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EPISODE · May 20, 2026 · 2 MIN

Introducing Scene on Radio: The News

from Scene on Radio · host John Biewen

Everybody's mad at the media. And Americans seem helpless to solve our problems, in large part because we have no shared narrative and few shared facts. A well informed citizenry we are not.In Scene on Radio's 8th season, producer and host John Biewen and returning co-host Chenjerai Kumanyika will examine the deep crises facing American journalism, how things got this way, and what it might mean to build a better and more democratic news and information system. From the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University and PRX. Find more, including episode transcripts, at SceneonRadio.org. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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