A Dangerous Word

In 1920, a father made a split-second decision to save his newborn's life by taking her to an incubator exhibit at Coney Island. We meet her in this episode, and she shares how a sideshow attraction saved her life, and thousands of others, when hospitals couldn't, ultimately chan ... Show More

In 1968, just moments after Robert F. Kennedy was shot, a young photographer for The Los Angeles Times — Boris Yaro — captured the scene in an image that's haunted the nation ever since. In this episode of the StoryCorps podcast, we remember RFK and we revisit the story of that f ... Show More

Rabbi Philip Lazowski remembers a quick decision that saved his life during the Holocaust. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy 

Today is part II of our tribute to one of the most iconic pieces of American culture.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

C'est l'histoire de l'île témoin des grandes crises migratoires, une île située entre deux mondes. <br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hébergé par Acast. Visitez <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acas ... Show More

In this special episode, Howie chats with Atty. Lucille Sering, former Vice Chair of the country’s Climate Change Commission and a native of Siargao Island. She flew to the island 2 days after Typhoon Odette made landfall and saw firsthand the devastation that was left behind. Th ... Show More

<p>In the last episode, we discussed talked mostly about the history of the Andaman islands in general, and not North Sentinel Island specifically. In Part Two, Robert is joined again by Andrew Ti (Yo Is This Racist) to discuss the Sentinel Island in detail.  </p><p> </p> Learn m ... Show More

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A doctor from Guadeloupe dedicates his life to honoring the memory of his island’s enslaved ancestors, and fights to make sure their names will not be forgotten.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A transcript of this episode is avail ... Show More

This 2018 episode covers an uninhabited Italian island that has come to be called all manner of scary things, including, "plague island," "island of ghosts," and "the Venetian island of no return."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Kuper Island is an 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn’t. They attended one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day. Hosted by ... Show More

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The Village People were a smash hit singing group that came and went in under two years. Then other people performed under that name for several decades. This is their story. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.