#40: Isabel Wilkerson
When you spend 15 years on a story, you tend to get so close to your sources, they sometimes get jealous: “They felt as if I was in some ways cheating on them by talking with other people.” Lukas Prize winning author Isabel Wilkerson talks about how to navigate source relationships in her immersive book “The Warmth of Other Suns”. Isabel Wilkerson’s award winning epic tells the stories of three people who’ve never met, but whose experiences with the Great Migration from the South to the North
28 Sep 201840min
#39: Bigad Shaban
“So a kid did scribble on a sidewalk. Is that technically vandalism? Sure. But is the best way to handle it really for the officer to arrest that kid?“ As the new school year begins, a new On Assignment episode explores how schools across the country are disciplining students...by arresting them.
31 Aug 201829min
#38: Dave Biscobing
ABC15’s Dave Biscobing on his 2018 duPont-winning, relentless series that stopped a self-described “advocacy” group from exploiting the Americans with Disabilities Act for millions of dollars.
27 Jul 201829min
#37: David Scott
“Our stories in the end are (less) about sports - they're about power or culture or you know triumph over adversity or human rights. It is almost like a Trojan horse to get inside and then ask the human rights questions.”
29 Jun 201837min
#36: Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested
“Going into Syria itself at the point where we started shooting was basically a suicide mission. Not so much the risks of combat, but the risk of being kidnapped, sold to ISIS and having your head cut off. So we were making a film about the Syrian civil war and we couldn't shoot in the Syrian civil war.”
1 Jun 201833min
#35: Michael Barbaro and Zoe Chace
Zoe Chace of This American Life and Michael Barbaro of The Daily speak about the rewards and challenges of making stories for audio, the "tyranny of the good talker," and the sense of intimacy that comes from the voice alone.
27 Apr 201848min
#34: Natalia Antelava
An open conversation with Natalia Antelava about her radio documentary “Russia’s New Scapegoat.” The 2018 duPont-Columbia Award winning radio documentary exposes the Russia’s growing anti-LGBT crisis.
30 Mar 201826min
#33: James Bluemel and Hassan Akkad
A candid conversation with director James Bluemel and his fearless subject Hassan Akkad about their film Exodus. The 2018 duPont-Columbia Award winning documentary captures the extraordinary journeys of refugees fleeing to Europe, using their first hand stories and footage.
23 Feb 201838min
