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Mandela: An Audio History
The struggle against apartheid, told through the voice of Nelson Mandela, and those who fought with him, and against him. Featuring rare...


Meet Miss Subways
For over 30 years, commuters on NYC's subways and buses were greeted by posters of Miss Subways: beauty queens of one of the nation's first integrated beauty contests.


When Borders Move
The story of what happens when, instead of people crossing the border, the border crosses the people.


March of the Bonus Army
In 1918, millions of WWI veterans returned to the U.S. to a cruel surprise: their cash bonus wouldn't be paid out until 1945. So, a group of Oregon veterans decided to go to Washington, D.C. to demand their money. They called themselves the "Bonus Army."


The Working Tapes: Then & Now
In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. 40 years later, we followed up to find out what happened to them.


The Almost Astronaut
In the 1960s, the U.S. was losing in the space race to the Soviet Union. So, it decided to do something no country had done: send the first Black person to space.


Strange Fruit: Voices of a Lynching
On August 6, 1930, two African-American teenagers were charged with the murder of a factory worker, and the rape of his wife. A mob lynched them that evening. But a third Black teen was supposed to die that day. This is his story.


The Detainees of Crystal City
The secret WWII program to arrest Latin Americans and exchange them for American prisoners of war.


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...


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.
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