34 search results for “The Facing Project”
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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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S02 E10 – Living While Black in the U.S.A.
This time, will there be change?
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S02 E09 – First But Never Alone
Half of today’s students are the first in their families to attend college. But at a time when college is more expensive than ever, how do these students succeed?
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S02 E08 – Big Changes in Small Towns
What do you imagine your community will be like in another generation?
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S02 E07 – Dying to be Perfect
A woman’s search for perfectionism leads to a battle with anorexia.
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S02 E06 – Faith, Identity, and Life-Changing Chance Encounters
In the span of a life, you’ll interact with thousands of people but only a handful of those will impact you in such a way that changes your perspectives and ideologies forever.
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S02 E05 – Living to Work and Working to Live
If you have a sudden illness and your entire life changes, what would happen with your job?
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S02 E04 – Life Without A Home
We hear from a man in who shares his life not as a homeless person. . . but as someone who happens to live. . . outside.
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S02 E03 – Police and Community Relations
How do you view the police in your community? Positively? Negatively, or somewhere in between?
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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.