Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
Radiotopia
4.3from 951 ratings
- 184
- Episodes
- 50
- Transcribed
- 951
- Ratings
- 2017
- First episode
About Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative
In 2004, a racial controversy erupted at a small, mostly white performing arts high school in rural Massachusetts. There were protests. TV news crews. A tense all-school assembly. And then, an announcement: the school would stage an iconic American musical that no one saw coming. This is the story of that production. Coming June 2025. Radiotopia Presents premiers short multi-episode series in one podcast feed, unified by bold, inclusive storytelling pushing the boundaries of audio. Learn more at radiotopiapresents.fm (http://radiotopiapresents.fm/) and discover more shows from across the Radiotopia network at radiotopia.fm (http://radiotopia.fm/).
- Publisher
- Radiotopia
- Category
- society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 31 Jul 2017
- Latest episode
- 5 Feb 2026
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Published 5 Feb 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And then Lorraine is also generous in loving such that she's able to sit with that and not get too different. I mean, she does get defensive, but she doesn't dismiss Ella for calling her in. And I think that moment is really special. And I think the moment of encouraging Lorraine to rise above fear. And I think that is something that I would love for people to take away from this show is to rise above fear and complicity. And rise to the occasion to defeat and resist fascism and racism and homophobia and transphobia and these systems of dominance. And it's, you know, a difficult and long journey. […]
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