Episode summary: As statues of slaveholders and Confederate War losers come down, we imagine what could go up in their stead, revisiting a conversation with artist and rememorialization expert Chris Vargas. And since the Trump administration has banned any official raising of the rainbow flag to com...

Episode summary: In this extra episode David talks to Thant Myint-U about the fraught recent history of Burma (Myanmar) and asks what it can teach us about twenty-first century politics. Why did the West have so many illusions about Aung San Suu Kyi? Can democracy really rescue the country? What mod...

Episode summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 2019: On a boat ride down the Moskva River, Patrick starts to fear that this entire podcast could itself be CIA propaganda. Or worse, Ksenia, his Russian fixer points out: propaganda by the successors to the KGB.

Episode summary: “It’s a goodbye song, but it’s also an inspirational song, It could also mean a new beginning” - Ray Davies Written by Ray Davies and released by the Kinks in 1968 ‘Days’ had a very different sound to the rest of their repertoire. Sorrowful but uplifting it’s been embraced by listen...

Episode summary: On May 13, 1862, Robert Smalls took command of a Confederate ship and liberated himself and his family from enslavement. His great-great-grandson, Michael Boulware Moore, tells the story. Criminal is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. If you haven’t already, please review us on...

Episode summary: Black people all across the US are receiving the world’s weirdest form of reparations: Venmo payments from white people. Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi investigates. Additional Reading: Noni’s petition to reform the film department at UNC: https://www.change.org/p/patricia-parker-racism-...

Episode summary: Dragons hoard treasure, deep in their lairs. They don’t show it off to their neighbors. Revisionist History applies dragon psychology to the strange world of art museums, with help from Andy Warhol, J.R.R. Tolkien, a handful of accountants and the world’s leading hoarding expert. Ge...

Episode summary: We talk with the writer and political commentator Fintan O’Toole about how British politics can and should deal with its imperial past in the age of Brexit. From battles over statues to fights over nationalism we explore whether history has become the new democratic divide. Why does...

Episode summary: Micky Dolenz was a successful child-actor, but he became a full-fledged star at 20 in 1966 as the exuberant singer and drummer of The Monkees — or rather, as the actor playing that character. At first, the band was a creation of NBC and only existed on the show The Monkees. For the...

Episode summary: Lying on your back and gazing at the stars in Australia, viewing the world through the eyes of a little dog and venturing outside your home - Josie Long presents short documentaries and adventures in sound about the outside world. Emu in the Sky Featuring Krystal DeNapoli Produced b...