How the shot of a movie protagonist walking on crowded New York City sidewalk became iconic, and how its meaning has changed over time.
Radio Boston – Advocates Want To Make The T Free. So How Would That Actually Work?
Free public transportation is one of the greatest measures a city can take for its health, affordability, and reducing harm to the environment.
This Day in Esoteric Political History – The Lost Robert E. Lee Oath Theory
The American historical memory is short and twisted. Example: on July 22, 1975 the United States Congress voted to restore citizenship to a long dead of a traitorous insurrection.
Throughline – Olympics: Behind The Five Rings
A short history of how the International Olympics Committee and corporate sponsors have exploited athletes and host cities for profits.
An audio drama about an 8-year-old who connects more with a nature documentary narrator than any people in her life.
Running Tally of Podcast of the Week Awards for 2021
- Afropop Worldwide – 2
- AirSpace – 1
- Best of the Left – 2
- The Brattle Film Podcast – 1
- Code Switch – 2
- Consider This – 2
- Decoder Ring – 3
- Fresh Air – 2
- Futility Closet – 1
- Have You Heard? – 2
- Hit Parade – 1
- Hub History – 2
- Judas and the Black Messiah – Entire series
- The Last Archive – 3
- LeVar Burton Reads – 1
- Lost Massachusetts – 2
- The Moth – 1
- The Memory Palace – 1
- 99% Invisible – 3
- Politically Re-Active – 2
- Planet Money – 2
- Radio Boston – 6
- Radiolab – 8
- Reparations: The Big Payback – 1
- Scientific American – 1
- Seizing Freedom – 2
- Sidedoor – 1
- Slow Burn – 1
- The Story Collider – 1
- Strong Songs – 1
- Stuff the British Stole – entire series
- This American Life – 2
- This Day in Esoteric Political History – 6
- Throughline – 7
- The Tomorrow Society – 1
- The Truth – 1
- Twenty Thousand Hertz – 5
- Unf*cking the Republic – 2
- Unspooled – 1
- Up First – 1
- The War on Cars – 1
- What Next – 3
