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Radio Diaries
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Public radio documentary series and podcast. Our stories air on
@NPR @npratc. We are proud members of @Radiotopia from @PRX.
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Hello bluesky. Thrilled to be here. An introduction to Radio Diaries... we are:

⭐ an award-winning public radio show and podcast.
⭐ an independent, non-profit organization.
⭐ a small, but mighty team => 4 producers, 2 editors, 1 admin.
⭐ dedicated to making great audio stories
🎧 NEW ON THE PODCAST: "THIS SHORT LIFE"

We sat down with photographer Andrew Lichtenstein to discuss his new book THIS SHORT LIFE, which tells the story of 12 Americans through photos and interviews. Hear from Andrew and some of the people in the book:
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This Short Life
Podcast Episode · Radio Diaries · 11/20/2025 · 14m
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November 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
🔊NEW on the podcast: "Detained: The Last Columbia Protester"
Last year, Leqaa Kordia was arrested during protests at Columbia calling for Gaza ceasefire. Now, she's been in ICE detention for over 7 months. From detention, she shares her story. @prx.org
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Detained: The Last Columbia Protester
Podcast Episode · Radio Diaries · 11/03/2025 · 9m
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November 4, 2025 at 6:59 PM
MA folks! Radio Diaries is having a live event at Wellfleet Preservation Hall this Sat 8/16 ! We'll share audio from upcoming stories, and discuss the value of storytelling in an era of mistrust. Should be a lovely conversation. Get tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/radio-diar...
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August 14, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Our series MAKING WAVES is featured on @onthemedia.bsky.social this week! Listen to episode 1 on Elder Michaux, the Black preacher who feuded with MLK @brookegladstone.bsky.social @micahloewinger.bsky.social
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The Famous Black Preacher Who Feuded With MLK
Podcast Episode · On the Media · 08/13/2025 · 16m
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August 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Our fellow Radiotopians @earhustlesq.com start tour THIS WEEK! Hear stories from in and out of prison brought to life through music and live storytelling. Grab tickets here: www.earhustlesq.com/tour
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Tour — Ear Hustle
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August 4, 2025 at 3:36 PM
80 years ago today, a B-25 bomber crashed into the Empire State Building, leaving 14 people dead. The story has largely faded from memory, but for some New Yorkers, the day remains in their mind. This week on the podcast, we revisit that day in 1945. Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
The View from the 79th Floor
Podcast Episode · Radio Diaries · 07/28/2025 · 14m
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July 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
President Trump has invoked the Alien Enemies Act for mass deportations. In our new episode on @npr.org we look at the last time the Act was used: to detain Latin Americans and use them to exchange for prisoners of war
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Inside the U.S. plan to detain immigrants in Latin America as bargaining chips in WWII
During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.
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June 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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"We knew NEH cuts were coming, but we’re still in shock at the sudden gutting of the agency," said Joe Richman, founder and EP of the Audio History Project by @radiodiaries.bsky.social @current.org #NEH #humanities #archives #documentary

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DOGE restructuring of NEH hits documentary and archival projects - Current
Forthcoming series from Ken Burns and Sam Pollard and biopics from “American Masters” are among the productions listed in a database tracking cancelled grants from the National Endowment for the Human...
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April 16, 2025 at 11:13 AM
TODAY on NPR @ 5:45 pm.

During WWII, thousands of men, women & children were taken from Latin America by the U.S. and held in detention camps. The plan? To exchange them for American prisoners of war. This week, we tell you a few of their stories.

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June 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Thank you for reading AND listening @flyingawaynow.bsky.social.
April 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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We're big fans of @radiodiaries.bsky.social and we're honored that this week they're sharing Conor Gillies' Issue One profile of historian Robin D. G. Kelley, "Pie Down Here."

Kelley listens back — for the first time in decades! — to his 1980s oral histories with sharecropper organizers.
March 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
TODAY -- In 1939, Time Magazine called Dorothy Thompson a woman who “thinks, talks and sleeps world problems — and scares men half to death.” They weren’t wrong.

Part II of Making Waves airs on NPR and @npr.org.
March 14, 2025 at 5:07 PM
TODAY -- Making Waves launches on NPR @npr.org

We’re used to media that thrives on conflict, that amplifies the most outrageous voices in the room. We often trace it back to Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern, but before all those guys, there was Joe Pyne.
* Tune in 4:20 pm on your local NPR station.
March 13, 2025 at 6:24 PM
What's it like to live at the bottom of the ocean? Meet the men who went down to find out. The incredible and tragic story of "Sealab."

Thx to Richard Blackburn, Ben Hellwarth, & Kris Stoever @krisstoever.bsky.social for sharing this story.

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Sealab: A Home on the Ocean Floor - Radio Diaries
While NASA was making headlines for its quest to send a man to the moon, Captain Bond was quietly building homes for “aquanauts” on the ocean floor.
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February 8, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Do listen to the Radio Diaries "Sealab" broadcast on NPR. I will add a few threaded posts on a historic and now-forgotten USN experiment in underwater habitation. I was asked to contribute because my dad commanded Sealab II, during which he set a record (30 days) for living underwater.
February 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Before today's broadcast, check out Sarah Kate Kramer's article, including incredible photos of the Navy's experimental program to build habitats on the ocean floor.

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The Navy's experimental underwater habitat
While NASA was trying to put a man on the moon, the Navy was quietly conducting a series of tests to see if humans could live and work on the deep seafloor.
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January 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM
NEW on the podcast.

Sealab: A Home on the Ocean Floor

The ocean has long been both a source of fear and fascination. Today: the story of the U.S. Navy’s little-known experiment to train “aquanauts” to live and work in the deep sea.

Listen Here: bit.ly/3E9IDcK
Sealab: A Home on the Ocean Floor
Podcast Episode · Radio Diaries · 01/16/2025 · 18m
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January 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Hello bluesky. Thrilled to be here. An introduction to Radio Diaries... we are:

⭐ an award-winning public radio show and podcast.
⭐ an independent, non-profit organization.
⭐ a small, but mighty team => 4 producers, 2 editors, 1 admin.
⭐ dedicated to making great audio stories
December 3, 2024 at 6:16 PM