Historical Maturity and Cowardice: Keeping ScOR #15

Scene on Radio

Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University

Society & Culture, Audiodoc, Radio, Documentary, Stories

4.9 • 11K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Host John Biewen reads an essay from his newsletter, Keeping ScOR. After a visit to his hometown, Mankato, Minnesota -- the subject of the Scene on Radio episode, "Little War on the Prairie" -- John reflects on the changes there and America's latest assault on history.

Music by goodnight, Lucas.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Mitra, and I'm the host of a brand new show on Radiotopia called The Selects Podcast.
0:08.0	Selects.
0:09.0	Selects.
0:10.0	I've been making audio documentaries for over a decade, and you might recognize my work from shows like Welcome to Provincetown or The Heart.
0:20.0	And now I'm hosting a brand new show, The Selects Podcast.
0:23.6	Please listen closely.
0:24.8	If it ain't got those hands, man, it don't mean the things.
0:28.9	This morning for breakfast, I had a toasted everything bagel.
0:32.6	The Selects podcast is a brand new show that is bringing you unearthed audio works that we found buried in
0:38.5	web archives, radio streams, and old podcasts. They've come to us through the recommendations
0:44.2	and inspirations of some of the most talented audio creators working today. This is some of the best
0:50.4	radio documentary work, and I really want you to hear it. Subscribe to the Selects Podcast from Radiotopia wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.3	Hey, it's John Bewin.
1:02.4	A lot of you know, maybe some of you don't, that I started writing a newsletter called
1:07.1	Keeping Score around the New Year.
1:10.0	It's completely free.
1:11.7	It's a place where I get some things off my chest
1:14.3	that are loosely related to what we do on the podcast,
1:17.5	but different, often focused more on stuff happening now
1:22.1	in these alarming times.
1:24.9	If you subscribe, again, for free,
1:27.3	you'll get all my essays by email, but once in a while,
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