Colin Askey, director of Love in the Time of Fentanyl; photo provided.
In partnership with Indiana Public Radio and the broader NPR network, The Facing Project Radio Show has expanded to a weekly program in 2024. We’re bringing new life to stories in our archives, and putting empathy front and center through voice actors, themed episodes, and discussions with artists, authors, and peace activists who are using their work to create a more understanding and empathetic world.
Tune-in Saturdays at 11 a.m. EST–or if you miss a Saturday, you can get us wherever you listen to your favorite podcasts!
September 7, 2024 (1 hour) –
Growing Food, Community, & Vibes in an Urban Food Desert
Ten years ago, six acres of abandoned lots in the Park Heights neighborhood of Baltimore were transformed into an urban farm, and today the American Farm Bureau Federation has rated it as one of the top 10 innovative farms in the country. But there’s more than food being grown in Park Heights; they’re growing community and investing in the future. Host J.R. Jamison sits down with four of the faces who keep the Farm and its neighborhood thriving each and every day.
New Beginnings
A Nigerian college student who escaped the Boko Haram terror group resettles in Flint, Michigan, at the height of the water crisis.
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September 14, 2024 (1 hour) –
The Abortion Talks
Host J.R. Jamison sits down with filmmakers Josh Sabey and Sarah Perkins, directors of The Basement Talks (TV series, 2024), to explore civil discourse across major ideological divides. They’re joined by Reverend Anne Fowler and attorney Fran Hogan, two women profiled in the series on opposite sides of the abortion debate, who met secretly for six years to find common ground and ways to work together after the 1994 abortion clinic shootings in Boston that killed two people and injured five.
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September 21, 2024 (1 hour) –
Telling Authentic Stories with Bestselling Author Leah Johnson
Host J.R. Jamison sits down with award-winning middle-grade and young adult author Leah Johnson to talk about writing authentic stories for kids, the harmful effects of book banning in America, and the founding of Loudmouth Books—her banned titles bookstore in the heart of her hometown.
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September 28, 2024 (1 hour) –
NEW episode: Love in the Time of Fentanyl
Host J.R. Jamison sits down with filmmaker Colin Asky, who directed the PBS documentary Love in the Time of Fentanyl (2022), and the two are joined by Sarah Blyth and Trey Helten from the Overdose Prevention Society, the harm reduction organization featured in the film that brings people in from the streets and saves lives by providing a safe and welcoming place to use drugs.