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We Are in the Future
In this moment of sorrow, protest, and rage, we offer this as a break from the dreadful present: our show about Afrofuturism.
A Mess to Be Reckoned With
Lissa Yellow Bird searches for missing people. She's great at it. But then, her niece goes missing.
Time Out
Our favorite stories from the football fields, boxing rings, and basketball courts of days past.
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“When I’m trying to explain our program to someone who doesn’t know it, I stammer a bunch of words like ‘entertaining,’ ‘funny,’ ‘surprising plot twists,’ ‘true stories but not boring I swear’ … and then I just give them this list.” — Ira Glass
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