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Authentic stories. Extraordinary people.

Episodes

  • Who is Michael Jang?: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Who is Michael Jang?

    S26 Ep19 |
    An elusive photographer uses street art tactics to share his previously unknown work with the world.
  • Greener Pastures: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Greener Pastures

    S25 Ep12 |
    Midwestern families deal with unseen mental health issues affecting farmers in America.
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    Breaking The News

    S25 Ep11 |
    Women and LGBTQ+ journalists launch startup The 19th* to buck a broken news media system.
  • Sister Úna Lived a Good Death: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Sister Úna Lived a Good Death

    S25 Ep10 |
    A nun with stage IV cancer teaches others that death doesn’t have to be the end.
  • Razing Liberty Square: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Razing Liberty Square

    S25 Ep9 |
    A public housing community in Miami becomes ground zero for climate gentrification.
  • Racist Trees: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Racist Trees

    S25 Ep8 |
    In Palm Springs, a Black neighborhood fights to remove a divisive wall of trees.
  • If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis

    S25 Ep18 |
    With rural hospitals closing, meet the people trying to get help in healthcare deserts.
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    A Town Called Victoria | Episode 3

    S25 Ep6 |
    As the trial concludes, the people of Victoria, Texas, grapple with shocking revelations.
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    A Town Called Victoria | Episode 2

    S25 Ep5 |
    The town of Victoria’s support for the Muslim community wanes as rebuilding efforts stall.

Specials

  • Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6

    Catchy, musical short chronicles the 175-year-long arbitrary system of race in America.
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    Folk Frontera

    Two fronteriza women live in two cultures at the same time along the U.S.-Mexico border.
  • When I'm Her: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    When I'm Her

    A former ballet prodigy finds refuge in his alter ego, a Russian ballet instructor.
  • Senior Prom: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Senior Prom

    For residents of an LGBTQ+ retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning.
  • The Dancing Man of L.A.: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Dancing Man of L.A.

    A one-man dance party and fixture of the LA concert scene copes during the COVID pandemic.
  • The Great World of Gregory Blackstock: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    The Great World of Gregory Blackstock

    The richly obsessive life and work of a renowned autistic artist comes to life.
  • Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 1: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 1

    Don and Ron head from Kingston to rural Jamaica, for cooler temps and good fishing.
  • Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 2: asset-mezzanine-16x9
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    Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 2

    The Brodies take a tour of reminiscence with an old acquaintance in Jamaica.
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    Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 3

    How hard is it to run a taxi service in Kingston, Jamaica? The Brodie brothers find out.

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