The Show of Delights

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In these dark, combative times, we attempt the most radical counterprogramming we could imagine: a show made up entirely of stories about delight.
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We Won a Peabody Award for Our Coverage of the Fall of Roe v. Wade
With filmmaker Maisie Crow, we recorded the day Roe v. Wade was overturned in the abortion clinic that was at the center of the Supreme Court case, and then headed out from there to other places around the country where the effects of the landmark decision were felt.
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