APM Reports Documentaries

The documentary unit of APM Reports (formerly American RadioWorks) has produced more than 140 programs on topics such as health, history, education and justice.

Introducing: Sold a Story
Oct 20, 2022 – 00:34:04
No Excuses: Race and Reckoning at a Chicago Charter School
Aug 9, 2022 – 00:52:01
Standing in Two Worlds: Native American College Diaries
Aug 2, 2022 – 00:50:20
In Deep: One City's Year of Climate Chaos
Sep 3, 2021 – 00:51:22
Under Pressure: The College Mental Health Crisis
Aug 19, 2021 – 00:51:03
Who Wants to Be a Teacher?
Aug 11, 2021 – 00:52:29
Fading Beacon: Why America is Losing International Students
Aug 3, 2021 – 00:51:05
The Jail Tapes in the Dumpster
Apr 17, 2021 – 00:50:49
The Bad Place
Nov 22, 2020 – 00:51:11
Black at Mizzou: Confronting race on campus
Aug 14, 2020 – 00:52:18
What the Words Say
Aug 6, 2020 – 00:51:59
Covid on Campus
Jul 29, 2020 – 00:52:27
Soldiers for Peace
Nov 7, 2019 – 00:52:16
Uprooted: The 1950s plan to erase Indian Country
Nov 1, 2019 – 00:52:49
Fading Minds: Why There's Still No Cure for Alzheimer's
Oct 15, 2019 – 00:52:33
At a Loss for Words: What's wrong with how schools teach reading
Aug 22, 2019 – 00:52:31
Students on the Move: Keeping uprooted kids in school
Aug 14, 2019 – 00:51:56
Under a Watchful Eye: How colleges are tracking students to boost graduation
Aug 6, 2019 – 00:51:58
When Tasers Fail
May 9, 2019 – 00:50:59
Hard Words: Why Aren't Our Kids Being Taught to Read?
Sep 10, 2018 – 00:52:45
Old Idea, New Economy: Rediscovering Apprenticeships
Sep 3, 2018 – 00:52:46
Still Rising: First-Generation College Students a Decade Later
Aug 27, 2018 – 00:52:11
Changing Class: Are Colleges Helping Americans Move Up?
Aug 20, 2018 – 00:52:36
Order 9066, Part 3: Leaving Camp
Jul 11, 2018 – 00:52:59
Order 9066, Part 2: Fighting for Freedom
Jul 11, 2018 – 00:52:59
Order 9066, Part 1: The Roundup
Jul 11, 2018 – 00:52:59
Ethics Be Damned, Part 3
Mar 19, 2018 – 00:11:25
Ethics Be Damned, Part 2
Mar 19, 2018 – 00:11:36
Ethics Be Damned, Part 1
Mar 19, 2018 – 00:12:15
Shadow Class: College Dreamers in Trump's America
Sep 11, 2017 – 00:52:24
Hard to Read: How American schools fail kids with dyslexia
Sep 11, 2017 – 00:51:51
Shackled Legacy: Universities and the Slave Trade
Sep 4, 2017 – 00:51:39
Keeping Teachers
Aug 28, 2017 – 00:51:47
Historically Black, Part 3
Feb 17, 2017 – 00:51:52
Historically Black, Part 2
Feb 10, 2017 – 00:51:52
Historically Black, Part 1
Feb 3, 2017 – 00:51:52
Rewriting the Sentence: College Behind Bars
Sep 8, 2016 – 00:52:09
What It Takes: Chasing Graduation at High-Poverty High Schools
Sep 1, 2016 – 00:52:01
Spare the Rod: Reforming School Discipline
Aug 25, 2016 – 00:52:07
Stuck at Square One: The Remedial Education Trap
Aug 18, 2016 – 00:51:46
Thirsty Planet
May 12, 2016 – 00:53:00
Bought and Sold: The New Fight Against Teen Sex Trafficking
May 12, 2016 – 00:52:52
Beyond the Blackboard: Building Character in Public Schools
Sep 10, 2015 – 00:52:50
From Boots to Books: Student Veterans and the New GI Bill
Sep 3, 2015 – 00:52:52
Teaching Teachers
Aug 27, 2015 – 00:52:51
The Living Legacy: Black Colleges in the 21st Century
Aug 20, 2015 – 00:52:58
The First Family of Radio: Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts
Nov 13, 2014 – 00:53:00
Ready to Work: Reviving Vocational Ed
Sep 11, 2014 – 00:53:00
The New Face of College
Sep 4, 2014 – 00:52:59
Greater Expectations: The Challenge of the Common Core
Aug 28, 2014 – 00:53:01

Recent Reviews

mjh7t

Hard to Read (Sold a Story)

I absolutely loved the Sold a Story podcast and it has echoed my beliefs as a Special Educator of 26 years. I was taught direct instruction in graduate school and have practiced since then with excellent results. While I enjoyed Emily Hanford’s reporting in Sold a Story, I was disappointed in the reporting on Hard to Read. Specifically, I am disappointed in her understanding of special education law and practices. For a child to qualify for special education services they must have a disability AND that disability needs to impact their ability to access the general education curriculum AND need specially designed instruction in order to make progress. While the family that was reported on had a diagnosis of dyslexia, the school looked into that child’s current level of performance and determined that they were earning A’s and B’s. The fact that the child is able to access the curriculum without specially designed instruction indicates that it is not a Specific Learning Disability. Therefore, the child is not a student that requires an IEP.
CMMP917

Excellent podcast

Thank you so much Emily for creating this podcast. It has been eye opening and reassuring that as a parent I’m not alone. Thank you for bringing light to this subject. I hope district leaders will listen, reflect, and begin to shift curriculum to an approach based on scientific research so that all children can be successful in their literacy journey.
Jen wikki

Must listen

Thank you Lauren Brown for sharing your and other Black students’ experiences at Mizzou. May it inspire us all do (much) better.
karibell2

Great podcast

I love history so I love this podcast
Peapod the Pocket Squirrel

Well reported and interesting

Always enjoy listening to this one. The series on Japanese internment was especially riveting.
LizzieB823

Thorough, thoughtful, clear

I’ve been loving the excellent documentaries about education, especially Emily Hanford’s pieces on reading, “Hard to Read” and “Hard Words.” Highly recommended!
Patty1969

Fantastic

Hard to Read Podcast...A must read for all teachers! We have to do better, be better. All students deserve the chance to be fluent readers! 😊