Audio Documentaries

The APM Reports documentary unit, formerly American RadioWorks, produces programs about education, history, justice and more.

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April 13, 2000

25 Years from Vietnam

Twenty-five years after the fall of Saigon, the legacy of the war affects lives on both sides of the Pacific. In this series of reports, American RadioWorks reveals how events fading into memory still influence our environments, institutions, and cultures.

April 13, 2000

Vietnam: A Nation, Not A War

To most Americans, Vietnam is a nation frozen in time and memory. It seems a distant place where 58,000 Americans lost their lives.

March 13, 2000

Shadow over Lockerbie

Two hundred seventy people died when Pan Am 103 was blown out of the sky over Lockerbie, Scotland, on December 21, 1988. It was the worst-ever act of airline terrorism against the United States. It was also called the world's biggest unsolved murder.

February 13, 2000

Massacre at Cuska

In 1999 Serb death squads attacked the ethnic Albanian village of Cuska and left 41 unarmed civilians dead.

October 13, 1999

Walking Out of History: The True Story of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition

The true story of 28 men lost in Antarctica for almost two years, fighting ice and the ocean. It's the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Endurance, and the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914.

September 13, 1999

The Fertility Race

A series about the social implications of infertility and the advanced reproductive techniques designed to correct the condition.

September 13, 1999

Evading the Virus

A small but growing number of scientists and doctors are helping couples with HIV get pregnant using experimental medical techniques that promise to reduce the risk of passing on HIV.

May 13, 1999

The Forgotten 14 Million

One in five American children is growing up poor. Critics of welfare and other social programs say government spending hasn't solved poverty. But neither has economic growth.

January 13, 1999

The Positive Life

Teens with HIV face the challenge of preparing for an adulthood they may never reach.

September 13, 1998

Make Change, Not Money

Nonprofits are being asked to step in to address some of America's most pressing social ills as government steps back.

March 13, 1998

The World Turned Upside Down

An extraordinary moment: America in a rare period of price stability.

February 13, 1997

Frances Densmore, Song Catcher

Frances Densmore spent her life gathering cultural artifacts of old Indian ways.

September 13, 1996

Face of Mercy, Face of Hate

Predrag Bundalo was waiting for a cup of coffee when a bullet, fired at point-blank range, killed him. He was sitting on the enemy's couch.

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