American Public Media Audio Documentaries & Podcasts

The Writer's Almanac Podcast hosted by Garrison Keillor is a wonderful way to start your day. Though well known already for being the figurehead of NPR's "A Prairie Home Companion", Keillor has been offering this daily dose of poetry and history for many years as well.

This hour-long audio documentary from American RadioWorks is an excellent introduction to great African American speakers of the last century.

Marketplace is public radio's daily magazine of business and economics.

The documentary unit of APM Reports (formerly American RadioWorks) has produced more than 140 programs on topics such as health, history, education and justice.

This audio documentary from American Public Media examines the record number of bankruptcy filings in recent years in the United States. Documentarians Chris Farrell and Sasha Aslanian travel to Memphis, a city with one of the highest rates of bankruptcy in the country.

Investors, entrepeneurs, and innovators say solutions to global warming lie in the frenetic world of the capitolist marketplace.

This audio documentary put out by American Public Media recounts the incredible true-life tale of how 28 Men survived a ship-wreck in Antarctica for 2 years.

In this streaming audio presentation from American Radio Works, listeners can hear a chronological history of the Korean War. Soldiers, historians and military leaders explain how this "forgotten war" was an essential event that defined global politics for the next 40 years.

In 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court....

In this streaming audio documentary produced by American Public Media, the controversy over intelligent design is examined from all sides of the debate.