Radiotopia Presents

Red for Revolution

2025 Red for Revolution is an audio drama centering intergenerational stories of Black women, queer love, and liberation. We meet Jazmine, an 18-year-old grappling with her queer identity, first crush, and the delicate task of mending her relationship with her homophobic mother. As Jazmine seeks solace and guidance from her grandmother, we are transported back to 1971, to follow the passionate love affair between jazz singer Lorraine Giovanni and activist Ella Ali. Two remarkable women from vastly different backgrounds, with opposing political views and living oceans apart, embark on a romance that defies all conventions.

Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative

2024 What really happens when stories about people’s lives are collected, edited, and consumed? Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking,Transformative is a four-part non-fiction series created by Jess Shane, about the nuts and bolts of documentary storytelling, the power dynamics between makers and subjects, and rewriting unwritten rules of the documentary and non-fiction content industry.

Bot Love

2023 Bot Love brings us into communities of people who create and form deep bonds with their AI companions — and what this means for the rest of us.

My Mother Made Me

2022 Bestselling author Jason Reynolds and his mom, Isabell, explore their shared history, how she raised him, and what they’re teaching each other.

a hit dog will holler

2022 Gina’s pro-Black, political-yet-entertaining podcast is a welcome balm to her community. If she could only drown out the roar coming from outside. Dru comes to help, but she gets trapped too. Gina and Dru are two African-American women who can't leave, can't stay. It's about America. It's about time.

S***hole Country

2021 Afia Kaakyire has a decision to make. And by God, her family is going to help her figure this s*** out. Join her in this eight-part podcast series as she forages for guidance in their shared histories — true tales dipped in entrepreneurial dreams, green card anxieties, complicated love, and liberal portions of the world’s best jollof — during a long-awaited trip to Ghana.

Blind Guy Travels

2021 Blind Guy Travels invites you into life without sight. Join host Matthew Shifrin as he experiences a Marx Brothers comedy, creates an online dating profile, collaborates with LEGO to develop instructions for blind builders, and prepares for college graduation.

Errthang

2018 Errthang is just that, everything that’s percolating in journalist/storyteller Al Letson’s brain; stories told with a lot of heart, interviews with a lot of thought, music with a funky beat, and a good time with co-host Willie Evans Jr!

The Great God of Depression

2018 The Great God of Depression tells the true story of a literary genius, a brain scientist, and their shared quest to understand the secrets of madness and creativity.

The Polybius Conspiracy

2017 The Polybius Conspiracy tells the complex story of two men united by a mysterious arcade game from the '80s whose alleged existence may have had something to do with the abduction of two teenage boys.

Secrets

2018 Secrets explores the secrets we keep in our lives, and the overwhelming complexities of being human.

Spacebridge

2019 Spacebridge tells a largely-forgotten story of citizen diplomats, ranging from New Agers to astronauts, who forged unprecedented connections between the US and USSR during the Cold War.

The Stoop

2018 In this mini-series from The Stoop, Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba explore stories from the Black diaspora that we don’t always share out in the open.

Ways of Hearing

2017 Ways of Hearing, hosted by musician Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi), explores the nature of listening in our digital world.