Soundscape Productions
Organization
A production company identified in the excerpt as producing the episode in Dedham, Massachusetts.
9 episodes featuring Soundscape Productions
Letters from an American
Maine lobster reveals New England’s deeper history
The episode shows how fishing, Indigenous dispossession, disease, and access to Atlantic waters shaped settlement and revolutionary-era New England.
Sep 26, 2026 · 5 min
Letters from an American
Judge restores White House press access amid media restrictions
The episode frames press access, immigration enforcement, public spending, and election claims as tests of executive accountability.
Sep 25, 2026 · 12 min
Letters from an American
The UN Charter turned postwar ideals into a peace project
The episode revisits the 1945 charter as an effort to make peace, human dignity, and equality foundations of international cooperation.
Sep 24, 2026 · 11 min
Letters from an American
FBI probes alleged pay-to-play involving Senator Collins
The episode uses an alleged corruption investigation to examine whether weakened oversight is enabling conflicts of interest and misuse of public money.
Sep 24, 2026 · 16 min
Letters from an American
Trump bars major outlets as media access becomes a legal fight
The episode places the White House’s exclusion of CNN, MS NOW, and Politico within a broader conflict over press freedom and executive power.
Sep 22, 2026 · 11 min
Letters from an American
Trump’s Kennedy Center takeover faces legal and public resistance
The dispute tests whether a president can reshape a national cultural institution—and its identity—without meaningful oversight.
Sep 21, 2026 · 12 min
Letters from an American
Diesel shock exposes the stakes of Hormuz standoff
The episode links a strategic chokepoint and rising fuel costs to fragile supply chains, consumer prices, and uncertainty over U.S. policy.
Sep 19, 2026 · 15 min
Letters from an American
Franklin helps turn a fragile rebellion into a federal government
The episode connects the failures of the Articles of Confederation to the Constitution’s design for representative democracy and divided power.
Sep 18, 2026 · 8 min
Letters from an American
Judge blocks Trump’s Kennedy Center renaming plan
The ruling tests whether a federally chartered cultural institution can be renamed by its board without congressional approval, amid a costly closure.
Sep 17, 2026 · 14 min