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**State of the Re:Union**

Free podcast of the award-winning public radio show State of the Re:Union. Each episode of SOTRU, host Al Letson travels to a new community to tell stories about the people who are doing extraordinary work to help each other, to engage their community, and to overcome obstacles. It’s a unique way of storytelling that documents the new America. SOTRU is presented by WJCT, co-distributed by PRX and NPR. Because things fall apart, it’s our job to bring them back together.

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**Tulsa, OK: Reconciliation Way** Oct 15, 2013
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Tulsa, Oklahoma sits at a crossroads of American identities. In a special episode of SOTRU, we travel to the middle of Middle America to see what happens when these identities collide. We explore one of the country’s deadliest race riots, a story that has been largely suppressed for 90 years; visit a lovingly-crafted museum dedicated to spreading poetry to rural Oklahoma; and — in two special stories produced by This Land Press — visit two churches, one struggling mightily to integrate and another building a shrine for undocumented immigrants in a state with some of the harshest immigration laws in the nation. VIEW PHOTOS AND MORE

**Portland, OR: A Tale of Two Cities** Oct 07, 2013
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Portland is a city that some residents praise as a kind of eden: full of bike paths, independently-owned small businesses, great public transportation and abundant microbreweries and coffeeshops. And then there’s a whole other city. It’s the city where whole stretches of busy road are missing sidewalks, and you can see folks in wheelchairs rolling themselves down the street right next to traffic. It’s the city where some longtime African American residents feel as if decades of institutional racism still have not been fully addressed. In this episode of SOTRU, we spend time in both Portlands: the paradise, and what could be called… the purgatory. VIEW PHOTOS AND MORE

**The Hospital Always Wins** Oct 01, 2013
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Back in 2004, staff producer Laura Starecheski visited a state mental hospital in Queens, New York, called Creedmoor. She stumbled on to a mystery there that would take almost ten years to unravel. In this special hour, we bring you just this one story: an artist stuck in the catch-22 of a lifetime. VIEW MORE

**Back to Basics: An American Graduate Special** Sep 17, 2013
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In this American Graduate special, State of the Re:Union takes a closer look at school, community, and the dropout crisis in this country. With reporting from both urban and rural schools, and interviews with education experts, SOTRU goes “back to basics,” looking at strategies that get to the heart of what makes students want to learn. VIEW MORE

Coming Home: Stories of Veterans Returning from War Jun 07, 2013

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More than two million veterans have come home so far from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. For returning veterans, reintegrating into society c… READ MORE

Pike County, Ohio: As Black as We Wish to Be Nov 28, 2012

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In this episode Al Letson and guest producer Lu Olkowski visit a tiny town in the Appalachian foothills of Ohio where, for a century, residents h… READ MORE

Internet Communities: Virtual Reality Nov 24, 2012

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At this point in the 21st century, it’s kind of impossible to talk about community-building without, at some point, talking about the internet… READ MORE

Jacksonville: Grinding the Gears Nov 01, 2012

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Jacksonville, Florida is a lot of things: a military town. A church town. A beach town. And it can be all those things because Jacksonville is the… READ MORE

Tucson: Borderlands Oct 29, 2012

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Tucson sits in the borderlands, the desert landscape where America and Mexico meet. This place is crisscrossed by boundaries, visible and inv… READ MORE

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