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  Radio Diaries & Radiotopia  

First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers. The extraordinary stories of ordinary life. Radio Diaries is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm

First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers. The extraordinary stories of ordinary life. Radio Diaries is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm

 

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#264

Guest Spotlight: William Parker's War on Slave Catchers

This week we're bringing you a story from our friends at [History This Week] (https://hist... more

02 Apr 2026

38 MINS

38:41

02 Apr 2026

#263

Detained: A Homecoming

Last week, Leqaa Kordia, young Palestinian woman from Paterson, New Jersey, walked out of ... more

27 Mar 2026

16 MINS

16:14

27 Mar 2026

#262

The Real Refugees of Casablanca

When the Hollywood classic, Casablanca, was released in 1943, moviegoers were thrilled by ... more

19 Mar 2026

12 MINS

12:30

19 Mar 2026

#261

Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier 3: The Trial

This is the final episode of our series about Isaac Woodard, a Black soldier who was beate... more

26 Feb 2026

18 MINS

18:23

26 Feb 2026

#260

Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier 2: Officer X

Last week, we shared the story of Isaac Woodard, a Black soldier who was brutally beaten b... more

19 Feb 2026

13 MINS

13:12

19 Feb 2026

#259

Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier 1: The Bus Ride

On February 12, 1946, a Black soldier was heading home from WWII when he was brutally beat... more

12 Feb 2026

12 MINS

12:19

12 Feb 2026

#258

TRAILER: Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier

On February 12, 1946, an African American soldier heading home from WWII was attacked by a... more

09 Feb 2026

04 MINS

04:35

09 Feb 2026

#257

Remembering Claudette Colvin

A little over a decade ago, we went to interview a woman at her small one-bedroom apartmen... more

14 Jan 2026

11 MINS

11:41

14 Jan 2026

#256

The First Computer Dating Service: Operation Match

Looking for love is an art, not a science. People have been trying to crack the code, with... more

18 Dec 2025

12 MINS

12:16

18 Dec 2025

#255

This Short Life

Today on the show, we sit down with photographer Andrew Lichtenstein to discuss his new bo... more

20 Nov 2025

16 MINS

16:19

20 Nov 2025

#254

Detained: The Last Columbia Protester

In April 2024, over 100 students were arrested during protests outside Columbia University... more

03 Nov 2025

11 MINS

11:42

03 Nov 2025

#253

Identical Strangers

Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein were both born in New York City and adopted as infants. W... more

23 Oct 2025

17 MINS

17:10

23 Oct 2025

#252

The Gospel Ranger

This is the story of a song, "Ain't No Grave Gonna Hold My Body Down." It was written by a... more

02 Oct 2025

16 MINS

16:38

02 Oct 2025

#251

The Working Tapes, Revisited

In the early 1970s, author Studs Terkel interviewed the owners of Duke & Lee's Auto Repair... more

18 Sep 2025

16 MINS

16:41

18 Sep 2025

#250

The Last Place

When you spend so much of your life moving around, getting to the next chapter, what's it ... more

07 Aug 2025

29 MINS

29:52

07 Aug 2025

#249

The View from the 79th Floor

Eighty years ago, on July 28, 1945, an Army bomber pilot on a routine ferry mission found ... more

28 Jul 2025

16 MINS

16:30

28 Jul 2025

#248

Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl, Revisited

When we first met Majd Abdulghani, she was 19 years old, living in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. W... more

17 Jul 2025

37 MINS

37:17

17 Jul 2025

#247

The End of Smallpox

Vaccines have been in the news recently. Over the last few weeks, Health Secretary Robert ... more

30 Jun 2025

14 MINS

14:14

30 Jun 2025

#246

The Detainees of Crystal City

To justify mass deportations, President Trump has invoked an old wartime law: the Alien En... more

13 Jun 2025

16 MINS

16:16

13 Jun 2025

#245

Prisoners of War

It's been 50 years since the end of the Vietnam war. In honor of the anniversary, we're re... more

01 May 2025

19 MINS

19:51

01 May 2025

#244

March of the Bonus Army

Author James Baldwin once wrote, "I love America more than any other country in the world ... more

17 Apr 2025

16 MINS

16:18

17 Apr 2025

#243

The Girls of the Leesburg Stockade

On July 19, 1963, at least 15 Black girls were arrested while marching to protest segregat... more

03 Apr 2025

16 MINS

16:14

03 Apr 2025

#242

Guest Spotlight: Signal Hill

This week we're featuring a story from a brand new audio magazine we've been listening to ... more

20 Mar 2025

37 MINS

37:20

20 Mar 2025

#241

Making Waves: The Woman Who Warned The World

In 1939, Time Magazine called Dorothy Thompson a woman who “thinks, talks and sleeps world... more

06 Mar 2025

12 MINS

12:30

06 Mar 2025