her grandfather.


My So-Called Lungs
Laura has cystic fibrosis and has spent most of her life knowing she was going to die young.


Prison Diaries (Series)
Our four-part series documenting life inside the criminal justice system.


Deported: Weasel's Diary
Weasel was 26-year-old when he was deported to El Salvador, which he has not seen since the age of five.


Hunker Down Diaries (Series)
Stories of people thrown into unusual circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic, produced in collaboration with NPR. Episode 1:...


The Last Place: Diary of a Retirement Home
Audio diaries of life in a retirement home—the last place.


Teenage Diaries (Series)
Five teenagers carried tape recorders to document their lives in this award-winning audio series.


Thembi's AIDS Diary
For over a year, Thembi documented her life living with AIDS in South Africa.


The Unmarked Graveyard: Stories for Hart Island
Hart Island, an uninhabited strip of land off the Bronx, is America’s largest public cemetery, sometimes known as a “potter’s field.”...


Sofia's Choice, A Ukranian Diary
Sofia's mother was living in Kharkiv when war broke out. Now she is faced with a difficult choice.


Making Waves
Ground-breaking, but controversial broadcasters who each used the microphone in different ways: one to warn, one to rile, one to preach.


Majd's Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl
Majd Abdulghani is a teenager living in Saudi Arabia, one of the most restrictive countries for women in the world.


Teen Contender
Photo by Sue Jaye Johnson In 2012, Claressa Shields was a 16-year-old boxer in Flint, Michigan. She had an audacious dream: to be the...


Last Witness: The Kerner Commission
Former Senator Fred Harris is the last surviving member of the Kerner Commission.


The Man in the President's Limo
Secret Service Agent Clint Hill was in the motorcade the day President Kennedy was assassinated.


The Longest Game
In the spring of 1981, two minor-league teams played the longest game in professional baseball.


American Migrant
Pat Rush and her family fled Arkansas in the wake of the Dust Bowl.


The John Birch Society
Back in the 1960s, the John Birch Society called on Americans to fight communists they said had infiltrated American society.
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