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Who Can Become American? | The History of White People in America, Ep 6
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Special | 5m 30s | Catchy, musical short chronicles the 175-year-long arbitrary system of race in America. (5m 30s)
Ready For Your Headliner? | United States of Comedy, Ep 5
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Special | 24m 13s | Iranian American comic Sohrab Forouzesh gets his big break: headlining Chicago's legendary Zanies. (24m 13s)
The Art of Clown | United States of Comedy, Ep 4
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Special | 22m 13s | L.A.'s Christina Catherine Martinez is a bewitching hybrid of standup, clown and performance artist. (22m 13s)
America’s Gay Christian Sweetheart | United States of Comedy, Ep 3
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Special | 24m 45s | Legendary Atlanta comic Ian Aber takes the stage with jokes about growing up queer in the South. (24m 45s)
Be Too Much | United States of Comedy, Ep 2
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Special | 23m 40s | Called "too much" her whole life, Austin's Lea’h Sampson now embraces her true self in her standup. (23m 40s)
The Making of a Griot | United States of Comedy, Ep 1
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Special | 23m 51s | Haitian-born, Brooklyn-based comic Tanael Joachim mines comedy from being a fish out of water. (23m 51s)
All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5
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Special | 4m 15s | The powerful story of an enslaved woman who sued and won her family’s freedom in 1832. (4m 15s)
The Diary of Afong Moy | The History of White People in America, Episode 4
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Special | 4m 52s | How America's first Chinese woman was exhibited and exploited as a circus oddity in 1830s New York. (4m 52s)
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Special | 18m 29s | An Ozarks wild hog hunt leads to a vulnerable reunion for an Iranian American and childhood friend. (18m 29s)
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Special | 24m 2s | Oil painter Samir Khurshid's work reflects his tumultuous Iraq childhood and refugee life. (24m 2s)
After Angola | holding bodies: a justice anthology
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Special | 18m 5s | A support group for men who served time inside Louisiana's Angola State Pen. (18m 5s)
D.A. Time | holding bodies: a justice anthology
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Special | 12m 44s | A young woman feels pressure to plead guilty while kept waiting in jail for 60 days. (12m 44s)
First Disappearances | holding bodies: a justice anthology
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Special | 12m 36s | What's the first 24 hours after you're arrested like? (12m 36s)
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Special | 17m 59s | The bonds between a deaf father and his hearing, formerly incarcerated daughter deepen. (17m 59s)
LA Street Food, South Asian Style | Spice Road, Episode 4
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Special | 16m 31s | Rupak Ginna goes home to LA for Desi street delicacies and grocery store comfort food. (16m 31s)
Back to the Motherland-ish | Spice Road, Episode 3
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Special | 20m 51s | Rupak honors his mom's Maharashtrian heritage in New Jersey and with mom in New York. (20m 51s)
Southern Fried Tikka Masala | Spice Road, Episode 2
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Special | 16m 31s | Pani puri, pakoras, and… pageants? Indian food in Southern Virginia. (16m 31s)
Tandoori Truck Stop | Spice Road, Episode 1
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Special | 16m 8s | What do truckers and tandooris have in common? Actor Rupak Ginn finds out. (16m 8s)
Everything Wrong and Nowhere to Go
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Special | 11m 54s | A filmmaker seeks a cure for her climate anxiety with eco-therapy. (11m 54s)
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Special | 15m 32s | Porters deliver precious cargo across the U.S.-Mexico border to keep families connected. (15m 32s)
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Special | 9m 46s | Survivors of subway harassment share their stories in hopes of changing the stigma. (9m 46s)
The Command Center to Bring Women Home
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Special | 20m 58s | An imagined space run by formerly incarcerated women for comfort and healing. (20m 58s)
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Special | 14m 21s | A filmmaker's brother opens up about his recovery from opioid use disorder. (14m 21s)
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Special | 36m 38s | A transgender woman comes out to her old-school Ohio bowling league. (36m 38s)
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Special | 14m 8s | Two fronteriza women live in two cultures at the same time along the U.S.-Mexico border. (14m 8s)
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Special | 14m 30s | A former ballet prodigy finds refuge in his alter ego, a Russian ballet instructor. (14m 30s)
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Special | 14m 2s | For residents of an LGBTQ+ retirement home, “senior” prom takes on a whole new meaning. (14m 2s)
The Great World of Gregory Blackstock
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Special | 10m 38s | The richly obsessive life and work of a renowned autistic artist comes to life. (10m 38s)
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 4
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Special | 12m 44s | The Brodies retrace routes and reconnect with family gone but not forgotten in Jamaica. (12m 44s)
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 3
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Special | 11m 57s | How hard is it to run a taxi service in Kingston, Jamaica? The Brodie brothers find out. (11m 57s)
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 2
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Special | 11m 56s | The Brodies take a tour of reminiscence with an old acquaintance in Jamaica. (11m 56s)
Driver Radio: Jamaica, Episode 1
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Special | 10m 37s | Don and Ron head from Kingston to rural Jamaica, for cooler temps and good fishing. (10m 37s)
Jose and Mr. Ramos: The Dreamer
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Special | 8m 19s | An optimistic Salinas 14-year-old dreams of college amidst deportation worries. (8m 19s)
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Special | 9m 57s | Both sons of migrant farm workers, Salinas, CA teacher Oscar Ramos mentors Jose Ansaldo. (9m 57s)
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Special | 12m 14s | Sophie Sartain's film about her son, who was diagnosed with Asperger's, a form of autism. (12m 14s)
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Special | 10m 7s | Get to know Eastern Shoshone tribal elder Philbert McLeod, star of What Was Ours. (10m 7s)
TOWER - Guns on Campus - Short Film
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Special | 5m 24s | University of Texas students can now legally carry loaded handguns on campus. (5m 24s)
Special | 5m 2s | Ahead of Her Time: Government Official Approved Same-Sex Marriage Licenses -- in 1975 (5m 2s)
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