This hour: the experience of the city -- from the bicycle seat, the planner’s map, and the poet’s pen. (more)

Announcing the winners of this year's Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition! (more)

One teenager changes my perspective about a significant event in labor (and U.S.) history. (more)

This hour: sign language, lip-reading, and deaf culture. (more)

The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowki presents the recovered tapes of a young marine who kept an audio diary of his war experience in Vietnam until his death. (more)

Sound designer and multimedia artist Ben Rubin employs the cacophony of the New York Mercantile Exchange to create a musical piece commemorating the reopening of the World Financial Center's Winter Garden, which was closed after the events of September 11th. (more)

As lawmakers continue to debate immigration reform, the Obama administration is pushing for a path to citizenship for those here illegally. (more)

The American “obesity epidemic” has been all over the news -– from stories about the viability of the Atkins diet to tabloid profiles of 100-pound toddlers. (more)

This hour: the capital of scamming. (more)

Tens of thousands of inmates in American prisons live in total isolation. They don't see anyone. They don't talk to anyone. They are completely alone, sometimes for years, in a cell the size of a small bathroom. (more)

A year ago, a swat team broke down the door of a home in downtown St. Paul and found eight Molotov cocktails inside. (more)

When Ohio National Guard troops opened fire on students during a war demonstration on the Kent State University Campus in May, 1970, four young lives were ended and a nation was stunned. (more)

This hour: one woman’s comments at a school board meeting in Kanawa County, West Virginia, become a catalyst for deep division within the school district, the county, the state, and the entire country. (more)

Re:sound's Gwen Macsai hosts this year's national broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2011 TC/RHDF Competition. (more)

Best friends Rich Carlson and Tom Swenor got so fed up with the political process in America that they decided to form their own Tea Party chapter in Petoskey, Michigan. (more)

This week: a worm digger in rural Maine, a remarkably effective citizen spy, and more. (more)

Congratulations to the winners of the 2011 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition! (more)

Our Day Will Come explores the impact of R&B on America's civil rights movement, as well as the influence of the movement on popular music. (more)

This hour: a story about the bitter fight for gay rights in New Zealand, featuring a blend of rare archival tape of the speeches, rallies, and debates that marked the struggle and the personal stories of people affected by the fight. (more)

The corrections industry has become a $50-billion-a-year business and one of the strongest influences on criminal justice policy in America. (more)