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It’s that time of year again! The time when we ask listeners to think about how much Radiotopia shows mean to them and make a donation to help keep the network strong.
This year, we’re celebrating a little differently and asked Radiotopia producers to put their spin on episodes based on a network-wide theme. You may have heard us do themes like this in the past like The Long Shadow, Doing Time, and The Long Haul. This year, we’re Making Trouble. From a maverick providing vigilante roadside service on the highways of Santa Cruz to the ways some incarcerated people in California are trying to make change happen from inside—you’ll hear it all in episodes across the network this week.
Because of you, we’re able to keep shaking things up with this group of unparalleled, award-winning talent.
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The story of a high school student who goes too far in an attempt to teach his arch-enemy teacher a lesson in fairness.
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We’re wondering, is it fair to charge kinkier textures more when it comes to hair braiding? The Stoop asks stylists and each other, what’s the deal with the tax on our naps?
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Nine months before Rosa Parks, a 15-year-old Claudette Colvin refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, AL. 66 years later, Colvin’s fighting to get her record wiped clean.
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The hosts talk about how the word “trouble” has meant different things in different points in history. Then, they each nominate our favorite historical troublemakers.
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In this special episode, the Adult ISH team is exploring how Black women improv actors are carving their own paths and being labeled “troublemakers” along the way as part of Radiotopia’s winter fundraiser.
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Sometimes, when you’re up against a big state institution, you have to make some trouble.
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This special episode of Everything is Alive is a part of Radiotopia’s winter fundraiser. Your support helps foster independent, artist-owned podcasts and award-winning stories.
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Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Radiotopia Presents. This week, we look back at the story quandaries, personal stakes, and tech blunders that made trouble for some of your favorite series from Radiotopia Presents.
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We asked listeners for the best Truth story of all time. You answered. As part of Radiotopia’s Making Trouble week, we’re bringing you the winner of the BEST TRUTH STORY EVER (so far), as voted on by listeners.
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Welcome to The Heart. We’ve been in operation for 14 years! What’s next? An overview for those new to the feed. And a window into what double double toil and radio we’ve been cooking up for 2022.
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When he was 16 your host mistook the Hollywood movie The Manchurian Candidate for real life. This confusion led to decades of trouble.
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We go out on patrol with The Road Ranger in one of the first stories produced by The Kitchen Sisters.
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