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Season 6 Episode 4
After the massacre and coup of November 10, 1898, white supremacists in North Carolina soon finished the job of disenfranchising Black citizens and i…
2 years, 4 months ago
S6 E3: A Day of Blood
Season 6 Episode 3
On November 1898, North Carolina Democrats won a sweeping victory at the polls – confirming the success of their campaign based on white supremacy, i…
2 years, 4 months ago
S6 E2: Crying "Negro Rule"
Season 6 Episode 2
By 1898, two decades after the end of Reconstruction, white elites, backed by violent terror groups, have installed Jim Crow across most of the South…
2 years, 4 months ago
S6 E1: What Was Lost
Season 6 Episode 1
This series tells the story of the only successful coup d’etat in U.S. history, and the white supremacist massacre that went with it. It happened in …
2 years, 4 months ago
Trailer: Echoes of a Coup
Season 6
Introduction to Season 6, a series co-produced by Michael A. Betts II and Scene on Radio producer and host John Biewen, with story editor Loretta Wil…
2 years, 5 months ago
Update: Scene on Radio status report
Scene on Radio is on an extended hiatus, but is on its way back. Host and producer John Biewen explains that the show has found a new home: the Kenan…
3 years ago
"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast
In the summer of 1787, fifty-five men got together in Philadelphia to write a new Constitution for the United States, replacing the new nation’s orig…
3 years, 9 months ago
White Affirmative Action: Rebroadcast
When it comes to U.S. government programs and support designed to benefit particular racial groups, history is clear. White folks have received most …
3 years, 10 months ago
Losing Ground: Rebroadcast
The next in our summer mini-season of rebroadcasts: For Eddie Wise, owning a hog farm was a lifelong dream. In middle age, he and his wife, Dorothy, …
3 years, 10 months ago
Bonus: Introducing Hot Take
In this bonus episode we share a recent installment from Hot Take, the climate podcast co-hosted by Amy Westervelt (co-host/reporter for our Season 5…
3 years, 10 months ago