Cement City
Episodes
Introducing: What We Spend
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Imagine if you could ask someone anything you wanted about their finances. On What We Spend, people from across the country and across the financial s...
Cement City: Episode 10 | A Thousand Pairs of Untied Shoes
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeanne Marie and Erin are closing in on a year in Donora. At Twinkle Bright Night they face existential questions: Will the new mayor save council? Is...
Cement City: Episode 9 | No Indictments
06 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the general election! Yancey vs. Ed! The future of Donora is on the line, and ballot tampering and election denialism are in the air. To lear...
Cement City: Episode 8 | Don’t Bitch About the Smog
30 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Other towns have apples. Or pumpkin festivals. Donora has smog. Mayor Piglet sees this as an opportunity, and Donora is totally transformed — if onl...
Cement City: Episode 7 | Make Sure You Take Care of Vicki
23 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donora to the rescue!... of itself. Jeanne Marie and Erin discover the intricacies of Donora self-provided, self-maintained, totally improvised safety...
Cement City: Episode 6 | The Island of Donora
16 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There’s trouble everywhere. Jeanne Marie and Erin realize what the town has always known: This town isn’t on anyone’s radar. No one is coming in...
Cement City: Episode 5 | Great Societies Crumble from Within
09 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Indictments! Scandal and intrigue! The s***show on council is worse than anyone could have imagined. To learn more about listener data and our pri...
Cement City: Episode 4 | Big Day in a Little Town
02 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s Election Day. A ragtag group of rookies is promising change and looking for a clean sweep. Jeanne Marie sees a potential hero and falls hard. ...
Cement City: Episode 3 | The Skeleton Crew
25 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It’s gridlock on council and nothing’s getting done. An upcoming election feels like the only ray of hope. To learn more about listener data and...
Cement City: Episode 2 | Just as Good as Ever
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Donora has no banks, no gas stations, no schools. Jeanne Marie and Erin discover the one thing that could bring the town back to life. To learn more...
Cement City: Episode 1 | I’ll Die Here
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeanne Marie and Erin wander off the highway into Donora, Pa, a dying town with a dark secret. They decide to buy a house. A solid concrete house. In ...
Introducing Cement City: I Think I Like You
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Two journalists stumble into a dying rust belt town with a Smog Museum and a mayor named Piglet… and not a whole lot else. They have one burning que...
Hope, Through History: Episode 5 | Bloody Sunday: A Battle For Justice
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A violent attack on peaceful marchers in Selma, Alabama fuels the fires of progress, leading to a monumental victory for voting rights. To learn mor...
Hope, Through History: Episode 4 | Death At Sea
21 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As World War erupts in Europe, President Woodrow Wilson follows public opinion and stays out of the international conflict. But when a merchant ship ...
Hope, Through History: Episode 3 | To End A Plague
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the midst of a devastating humanitarian crisis, President George W. Bush announces a bold, international plan to turn the tide against HIV/AIDS. ...
Hope, Through History: Episode 2 | A New Birth Of Freedom
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Abraham Lincoln arrives in Gettysburg to consecrate a battlefield, and to commit America to fulfilling its original promise that all men are created e...
Hope, Through History: Episode 1 | Slow Walk To War
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
At the onset of World War II, Franklin Roosevelt contends with a fierce and at times virulent isolationsist movement in America while Winston Churchil...
Trailer: Hope, Through History, Season Two
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back to a new season of the C13Originals critically acclaimed Hope, Through History documentary limited series. Narrated and written by Pulitz...
Hope, Through History: Episode 5 | The 1918 Influenza Pandemic
19 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In 1917, as President Woodrow Wilson prepared the nation for World War, an even deadlier crisis was hiding in plain sight. An influenza virus flouri...
Hope, Through History: Episode 4 | JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis
12 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is known as the most dangerous moment in human history. In late October of 1962, American spy planes discovered Soviet missile bases with nuclear ...
Hope, Through History: Episode 3 | The Polio Epidemic
05 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From the late 19th to mid 20th centuries, the nation lived in fear of the polio virus. Often handicapping or paralyzing its victims, sometimes resu...
Hope, Through History: Episode 2 | Winston Churchill and World War II
28 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In May of 1940, Great Britain was in the crosshairs of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi war machine. As nations on mainland Europe fell prey to fascism, Win...
Hope, Through History: Episode 1 | FDR and The Great Depression
21 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Following a decade of roaring prosperity in America, something invincible was proving vulnerable. The Great Depression was ravaging the economy and...
Trailer: Hope, Through History
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Hope, Through History with Jon Meacham. This limited series explores some of the most historic and trying times in American History, and ho...