The turmoil of the 2020 presidential election campaigns has raised questions about just what it means to vote....
Oct 31, 2020
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Episode 9: On the Ground in Northern Kentucky
When you think about Kentucky's deep red politics today, it's likely the face of Senate Majority Leader Mitch...
Oct 29, 2020
Episode 8: Finding Robert Johnson in the Mississippi Delta
The origins of Blues music is a complex weave of traditions, and the genre echoes suffering and endurance...
Sep 23, 2020
Episode 7: Covering a Rising Tide on Cape Cod
For most of us, it's hard to ignore the rising threat of climate change. But the sheer magnitude...
Sep 11, 2020
Episode 6: The Barbers on Chicago’s South Side
Editor’s note: The reporting and recordings of barbershops in Chicago for this “On the Ground,” were conducted last...
Aug 28, 2020
Episode 5: Inside Mississippi’s Prison System
In August 2018, well before any thought of a pandemic sweeping the country, Mississippi’s prison system saw a...
Aug 13, 2020
Episode 4: The Bird Singers of the Southwest
Bird singing is an oral tradition that has been passed down for centuries among the tribes across the...
Jul 28, 2020
Episode 3: ‘Deadly Force’ in Nashville, TN
Officer Andrew Delke (Photo courtesy of Nashville Metropolitan Police Department) "Deadly Force," a new podcast series from Report...
Jul 16, 2020
Episode 2: Almost Independence Day in Jackson, MS
It was July 3. Photographer Eric Shelton was working on a story about the historic Farish Street District...
Jul 02, 2020
Episode 1: Pandemic and Protest (Parts 1 & 2)
Part 1: Pandemic Part 2: Protest Corps member Chris Ehrmann embarked on a road trip across America, literally,...
Jun 19, 2020
‘On the Ground with Report for America’: A new season of the GroundTruth Podcast
This latest season of the GroundTruth Podcast is a playlist of stories from across America. Amid...
Jun 10, 2020
Epilogue: Guardrails of Democracy
Over the last 6 months, our Democracy Undone project has chronicled the rise of populist nationalism and creeping...
Jan 17, 2020
Episode 7: Eroding Truth in the United States
One of Donald Trump’s first targets was truth itself. Attacks on the press, on science, and on...
Dec 26, 2019
Episode 6: Dividing and Conquering in Poland
Leaders in Poland have singled out the LGBT community as the biggest threat to their goal of “restoring...
Dec 23, 2019
Episode 5: Exploiting Religion in India
In Narendra Modi’s India, to be Indian is to be Hindu. By connecting the national identity to the...
Dec 15, 2019
Episode 4: Rewriting History in Hungary
When Viktor Orbán became prime minister of Hungary in 2010, only a few media outlets had a pro-government...
Dec 06, 2019
Episode 3: Undermining Institutions in Colombia
Colombia’s peace agreement with the FARC guerrillas was supposed to put an end to more than 50 years...
Nov 27, 2019
Episode 2: Targeting Outsiders in Italy
Matteo Salvini, former Deputy Prime Minister of Italy, made his political career out of denouncing the “threat” that...
Nov 14, 2019
Episode 1: Weaponizing Fear in Brazil
Since taking office in January, Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro has weaponized the fear of widespread crime, and...
Oct 31, 2019
