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S38E8
DRIVER
September 01, 2025
After losing everything, Desiree Wood takes a second lease on life as a long-haul trucker. While she struggles to balance life on the road with her ambitions as the head of a driver-led movement run from the cab of her truck, Desiree and her sisterhood of truckers rally against the crushing forces of an industry that is indifferent to their survival.
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A small-town attorney takes on pharmaceutical giants as opioids devastate his community.
The Age of Water
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In rural Mexico, a community seeks answers, uncovering alarming truths about their water.
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Emergent City
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A new “innovation district” tests local democracy in a divided Brooklyn community.
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Follow the journey of Maya Lin behind the controversial Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC.
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Break the Game
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UNION
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A group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse....
The Taste of Mango
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A hypnotically cinematic love letter that untangles a family’s painful unspoken past.
Who I Am Not
S37E12
Two South African friends born intersex change what we think about being male or female.
Tokyo Uber Blues
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Inuit activist Aaju Peter embarks on a personal journey for Indigenous people's rights.
In the Rearview
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An intimate observation of the war in Ukraine unfolds inside of a volunteer aid van.
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A deaf Kurdish boy's transformative journey to communicate through learning sign language....
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Jeff Dupre remembers the first openly gay man to appear on the cover of a national publication....
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StoryCorps Shorts: Like Brothers
May 22, 2025
Barry Romo remembers his nephew, Robert, who served in his brigade in Vietnam and died in action....
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April 10, 2025
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Lynn Weaver and his daughter talk about his father who worked as a janitor and chauffeur.
StoryCorps Shorts: Rules of the Road
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A father recalls how a driving lesson gone wrong turned into a legendary family story.
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