42 search results for “The Facing Project”
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S04 E07 – Stopping the Cycle of Addiction
The stories of three woman from rural Kentucky whose lives have changed forever due to addiction.
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S04 E06 – Reclaiming the Disabled Narrative
What if the script were flipped, and those with a disability were the main characters finding their own love, adventure, and success?
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S04 E05 – More Than My Illness
With nearly 12% of the overall population battling anxiety or depression, mental health is still stigmatized and misunderstood.
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S04 E04 – Teachers Are Heroes
Teachers and educators are facing challenges like never before, including battling misinformation, burned-out kids, parents, and of course—COVID.
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Presenting “This American Carol”: IPR’s Live Radio Drama
A special treat for the holidays.
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S04 E03 – Life After Prison
With an unemployment rate of over 27% for the formerly incarcerated, what does life on the outside look like for them?
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S04 E02 – Afghanistan, My Neighbor
In August, over 200,000 Afghans fled their country, but where did they go and what would be their fate?
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S04 E01 – Beyond the Binary
Bathrooms. Pronouns. Sports. These are a few of the topics in which transgender people have become the center of a debate on who is allowed to exist and where.
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S03 E09 – Covert Racism
Racism has existed for millennia, but as laws and time have passed it can now show up in covert ways.
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S03 E08 – The Invisible Poor
38 million Americans live in poverty, but we like to pretend it doesn’t exist and could never happen to us.
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S03 E07 – Athletes & Activism
Professional athletes are often expected to temper and censor their statements despite their ability to influence positive change.
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S03 E06 – Hillbilly Queer
J.R. and Kelsey explore identity and family and discuss J.R.’s forthcoming father-son memoir.
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S03 E05 – Autism in Adulthood
In the next decade, 500,000 teens with autism will enter adulthood and age out of school-based services.
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S03 E04 – Race, Tech, & the Fight for Equity
Today half of women in the tech field are likely to leave their positions by the age of 35.
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S03 E03 – Food, Earth, & Sustainability
If all 7 billion people on Earth consumed the amount of resources as the average American, it would be as if the planet were shared with 72 billion people.
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S03 E02 – The Best of 2020
Stories from everyday people who provide inspiration despite their present-day circumstances.
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Presenting “Comfort and Joy”: An IPR Radio Drama Retrospective
A gift from IPR that takes a look behind the process of creating this local holiday tradition.
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S03 E01 – Life After 60: The Golden Years
J.R. and Kelsey take call-ins, share stories, and discuss the diversity of life after the age of 60.
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S02 E12 – Alone Together: Stories from a Pandemic
J.R. and Kelsey take listener call-ins from coast to coast.
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S02 E11 – A Shooting in the Heartland
It’s been one year since a gunman opened fire in Dayton’s Oregon District, killing nine people and injuring 27.