TCF Award Recipients

Overnight in the E.R.

For most of the past decade, if a child or teenager got shot in Miami–Dade County, they would be taken to one place: the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital.

2018
09:10
Sammy Mack

Violación de un Sueño: Jornada Nocturna

Thousands of office janitors work at night, cleaning up our work spaces after we go home. Many are immigrants – some undocumented – and many are women. With these conditions, they are particularly vulnerable to sexual violence.

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.

Blink Once for Yes

When Mike comes home, his family is faced with a new reality and an impossible choice.

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.

Heavyweight: Gregor

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

Los Cassettes del Exilio

For much of Dennis Maxwell’s childhood, his father was living in exile, communicating with the family via cassette tapes.

2017
25:02
Dennis Maxwell

Majd’s Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl

In a country where women’s lives are intensely restricted, Majd Abdulghani dreams of becoming a scientist. Meanwhile, her parents want to arrange her marriage.

Quiet Revolution

It’s sometimes said you’re never too old to learn something new but is that really sensible advice?

2017
05:00
Laura Irving

Standing Out From the Crowd at a Trump Rally

As the Iowa caucuses approached in February of 2016, Donald Trump’s political campaign was gaining traction with voters. One major theme became clear: fear.

2017
09:26
Ike Sriskandarajah

The Discussion

Some friends can talk about anything. There's no subject too secret or content too confronting.

2017
16:31
Rosa Gollan

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.

S-Town

S-Town is hard to describe. It’s a podcast that starts as a traditional investigation into corruption and wrongdoing in rural Alabama.

2017
08:05
Brian Reed
Julie Snyder

Uncounted Civilian Casualties in Iraq

The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged.

2017
49:19
Annie Brown

Summer Rain

To have and to lose control.

Man Choubam (I am good)

Sharon is a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards. Her mom does not approve.

2017
39:57
Sharon Mashihi

In the Dark: Season Two

Over the course of two decades, prosecutor Doug Evans tried the same man six times for the same crime. But that man, Curtis Flowers, maintained his innocence throughout.

John Thompson vs. American Justice

When police showed up to question John Thompson, he was worried that he had sold drugs to an undercover cop.

Ear Hustle: Dirty Water

Ear Hustle is a unique creative partnership between Earlonne Woods, who is incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, and outside collaborator Nigel Poor. Together, along with other men at the prison, they produce stories about daily life behind the walls.

God + The Gays

In her first radio piece, Phoebe visits Christians from her past and tries to understand whether queer people and homophobic Christians can have meaningful relationships.