The Selects Podcast

<p>Today we're sharing a piece from our Early True Crime collection, an early podcast from KRCC (now Colorado Public Radio) in 2015. The story follows a retired detective corresponding with a suspected serial killer...

<p>Today we're featuring a selection from an episode of the groundbreaking show Hearing Voices. With Montana-based producer Barrett Golding at the helm, the show was known for cross pollinating with performance and...

<p>Today we're sharing a classic Sean Cole work from his time on the documentary team at WBUR's Inside Out. It's a beautiful work of scene and memory, taking listeners to a reunion for a town that hasn't physically...

<p>Today we're featuring a excerpt of a work that explores the relationship of art, documentary, and history through a search for class struggle in Appalachia. Beyond the limited academic concept of oral history, I Can...

<p>This week we're featuring a super interesting conversation with Eleanor McDowall, creator of Radio Atlas, about the world of the radio feature and the artistry of audio works that aren't in English. </p>

<p>Note: this week's episode is a video podcast because it is a celebration of audio subtitles. You'll need to experience it on a platform that supports video files.</p><p>This week we're sharing a choice work from our...

<p>Today we share a prescient work by Ross Sutherland from his long running, award winning show Imaginary Advice. It's a darkly funny spiral and a fantastic listen. </p><p>*******</p><p>S.E.I.N.F.E.L.D. originally aired...

<p>This week we're sharing a piece from The Big Read, a book club for public radio from the National Endowment for the Arts. This episode is about Ernest Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying. Set in the fictional community of...

<p>Today we're featuring one of our favorite series, American Icons, on a true work of art: I Love Lucy. It's a hilarious and bittersweet documentary, exemplary of the incredibly thoughtful work that Studio 360 bestowed...

<p>This week we share a story from the front lines. Literally, from the front lines of a brutal war. But also figuratively, from the front lines of a change in technology that would shape how civilians understand war...

<p>In this episode, we offer a few of our favorite shorts as sonic gifts. We've got the humble farmer, an early work by Arlie Adlington, and one of the most formative works of contemporary audio: CAT NAMES. </p>

<p>This week we bring you a rare longform piece by Radio Diaries featuring Bridgette McGee, our narrator as she uncovers the truth about her grandfather's death, through uncomfortable interviews, original reporting, and...

<p>This week we're sharing a banger documentary from Kelly McEvers which may leave you standing, staring at a wall by the end. The podcast version of a driveway moment. </p><p>Ten years before McEvers' show Embedded hit...

<p>Today we're presenting a documentary about an icon, Tony Schwartz, and made by icons, The Kitchen Sisters. </p><p>For thirty years (1945-1976), Schwartz created and produced a radio program for WNYC featuring the...

<p>This week we're sharing the story "A Level Playing Field" from John Biewen's series Contested, the first season of his iconic show Scene on Radio. </p><p>Contested considers the American relationship to sports, and...