APM Reports Documentaries
The documentary unit of APM Reports (formerly American RadioWorks) has produced more than 140 programs on topics such as health, history, education and justice.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 43 minutes
- Episodes
- 188
- Years Active
- 2004 - 2022
The Choice 2004, Part 2
Two candidates for President, offering two directions for America. They are men of the same generation, Yale graduates from privileged New England families. But they took starkly different paths as t…
The Choice 2004, Part 1
Two candidates for President, offering two directions for America. They are men of the same generation, Yale graduates from privileged New England families. But they took starkly different paths as t…
Gunrunners
Small arms pass from war zone to war zone through a global network of arms traffickers. This is a story about just one part of the illegal arms pipeline.
Walking Out of History: The True Story of Shackleton's Endurance Expedition
The true story of 28 men lost in Antarctica for almost two years, fighting ice and the ocean. It's the story of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the Endurance, and the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 19…
Burning the Evidence
During the war in Kosovo in 1999, war-crimes investigators suspected that Serbian forces were hiding evidence of atrocities by removing bodies of murdered Albanians from graves and execution sites. B…
Iraq: The War After the War
Even after the fall of Baghdad, the U.S. is still fighting.
The Fertility Race
A series about the social implications of infertility and the advanced reproductive techniques designed to correct the condition.
Red Runs the Vistula
Five years after the start of World War II, the people of Warsaw rose up against the German occupation of their city. The uprising was meant to last just 48 hours. Instead, it went on for two months.…
Nature's Revenge
Every year, a chunk of land almost the size of Manhattan turns into open water in Louisiana, threatening the state's economy as well as vital American industries like seafood, oil and gas.
Evading the Virus
A small but growing number of scientists and doctors are helping couples with HIV get pregnant using experimental medical techniques that promise to reduce the risk of passing on HIV.
Make Change, Not Money
Nonprofits are being asked to step in to address some of America's most pressing social ills as government steps back.
Face of Mercy, Face of Hate
Predrag Bundalo was waiting for a cup of coffee when a bullet, fired at point-blank range, killed him. He was sitting on the enemy's couch.
Witnesses to Terror
During an 18-month investigation, the 9/11 Commission heard extraordinary testimony about the terrorist attacks on America. Witnesses told stories of lucky breaks and deadly errors. The commission pi…
Days of Infamy
Days of Infamy compares recordings of ordinary Americans reacting to Pearl Harbor and September 11.
New York Works
Jobs that are slowly disappearing in New York City and the people that keep them alive.
Deadly Decisions
How do jurors decide who should live and who should die?
A Russian Journey
Follow Russian writer Aleksandr Radishchev's 200-year-old footsteps from St. Petersburg to Moscow, and discover the soul of a people and the character of a nation.
Suffering For Two
More women than ever are taking antidepressant medication, including more pregnant women. For those trying to weigh the danger of fetal exposure to medication against the risk of a mother's relapse i…
Climate of Uncertainty
Scientists have discovered that the Earth's climate is capable of changing abruptly. Could global warming bring the Earth to another such rapid change?
Nicaragua 'Free Zone'
Global companies fight unions on former Sandinista turf.