POV Shorts: Our Motherland Fantasy Nightmare

Two families experience homeland violence across generations. Two Ukrainian sisters separated by distance and war and a call that could be their last. A perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels a new generation's quest for freedom.

Season 35 Episode 502 Length 25:01 Premiere: 02/13/23

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Behind the Lens: Marc Weiss

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Clip Length 03:11 Premiere Date 10/08/07

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Apted and Ebert (Part 3 of 5)

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Apted and Ebert (Part 4 of 5)

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Specials

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Length 14:41 Premiere Date 11/18/25

Your Opinion, Please

Length 14:06 Premiere Date 11/18/25

StoryCorps Shorts: Threads of Love

Length 02:21 Premiere Date 11/06/25

StoryCorps Shorts: Twelve Feet from a Bomb

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The New Indigo Wave

Length 13:00 Premiere Date 09/08/25

StoryCorps Shorts: Late Nights at Dubrow's

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StoryCorps Shorts: A Time to Speak

Length 02:57 Premiere Date 06/28/25

StoryCorps Shorts: Shades of Love

Length 02:24 Premiere Date 06/12/25

StoryCorps Shorts: Like Brothers

Length 02:40 Premiere Date 05/22/25

The Cleaning Lady

Length 08:43 Premiere Date 04/28/25

StoryCorps Shorts: A Gem of a Guy

Length 03:23 Premiere Date 04/10/25

StoryCorps Shorts: Wild in Love

Length 02:33 Premiere Date 02/12/25

StoryCorps Shorts: Operation North Pole

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StoryCorps Shorts: Dear Mrs. Doyle

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Shirampari: Legacies of the River

Length 15:24 Premiere Date 11/12/24

Boat People

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Golden Moon

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Over the Wall

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American Seams

Length 17:14 Premiere Date 11/12/24

Thời Thơ Ấu (Childhood)

Length 08:04 Premiere Date 11/12/24

StoryCorps Shorts: A Knock at the Door

Length 02:09 Premiere Date 10/31/24

StoryCorps Shorts: The Men Who Fed America

Length 02:48 Premiere Date 08/29/24

a film is a goodbye that never ends

Length 13:44 Premiere Date 07/01/24

StoryCorps Shorts: Beat by Beat

Length 02:47 Premiere Date 06/13/24

StoryCorps Shorts: Heart to Heart

Length 02:22 Premiere Date 05/09/24

StoryCorps Shorts: Then and Now

Length 02:23 Premiere Date 04/10/24

StoryCorps Shorts: The Family Equation

Length 02:27 Premiere Date 02/15/24

Still Waters

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Length 02:37 Premiere Date 10/19/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Grandma's Hands

Length 02:42 Premiere Date 10/12/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Rules of the Road

Length 03:06 Premiere Date 10/05/23

When It's Good, It's Good

Length 10:35 Premiere Date 10/05/23

Sol in the Garden

Length 20:37 Premiere Date 10/05/23

When The LAPD Blows Up Your Neighborhood

Length 19:01 Premiere Date 10/05/23

Between Earth & Sky

Length 25:37 Premiere Date 10/05/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Dreamer's Gift

Length 02:07 Premiere Date 09/28/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Family Harmony

Length 02:50 Premiere Date 09/21/23

Freshwater

Length 09:43 Premiere Date 07/25/23

By Way of Canarsie

Length 14:15 Premiere Date 07/25/23

The Body is a House of Familiar Rooms

Length 10:23 Premiere Date 07/24/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Role Models

Length 03:22 Premiere Date 06/22/23

StoryCorps Shorts: The Room

Length 03:30 Premiere Date 06/14/23

StoryCorps: The Busboy

Length 03:28 Premiere Date 06/06/23

StoryCorps Shorts: The Echoes of War

Length 02:08 Premiere Date 05/29/23

Coming Home

Length 09:24 Premiere Date 02/14/23

Call Me Anytime, I'm Not Leaving the House

Length 10:30 Premiere Date 02/13/23

Freedom Swimmer

Length 14:02 Premiere Date 02/13/23

Are You Down?

Length 12:19 Premiere Date 02/13/23

All Riders

Length 16:25 Premiere Date 02/13/23

My Duduś

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Some Kind of Intimacy

Length 06:06 Premiere Date 02/13/23

Chilly and Milly

Length 09:15 Premiere Date 02/13/23

You Can't Stop Spirit

Length 15:07 Premiere Date 02/13/23

StoryCorps Shorts: What's for Dinner

Length 02:50 Premiere Date 02/06/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Walnut Street

Length 03:02 Premiere Date 02/02/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Going Up

Length 03:06 Premiere Date 01/23/23

StoryCorps Shorts: Still the One

Length 03:25 Premiere Date 01/19/23

The Beautiful Colors of Jeremy Sicile-Kira

Length 07:15 Premiere Date 01/09/23

My Duduś

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Happiness is £4 Million

Length 24:30 Premiere Date 11/28/22

StoryCorps Shorts: An Honest Life

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StoryCorps Shorts: Labor of Love

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StoryCorps Shorts: Miss Betty's Calling

Length 03:02 Premiere Date 06/16/22

StoryCorps Shorts: Meet the Greenbergs

Length 02:36 Premiere Date 05/05/22

StoryCorps Shorts: Joyce's Neighborhood

Length 02:59 Premiere Date 04/28/22

StoryCorps Shorts: Lessons from Lourdes

Length 02:42 Premiere Date 04/21/22

StoryCorps Shorts: The Rent We Pay

Length 02:39 Premiere Date 12/30/21

StoryCorps Shorts: A Piece of Home

Length 02:42 Premiere Date 09/30/21

StoryCorps Shorts: Man of Steel

Length 02:50 Premiere Date 09/23/21

StoryCorps Shorts: A Life of Honor

Length 02:34 Premiere Date 09/16/21

StoryCorps Shorts: September 12

Length 03:03 Premiere Date 09/01/21

StoryCorps Shorts: Father Mychal's Blessing

Length 04:32 Premiere Date 09/01/21

StoryCorps: The Little Things

Length 01:48 Premiere Date 05/27/21

StoryCorps Shorts: Hand in Hand

Length 03:27 Premiere Date 05/20/21

StoryCorps Shorts: Star Bound

Length 02:45 Premiere Date 05/13/21

StoryCorps Shorts: Lola's Work

Length 02:57 Premiere Date 05/06/21

StoryCorps Shorts: At First Glance

Length 02:31 Premiere Date 02/11/21

StoryCorps Shorts: Leonardo's Dreams

Length 03:30 Premiere Date 02/04/21

StoryCorps Shorts: With Love, From Georgia

Length 03:00 Premiere Date 01/28/21

StoryCorps Shorts: Alone Together

Length 02:55 Premiere Date 12/29/20

StoryCorps Shorts: Learning to Fly

Length 03:38 Premiere Date 09/28/20

StoryCorps Shorts: Where I Come From

Length 03:08 Premiere Date 09/21/20

StoryCorps Shorts: The View From Here

Length 02:41 Premiere Date 09/07/20

StoryCorps Shorts: My Aunties

Length 02:33 Premiere Date 06/15/20

StoryCorps Shorts: Double Major

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StoryCorps Shorts: A Wonderful Life

Length 03:44 Premiere Date 04/06/20

StoryCorps Shorts: Leading the Way

Length 02:43 Premiere Date 03/30/20

Clash

Length 08:01 Premiere Date 01/20/20

The Velvet Underground Played At My High School

Length 07:50 Premiere Date 10/23/19

StoryCorps Shorts: The Golden Rule

Length 02:41 Premiere Date 07/31/19

StoryCorps Shorts: Lessons Learned

Length 03:09 Premiere Date 05/03/18

StoryCorps Shorts: The Bookmobile

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StoryCorps Shorts: Clean Streets

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StoryCorps Shorts: A More Perfect Union

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20/Nothing

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Irma

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StoryCorps Shorts: John and Joe

Length 03:58 Premiere Date 09/07/11

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Behind the Lens - The Way We Get By

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Season 35 Episodes

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Show Clips & Previews

POV Shorts: You Are My Sunshine

S35 E505 Length 24:30 Premiere Date 02/13/23

POV Shorts: Happiness is £4 Million

S35 E504 Length 25:03 Premiere Date 02/13/23

POV Shorts: Take the A Train

S35 E503 Length 24:30 Premiere Date 02/10/23