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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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Superpowers
Which is better: flight or invisibility?
The Lives of Others
Looping thoughts about people you barely know, or don't know at all.
Leaving the Fold
People trying to leave some moment in their life behind, which can be hard.
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