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.
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About The Facing Project
Each episode will be hosted by J.R. Jamison and Kelsey Timmerman, who introduce the month’s theme followed by performances of two Facing Project stories from different points-of-view.
Each episode ends with commentary on the theme between the hosts, leaving listeners with the courage to share their own stories and the empathy to listen to others.