Podcast Episodes

After the Crash

A police officer chased a Native teen to his death. Days later, the police force shut down without explanation.

In 2020, Blossom Old Bull was raising …

1 year, 4 months ago

In Fallujah, We Destroyed Parts of Ourselves

It’s been 20 years since the Battle of Fallujah, a bloody campaign in a destructive Iraq War that we now know was based on a lie. 

But back then, in t…

1 year, 4 months ago

All the President’s Pardons

President Joe Biden’s pardon of his son and President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to set free people who stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021, brin…

1 year, 4 months ago

Fortress Europe: The Fight for Refugees in Greece

In 2015, hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and repression were trying to reach safe havens in Europe. From his home in Norway, Tommy Olsen …

1 year, 5 months ago

Take No Prisoners

It was their first day in battle and the two best friends had just switched places. Bob Fordyce rested while Frank Hartzell crawled down into the sha…

1 year, 5 months ago

A Whistleblower in New Folsom Prison

When Valentino Rodriguez started his job at a high-security prison in Sacramento, California, informally known as New Folsom, he thought he was enter…

1 year, 5 months ago

50 States of Mind

Every summer, 50 of the nation’s best and brightest teenage girls gather in Mobile, Alabama, to embark on two of the most intense weeks of their live…

1 year, 5 months ago

The Racist Hoax That Changed Boston

Note: This episode contains descriptions of violence and suicide and may not be appropriate for all listeners. 

In 1989, Chuck Stuart called 911 on hi…

1 year, 6 months ago

Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 2

Chief Red Cloud was a Lakota leader in the late 1800s, when the conflict between the US government and Native Americans was intense, and he was the t…

1 year, 6 months ago

Buried Secrets: America’s Indian Boarding Schools Part 1

In the early 1990s, Justin Pourier was a maintenance man at Red Cloud Indian School, a Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota.…

1 year, 6 months ago