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American Public Media American Public Media podcasts@americanpublicmedia.org No American RadioWorks public radio, npr, documentaries, radio works, black history, jim crow The United States is facing a dramatic demographic challenge: Young Latinos are the fastest-growing segment of the population, and they are the least likely to graduate from college. Experts say the future of the American economy is at stake, because higher education is essential in the 21st century economy. Rising by Degrees tells the story of Latino students working toward a college degree - and why it's so hard for them to get what they want. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/2009/rising_by_degrees_full_podcast.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 6 November 2009 15:00:00 EST 52:38 The Perry Preschool Project is one of the most famous education experiments of the last 50 years. The study asked a question: Can preschool boost the IQ scores of poor African-American children and prevent them from failing in school? The surprising results are now challenging widely-held notions about what helps people succeed - in school, and in life. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/2009/early_lessons_full_podcast.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 30 October 2009 15:00:00 EST 52:38 Latinos are the fastest growing segment of the United States population, but they're the least likely to have college degrees. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_17_latinos_and_college.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 23 October 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:23 American RadioWorks goes to Holy Family Cristo Rey, a school that makes preparation for the work-world part of the curriculum. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_16_financing_the_real_world.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 16 October 2009 15:00:00 EST 6:41 Stephen Smith reports on the impact of the GI Bill on the military, education, and the economy. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_15_gi_bill_report.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 9 October 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:51 Stephen Smith talks with Ben Adair about whether climate change is worth the attention. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_14_climate_change.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 2 October 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:43 A new report from Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz says measuring GDP is a poor way to track the recession. Stephen Smith talks with Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell about why. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_13_gdp_and_well_being.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 25 September 2009 15:00:00 EST 15:48 American RadioWorks Producer Ellen Guettler asks Stephen Smith about the impact returning World War II vets had on our notions of education. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_12_education_and_the_gi_bill.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 18 September 2009 15:00:00 EST 15:48 American RadioWorks Executive Editor Stephen Smith talks with education reporter Emily Hanford on President Obama's recent address to the country's students. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_11_education_and_motivation.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 11 September 2009 15:00:00 EST 11:35 Stephen Smith talks with Peggy Yusten, chief operating officer of Twin Cities Rise, an anti-poverty program. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_10_recession_and_the_poor.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 4 September 2009 15:00:00 EST 11:35 New research suggests those who spend too little and those who spend too much might be attracted to each other. Stephen Smith talks with researcher Scott Rick about why this might be. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_9_tightwads_and_spendthrifts.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 28 August 2009 15:00:00 EST 8:32 Stephen Smith talks with Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell on how prisons affect the economic wellbeing of the larger community. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_8_prison_poverty_cycle.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 21 August 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:35 Stephen Smith talks with Ianna Kachoris, a policy analyst with the Pew Charitable Trusts, on her most recent findings as part of the Economic Mobility Project. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_7_race_and_mobility.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 14 August 2009 15:00:00 EST 6:48 ARW Producer Laurie Stern talks with Stephen Smith about the educational and professional hurdles those in poverty face, and those working to address those challenges. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_6_poverty_and_persistence.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 7 August 2009 15:00:00 EST 8:59 Stephen Smith speaks with Marketplace reporter Jeff Tyler about the stress placed on the unemployment system as the rate of unemployment continues to rise. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_5_unemployment.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 31 July 2009 15:00:00 EST 8:59 American RadioWorks education reporter Emily Hanford and Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell speak with Catherine Winter about the educational and economic value of soft skills. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_4_soft_skill_education.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 24 July 2009 15:00:00 EST 8:58 American RadioWorks education reporter Emily Hanford and Chief Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell speak with Catherine Winter on the Obama administration's plans to get more young Americans into, and successfully through, college. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_3_national_education_priorities.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 17 July 2009 15:00:00 EST 15:06 Believe it or not, there's an upside of debt. Stephen Smith tells us about it. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_2_upside_of_debt.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 10 July 2009 15:00:00 EST 6:11 Stephen Smith takes us back to look at the history of debt. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_2_1_history_of_debt.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 2 July 2009 15:00:00 EST 6:51 Producer Laurie Stern talks with Stephen Smith about wrapping up their documentary Hard Times in Middletown. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_15.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 26 June 2009 15:00:00 EST 10:12 Producer Catherine Winter talks with Stephen Smith about wrapping up the documentary Bridge to Somewhere. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_14.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 19 June 2009 15:00:00 EST 17:14 Producers Kate Ellis and Ellen Guettler talk with Stephen Smith about wrapping up their documentary A Better Life: Creating the American Dream. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_13.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 13 June 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:59 Producer Krissy Clark talks with Stephen Smith about life after the her documentary. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_12.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 5 June 2009 15:00:00 EST 8:49 For almost a century, Muncie, Indiana has been known as 'Middletown,' the quintessential American community. But now, as the rust-belt city grapples with deepening recession, many residents are losing their hold on the middle class. Think of them as the brittle class, just one fragile rung above poverty on the economic ladder. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_muncie.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 29 May 2009 15:00:00 EST 52:26 President Barack Obama wants to create jobs by building infrastructure. So did another president. Franklin Delano Roosevelt tried to put people to work by building roads, bridges, dams, sewers, schools, hospitals and even ski jumps. The structures that New Deal agencies built transformed America. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_infrastructure.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 22 May 2009 15:00:00 EST 51:27 The "American dream" has powered the hopes and aspirations of Americans for generations. It began as a plain but revolutionary notion: each person has the right to pursue happiness, and the freedom to strive for a better life through hard work and fair ambition. But over time, this dream has come to represent a set of expectations about owning things and making money. So what exactly is the American dream? How did we come to define it? And is it changing? http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_americandream2.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 15 May 2009 15:00:00 EST 52:53 Until recently, Las Vegas was one of the few places where the American Dream still seemed widely possible. Each month, thousands of people flocked there, lured by the promise of good jobs and a chance to own a home. It was the fastest growing city in the country. But now, Las Vegas has a new distinction: the nation's highest foreclosure rate. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/features/forclosure/podcast.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 8 May 2009 15:00:00 EST 53:14 ARW editor Peter Clowney talks with Stephen Smith about the processing of editing radio documentaries. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_11.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 1 May 2009 15:00:00 EST 13:20 ARW producers Ellen Guettler and Kate Ellis discuss the "American dream." It began as a plain but revolutionary notion: each person has the right to pursue happiness, and the freedom to strive for a better life through hard work and fair ambition. But over time, this dream has come to represent a set of expectations about owning things and making money. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_10.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 24 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST 10:32 ARW Executive Editor Stephen Smith hosts a panel discussion on the political, financial, and cultural sides of America during the Great Depression. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_9.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST 51:21 Producer Krissy Clark is moving on to the editing phase for her documentary on the devastating foreclosure crisis happening in Las Vegas. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_8.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:59 Last week, ARW producer Emily Hanford stopped by to talk about a trio of stories she's been working on about the economy and how it's affecting the choices people are making on getting a college education. This week, we'll listen to the finished versions and follow up with Emily. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_7.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:00:00 EST 15:53 The effects of the economic downturn are far and wide. While slowdowns used to be a good time to return to education, people are having a tough time finding financial aid, and taking on student-loan debt is scarier than ever. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_6.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST 8:49 With the country's economy in a tailspin, many Americans are calling for a new New Deal: an infusion of federal money to rebuild our tattered infrastructure and put unemployed Americans back to work. But can spending on bridges and sewers stop the deepest recession in decades? http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_5.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:45 To understand the American fascination with the stock market, you have to look at the American Dream and how it's changed from the time of the great depression to our current recession. Senior Economics Correspondent Chris Farrell helps us look into the previous decade and why investors first got themselves into the stock market. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_4.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:54 Millions of Americans are slipping from the middle class, and it's no longer certain that savvy, hard-working parents can pave the way for their children's success. Producers Kate Ellis and Ellen Guettler share the process of chronicling the evolution of the American Dream from the Great Depression to the present day. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_3.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 6 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:10 Muncie, Indiana, often thought of as the "typical American city," has become a rust-belt city grappling with de-industrialization and deepening recession. As they watch the plants close, many middle-class, middle-aged, Middle-American residents are left without choices. Producer Laurie Stern talks about how she finds characters that illuminate the economic crisis, and how the crisis is affecting the the American middle class. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_2.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 27 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST 9:51 Producer Krissy Clark has been finding scenes, meeting characters, and gathering tape in Las Vegas for her upcoming documentary on home foreclosures. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_behind_1a.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/ Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST 13:37 The 1968 presidential election was a watershed in American politics. After dominating the political landscape for more than a generation, the Democratic Party crumbled. Richard M. Nixon was elected president and a new era of Republican conservatism was born. On the eve of another historic election, we look back 40 years to the dramatic story of Campaign '68. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_campaign68.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/campaign68/ Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST 52:12 Chicago is demolishing the public housing projects and moving residents to mixed-income neighborhoods. But there won't be room for everyone, and a new home may not mean an escape from poverty. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_housing_64.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/housing/ Fri, 18 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST 52:12 Sergeant Adam Gray made it home from Iraq only to die in his barracks. Investigating his death, American RadioWorks pieces together a story of soldiers suffering psychological scars -- because they abused Iraqi prisoners. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_vets_64.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/vets/ Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST 52:12 Latino immigrants are changing the culture and economy of America, and not just in big coastal cities. We follow a small Southern town as it adjusts to its deepest cultural change since the Civil Rights movement, and in a Midwestern city, a neighborhood is reborn when immigrants move in. But the rebirth comes at a price. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_immigration_64_64.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/immigration/ Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST 52:12 How the global expansion of nuclear know-how is challenging efforts to contain the spread of atomic weapons. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_nukes_64.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/nukes/ Wed, 7 May 2008 15:00:00 EST 52:52 For 20 years, Rene Enriquez fought his way to the top of one of America's most ruthless gangs. He killed and ordered the deaths of gang rivals on Southern California streets and behind bars. Then he had a change of heart. Gangster Confidential follows Enriquez's quest for redemption and freedom inside America's most brutal prison system. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_gangster_64.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/gangster/ Wed, 23 April 2008 15:00:00 EST 53:00 To mark the 40th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s death, American RadioWorks hosted a special evening of discussion at the Riverside Church in New York City. The event was moderated by Clayborne Carson, a leading King historian and director of the King Research and Education Institute at Stanford University. King's close colleagues, Dorothy Cotton and Vincent Harding, discussed King's radical stance on poverty and the Vietnam War, and talked about King's legacy in the context of the 2008 election. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_rememberking_64_64.mp3 http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/king/ Tue, 22 April 2008 15:00:00 EST 53:00 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968. Four decades later, King remains one of the most vivid symbols of hope for racial unity in America. But that's not the way he was viewed in the last year of his life. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/podcast/arw_king_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/king/ Wed, 9 April 2008 15:00:00 EST 53:00 New research is lending insight into why we want stuff that we don't need. It also explains why some people are what are called tightwads, while other people are spendthrifts. Why do we buy? How are designers and marketers influencing what we buy? And how are individuals using market ideas, tricks, and tools to market themselves? http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_design_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/design/ Mon, 19 November 2007 15:00:00 EST 52:48 Advocates for kids are trying to persuade more families to adopt teenagers. If teenagers in foster care don't find permanent families, they face a grim future. They "age out" of foster care, usually when they turn 18 years old, and many wind up on the streets. Every year, more than 24,000 American young people age out of foster care. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_fostercare_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/fostercare/ Mon, 5 November 2007 15:00:00 EST 53:44 In the 1970s, for the first time, large numbers of white children and black children began attending school together. It was an experience that shaped them for life. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_deseg_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/deseg/ Mon, 22 October 2007 15:00:00 EST 47:36 America seemed united in fighting "The Good War" but not everyone fought in the same way. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_wwii_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/wwii/ Mon, 8 October 2007 15:00:00 EST 51:50 No Child Left Behind has had a dramatic effect on American schools. Producers spent two years in one high school documenting how high-stakes testing has reshaped teaching and learning. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_testing_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/testing/ Mon, 24 September 2007 15:00:00 EST 52:24 To mark the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, American RadioWorks teams up with Nick Spitzer of American Routes to find out how culture might save New Orleans. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_greenrush_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/nola/ Mon, 10 September 2007 15:00:00 EST 51:27 From carbon offsets to biofuels, companies and investors are seeking riches in the fight against global warming. What happens when good deeds grapple with the realities of the free market? http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_greenrush_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/greenrush/ Mon, 27 August 2007 15:00:00 EST 53:01 Five years after the start of World War II, the people of Warsaw rose up against the German occupation of their city. The uprising was meant to last just 48 hours. Instead, it went on for two months. A quarter of a million people were killed and the Polish capital was razed to the ground. It was one of the great tragedies of World War II, and yet it is rarely talked about outside Poland. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_vistula_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/vistula/ Mon, 13 August 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:36 During the World-War-II years a series of groundbreaking radio programs tried to mend the deep racial and ethnic divisions that threatened America. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_radiofights_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/jim_crow/ Mon, 30 July 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:31 In 1999 Serb death squads attacked the ethnic Albanian village of Cuska and left 41 unarmed civilians dead. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_cuska_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/cuska/ Mon, 16 July 2007 15:00:00 EST 49:32 Trace Las Vegas' evolution from a remote railroad town to a mobster metropolis, to its current incarnation as an adult-themed resort town that nearly two million people call home. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_vegas_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/vegas/ Mon, 2 July 2007 15:00:00 EST 48:17 The effects of mental illness are well documented. But until recently, there has been little said about the siblings of the mentally ill. Now researchers are starting to look at the "well-sibling" syndrome. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_siblings_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/siblings/ Mon, 18 June 2007 15:00:00 EST 29:44 In the summer of 1964, about a thousand young Americans, black and white, came together in Mississippi for a peaceful assault on racism. It came to be known as Freedom Summer, one of the most remarkable chapters in the Civil Rights Movement. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_ohfreedom_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/ohfreedom/ Mon, 4 June 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:39 To fully grasp the ongoing tensions between the United States and North Korea, it is important to understand the war that ended in 1954. John Biewen and Stephen Smith of American RadioWorks examine the often-overlooked war that helped define global politics and American life for the second half of the 20th century. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_korea_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/korea/ Mon, 21 May 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:58 In April 1994, the central African nation of Rwanda exploded into 100 days of violence, killing 800,000 people. Most turned their backs to the bloodshed. Here is the story of those who stayed. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_rwanda_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/rwanda/ Mon, 7 May 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:14 How corporations, prison guard unions, and police agencies help to shape who gets locked up and for how long. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_corrections_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/corrections/ Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:28 On February 25, 1956, former Kremlin leader Nikita Khrushchev revealed and denounced, for the first time in the history of the Soviet Union, the crimes of his predecessor, Joseph Stalin, dramatically shifting Soviet Russia's course, stirring a human rights movement, and opening the door to the eventual collapse of the USSR. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_stalin_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/stalin/ Mon, 9 Apr 2007 15:00:00 EST 49:52 New York Works is an audio portrait of a vanishing city. From a knife sharpener who still makes house calls to one of Brooklyn's last commercial fisherman, New York Works tells the stories of those who keep the city's past alive. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_newyorkworks_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/newyorkworks/ Mon, 26 Mar 2007 15:00:00 EST 49:44 The '60s were a time of social movements and big changes, but a quieter revolution was underway too - one led by a few middle-aged women who wanted to change our way of death. They were the founders of the hospice movement. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_hospice_hour_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/hospice/ Mon, 12 Mar 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:11 Most children can be volatile at some point in their development, with no particular cause for worry. But at what point do irritability, mood swings, and tantrums constitute a mental illness? Up to half a million children are believed to have bipolar illness. This is the story of three of those children, their families, and the professionals who work with them. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_bipolarkids_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/bipolarkids/ Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:00:00 EST 48:34 A decade ago, Nelson Mandela became president in South Africa's first multi-racial democratic election. Mandela's journey, from freedom fighter to president, capped a dramatic half-century long struggle against white rule and the institution of apartheid. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_mandela_64.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/mandela/ Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:19 In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. But Marshall had already earned a place in history - as the leader of the legal campaign against racial segregation, which culminated in the landmark Brown v. Board decision. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_marshall.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/marshall/ Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:00:00 EST 49:24 Members of Congress face many temptations, such as special interests who want to take them on free trips golfing or fishing, to Bermuda or Wimbledon. But voters are demanding reform. In this podcast, we look at how the perks lawmakers enjoy make it tough to clean up government. And what happens when newcomers try to play the lobbying game. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_congress.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/congress/ Mon, 15 Jan 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:19 Three of America's most compelling presidents - Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon - bugged their White House offices and tapped their telephones. They left behind thousands of secretly recorded conversations, from momentous to mundane. In this documentary project, American RadioWorks eavesdrops on presidential telephone calls to hear how each man used one-on-one politics to shape history. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_prestapes.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/prestapes/ Mon, 1 Jan 2007 15:00:00 EST 50:07 Los Angeles is perhaps the nation's capital of "wannabe" artists, filled with aspiring actors, directors and screenwriters who are waiting tables, parking cars and brewing coffee. All have hopes of someday escaping the drudgery of these day jobs for the golden opportunity when their art might become their full-time work. But a few teens in Los Angeles have been earning their first pay as working artists: studying Shakespeare and writing their own poetry and music, all while earning minimum wage. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_shakespeare.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/shakespeare/ Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:00:00 EST 9:21 For historians of war and the American presidency, the Vietnam War is a special case. With troves of audio recordings, declassified documents and other materials, historians know more about how and why the White House waged war in Vietnam than in any other conflict. At a time when the United States debates what to do in Iraq, the lessons of Vietnam are more relevant than ever. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_vietnam_hour_128.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/vietnamconf/ Mon, 4 Dec 2006 15:00:00 EST 48:39 The early signs of climate change are showing up across vastly differing landscapes: from melting outposts near the Arctic Circle to disappearing glaciers high in the Andes; from the rising water in the deltas of Bangladesh to the "sinking" atolls of the Pacific. Reports from a Warming Planet takes you to parts of the planet where global warming is already making changes to life and landscape, and demonstrates how climate change is no longer restricted to scientific modeling about the future. It's happening now. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_warmingplanet_128.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/earlysigns/ Mon, 20 Nov 2006 15:00:00 EST 49:37 In 1970, nearly half the women in the United States had paying jobs, but most women worked for low pay. Women were waitresses, clerks, and cleaning ladies. Less than five percent of lawyers were women. About three percent of police officers were women. In the iron mines of northern Minnesota, zero percent of the steelworkers were women. But in the mid-70s, women there began taking jobs running shovels, driving trucks, and operating enormous machines in the ore processing plants. Some of the men tried to force the women miners out. Women were harassed, threatened, and even assaulted. But they needed the jobs. They wanted their rights. And they wanted to change the world for their daughters and granddaughters. So the women miners of northern Minnesota fought back, and made legal history. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_noplaceforawoman.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/ironrange/ Mon, 6 Nov 2006 15:00:00 EST 50:52 After the fall of communism in Romania, the world was shocked to discover a vast system of orphanages where unwanted children languished in cribs with little attention from caregivers. Sixteen years later, much has changed in Romania; the old orphanages are emptying, although progress is much more evident in Bucharest than in the poorer provinces. As this grim chapter comes to a close, scientists are measuring how children recover from early neglect and discovering what early damage might be irreversible. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_romania.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/romania/ Mon, 30 Oct 2006 15:00:00 EST 10:42 Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most famous black orator in history. But he was hardly alone. For generations, African Americans have been demanding justice and equality, reminding America to make good on its founding principles of democracy. These orators, and the very act of speaking out, played a crucial role in the long struggle for equal rights. Hear some of those seminal speeches at Say It Plain. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_sayitplain.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/sayitplain/ Mon, 23 Oct 2006 15:00:00 EST 50:13 To many people, global youth culture means rock and roll and other Western fashions. But for more and more young people across to world, the capital of pop culture is Tokyo. Over the past decade, Japanese video games, animation and comic books have caught fire in much of the world, including the United States. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_japan.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/japan/ Mon, 9 Oct 2006 15:00:00 EST 50:12 To mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11 attacks, we bring you a special re-broadcast of a Peabody-award winning documentary that chronicles the sounds and voices of the World Trade Center and its surrounding neighborhood. The program was produced for NPR on the first anniversary by The Kitchen Sisters and a nationwide collaboration. We offer it to you again, a sonic memorial that is just as moving and relevant five years later. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_sonicmemorial.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/sonicmemorial/ Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:00:00 EST 60:57 Biloxi, Mississippi is poised to recover faster than any other place on the Gulf Coast hit by Hurricane Katrina. Casinos are fueling a building boom, but some residents are still mired in misfortune. American RadioWorks presents an intimate portrait of several families struggling to rebuild their lives in Biloxi, and a city trying to reclaim itself. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_biloxi_hour.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/biloxi/ Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:00:00 EST 50:50 For historians of war and the American presidency, the Vietnam War is a special case. With troves of audio recordings, declassified documents and other materials, historians know more about how and why the White House waged war in Vietnam than in any other conflict. At a time when the United States debates what to do in Iraq, the lessons of Vietnam are more relevant than ever. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_vietnamconf.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/vietnamconf/ Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:00:00 EST 19:28 Studies indicate that two thirds of the women in prison and half of the men have children under the age of 18. That means some 1.5 million children have a parent behind bars. When prisoners are released, one of the many challenges they face is rebuilding family life. Marsha was released from a North Carolina prison after serving a 7-year sentence as an accessory to two drug-related murders. She has two children, Michael and Khire. In 2003, correspondent John Biewen followed Marsha as she and her sons worked to put their family back together. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_marsha.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/hardtime/ Mon, 31 July 2006 15:00:00 EST 15:00 In 1996 President Bill Clinton signed the landmark Welfare Reform Bill, killing the 60-year-old welfare program known as Aid to Families with Dependent Children, or AFDC. The new law gave grants to states to run their own anti-poverty programs and required them to move many welfare recipients into the workforce. Wyoming, more than any other state, ended welfare after 1996 by cutting its cash assistance roles by more than 90 percent. But Wyoming's leaders are now having a different debate: how to better support poor people who've gone to work. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_welfare_2.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/welfare/ Mon, 17 July 2006 15:00:00 EST 13:48 Public documents show that from 2000 through mid-2005, members of Congress and their staff took nearly 23,000 privately sponsored trips, at a cost of almost $50 million. A majority of those trips were taken by staff. Many of these staffer trips clearly violate ethics rules designed to limit the abuse of power. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_powertrips.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/staffers/ Mon, 3 July 2006 15:00:00 EST 17:41 Since 1955, more than 100,000 Korean children have been adopted abroad. A trickle of them have moved back to South Korea, including 33-year-old writer Jane Jeong Trenka. Trenka was adopted by a family in rural Minnesota when she was six months old in 1972, along with her four-year-old sister. When Trenka was a young adult, she traveled back to Korea, and was reunited with her Korean mother and older siblings. In 2005, Trenka returned to Korea, this time permanently. She agreed to keep an audio diary about building her new life in her birth country. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_jane.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/adoption/ Mon, 19 June 2006 15:00:00 EST 16:43 Americans spent an estimated $6 billion on Internet gambling in 2005. The poker craze is sweeping across the nation. Thanks to its glitzy presentation on TV, and the millions in prize money, it's the pastime of choice for high school and college kids. But adolescents are twice as likely as adults to become addicted to gambling. The BBC's James Silver reveals the heavy social cost that comes with America's poker obsession. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_gambling.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/gambling/ Mon, 5 June 2006 15:00:00 EST 18:47 The landmark 1996 welfare reform law had an explicit social goal: to help save the nuclear family. Many Americans believed the old welfare system, AFDC, damaged marriages by giving mothers an incentive to stay single. The 1996 law was aimed at removing that incentive, and the law encouraged states to promote marriage in order to lift single-parent families out of poverty. More than any other state, Oklahoma took up the challenge. It's not clear that the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative can make a difference, but some liberals as well as social conservatives are now saying it's worth a try to keep more low-income mothers and fathers together. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_welfare.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/welfare/ Mon, 22 May 2006 15:00:00 EST 15:35 A record two million Americans filed for personal bankruptcy last year. The reason? Bankruptcies have soared over the past two decades, so Congress passed a tough new law designed to crack down on filings. The new law went into effect last October, and many raced to beat the deadline. Filings plunged after October, but in recent months the number of bankruptcies has crept back up. Many Congressional legislators assumed that eroding morality, a decline in traditional stigma, made it easy for Americans to walk away from their debts. In the following report, correspondent Chris Farrell explores how much stigma has really declined. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_bankruptcy.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/bankruptcy/ Mon, 8 May 2006 15:00:00 EST 18:28 Some of this nation's most dangerous convicts are housed in what are called "supermax" prisons. At Pelican Bay Prison in California, the men in the supermax are isolated in windowless cells for 23 hours a day with almost no direct contact with other inmates or staff. Officials allege most of the inmates here are members of prison gangs. Despite the isolation, gangs remain active at Pelican Bay and once a prisoner is in a gang it can be tough - even deadly - to try to get out. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_gangs_2.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/prisongangs/ Mon, 24 Apr 2006 15:00:00 EST 15:06 The "supermax" prison is designed to incapacitate dangerous convicts by locking them down in stark isolation, sometimes for years on end. But some supermaxes have become headquarters to America's biggest and most violent prison gangs. American RadioWorks correspondent Michael Montgomery spent six months following inmates and staff at one of the nation's biggest supermaxes, California's Pelican Bay State Prison. Experts say some gang leaders inside Pelican Bay control crime far outside prison walls. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_gangs_1.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/prisongangs/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 15:00:00 EST 15:27 Charles Taylor is only the second head of state indicted for international war crimes while in office. Prosecutors allege that as president of Liberia, Taylor was a central figure in a criminal network that controlled rebels fighting a decade-long civil war in neighboring Sierra Leone. The rebels are accused of murder, enslavement, rape and forcing children into combat. In 2003, American RadioWorks correspondent Michael Montgomery and producer Deborah George were given unique access to war crimes investigators as they built their case against Charles Taylor. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_sierra_leone.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/sierra_leone_trial/ Mon, 3 Apr 2006 15:00:00 EST 14:12 Since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, families in Biloxi, Mississippi have struggled to rebuild their homes, businesses and their lives. In this podcast, we meet Ethel Curry, who survived Katrina's flood waters by floating in her refrigerator, and Vin Tai, a Vietnamese shrimp boat owner. The storm left his livelihood in ruins. But first, as casino jobs and federal assistance trickle back to the Gulf Coast, one question remains: how long will it be before Biloxi residents can finally rebuild? http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_biloxi.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/ Mon, 20 Mar 2006 15:00:00 EST 14:12 In the past decade, the number of foreign children adopted by Americans has nearly tripled. Americans adopted nearly 23,000 children from abroad last year. The U.S. State department reports most international adoptions happen without major complications, but it warns the growing demand for adoptable children is leading to some dangerous outcomes; both for children and parents. Some cases of abuse are linked to adoption groups operating in the United States and overseas without a license. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_yunona.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/adoption Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:00:00 EST 18:31 For many people with depression, there are modern medications that have made the illness manageable. But at least ten percent of those who take anti-depressants don't get better. Psychiatrists say that for them, electro-shock therapy remains the most effective treatment. Electro-convulsive therapy, as it's now called, is more than 70 years old and is more widely used than ever. Researchers are experimenting with other ways to use electricity to spark the brain out of depression. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_depression.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/documentaries.php?cat=catagory&catid=4 Mon, 20 Feb 2006 15:00:00 EST 9:50 Last year, more than 7,000 Chinese children were adopted by families in the United States. China is a popular country for adoptive parents because of the availability of infants, almost always baby girls. But some children are adopted when they are a little older, and time spent in an orphanage can delay a child's development. As the years go by in an adoptive family, the child and the parents discover what early experiences can be undone, relearned or accepted. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_leah.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/adoption/ Mon, 6 Feb 2006 15:00:00 EST 17:10 American race relations are deeply marked by an era called Jim Crow, a system of legal segregation in the South that lasted from 1890 well into the 1960s. Named after a minstrel character, Jim Crow meant blacks attended separate schools, sat in colored-only train cars and were intimidated out of voting. But Jim Crow is remembered quite differently by whites who lived through the period. Anthropologist Kate Ellis spent a year interviewing whites in southwestern Louisiana about segregation. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_jimcrow2.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/remembering/ Mon, 23 Jan 2006 15:00:00 EST 9:39 For much of the 20th century, blacks in the South were barred from the voting booths, sent to the back of the bus and denied many of the rights enjoyed by other American citizens. It was called Jim Crow, named for a minstrel character that became shorthand for a system of segregation. In this segment, producer Stephen Smith used oral histories and interviews with scholars to show what life was like for blacks behind the veil of segregation. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_jimcrow1.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/remembering/ Mon, 9 Jan 2006 15:00:00 EST 15:50 Twenty thousand children are adopted from abroad into U.S. families each year. It's a number that has tripled in the past decade. These children come from places like China, Russia and Guatemala, and research shows that they do better when they have a connection to their birth culture. Many adoptive families go to culture camp and ethnic restaurants, but Laurie Stern and her husband Dan Luke feel their son Diego needs more. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_diego.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/adoption/ Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:00:00 EST 15:50 The United States is making huge demands on its military people - the toughest since the Vietnam War. But most soldiers during Vietnam were young, single men. Today, in the all-volunteer military, about half of all service people are married with children, so the burdens of fighting these wars are shared back home. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_army_wife.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/homefront/ Mon, 12 Dec 2005 15:00:00 EST 13:15 In recent decades, violent and traumatic events in the United States have given rise to a new industry: trauma counseling. In the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks, thousands of workplaces brought in these counseling teams in to help employees talk about their experiences. It turns out many of these "debriefing" sessions were based on limited science. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw-ptsd-2.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/ptsd/ Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:00:00 EST 9:14 Each year, about 2.5 million people die in the United States. Three in ten get hospice care in their last days. Hospice is specialized care for terminally ill patients with less than six months to live. This report follows one hospice patient through her last two months of life. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_hospice.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/hospice/ Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:00:00 EST 18:08 Tax law prohibits members of Congress from taking international trips paid for by private foundations. But American RadioWorks reporter Steve Henn and Bob Williams from the Center for Public Integrity have learned California Republican Richard Pombo may have done just that. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/ARW_pombo.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/pombo/ Mon, 31 Oct 2005 15:00:00 EST 5:29 In the wake of hurricane Katrina, the Red Cross reported more than half a million survivors have used its mental health services. After the attacks on the World Trade Towers, mental health and neuroscience researchers in New York quickly organized efforts to help, and study the city's trauma victims. They are learning how trauma affects the brain and what can be done to heal it. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_ptsd.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/ptsd/ Mon, 17 Oct 2005 15:00:00 EST 9:29 In the 1970s, women untied their aprons and joined the work force as never before. They took jobs as truck drivers, lawyers, and steelworkers. Some women found the workplace was hostile territory. In the iron mines of Minnesota, women were groped, threatened, and assaulted. A handful of women fought back. They filed the first class-action sexual harassment suit in the country, paving the way for big judgments against companies across the country. http://download.publicradio.org/podcast/americanradioworks/arw_npfaw.mp3 http://www.americanradioworks.org/features/ironrange/ Mon, 3 Oct 2005 15:00:00 EST 6:58