Travelogue: Volume Two
In the last episode of State of the Re:Union, the team brings you a collection of our favorite stories from the road. Host Al Letson reflect...
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State of the Re:Union
Free podcast of the award-winning public radio show State of the Re:Union. Each episode of SOTRU, host Al Letson travels to a new community to tell stories about the people who are doing ext...
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20 of 63 episodesSan Gabriel Valley, CA: Small Town, Global City
The San Gabriel Valley is just like any other suburb in America. Life revolves around family and school; the social fabric is woven over che...
The Poems, The Poets, The Power – A National Poetry Month Special
Poetry isn’t just words on a page. Instead it’s a form that lets people express themselves in a way that’s often far more deep, emotional, a...
Ithaca, NY: Power to the People
The climate is going haywire, and politicians are bickering over what to do about it, or whether to do anything at all. But that’s only part...
SOTRU Short: A Couple Twice Born
When someone decides to transition from one gender to another, it’s obviously a big deal in their life. But what’s it like for their spouse?...
The Power of African American Art: A Black History Month Special
This year, State of the Re:Union recognizes Black History Month through the lens of African-American art, the role it has played in social m...
SOTRU Short: A New Orleans Church Memorializes Murder Victims
When a city’s murder rate goes up and stays high for years, what do community activists working against violence do? How do they keep from l...
SOTRU Short: The Whistler
In every community, there are certain characters that are familiar to everybody. They’re not actually famous– they’re just recognizable folk...
Travelogue: Volume One
The SOTRU team brings you a collection of stories from the road. Host Al Letson reflects on the show and plays some of his favorite stories...
Truckers of the High Seas
In our globalized world, it only takes a click to buy something from China and have it delivered right to your doorstep. But that product sa...
American Justice
The United States has the world’s largest prison population. In 2012, there were 2.3 million people in American prisons or jails – and even...
Trans Families
It’s estimated that there are nearly 1.5 million people in the U.S. who identify themselves as transgender. That’s more than a million peopl...
Interior Alaska: Frontier Community
Interior Alaska can be a forbidding place. The region is largely wilderness, covered with expansive stretches of tundra and towering mountai...
The Sorting of America
The U.S. has been a country shaped by migration, dating back to the days of the pioneers making their way West. But recently, this country h...
Salt Lake City: Updating Tradition
When Mormon pioneers rolled into the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, they brought with them a new theology, a short but intense history of persecu...
Contested
Host Al Letson and guest producer John Biewen (of the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University) present a collection of stories fro...
Hawai'i: The Legacy of Sugar
For many Americans, Hawai’i is a tropical playground, the place of surf, sun and dream vacations. Behind the tourist façade, though, is one...
SOTRU Short: The Friendship of Ross and Stardust
Even in diverse neighborhoods, it’s easy to go about our lives in a well-established groove, only interacting with the people we already kno...
When Words Matter: A National Poetry Month Special
In this National Poetry Month special, SOTRU explores all facets of poetry and its influence in host Al Letson’s life. We talk to poets from...
SOTRU Short: Thrashing in the Woods
When you picture Vermont, you probably get a mental image of a pastoral scene of fields and mountains, maybe some maple trees. How about… mo...