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Reckon Radio presents “Unjustifiable”

“Unjustifiable” is an investigative podcast series by Pulitzer-prize winning columnist John Archibald and Roy S. Johnson

-Decades before Black Lives Matter, Bonita Carter changed Alabama forever

“Unjustifiable” is an investigative podcast series that examines the death of Bonita Carter, the uprising that followed, and the change demanded.

- 2021 Edward R. Murrow Award for Best Podcast by a small digital news organization -

 
 

“Autism’s First Child,” from iHeart Media

- From eugenics to the rise of a full-blown Neurodiversity Movement, with a capital ‘M’

“Autism’s Frist Child,” traces the history of autism through the life of the first person ever diagnosed, and the rural community that helped raise him. Named “Case 1” in 1943, Donald Triplett was in and out of an institution, and spent time with history’s most important child psychiatrist, by the time he was five. Now 88, Donald has lived a full and happy life in Forest, Mississippi. What can his story teach us about creating a better world for those who are “different”?

 
 

“Friends and the Promise Land,” from Dispatches from Costa Rica, a podcast series by Vida Magazine.

-Is the grass really greener?

“Friends and the Promise Land” explores the ideas and realities of seeking paradise. With a strong sense of place and immersive sound design, this story takes listeners high up the continental divide on the green mountains of Monteverde to a settlement of quakers from Alabama. Fleeing military conscription, these quakers left in search of their version of the promised land, and 68 years later they’re still there.

- Winner of the 2018 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award in Podcasting -

 
 

In the Alley:

Tornado Culture in Dixie Alley

-What goes through our heads when we look up to the sky?

This series explores Southern tornado culture and overlooked facets of surviving storms throughout “Dixie Alley” in Alabama and across the South. The podcast examines the unusual celebrity of amateur storm chasers and professional meteorologists, the culture and market of personal and community shelters, the way tornado culture spills over into Southern music, literature and films, the effect climate change could have on tornado alley, and the people and communities that unwillingly become victims every year. Told through the arc of the before, during and after phases of a storm, the series will bring intimate access to the many sounds and voices when dark grey clouds touch the ground.

 
 

The First Wave of Girls Goes to Camp

with the Boy Scouts, WBHM

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-The Boy Scouts of America revised a rule that has been around for over a hundred years that now allows girls to participate in their flagship program. This summer was the first time that girls were allowed to attend summer camp as full fledged scouts.

 
 

“What It’s Like to Lose” from the All-Scout Podcast.

-The Crimson Tide dominates college football. Full stop.

Football is the bedrock for the entire state’s identity and a powerful source of pride. The mood of Alabama quite literally rises and falls with the Tide. Coach Nick Saban and his dynasty of success over the last decade has been attributed as a major force in driving the University of Alabama’s explosive growth to nearly 40,000 students. Over half of the student population is now from out-of-state, and these students have come from across the country with the expectation of a national championship. “What It’s Like to Lose” is glimpse into the saddest night of the year for Alabama.

 

Dispatches from Costa Rica series from Vida Magazine

-This narrative podcast series looks at sloths, expats trailblazing a culinary revolution, quakers in pura vida, and the journalists that write about them.

 

News clips from WBHM Public Radio