StoryCorps Shorts: Operation North Pole
Every Christmas Eve, people worldwide use NORAD's Santa Tracker to follow Santa Claus as he flies across the globe to deliver presents. The merry mission started during the Cold War, when Air Force Colonel Harry Shoup received an unexpected call on his red phone — a top secret hotline at his base. Three of his children share the tale of how their father spread cheer across the world.
Episodes
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Fauna
S37 E5 - 1h 10m
An old shepherd and his flock live alongside a high-tech laboratory for animal experimentation. Two worlds that are two sides of the same coin. While the shepherd, afflicted with a bone disease, witnesses his profession disappearing, scientists are busier than ever researching the COVID vaccine. Fauna explores the relationship between humans, animals and science in post-pandemic times.
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Against the Tide
S37 E4 - 1h 22m
Mumbai fishermen Rakesh and Ganesh are inheritors of the great Koli knowledge system—a way to harvest the sea by following the moon and the tides. Rakesh has kept faith in traditional methods while Ganesh has embraced technology. Against the Tide is a tale of deep friendship and rising resentment between two men against the backdrop of an adoring sea, now turning hostile through climate change.
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Is There Anybody Out There?
S37 E3 - 1h 22m
Born with a rare disability, filmmaker Ella Glendining wonders if there is anyone who can share the experience of living in a body like hers. This simple question–one which non disabled people take for granted, leads to a journey to not only others who live like her–but to the realization that meeting them changes how she views herself in the world, as well as many surprises along the way.
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Hummingbirds
S37 E2 - 1h 15m
In Hummingbirds, Silvia and Beba tell their own coming-of-age story, transforming their hometown on the Texas-Mexico border into a wonderland of creative expression and activist hijinks. Filmed collaboratively over the final summer of their fleeting youth, their cinematic self-portrait celebrates the power of friendship and joy as tools of survival and resistance.
Extras + Features
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Trailer | Who I Am Not
S37 E12 - 2m 4s
Trailer for Tunde Skovran's film Who I Am Not.
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Trailer | The Body Politic
S37 E11 - 2m 7s
Trailer for Gabriel Francis Paz Goodenough's film The Body Politic.
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Trailer | Tokyo Uber Blues
S37 E10 - 1m 29s
Trailer for Taku Aoyagi's film Tokyo Uber Blues.
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Trailer | Twice Colonized
S37 E9 - 1m 50s
Trailer for Lin Alluna's film Twice Colonized.
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Trailer | In the Rearview
S37 E8 - 1m 43s
Trailer for Maciek Hamela's film In the Rearview.
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Anatomy of a Scene: Fauna
S37 E5 - 3m 7s
Anatomy of a Scene from Fauna with director Pau Faus.
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Behind the Lens: Fauna
S37 E5 - 1m 49s
A message from the filmmaker.
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Behind the Lens: Against the Tide
S37 E4 - 1m 25s
A message from the filmmaker.
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Behind the Lens: Is There Anybody Out There?
S37 E3 - 51s
A message from the filmmaker.
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Behind the Lens: Hummingbirds
S37 E2 - 1m 30s
A message from the filmmaker.
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King Coal: Bonus Feature
S37 E1 - 8m
Shodekeh Talifero (breath artist), Lou Maiuri (flatfoot dancer), Jesse Milnes (fiddle) and Emily Miller (vocals). Shodekeh records a library of breath art for KING COAL at Gaudineer Knob in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. His work is used throughout the film as part of the sound design and score. Lou performs with old time musicians, Jesse and Emily, in Lost Creek, WV.
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Behind the Lens: King Coal
S37 E1 - 1m 28s
A message from the filmmaker.
Schedule
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An Act of Worship
Wednesday
Dec 25
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Muslim Americans offer perspectives on pivotal moments in U.S. history and policy from the past 30 years. -
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An Act of Worship
Thursday
Dec 26
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Muslim Americans offer perspectives on pivotal moments in U.S. history and policy from the past 30 years. -
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Who I Am Not
Monday
Dec 30
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. -
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Who I Am Not
Tuesday
Dec 31
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. -
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Against the Tide
Wednesday
Jan 1
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The friendship between two Koli fishermen in Bombay is fractured by the weight of a changing world and a sea threatened by climate change. -
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Who I Am Not
Wednesday
Jan 1
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. -
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Against the Tide
Thursday
Jan 2
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The friendship between two Koli fishermen in Bombay is fractured by the weight of a changing world and a sea threatened by climate change. -
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Who I Am Not
Thursday
Jan 2
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. -
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Against the Tide
Thursday
Jan 2
1 Hour 30 Minutes
The friendship between two Koli fishermen in Bombay is fractured by the weight of a changing world and a sea threatened by climate change. -
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Who I Am Not
Thursday
Jan 2
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. -
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Who I Am Not
Saturday
Jan 4
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. -
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Who I Am Not
Saturday
Jan 4
1 Hour
Sharon-Rose Khumalo, a South African beauty queen, faces an identity crisis after discovering she's intersex. -
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Fruits of Labor
Sunday
Jan 5
1 Hour 30 Minutes
A teenager with dreams of graduating high school and going to college is forced to work when ICE raids threaten her family. -
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Fruits of Labor
Monday
Jan 6
1 Hour 30 Minutes
A teenager with dreams of graduating high school and going to college is forced to work when ICE raids threaten her family. -
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Fruits of Labor
Monday
Jan 6
1 Hour 30 Minutes
A teenager with dreams of graduating high school and going to college is forced to work when ICE raids threaten her family.
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