Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchLittle War on the Prairie (Seeing White, Part 5)
Season 2 Episode 5
Growing up in Mankato, Minnesota, John Biewen heard next to nothing about the town’s most important historical event. In 1862, Mankato was the site o…
8 years, 9 months ago
On Crazy We Built a Nation (Seeing White, Part 4)
Season 2 Episode 4
“All men are created equal.” Those words, from the Declaration of Independence, are central to the story that Americans tell about ourselves and our …
8 years, 9 months ago
Made in America (Seeing White, Part 3)
Season 2 Episode 3
Chattel slavery in the United States, with its distinctive – and strikingly cruel – laws and structures, took shape over many decades in colonial Ame…
8 years, 9 months ago
How Race Was Made (Seeing White, Part 2)
Season 2 Episode 2
For much of human history, people viewed themselves as members of tribes or nations but had no notion of “race.” Today, science deems race biological…
8 years, 10 months ago
Turning the Lens (Seeing White, Part 1)
Season 2 Episode 1
Events of the past few years have turned a challenging spotlight on White people, and Whiteness, in the United States. An introduction to our series …
8 years, 10 months ago
Movement Time
Season 1 Episode 29
Facts can be ignored by the powers that be and still ignite a movement. An interview with Tim Tyson, author of the new book, The Blood of Emmett Till…
8 years, 11 months ago
Emmett and Trayvon (Rebroadcast)
There’s a long and painful history in the U.S. of white men killing black men and boys without punishment. In this episode, we listen in on “Dar He,”…
9 years ago
I Found No Strangers (Travels With Mic, Part 3)
Season 1 Episode 28
The last in our series exploring the spirit of America in the footsteps of one of its greatest writers, John Steinbeck. At key spots on Steinbeck’s 1…
9 years, 1 month ago
Reality is Not the Stronger (Travels With Mic, Part 2)
Season 1 Episode 27
The second in a three-part series, journeying into the soul of America through the eyes of artists, while following in the footsteps of Nobel Prize-w…
9 years, 1 month ago
Monster America (Travels With Mic, Part 1)
Season 1 Episode 26
First in a three-part journey into the soul of America, through the eyes of working people who happen to be artists. In this episode, David Slater in…
9 years, 1 month ago