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Podcast and public radio documentary series. Listen via link in bio and @npr All Things Considered. Proud members of @radiotopia from @prxofficial.

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This week on the podcast we’re sharing a beautiful story from @signalhillfm called “What’s Inside the Moon.”

In the 1960s, the poet Kenneth Koch taught elementary school students in NYC to write poetry. Half a century later, producer Jess Shane tracked down the students to ask what poetry had meant for their lives. by @radiodiaries

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🔔 TODAY 🔔 Leqaa Kordia’s first interview since her release from ICE detention. Radio Diaries recorded with Leqaa last year while detained in Texas, and today we bring you her story of getting out. On the podcast and on NPR @5:39 PM est today. 📷 Stephanie Drenka. by @radiodiaries

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NEW EPISODE 🚨 Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier: The Trial

We just dropped the final episode in our series about Isaac Woodard, a Black soldier who was beaten and blinded by a white police officer in 1946. This week, the officer goes to trial, and the President of the United States takes notice.

And tune in to @npratc this afternoon to hear Episode 1 on the air 📻

#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #wwiihistory orsonwelles @radiotopia @prxofficial by @radiodiaries

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7 months ago

Orson Welles vowed to find the officer who had beaten and blinded Sergeant Isaac Woodard.

The investigation kicks off in episode 2 of our new series Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier.

#newpodcast #blackhistorymonth❤️🖤💚 #truecrime by @radiodiaries

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8 months ago

NEW EPISODE 🚨 Orson Welles and the Blind Soldier: Officer X

In February 1946, a Black soldier named Isaac Woodard was beaten and blinded by a white officer hours after being discharged. Months later, his story would reach a national audience when broadcast by Orson Welles—who pledged to solve it. This week on the podcast, the investigation begins.

#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #wwiihistory #orsonwelles @radiotopia @prxofficial by @radiodiaries

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SC folks! We’re hosting a panel discussion and listening event for ORSON WELLES AND THE BLIND SOLDIER with @uofsc ‘s Center for Civil Rights History and Research!

RD producer Mycah Hazel will go behind the scenes of our series alongside SC District Judge Richard Gergel, Mrs. Corine Johnson (the last known witness to the crime), and @civilrightscenter ‘s Dr. Bobby Donaldson.

Register at the link in bio!

* This program is funded by SC Humanities; inspiring, engaging and enriching South Carolinians with literature, history, culture and heritage. Visit our Web site, www.schumanities.org.*

#blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #usc #wwiihistory #events #history #podcasts by @radiodiaries

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🚨 NEW SERIES: ORSON WELLES AND THE BLIND SOLDIER

80 years ago today, on February 12, 1946, a Black soldier named Isaac Woodard was beaten by a white police officer—hours after he was discharged. Nobody knew the identity of the officer, or where it happened. But the story reached a national audience when it got into the hands of director Orson Welles. Welles pledged to solve the mystery, week-by-week, on the air.

It was like today’s true crime podcasts…but in 1946.

Episodes drop weekly through February. Listen to episode 1 at the link in bio.

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CREDIT
-slide 1: series art by @sabrenakhadija
-slide 2: Isaac Woodard and his mother, July 1946. Courtesy of Laura Williams.
-slide 3: Orson Welles, 1938 (public domain)
#bhm #blackhistorymonth #onthisdayinhistory #onthisday #tdih #anniversaries #ushistory #blackhistory #naacp #orsonwelles by @radiodiaries

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TRAILER !!! NEW SERIES drops tomorrow.

On February 12, 1946 an African-American soldier heading home from World War II was brutally beaten by a white police officer somewhere in South Carolina. The soldiers name was Isaac Woodard.

No one knew the identity of the police officer who beat Woodard. No one even knew the town where it happened. So when the famous radio host, Orson Welles heard about the case, he vowed to solve … it on the air.

#podcast #podcastseries #applepodcasts #spotifypodcast #blackhistorymonth by @radiodiaries

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We’re nominated for Best Indie Podcast at this year’s Ambies! Thanks to the Ambies team, and all who’ve listened. by @radiodiaries

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NEW ON THE PODCAST - The First Computer Dating Service: Operation Match

This week we have the story of the very first experiment in computer-assisted dating.

In the 1960s, businesses had started using a new technology called the computer to process payroll or, say, match a client with the right type of insurance. At the time, computers were big, clunky machines, the size of a whole room.

A couple of Harvard students wondered, what if these same computers could be used to get a date? They created the very first computer dating service, Operation Match.

Photos:
1) Jeff Tarr, one of the founders of Operation Match, in 1965
2) Jeff Tarr and his wife Patsy in 2025
3) Jo and Marty Margolis, who met through Operation match, in the 1960s
4) Jo and Marty Margolis in 2025
5) Shelly and Larry Beaser, who met through Operation Match, in the 1960s
6) Shelly and Larry Beaser in 2025 by @radiodiaries

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9 months ago

🎧 NEW ON THE PODCAST: “THIS SHORT LIFE”

We sat down with photographer @andrewlichtenstein
to discuss his new book THIS SHORT LIFE, which tells the story of 12 Americans through photo essays and personal testimony.
You’ll hear audio from some of the people in this book, from a coal miner in West Virginia to the descendant of racial massacre victims. LINK IN BIO.
@jetagebooks

Photos by Andrew Lichtenstein

-Ronnie Hipshire, retired coal miner, at home in Pecks Mill, West Virginia, 2018.

-Ronnie in Rum Creek, West Virginia. 2019.

-Anthony Davis with a family photograph, Pine Bluff, Arkansas, 2020. Davis is a descendant of a victim of the Elaine, Arkansas racial massacre of 1919.

-Anthony Davis at home, Pine Bluff, 2020. by @radiodiaries

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