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Re:sound #35: The Dad Show
This hour: Dads. The good, the bad, and the complicated.
1984 (the year not the book)
In the book 1984, George Orwell predicted that in the future "Big Brother" would watch and dictate our every move. In the year 1984, producer Benjamen Walker was in middle school.
- 2014
- 52:21
- Benjamen Walker
The Storm
Five years ago Erik embarked on "the project" - a last ditch attempt to harness the demons of his past.
- 2016
- 52:34
- Kirsti Melville
Making Obama: Wait Your Turn
How was President Barack Obama shaped by his years in Chicago as a community organizer turned politician?
- 2018
- 56:15
- Colin McNulty
Man Choubam (I am good)
Sharon calls herself a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards. Her mom does not approve. Winner of the TC/RHDF 2018 Best Documentary: Silver Award.
- 2018
- 39:57
- Sharon Mashihi
Terrible, Thanks for Asking: Semper Fi
Terrible, Thanks for Asking is a podcast that tells stories about the parts of life that hurt - the parts we're usually told to get through with quiet determination.
- 2017
- 35:49
- Nora McInerny
- Hans Buetow
S-Town Hall
On April 11, 2017, Third Coast held a public discussion in Chicago to discuss S-Town , the most-buzzed about podcast of the year, from Serial Productions and This American Life .
- 2017
- 01:03:01
- Dennis Funk
- Johanna Zorn
- Maya Goldberg-Safir
The Deacons
Bogalusa, Louisiana is home to a forgotten chapter of civil-rights history that is still very much alive.
- 2017
- 32:11
- Eric Eddings
- Pat Walters
Ghetto Life 101
In 1993, LeAlan Jones (age 13) and Lloyd Newman (age 14) collaborated with public radio producer David Isay to create an audio diary of life on Chicago's South Side.
- 1993
- 30:20
- David Isay
The View From Room 205
This is a story about some little kids and a big idea.
- 2017
- 57:00
- Linda Lutton
No Bad News
Three decades ago, American hypnotist Larry Garrett committed himself to abstaining from the news.
- 2017
- 58:04
- Sarah Geis
- Nick van der Kolk
In The Dark, Episode 1
When 11-year-old Jacob Wetterling disappeared in 1989, local Minnesota police seemed determined to crack the case. Instead, it took them 27 years.
- 2016
- 32:05
- Madeleine Baran
- Samara Freemark
- Natalie Jablonski
Fighting for The Promised Land
Shirley Sherrod's name was thrust into the headlines in 2010 when she was fired from her post at the United States Department of Agriculture, accused of anti-white bias.
- 2016
- 45:26
- Tina Antolini
Re:sound #22: The Fish Story Show
This hour: a beached whale in Maine, a conversation with the "real" Darth Vader, school kids deconstruct the work of one of America's most difficult poets, and more.
Re:sound #202 The To Heal A Sick Nation Show
This hour a revealing snapshot of Martin Luther King, Jr. as he struggled to stay the course he'd set out for himself and the nation.
- 2015
- 58:00
- Greg Kelly
- Stephen Smith
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #191 The Songs My Mother Taught Me Show
This week one woman's story unfolds through many threads.
- 2014
- 01:04:19
- Chris Brookes
- Dennis Funk
Re:sound #169 The Ghosts of Vietnam Show
This hour: hauntings of war, ethereal recordings, and other ghosts of Vietnam.
- 2013
- 57:31
- Christina Egloff
- Jay Allison
- Cathy FitzGerald
- Katie Mingle
Re:sound #159 The Protest Show
This hour: whether it is a mob of millions or one single voice, nothing changes unless someone stands up and says, "No more."
Re:sound #149 The Piano Show
This hour: the piano. But not just as a musical instrument. The piano as a spiritual healer, as a symptom in a grand delusion, as a man's obsession, and as a beloved friend, put out to pasture.
Re:sound #83 The Going Up Show
This hour: climbing, flying and facing your fears.
- 2008
- 58:29
- Roz Bluett
- Arielle Lasky
- Sarah Boothroyd
- Roman Mars
Re:sound #131: The Space Show
This hour: a one way mission to mars, a Russian cosmonaut's favorite music, the Voyager golden record, the sound of the northern lights, and more.
Re:sound #124: The Kids Show
This hour: kids sing opera, they talk about life on a remote island, and they opine about running the world.
- 2010
- 58:26
- Alix Blair
- Neil Sandell
- Alessandro Bosetti
- Delaney Hall
Re:sound #5: The Remedial Silence Show
This hour: a man hand-delivers reading material to a war criminal, two people who've never spoken fall in love, and more.
- 2004
- 59:01
- Benjamen Walker
- Joan Schuman
- Michael Johnson
- Julie Shapiro
Re:sound #10: The Suitcase Show
This hour: a mysterious suitcase, basement bhangra, and more.
- 2004
- 57:59
- Gregory Whitehead
- Karen Levine
- Julie Shapiro
Woman Found Dead By Lake Shore
The body of a woman - violently injured - is found on the shore of a lake northeast of Loftahammer, Sweden. The prime suspect? Her husband.
- 2014
- 51:32
- Hugo Lavett