Scene on Radio
Scene on Radio is a two-time Peabody-nominated podcast that dares to ask big, hard questions about who we are—really—and how we got this way. Our latest is Season 7, Scene on Radio: Capitalism. Previous series include Seeing White (Season 2), looking at the roots and meaning of white supremacy; MEN (Season 3), on patriarchy and its history; The Land That Never Has Been Yet (Season 4), exploring democracy in the U.S. and why we don’t have more of it; The Repair (Season 5), on the cultural roots of the climate crisis; and Season 6, Echoes of a Coup, the story of the only successful coup d'etat in U.S. history, in Wilmington, North Carolina, in 1898. Produced and hosted by John Biewen, with collaborators, Scene on Radio comes from the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University.
The show is distributed by PRX.
126 episodes • 0 archived •
Favorite Things: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
April 23
April 23
39 mins
Favorite Things: The Copernic Affair
April 9
April 9
28 mins
Favorite Things: Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Thomas
March 26
March 26
52 mins
The New Old Racism: KeepingScOR#4
March 18
March 18
18 mins
Bonus: Michael Kliën and the Body Politic
January 22
January 22
34 mins
S7 E13
S7 E13: CAPITALISM Bonus, Live at MotorcoS7 E13·
Dec 11, 2024
Dec 11, 2024
1h 11m
Post-election '24 All-Star Special
Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024
1h 20m
S7 E12
S7 E12: Reimagined EconomiesS7 E12·
Sep 18, 2024
Sep 18, 2024
1h 3m
Bonus: Introducing Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD
Sep 12, 2024
Sep 12, 2024
45 mins
S7 E11
S7 E11: Better Capitalism?S7 E11·
Sep 4, 2024
Sep 4, 2024
50 mins
S7 E10
S7 E10: The ExtractedS7 E10·
Aug 21, 2024
Aug 21, 2024
55 mins
S7 E9
S7 E9: At the Tipping PointS7 E9·
Aug 14, 2024
Aug 14, 2024
1h 3m
S7 E8
S7 E8: The People's PushbackS7 E8·
Aug 7, 2024
Aug 7, 2024
45 mins
S7 E7
S7 E7: Gilded Age 2.0S7 E7·
Jul 31, 2024
Jul 31, 2024
58 mins
S7 E6
S7 E6: Thirty Glorious YearsS7 E6·
Jul 24, 2024
Jul 24, 2024
50 mins
S7 E5
S7 E5: A New Thing in Human HistoryS7 E5·
Jul 17, 2024
Jul 17, 2024
50 mins
S7 E4
S7 E4: Invisible Hand Guy?S7 E4·
Jul 10, 2024
Jul 10, 2024
57 mins
S7 E3
S7 E3: Ships, Swords, and FencesS7 E3·
Jul 3, 2024
Jul 3, 2024
52 mins
S7 E2
S7 E2: BC: Before CapitalismS7 E2·
Jun 26, 2024
Jun 26, 2024
47 mins
S7 E1
S7 E1: Market FailureS7 E1·
Jun 26, 2024
Jun 26, 2024
37 mins
S7
Season 7 Trailer: CapitalismS7·
Jun 12, 2024
Jun 12, 2024
4 mins
Bonus: Long Shadow, In Guns We Trust
May 22, 2024
May 22, 2024
42 mins
S6 E5
S6 E5: A Way ForwardS6 E5·
Feb 8, 2024
Feb 8, 2024
58 mins
S6 E4
S6 E4: The ForgettingS6 E4·
Jan 31, 2024
Jan 31, 2024
48 mins
S6 E3
S6 E3: A Day of BloodS6 E3·
Jan 24, 2024
Jan 24, 2024
38 mins
S6 E2
S6 E2: Crying "Negro Rule"S6 E2·
Jan 17, 2024
Jan 17, 2024
29 mins
S6 E1
S6 E1: What Was LostS6 E1·
Jan 10, 2024
Jan 10, 2024
40 mins
S6
Trailer: Echoes of a CoupS6·
Jan 3, 2024
Jan 3, 2024
2 mins
Update: Scene on Radio status report
Jun 2, 2023
Jun 2, 2023
2 mins
"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast
Aug 10, 2022
Aug 10, 2022
51 mins
White Affirmative Action: Rebroadcast
Jul 27, 2022
Jul 27, 2022
50 mins
Losing Ground: Rebroadcast
Jul 13, 2022
Jul 13, 2022
50 mins
Bonus: Introducing Hot Take
Jul 6, 2022
Jul 6, 2022
1h 14m
Himpathy: Rebroadcast
Jun 29, 2022
Jun 29, 2022
54 mins
Things I'm Afraid to Say: Rebroadcast
Jun 15, 2022
Jun 15, 2022
17 mins
Prince and Philando and Futures Untold: Rebroadcast
Jun 1, 2022
Jun 1, 2022
20 mins
S5 E12
S5 E11: Change EverythingS5 E12·
Dec 15, 2021
Dec 15, 2021
55 mins
S5 E11
S5 E10: The Power Structure, Not the Energy SourceS5 E11·
Dec 8, 2021
Dec 8, 2021
1h 2m
S5 E10
S5 E9: PachamamaS5 E10·
Dec 1, 2021
Dec 1, 2021
39 mins
S5 E9
S5 E8: Last OrdersS5 E9·
Nov 24, 2021
Nov 24, 2021
32 mins
S5 E8
S5 E7: Deluges and DreamsS5 E8·
Nov 17, 2021
Nov 17, 2021
32 mins
S5 E7
S5 E6: "We Don't Have the Power to Fight It"S5 E7·
Nov 2, 2021
Nov 2, 2021
57 mins
S5 E6
Bonus Episode: Manchin on the Hill, and Introducing DrilledS5 E6·
Oct 20, 2021
Oct 20, 2021
39 mins
S5 E5
S5 E5: Jakarta, the Sinking CapitalS5 E5·
Oct 13, 2021
Oct 13, 2021
41 mins
S5 E4
S5 E4: Up to Heaven and Down to HellS5 E4·
Oct 6, 2021
Oct 6, 2021
1h 1m
S5 E3
S5 E3: "Managing" NatureS5 E3·
Sep 29, 2021
Sep 29, 2021
55 mins
S5 E2
S5 E2: To the VictorS5 E2·
Sep 22, 2021
Sep 22, 2021
42 mins
S5 E1
S5 E1: In the BeginningS5 E1·
Sep 15, 2021
Sep 15, 2021
42 mins
S5
Season 5 Trailer: The RepairS5·
Aug 23, 2021
Aug 23, 2021
3 mins
S4
REBROADCAST: S4 E8 The Second RedemptionS4·
Jan 13, 2021
Jan 13, 2021
1h 7m
S4 E13
BONUS EPISODE: Election 2020S4 E13·
Nov 24, 2020
Nov 24, 2020
31 mins
Hearing Hiroshima (Rebroadcast)
Aug 3, 2020
Aug 3, 2020
34 mins
S4 E12
S4 E12: More DemocracyS4 E12·
Jun 10, 2020
Jun 10, 2020
57 mins
S4 E11
S4 E11: More TruthS4 E11·
May 27, 2020
May 27, 2020
56 mins
S4 E10
S4 E10: Schooled for DemocracyS4 E10·
May 13, 2020
May 13, 2020
59 mins
S4 E9
S4 E9: American EmpireS4 E9·
Apr 29, 2020
Apr 29, 2020
1 hr
S4 E8
S4 E8: The Second RedemptionS4 E8·
Apr 15, 2020
Apr 15, 2020
1h 2m
S4 E7
S4 E7: Freedom SummerS4 E7·
Apr 1, 2020
Apr 1, 2020
1h 7m
S4 E6
Bonus Episode: Pandemic AmericaS4 E6·
Mar 27, 2020
Mar 27, 2020
23 mins
S4 E6
S4 E6: A New DealS4 E6·
Mar 17, 2020
Mar 17, 2020
52 mins
S4 E5
S4 E5: Feminism in Black and WhiteS4 E5·
Mar 4, 2020
Mar 4, 2020
45 mins
S4 E4
S4 E4: The Second RevolutionS4 E4·
Feb 19, 2020
Feb 19, 2020
54 mins
S4 E3
S4 E3: The Cotton EmpireS4 E3·
Feb 5, 2020
Feb 5, 2020
41 mins
S4 E2
S4 E2: "The Excess of Democracy"S4 E2·
Jan 22, 2020
Jan 22, 2020
46 mins
S4 E1
S4 E1: Rich Man's RevoltS4 E1·
Jan 8, 2020
Jan 8, 2020
44 mins
S4
Season 4 Trailer: The Land That Never Has Been YetS4·
Dec 18, 2019
Dec 18, 2019
3 mins
S3 E12
S3 E12: The End of Male Supremacy?S3 E12·
Dec 12, 2018
Dec 12, 2018
31 mins
S3 E11
DominationS3 E11·
Nov 28, 2018
Nov 28, 2018
37 mins
S3 E10
S3 E10: The JuggernautS3 E10·
Nov 14, 2018
Nov 14, 2018
54 mins
S3 E9
S3 E9: Be Like YouS3 E9·
Oct 31, 2018
Oct 31, 2018
38 mins
S3 E8
S3 E8: American MadeS3 E8·
Oct 17, 2018
Oct 17, 2018
44 mins
S3 E7
S3 E7: HimpathyS3 E7·
Oct 3, 2018
Oct 3, 2018
50 mins
S3 E6
S3 E6: WarriorsS3 E6·
Sep 19, 2018
Sep 19, 2018
42 mins
S3 E5
S3 E5: More Than Paper CutsS3 E5·
Sep 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018
53 mins
S3 E4
S3 E4: Feminism in Black and WhiteS3 E4·
Aug 22, 2018
Aug 22, 2018
46 mins
S3 E3
S3 E3: Skeleton WarS3 E3·
Aug 8, 2018
Aug 8, 2018
34 mins
S3 E2
S3 E2: Ain't No AmoebaS3 E2·
Jul 25, 2018
Jul 25, 2018
32 mins
S3 E1
S3 E1: Dick MoveS3 E1·
Jul 11, 2018
Jul 11, 2018
38 mins
S3
Scene on Radio Season 3: MEN TrailerS3·
Jun 27, 2018
Jun 27, 2018
5 mins
I Know It's You (Rebroadcast)
Dec 13, 2017
Dec 13, 2017
16 mins
S2 E14
Transformation (Seeing White, Part 14)S2 E14·
Aug 24, 2017
Aug 24, 2017
44 mins
S2 E13
White Affirmative Action (Seeing White, Part 13)S2 E13·
Aug 9, 2017
Aug 9, 2017
47 mins
Losing Ground
Jul 26, 2017
Jul 26, 2017
50 mins
S2 E12
My White Friends (Seeing White, Part 12)S2 E12·
Jul 12, 2017
Jul 12, 2017
40 mins
S2 E11
Danger (Seeing White, Part 11)S2 E11·
Jun 28, 2017
Jun 28, 2017
45 mins
S2 E10
Citizen Thind (Seeing White, Part 10)S2 E10·
Jun 14, 2017
Jun 14, 2017
38 mins
S2 E9
A Racial Cleansing in America (Seeing White Part 9)S2 E9·
May 31, 2017
May 31, 2017
29 mins
S2 E8
Skulls and Skin (Seeing White, Part 8)S2 E8·
May 17, 2017
May 17, 2017
45 mins
S2 E7
Chenjerai’s Challenge (Seeing White, Part 7)S2 E7·
May 5, 2017
May 5, 2017
14 mins
S2 E6
That's Not Us, So We're Clean (Seeing White, Part 6)S2 E6·
Apr 26, 2017
Apr 26, 2017
40 mins
S2 E5
Little War on the Prairie (Seeing White, Part 5)S2 E5·
Apr 12, 2017
Apr 12, 2017
1h 2m
S2 E4
On Crazy We Built a Nation (Seeing White, Part 4)S2 E4·
Mar 30, 2017
Mar 30, 2017
36 mins
S2 E3
Made in America (Seeing White, Part 3)S2 E3·
Mar 16, 2017
Mar 16, 2017
33 mins
S2 E2
How Race Was Made (Seeing White, Part 2)S2 E2·
Mar 1, 2017
Mar 1, 2017
28 mins
S2 E1
Turning the Lens (Seeing White, Part 1)S2 E1·
Feb 15, 2017
Feb 15, 2017
16 mins
S1 E29
Movement TimeS1 E29·
Jan 25, 2017
Jan 25, 2017
45 mins
Emmett and Trayvon (Rebroadcast)
Jan 11, 2017
Jan 11, 2017
18 mins
S1 E28
I Found No Strangers (Travels With Mic, Part 3)S1 E28·
Dec 14, 2016
Dec 14, 2016
23 mins
S1 E27
Reality is Not the Stronger (Travels With Mic, Part 2)S1 E27·
Nov 30, 2016
Nov 30, 2016
20 mins
S1 E26
Monster America (Travels With Mic, Part 1)S1 E26·
Nov 16, 2016
Nov 16, 2016
22 mins
S1 E25
El Nuevo SouthS1 E25·
Nov 2, 2016
Nov 2, 2016
38 mins
S1 E24
Prince and Philando and Futures UntoldS1 E24·
Oct 19, 2016
Oct 19, 2016
20 mins
S1 E24
None of Us Could be Thrown Away (Storymakers, Part 4)S1 E24·
Jul 27, 2016
Jul 27, 2016
26 mins
S1 E23
That Old Optimism (Storymakers, Part 3)S1 E23·
Jul 13, 2016
Jul 13, 2016
32 mins
S1 E22
The Way It Is (Storymakers, Part 2)S1 E22·
Jun 30, 2016
Jun 30, 2016
34 mins
S1 E21
Finding America in Durham, N.C. (Storymakers, Part 1)S1 E21·
Jun 15, 2016
Jun 15, 2016
20 mins
S1 E20
Hearing HiroshimaS1 E20·
May 26, 2016
May 26, 2016
33 mins
S1 E19
My Dad and Me, in Three SongsS1 E19·
May 18, 2016
May 18, 2016
18 mins
S1 E18
Close RelationsS1 E18·
May 4, 2016
May 4, 2016
16 mins
S1 E17
Selected ShortDocs: MemoryS1 E17·
Apr 20, 2016
Apr 20, 2016
18 mins
S1 E16
Rogue Chickens and Ratty-ass RadishesS1 E16·
Apr 6, 2016
Apr 6, 2016
19 mins
S1 E15
Things I'm Afraid to SayS1 E15·
Mar 23, 2016
Mar 23, 2016
20 mins
S1 E14
GroundworkS1 E14·
Mar 9, 2016
Mar 9, 2016
24 mins
S1 E13
Straight, No ChaserS1 E13·
Feb 24, 2016
Feb 24, 2016
20 mins
S1 E12
Losing YourselfS1 E12·
Feb 10, 2016
Feb 10, 2016
31 mins
S1 E11
The Dead Can't Do You NothingS1 E11·
Jan 27, 2016
Jan 27, 2016
22 mins
S1 E10
The Right NoteS1 E10·
Jan 13, 2016
Jan 13, 2016
17 mins
S1 E9
Emmett and TrayvonS1 E9·
Dec 30, 2015
Dec 30, 2015
15 mins
S1 E8
No SantaS1 E8·
Dec 16, 2015
Dec 16, 2015
14 mins
S1 E7
HijabisS1 E7·
Dec 2, 2015
Dec 2, 2015
17 mins
S1 E6
What Men Talk About When They Talk About SportsS1 E6·
Nov 18, 2015
Nov 18, 2015
20 mins
S1 E5
A Level Playing Field?S1 E5·
Nov 4, 2015
Nov 4, 2015
26 mins
S1 E4
An Athlete Inside and OutS1 E4·
Oct 21, 2015
Oct 21, 2015
22 mins
S1 E3
The (High School) Mascot WarsS1 E3·
Oct 7, 2015
Oct 7, 2015
24 mins
S1 E2
Friends and BasketballS1 E2·
Sep 23, 2015
Sep 23, 2015
26 mins
S1 E1
Sports, the Great Uniter?S1 E1·
Sep 1, 2015
Sep 1, 2015
13 mins