Scene on Radio: Capitalism
Scene on Radio is a two-time Peabody-nominated podcast that dares to ask big, hard questions about who we are—really—and how we got this way. Our latest is Season 7, Scene on Radio: Capitalism. Previous series include Seeing White (Season 2), looking at the roots and meaning of white supremacy; MEN (Season 3), on patriarchy and its history; The Land That Never Has Been Yet (Season 4), exploring democracy in the U.S. and why we don’t have more of it; The Repair (Season 5), on the cultural roots of the climate crisis; and Season 6, Echoes of a Coup, the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history, in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898. Produced and hosted by John Biewen, with collaborators, Scene on Radio comes from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University. The show is distributed by PRX.
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First class introduction to parts of history that may be “inconvenient” to some
Dec 3
Recommend to anyone who seeks to understand how we got here
Scene in Radio
Dec 2
Phenomenal series about American history. Looking to sharing with friends and family.
Stunning
Dec 1
Absolutely breathtaking romp through history.
A world out of balance
Nov 3
Scene on Radio is a wonderful series that tries to explain why the world is in the mess it's in by considering inequalities. The seasons cover inequalities of (2-Seeing White) race , (3-Men) gender, and (7-Capitalism) wealth. Season 4 (The Land That Never Has Been Yet) explores how racial, gender, and economic inequality were part of the founding principles of the United States. Season 5 (The Repair) considers climate change as being due to some people's belief in the inferiority of nature and where that may have come from. Season 6 is outlier, it covers the specific history of the only successful coup in the US, part of the fraught racial strife after Reconstruction. This series focuses on the US and how it is affected by and has contributed to these problems. This podcast is often uncomfortable and depressing listening, but it does offer some hope.
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- CreatorKenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University
- Episodes122
- Seasons7
- RatingClean
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