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StoryCorps Shorts: Dreamer's Gift

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For decades, Dreamer has been generously offering free haircuts to veterans from a trailer stationed in the heart of the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Campus. At StoryCorps, Dreamer sits down with his friend, Paul Crowley, to discuss the transformative power of a haircut.

Aired: 09/27/23 | Expires: 09/30/28

Major funding for POV is provided by PBS, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Wyncote Foundation, Reva & David Logan Foundation, the Open Society Foundations and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional funding comes from Nancy Blachman and David desJardins, Bertha Foundation, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Charitable Trust, Park Foundation, Sage Foundation, New York State Council on the Arts, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Chris and Nancy Plaut, Abby Pucker, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee and public television viewers. POV is presented by a consortium of public television stations, including KQED San Francisco, WGBH Boston and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.ORG.

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MnM

A joyful portrait of Mermaid and Milan, chosen sisters and ballroom divas.

Special: 14:41

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Your Opinion, Please

Listeners across Montana call Yellowstone Public Radio to share their views live on-air.

Special: 14:06

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StoryCorps Shorts: Threads of Love

13-year old Aimee and her dad talk about when she was adopted as a baby from China.

Special: 2:21

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Trailer | A Mother Apart

Trailer for A Mother Apart by director Laurie Townshend.

Preview: S38 E13 | 1:36

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Behind the Lens: A Mother Apart

Behind the Lens interview with A Mother Apart director Laurie Townshend.

Clip: S38 E13 | 1:34

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Behind the Lens: Porcelain War

Behind the Lens interview with Porcelain War director Brendan Bellomo.

Clip: S38 E12 | 1:30

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Trailer | Porcelain War

Trailer for Porcelain War by directors Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo.

Preview: S38 E12 | 2:13

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StoryCorps Shorts: Twelve Feet from a Bomb

On January 29, 1998, the New Woman All Women Health Care Clinic in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed.

Special: 3:22

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Trailer | The Bitter Pill

Trailer for The Bitter Pill by director Clay Tweel.

Preview: S38 E11 | 1:59

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Behind the Lens: The Bitter Pill

Interview with The Bitter Pill director Clay Tweel.

Clip: S38 E11 | 1:12

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POV Shorts: Songs of Black Folk

Leading Black musicians in the Pacific Northwest create new traditions on Juneteenth.

Episode: S38 E804 | 26:55

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POV Shorts: La Orquesta

A retired music teacher starts Georgia’s first youth orchestra for immigrant families.

Episode: S38 E805 | 22:05

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POV Shorts: Classroom 4

A history professor teaches a class of free and incarcerated students inside a prison.

Episode: S38 E806 | 38:02

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POV Shorts: Chasing Time

Photographer James Balog brings the 15-year Extreme Ice Survey project to a close.

Episode: S38 E801 | 25:05

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POV Shorts: This is America

From big city to small town, two stories reflecting contemporary America.

Episode: S38 E803 | 25:05

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POV Shorts: The People Could Fly

A poetic look at roller rinks as sanctuaries for Black culture, joy, and resistance.

Episode: S38 E802 | 21:48

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A Mother Apart

Poet and activist Staceyann Chin chronicles her journey of healing, forgiveness, and mothering.

Episode: S38 E13 | 1:23:05

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Porcelain War

Confronting war, Ukrainian artists pick up arms while finding strength through art.

Episode: S38 E12 | 1:22:41

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The Bitter Pill

A small-town attorney takes on pharmaceutical giants as opioids devastate his community.

Episode: S38 E11 | 1:22:48

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Black Snow

An environmental thriller that shines new light on the human cost of coal.

Episode: S38 E10 | 1:22:58