'Chapter 1: Friday Night Lights' 

'Chapter 2: An Impossible Dream' 

'Ad Break'

'Chapter 3:  Just Go Make A Show'

'Chapter 4: Meet the Stars'

'Posters'

'Chapter 5: Shakib'

'Chapter 6: The Race'

'Credits'

A young radio producer in Afghanistan is given an impossible task: to create a brand new, revolutionary talent show in just two months.

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To purchase original Afghan Star artwork visit www.awastudios.com/afghanstar — proceeds go to support The Noor Initiative, who are on a mission to ensure every Afghan girl has access to education and opportunity.

Music at the end of this episode from Afghan musician Qais Maroof, contestant on The Voice of Afghanistan.

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A young radio producer in Afghanistan is given an impossible task: to create a brand new, revolutionary talent show in just two months.
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To purchase original Afghan Star artwork visit <a href="http://www.awastudios.com/afghanstar">www.awastudios.com/afghanstar</a> — proceeds go to support The Noor Initiative, who are on a mission to ensure every Afghan girl has access to education and opportunity.
Music at the end of this episode from Afghan musician Qais Maroof, contestant on The Voice of Afghanistan.
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Kaleidoscope recommends: Afghan Star!

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Check out the first episode of "The Burden," a brand new podcast from our friends at Orbit Media.

EPISODE 1: THE SCOOP

New York Times journalist Frances “Frenchy” Robles gets a tip about a group of wrongfully convicted men in the New York State prison system. The common denominator: many were arrested by the same detective. Frenchy tracks down the story in a surprise visit to prison. 

Check out the first episode of "The Burden," a brand new podcast from our friends at Orbit Media.
EPISODE 1: THE SCOOP
New York Times journalist Frances “Frenchy” Robles gets a tip about a group of wrongfully convicted men in the New York State prison system. The common denominator: many were arrested by the same detective. Frenchy tracks down the story in a surprise visit to prison.

Silenced recommends: The Burden

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“In the heart of every Haitian is a sleeping president.” - An interview with Jacqueline Charles, Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald, about the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.

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“In the heart of every Haitian is a sleeping president.” - An interview with Jacqueline Charles, Caribbean correspondent for the Miami Herald, about the 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moise.
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Bonus: The President

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Our co-host Ana Arana speaks with Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder of the Haitian Times about the legacy of Miami radio broadcasters. 

This interview is a reunion of sorts – Garry and Ana both lived in Miami in the early 1990s, when Veye Yo was active on the airwaves and in the streets, and they worked together as reporters at the Sun Sentinel.

​​Available to all on June 15, 2023.

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Our co-host Ana Arana speaks with Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Garry Pierre-Pierre, founder of the Haitian Times about the legacy of Miami radio broadcasters. 
This interview is a reunion of sorts – Garry and Ana both lived in Miami in the early 1990s, when Veye Yo was active on the airwaves and in the streets, and they worked together as reporters at the Sun Sentinel.
​​Available to all on June 15, 2023.
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Legacy

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President Aristide finally returns to office in Haiti, but to some in his movement, he’s not the same leader. With the murder of one more radio journalist, an era comes to an end.

​​Available to all on June 8, 2023.

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President Aristide finally returns to office in Haiti, but to some in his movement, he’s not the same leader. With the murder of one more radio journalist, an era comes to an end.
​​Available to all on June 8, 2023.
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The Flame

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There’s no statute of limitations on murder. Ana investigates whether the intellectual authors could still be brought to justice.

​​Available to all on June 1, 2023.

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There’s no statute of limitations on murder. Ana investigates whether the intellectual authors could still be brought to justice.
​​Available to all on June 1, 2023.
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Federal Hook

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Oz asks the question he’s been wondering all along: could the CIA know anything about the broadcaster murders?

​​Available to all on May 25, 2023.

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Oz asks the question he’s been wondering all along: could the CIA know anything about the broadcaster murders?
​​Available to all on May 25, 2023.
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The Agency

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A coup in Haiti empowers a new paramilitary squad, bold enough to face down the U.S. military. In Miami, the black book resurfaces – and the killings continue.

​​Available to all on May 18, 2023.

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A coup in Haiti empowers a new paramilitary squad, bold enough to face down the U.S. military. In Miami, the black book resurfaces – and the killings continue.
​​Available to all on May 18, 2023.
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Death Squad

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An explosion of cocaine trafficking through Haiti is fuelling gangs in Miami. The radio broadcasters are calling out the drug trade on air. A fateful concert lights a fuse.

Available to all on May 11, 2023.

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An explosion of cocaine trafficking through Haiti is fuelling gangs in Miami. The radio broadcasters are calling out the drug trade on air. A fateful concert lights a fuse.
Available to all on May 11, 2023.
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Cocaine Colonels

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The investigation into Olivier’s killing begins, and another young radio journalist is shot. It can’t be a coincidence. 

Available to all on May 4, 2023.

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The investigation into Olivier’s killing begins, and another young radio journalist is shot. It can’t be a coincidence. 
Available to all on May 4, 2023.
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Truth and Bullets

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A chilling wave of murders sweeps through Little Haiti, a Miami neighborhood that is home to many Haitian exiles. The victims are radio broadcasters, using the airwaves to demand democracy at home. Little Haiti is up in arms, calling for justice for the fallen heroes, but the investigation stalls. To this day, the masterminds remain free. And rumors persist … about cocaine trafficking, CIA assets, and transnational coups. Ana Arana, who first investigated the crimes thirty years ago, teams up with Oz Woloshyn to find answers to a case that continues to haunt her.

A chilling wave of murders sweeps through Little Haiti, a Miami neighborhood that is home to many Haitian exiles. The victims are radio broadcasters, using the airwaves to demand democracy at home. Little Haiti is up in arms, calling for justice for the fallen heroes, but the investigation stalls. To this day, the masterminds remain free. And rumors persist … about cocaine trafficking, CIA assets, and transnational coups. Ana Arana, who first investigated the crimes thirty years ago, teams up with Oz Woloshyn to find answers to a case that continues to haunt her.

SILENCED: The Radio Murders

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