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VPM; Connecticut Public Radio; NCPR; WWNO ; OPB; Colorado Public Radio

VPM; Connecticut Public Radio; NCPR; WWNO ; OPB; Colorado Public Radio

Enjoy the spring blooms, get outside, listen to a new podcast! The NPR One team has rounded up some recurring favorites as well as new releases from public media.

The podcast episode descriptions below come from podcast web pages and have been edited for brevity and clarity.

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Radical change — WWNO and WRKF

Sea Change is back with a brand new season. And this time, the stakes are even higher. We launch new investigations, travel the world, and observe how radical change is underway to solve some of our biggest problems. Come with us to investigate and celebrate life on our changing shores. Every two weeks, we bring you stories that enlighten, inspire, and sometimes enrage, as we take a deep dive into the environmental issues facing coastal communities across the Gulf Coast and beyond. We have a lot to save and we have a lot of solutions. It’s time to talk about radical change.

Listen to “All Gassed Up, Part 1: The Carbon Coast.”

Lost patients — KUOW

Imagine a sprawling house in which every room, door and hallway was designed by a different architect. Doors don’t connect. The stairs lead nowhere. The rooms are isolated from each other. This is how journalist Will James describes our complex system of treating people with serious mental illnesses – a system that, almost by design, loses psychosis patients in an endless loop between the streets, the prisons, the clinics, courts and an increasingly limited number of hospital beds. Lost Patients is a six-part documentary series that examines the challenges of treating serious mental illness through the lens of a city’s past, present and future. With real-life stories from patients, families, and professionals on the front lines, Lost Patients offers a real-world, solutions-focused look at how we got stuck here…and what we could do to break free .

Listen to the first part, “Churn”.

The Modern West — Wyoming Public Media

Exactly 100 years to the day after a woman named Eleanor Davis became the first recorded woman to climb the Grand Teton — a nearly 14,000-foot-tall mountain that gives its name to Grand Teton National Park — a group entirely female mountaineer climbs the summit. summit to celebrate his legacy. Hannah Habermann accompanied us on the adventure.

Start listening to Part 1 of High Altitude Tales, “Courage is a Muscle.”

Hotline — NPR

How did we get here? This is the central question behind the Throughline series, Origins of the conflict in the Middle East. The series explores Hamas’ roots in early Islamist movements, the influence of Iran and Hezbollah in their adoption of suicide bombings and other violent strategies, the role played by the Palestine Liberation Organization, the way in which the two Intifadas shook things up and the roles of Israelis and Palestinians. , and American policy to bring us to the moment we find ourselves today.

Listen to “The Rise of the Right in Israel.”

¿Who are we? — Colorado Public Radio

Get ready for a new season of ¿Quién Are We?, a podcast about being Latinx, Hispanic, Chicana — or however you identify — and the beautiful things that make us who we are. Host and journalist May Ortega is back with more everyday stories of incredible people exploring their heritage through their personal passions. You’ll hear from an artist, an anthropologist, and a game designer. You’ll hear about the relationship between two enemies turned lovers and the bond between a father and son. Most importantly, you will hear yourself in these stories.

Start listening to “The Therapist.”

Track Changes — VPM

While four men are held in a Virginia prison, they record an album to chronicle their efforts to break free from an oppressive cycle of addiction and incarceration. In each musical episode of this documentary series, host and pioneering hip-hop artist Speech Thomas meets a musician at a crossroads in their fierce fight for freedom, learns what brought them to this inflection point and the help record a song that captures this critical moment in their lives. From soulful country to fiery hip-hop and haunting R&B, this music affirms the lives of people who are left behind by society. And in the midst of a reentry crisis that affects millions of Americans each year, these intimate stories behind the walls of a local prison ask: What does it take to rebuild a life after incarceration?

Listen to Episode 1, “I Wrote This to Inspire You.”

Salmon Wars — OPB

Salmon Wars tells the story of salmon in the Northwest in a way you’ve never heard before – through the voices of a Yakama Nation family who have fought for salmon for generations. We dig in to find out who is responsible for the salmon’s disappearance, what can be done before it’s too late, and why their disappearance affects us all…

Listen to “Ep 1: Family”.

Unforgettable: The Hidden History of Slavery in Connecticut — Connecticut Public Radio

When we think of slavery in the United States, we don’t usually think of the North. But slavery was legal in Connecticut for more than 200 years and didn’t officially end until 1848. In our first episode, reporter/producer Diane Orson and editorial consultant and curator Frank Mitchell weigh in on issues complex: who owns this story? Who should present it? In what ways was this story hidden? There is a deep-rooted perception that the North was the home of the “good guys,” the abolitionists. The truth is very different. Hear from people who shed light on this story and why it matters.

Listen to “Episode 1: Slavery Has Deep Roots in New England.”

The Howl — NCPR

True stories. No rating. This is the HOWL podcast. Recorded live on stages in the hills of upstate New York, the HOWL features stories about being hunted by Bigfoot, cooking on car engines, and taking medicine for your dog. Host Ethan Shantie combines stories from his time as a writer, punk musician, and lifelong New Yorker with stories of everyday people in communities throughout New York’s “North Country.” In the last and final episode of season two, Ethan shares his family’s smuggling story, and live storyteller Olivia tells us about the world of fighting underground jelly.

Listen to “I Just Found Out My Great-Grandparents Were Smugglers.”

NPR’s Jessica Green and Jack Mitchell organized and produced this piece.