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KUOW’s “Ask A…” Project

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KUOW’s “Ask A…” project is a community engagement initiative to promote empathy and understanding with groups that have been “othered” by media or politics. It features person-to-person conversation events where a group of “askers” have consecutive eight-minute conversations with a group of “answerers,” followed by a group discussion and a shared meal. Events have included Muslims, Trump supporters, transgender people, journalists, foster parents, immigrants, gun owners, and Special Olympics athletes.

She Says

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WFAE’s new investigative podcast “She Says,” follows the story of a sexual assault survivor in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County and the long and difficult process of finding justice. As of this writing, no one has been brought to justice.

Women and Depression

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Depression is the leading cause of disability worldwide, according to the World Health Organization, and affects women at about twice the rate that it does men. The Connecticut Health I-Team dove deep into the data about women and depression and interviewed doctors, psychologists and women suffering from depression. The result was two 20-minute podcasts on women and depression and stories that accompanied them. The stories were featured on C-HIT’s website and published by C-HIT’s 16 media partners.

Writer’s Block

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Writer’s Block is a station initiative that brings together local playwrights, poets, and story tellers to present their original work before a live studio audience.

Midnight Oil

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Midnight Oil is an ambitious and collaborative project from Alaska’s Energy Desk that explores the rich history of how Alaska became an oil state. The project is an eight-episode podcast, a video series and a standing room only storytelling event.

Houston After Harvey

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“Houston after Harvey” is a multi-platform content initiative from Houston Public Media that examines the impact of the Texas Gulf Coast’s most severe storms through personal stories, intimate video interviews, and in-depth news coverage. Content produced for the project included multiple podcasts, video series, and television and radio specials.

Education Programs: Radio Camp & Radio 101

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In just one week, Radio Camp students learn the basics of audio production and produce an audio story ready to air on 88.5 WFDD. Radio 101 works with high-school students interested in audio storytelling.

Podcast Party

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Podcast Party is a live event that brings together several of our station’s podcasts. For one evening, our listeners can see their favorite podcast hosts and get a new perspective of some of their favorite stories. Over the course of two hours, the event is a multi-act showcase of our podcasts in new, creative, whimsical and thought-provoking interpretations. This includes a live musical performance, a short exercise break and a puppet show version of an episode of Curious Nashville.

The Intersection (2018 Finalist)

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The Intersection is a series of hyper-local audio documentaries co-produced by David Boyer and KALW that look at the changing Bay Area of California through physical intersections — street corners — where different histories, motivations, policies, and people meet every day. The show pinpoints the different forces and factors at play there and, over the course of a piece or a season, connects the dots between the past, present, and future.

Versify Podcast & Community Events

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WPLN News’ Versify bridges the many communities of Middle Tennessee. The podcast team works hand-in-hand with the community to enable personal narrative storytelling and the documentation of local histories through poetry.

Biz Here

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Panhandle PBS launched the blog Biz Here in 2016 with Senior Producer Karen Welch giving the scoop on development, construction, businesses that are new, changing or closing, and commerce’s intersection with government in and around Amarillo. The initiative has now expanded to include a regular podcast with Welch interviewing local community business leaders and innovators and ending with a business newscast. In addition, Welch will soon be making appearances on NewsChannel 10 discussing area business activity.

Unprisoned: Stories from the System

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Unprisoned is a series showing how mass incarceration in New Orleans and Louisiana – the world’s “incarceration capital” – affects families, communities and notions of justice. The first season looked at the effects on citizenry outside prison walls telling stories of people caught in the criminal legal system, of family members of incarcerated persons, and of residents reentering society after serving time. These stories were broadcast on air, produced as a podcast, streamed, and shared at live events.

Poetry Sunday

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At Poetry Sunday, local poets reads a poem in a cutaway to “localize” and serve a deeply-committed following.

Bay Curious

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Bay Curious is a podcast that that aims to involve our community in coverage. Viewers help decide the topics and help investigate.

Outdoorsy Podcast

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The Outdoorsy podcast was created to share stories about the people and places of Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon national parks. Each episode, between 15-20 minutes, places the listener rock climbing, spelunking or other outdoor activities to give a feel for the parks. We feel it’s a great way to be hyper-local and take listeners on an experience that explains the places around them in a fresh way.

Movers & Thinkers

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In front of a live audience in our studio we conduct an interview with three creative, influential Nashvillians from different fields using a common theme. For example, in a theme about investigators, we included an investigative reporter, a private eye, and a disease detective. Following the taping, we serve refreshments and provide an opportunity to meet our guests. We edit each interview session into a 25-minute podcast and a few short radio pieces, garnering as many as 80,000 downloads.