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The Selects Podcast

Selects

Selects is a show that brings you unearthed audio works we’ve found buried in web archives, radio streams, and old podcasts. They’ve come to us through the recommendations and inspirations of some of the most talented audio creators working today. 

Every two weeks we release a new episode right here and it is going to be something that you definitely want to hear. The works that we are going to feature are going to be some of the most compelling and exciting and ambitious works in audio. 

You can find the whole library of exclusively curated works and bonus content at selects.fm or on our Apple Podcasts channel.

Selects

Selects is a show that brings you unearthed audio works we’ve found buried in web archives, radio streams, and old podcasts. They’ve come to us through the recommendations and inspirations of some of the most talented audio creators working today. 

Every two weeks we release a new episode right here and it is going to be something that you definitely want to hear. The works that we are going to feature are going to be some of the most compelling and exciting and ambitious works in audio. 

You can find the whole library of exclusively curated works and bonus content at selects.fm or on our Apple Podcasts channel.

Selects
13hr 4min
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October 15, 202526min 57sec51.76 MB
Thumbnail for "A Chat with Eleanor McDowall".
March 25, 202637min 19sec89.58 MB
Thumbnail for "A Woman on the Ice by Rikke Houd for Third Ear (subtitled by Radio Atlas) *Video Podcast*".
March 11, 202657min 5sec95.06 MB
Thumbnail for "S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D. by Ross Sutherland".
February 25, 202627min 32sec26.44 MB
Thumbnail for "The Big Read: A Lesson Before Dying".
February 11, 202629min 39sec56.94 MB
Thumbnail for "American Icons: I Love Lucy by Studio 360".
January 28, 202649min94.11 MB
Thumbnail for "The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowski by Christina Egloff with Jay Allison".
January 14, 202622min 30sec43.2 MB
Thumbnail for "Holiday Shorts! feat. Cat Names, Arlie Adlington, and the humble farmer".
December 17, 202512min 44sec24.45 MB
Thumbnail for "Willie McGee and the Traveling Electric Chair by Radio Diaries".
December 3, 202523min 52sec45.84 MB
Thumbnail for "Diary of a Bad Year by Kelly McEvers and Jay Allison".
November 12, 202556min 55sec109.29 MB
Thumbnail for "Tony Schwartz: 30,000 Recordings Later by The Kitchen Sisters".
October 29, 202524min 5sec46.27 MB
Thumbnail for "Mariya by The Heart".
October 1, 202537min 47sec72.55 MB
Thumbnail for "The Lemon Tree by Sandy Tolan".
September 17, 202559min 9sec113.58 MB
Thumbnail for "The Sunshine Hotel by Sound Portraits".
September 3, 202526min 16sec50.46 MB
Thumbnail for "The Big Read: The Joy Luck Club".
August 20, 202530min 53sec59.31 MB
Thumbnail for "Surviving the Tulsa Race Riot by Radio Diaries".
August 6, 20256min 53sec13.24 MB
Thumbnail for "Mei Mei: A Daughter's Song by Dmae Lo Roberts".
July 16, 202529min 3sec55.78 MB
Thumbnail for "Tossing Away the Keys by Sound Portraits".
July 9, 202527min 27sec52.71 MB
Thumbnail for "Beyond Gay Marriage by Lisa Dettmer".
June 18, 202558min 12sec111.78 MB
Thumbnail for "BONUS: Interview with Sonja Williams".
June 6, 202529min 52sec57.37 MB
Thumbnail for "Concerning Breakfast by Annie Cheney and Jay Allison".
May 21, 202537min 16sec71.57 MB
Thumbnail for "BONUS: Travels with Mom by Larry Massett".
May 14, 202512min 34sec24.15 MB
Thumbnail for "New: Four Stories About Travel".
April 30, 20251min 53sec3.62 MB
Thumbnail for "Black Radio: A Woman's Touch".
April 16, 202530min 35sec58.74 MB
Thumbnail for "New: American Icons by Studio 360".
April 2, 20253min 31sec6.77 MB
Thumbnail for "Call NOW! by Sean Cole".
March 19, 202525min 25sec48.8 MB

Contested by Scene on Radio

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October 15, 202526min 57sec

This week we're sharing the story "A Level Playing Field" from John Biewen's series Contested, the first season of his iconic show Scene on Radio.  

Contested considers the American relationship to sports, and this episode looks at the way money permeates sport and how it distorts reality to create unrealistic expectations for young athletes and communities of color. 

Original Series Credits:

Scene on Radio is a two-time Peabody Award–nominated podcast that dares to ask big, hard questions about who we are—really—and how we got this way. Produced and hosted by John Biewen, Scene on Radio comes from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and is distributed by PRX.

Seasons 1-5 were produced and supported by the Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) at Duke University. 

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