TCF Award Recipients

Dat Rona

Dat Rona, a Black colloquialism to describe the coronavirus, was produced in 3 days to disseminate ‘Rona’ knowledge after harmful media stories began to circulate that Black people were immune to the virus.

Diary of a HomeSchooler

Sarah Alli-Brown is sixteen-years-old. She’s a high school junior whose school has been shuttered for months because of the coronavirus.

Songs of Speculation (excerpt)

Songs of Speculation is a lecture that explodes into multi-form performance, calling on the body, time, and the power of music to reclaim histories forgotten or lost.

Centenarians in Lockdown

When the 1918 flu pandemic broke out, Joe Newman was 5 years old. Today, he's 107. He lives in a community for seniors in Sarasota, Fla., with his fiancée, Anita Sampson.

Somebody

When Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative.

Crosses in the Desert

Alvaro Enciso is a retired man who lives in Tucson, Arizona. He puts crosses in the exact places where dead migrant bodies have been found in the Sonoran desert.

Not This Again

Angelina was a journalist living in Brooklyn when she was diagnosed with ALS.

How to Remember

How to Remember is sonically inspired by Axel's travels to Côte d'Ivoire.

The Work Of Closing A Notorious Jail

Five years after Michael Brown’s death at the hands of a police officer galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, they mounted a serious effort to shut down the notorious Workhouse jail.

The Wisdom of Jay Thunderbolt

Jay Thunderbolt's business card is a little mysterious. It reads, "Thunderbolt - Party Naked" and gives a phone number.

The Ring & I: The Passion, The Myth, The Mania

The grandeur and power of Wagner's monumental work, The Ring Cycle, has permeated our culture to the point that "Wagnerian" is used as an adjective.

I dream of rattlesnakes

A contemplation of the return of rattlesnakes to Massachusetts.

Mandela: An Audio History

On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of South Africa's first democratic election, Radio Diaries produced this five-part series featuring newly discovered archival tape of Nelson Mandela, his supporters, and detractors.

Red White & Bruised

2012 ShortDocs Winner! Don Floyd looks back on his life of eighty years, after surviving a heart attack in March of 2012.

Remembering Andrew

On August 24, 1992, Hurricane Andrew slammed into Miami-Dade County changing the landscape of South Florida forever.

The Living Room

Diane's new neighbors never shut their curtains, and that was the beginning of an intimate, but very one-sided relationship.

Teen Contender

Sixteen-year-old Claressa Shields has a dream, to be at the 2012 Olympic finals and hear the announcer call out, "The first woman Olympian boxer at 165 pounds - Claressa Shields!"

Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms

Days after his 21st birthday, Noel Anaya had one final hearing before aging out of California’s foster care system, and he didn’t want to go through it alone.

The Accidental Gay Parents, Episode 5

After adopting their niece and nephew, Trystan -- a transgender man -- tells his partner Biff that he wants to expand their family and conceive a baby together. Which they do.

Heavyweight: Gregor

20 years ago, Gregor lent some CDs to a musician friend. The CDs helped make him a famous rockstar.

The Traffic Stop

On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by Officer Jeronimo Yanez for a broken brake light. 74 seconds later, Yanez fired seven shots.

Leaving a Mark

Emily Hsiao reads a Craigslist post about a man who wants his swastika tattoo covered up. And then she goes to meet him.

2014
13:14
Emily Hsiao

Fault Line

Kevin (not his real name) is a likable guy who lives with his wife in New Jersey. And he's on probation after serving time in a federal prison for committing a disturbing crime.

2014
24:14
Jad Abumrad
Pat Walters

Burma’s Rohingya: Easy Prey for Traffickers

Myanmar's Rohingya Muslim population is one of the most persecuted minorities in the world.

Children of Sodom and Gomorrah

Sodom and Gomorrah is a hellish place in Accra, Ghana, where children eke out a living on a scrap heap of discarded computers that the West no longer needs.