Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz
Episodes
Blind Guy Travels 6: The Sound of Sound
28 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some teachers hang you upside-down to help you sing better. Others sit on you. In the lead-up to his senior recital, Matthew reflects on becoming an a...
Blind Guy Travels 5: The Blind Date
14 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Most dating apps rely heavily on user photos and other visual cues, so Matthew gathers a team of friends to help him craft the perfect dating profile ...
Blind Guy Travels 4: Listening to the Movies
30 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Why watch a movie if you can’t see the screen? Matthew and his friend Ben take in a Marx Brothers film and showcase the power of a good description....
Blind Guy Travels 3: Brick By Brick
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On his 13th birthday, Matthew’s friend Lilya brings a gift that will change his life, and ultimately touch Lego-loving blind kids all over the world...
Blind Guy Travels 2: Noodle Arms No More
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How can a blind person learn gestures when he's never seen them? As Matthew prepares for a TEDx Talk, he makes his first foray into learning body lang...
Blind Guy Travels 1: Meet Your Guide
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew explains the mysterious clicking noise you’ll hear a lot of in Blind Guy Travels. Blind Guy Travels is a production of Radiotopia from PRX ...
Behind the Series: Introducing Radiotopia Presents
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Showcase from Radiotopia. This week, we conclude Beh...
Behind the Series: The Stoop
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Showcase from Radiotopia. This week, we revisit The ...
Behind the Series: The Great God of Depression
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Showcase from Radiotopia. This week, we revisit The ...
Behind the Series: The Polybius Conspiracy
05 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Showcase from Radiotopia. This week, we revisit The ...
Behind the Series: Secrets
28 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Behind the Series is a short-run series about the shows previously featured on this very podcast: Showcase from Radiotopia. This week, we revisit Secr...
Showcase is Back!
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s been awhile, we know, but we’ve got some exciting Showcase updates for you. Keep an ear right here to catch a brand new series coming your wa...
A Message from Showcase
12 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Now is the time when you can help us keep Showcase and all of the many parts of Radiotopia thriving. Make your mark by donating today at radiotopia.fm...
Introducing Passenger List — Traffic
20 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A missing plane. A cabin full of suspects. A search for the truth. Passenger List is a new fictional mystery thriller from Radiotopia. Hear episode tw...
Ways of Hearing Extra – The Making-of
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Occasionally between Showcase series, we’ll bring you surprise bonus episodes, like the one you’re about to hear. It’s a recording of a live con...
Spacebridge 4 – The Fifth Dimension
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode of Spacebridge, big TV-satellite “spacebridges” become popular in the USSR, but remain a logistical nightmare—and for Ameri...
Spacebridge 3 – A Live Studio Audience
22 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Soviet Union faces a series of funerals for elderly heads of state; meanwhile the nation falls in love with a “citizen diplomat” from America,...
Spacebridge 2 – Foreign Policy According to Freud
08 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The first two-way satellite links between the US and USSR are strange, disorganized, and sometimes a little magical. Battling language and technologic...
Spacebridge 1 – Hidden Human Reserves
01 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At a low point in the Cold War, three men walk into a bureaucrat’s office at Gosteleradio, the state broadcaster of the Soviet Union. Two are Americ...
Next on Showcase: Spacebridge
22 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Spacebridge tells a largely-forgotten saga of the late Cold War, when despair about the prospects of a nuclear conflict gripped the world. Both Soviet...
The Stoop #4 – You May Not Get It, But I Love You
07 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Stoop talks to interracial couples having difficult conversations around race, love and identity at a time when racial tensions are high. And when...
The Stoop #3 – I Got the Nod
30 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It’s called “the nod,” that silent acknowledgement of solidarity that especially happens when Black folk see one another in spaces where they ar...
The Stoop #2 – Gullah Geechee
23 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lean in for this one, as The Stoop heads to the lowcountry of South Carolina to celebrate the language and culture of the Gullah Geechee, a people roo...
The Stoop #1 – Your Blood Don’t Lie
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Thin nose, high cheekbones, kinky hair, what you got in your blood? Your blood won’t lie, but does it determine your identity? We meet two women –...
Next on Showcase: The Stoop
09 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up next on Showcase: The Stoop. The Stoop celebrates black joy, digging deeper into stories about blackness that we don’t hear enough abou...
The Great God of Depression BONUS – A Visit With Tony Shalhoub
17 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Actor Tony Shalhoub is well known for his role as one of the few openly mentally ill characters in television – an obsessive compulsive detective on...
The Great God of Depression #5 – The Shining World
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the final episode, after years of struggling with depression, William Styron keeps his bargain with his readers, and his wife works hard to keep hi...
The Great God of Depression #4 – The White Whale
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
William Styron could never finish the war novel that was meant to be his masterpiece. Did that failure lead to his final depression? Or did depression...
The Great God of Depression #3 – The Stolen Brain
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After writing a revolutionary memoir, William Styron declares he has beaten depression, but he is wrong. A frightening repeat of madness and writer’...
The Great God of Depression #2 – The Angel of Death
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the heels of enormous literary success, author William Styron experiences a near-fatal depression and emerges as a defender of the mentally ill. Ne...
The Great God of Depression #1 – The Night Kingdom
03 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After a personal tragedy, newly minted neurologist Alice Flaherty falls into a rabbit hole of mania, delusions and creative overload—and encounters ...
Escape to Radiotopia with Three New Shows
31 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This summer, grab your earbuds and escape to Radiotopia! Take us along on your road trips, outdoor adventures and simple staycations. We’re launchin...
Errthang #8 – Songs in the Key of Our Lives
13 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Al and Willie wrap up the season right where they started – with each other. After 30 years of friendship, their origin story is finally revealed.Er...
Errthang #7 – John Coffey Refuses to Save the World, Part Two
04 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this second half of Errthang’s original radio drama: John Coffey doesn’t want to be Magical Negro anymore and the universe trembles in the afte...
Errthang #6 – John Coffey Refuses to Save the World, Part One
27 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Errthang takes on radio drama: John Coffey waits to play his part in The Green Mile in the room of Magical Negroes. With him are othe...
Errthang #5 – How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
20 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode features Kiese Laymon’s memoir about growing up as a young black man in the South. The piece is performed by a small group of young bla...
Errthang #4 – The Good Guy Myth
13 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Al goes deep exploring the "good guy’s” relationship to the #MeToo movement, through a story about his old friend, Louis. After the story, Al sits...
Errthang #3 – No Ordinary Love
06 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Al and Willie tell stories about fatherhood. Al’s story is about being a black father to a white kid, while Willie recounts teaching his son how to ...
Errthang #2 – What the Hell is Wrong with Al?
30 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Al recounts when he went to a protest to report the news, but became the news. Letson saved a right-wing protester from a vicious beating by Antifa. T...
Errthang #1 – 808s and Three Heartbreaks
23 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Al Letson and Willie Evans Jr. are back with season two of Errthang! After a long hiatus, the dynamic duo returns to tell stories, and have a good tim...
Next on Showcase: Errthang
09 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Coming up next on Showcase: ErrthangErrthang is just that: everything that’s percolating in journalist/storyteller Al Letson’s brain; stories told...
Secrets 6 – A Life in Lies is a Life with Loose Ends
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Secrets is a show about the secrets we all carry inside of us. What happens when you face those secrets?In the final episode of our series, Mohamed’...
Secrets 5 – The Third Family
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Secrets is a show about the secrets we all carry inside of us. How do you know if you ever truly know someone? Mohamed’s father abandoned Mohamed, ...
Secrets 4 – Who Was My Mom?
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Secrets is a show about the secrets we all carry inside of us. How is it to be the one kept in the dark?When Mohamed’s mom was left alone with her s...
Secrets 3 – Broken Dreams
26 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Secrets is a show about the secrets we all carry inside of us. What happens when you’re too ashamed to face the truth? Mohamed’s parents both wor...
Secrets 2 – How to Create a Secret
19 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Secrets is a show about the secrets we all carry inside of us.What happens when a secret becomes larger than life? When Mohamed’s mother was a young...
Secrets 1 – Discover a Secret
12 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Secrets is a show about the secrets we all carry inside of us. When Mohamed El Abed found out that he had a secret sister, it was 25 years before he c...
Next on Showcase: Secrets
22 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Greetings from Showcase, a podcast from PRX’s Radiotopia featuring original series of all stripes.Coming up first in the new year on Showcase: Secre...
The Polybius Conspiracy #7 – The Final Level
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Polybius, a mysterious arcade game from...
The Polybius Conspiracy #6 – The Code
10 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Polybius, a mysterious arcade game from...
The Polybius Conspiracy #5 – The Seller
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Polybius, a mysterious arcade game from...
The Polybius Conspiracy #4 – The Rewind
27 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Polybius, a mysterious arcade game from...
The Polybius Conspiracy #3 – The Cassette
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Polybius, a mysterious arcade game from...
The Polybius Conspiracy #2 – The Missing
13 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Polybius, a mysterious arcade game from...
The Polybius Conspiracy #1 – The Player
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing our new Showcase series! In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Po...
Next on Showcase: The Polybius Conspiracy
29 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Introducing our new Showcase series! In The Polybius Conspiracy, producers Jon Frechette and Todd Luoto investigate the decades-old urban legend of Po...
Ways of Hearing 6 – NOISE
22 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ways Of Hearing has looked at how digital technology has changed our world: our sense of time, of space, of intimacy and exchange. In the final episod...
Ways of Hearing 5 – POWER
08 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
When you go into a bookstore, or record store, or library, you enter another world that you have to learn to navigate. You adapt to it. But today’s ...
Ways of Hearing 4 – MONEY
01 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the 20th century, music seemed like an object — bought and sold like any other product. But digital technology has dematerialized music, separati...
Ways of Hearing 3.5 – BONUS: Ways of Song Exploding
25 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
On the hit podcast Song Exploder, we learn the digital secrets behind some of today's best songs. But we hardly ever hear the voice of the show's crea...
Ways of Hearing 3 – LOVE
18 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
You don't have to be the son of a jazz singer to recognize the voice of a loved one as music, made up of sounds so basic to our understanding that the...
Ways of Hearing 2 – SPACE
11 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In Tokyo, people on crowded trains pretend they’re asleep, to avoid eye contact. But in modern-day New York – richer, neater, just as noisy – co...
Ways of Hearing 1 – TIME
04 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Contemplate the way digital audio – in music recording, and in radio and television broadcast – employs a different sense of time than we use in o...
Introducing… Showcase from Radiotopia
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Radiotopia is pleased to introduce Showcase, a new podcast featuring original series of all stripes, from producers around the world. For this intro e...