Episode summary: 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. North Carolina, led by its largest city, Wilmington, is different. A Fusion coalition, made up of mostly-Black Republicans and mostl...

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Episode summary: The fake villages and role players used to train US soldiers

Episode summary: This week David talks to Rory Stewart about his life in politics and the history of the ideas behind his political philosophy. What does it mean to be a Tory in the twenty-first century? When and how did the Conservative party get taken over by Whigs? Where – if anywhere – can indep...

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Episode summary: Jess used to think making documentaries was good for her subjects and good for the world. But she’s not so sure anymore. With this series, she’s throwing out the old rules of documentary production and trying out some new ones. Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative is written, hos...

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Episode summary: L’ALIMENTAZIONE DI UNA VOLTA - Un assaggio di DOI

Episode summary: 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 Wilmington, North Carolina in November 1898. But before we get to that story, we explore the surprising world of Wilmington in the 19t...

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Episode summary: Few can measure the impact of a blog post they wrote, in the millions of dollars a year, but Patrick McKenzie has the receipts

Episode summary: The moment of time before a camera shutter closes, a symphony of ums reveals a partner’s untruths, and two women linked by a phantom thread reflect on their changing bodies. Josie Long presents even shorter short documentaries.Is This An Image? Produced by Jon TjhiaDeath from Above...

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Episode summary: This week David talks to the political scientist Mike Kenny about the possible fate of the United Kingdom. What makes the UK such an unusual political arrangement? How has it managed to hold together through war, economic decline, Brexit, Covid? What still threatens to break it apar...

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Episode summary: Artist and documentarian Jess Shane posts a Craigslist ad: “Does your story need to be told? Tell it in a documentary! Seeking shocking, heartbreaking, and transformative stories for a new series about the documentary industry. Compensation provided.” After days of auditions, Shane...

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