Would you pick up a ringing payphone and share your life with a complete stranger? Alan Dein hopes so. (more)

Radio transmissions are heard all over the world, from the largest urban centers to the smallest mountain villages. But what defines radio from a particular place, and what makes it different than radio from elsewhere? (more)

“Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen is one of the most ambitious and enduring pop songs of all time. (more)

This hour: the difficult, brief, and brilliant life of writer Raymond Carver. (more)

Children voices calling to radio days. (more)

A couple from Amsterdam East talks about the brown frogs they introduced to the neighborhood. (You might find this english transcript handy!) (more)

Roger Dowds wasn't exactly an obvious pick for a game show contestant. He'd lived a quiet, sheltered life and had little faith in himself. (more)

A discussion amongst neighbors one late night at the non-stop market on the corner street. (more)

In a tiny village the rhythm of life is surprisingly loud, and one neighbour keeps time with his whistle. (more)

The time: Ireland, mid 1700s. Young Eleanor Butler is from one of the most notable families in the country and lives in a grand castle. (more)

I take one place, look at what or who lived there over a very very long period of time, and give you the edited highlights. (more)

Back in 2009, one German documentary won both of Europe’s most coveted radio prizes – the Prix Italia and the Prix Europa. (more)

Now living in a comparatively peaceful community in Fargo, ND, Ermina Jelovac from Bosnia exposes the almost overnight change in her neighbors during the war. (more)

With the couple next door constantly fighting and my friends failed marriages in good memory I started to wonder why Sweden seems to fail in loving until death do us part. (more)

A personal musing about estrangement and its effects on language, cultural identity, and the meaning of home. (more)

Every year up to twenty people die completely alone in Amsterdam. They are illegal migrants, drug mules, or simply people who cut off all social contacts. (more)

In Ireland where the tradition of waking the dead is strong in rural areas, we go behind the scenes of this centuries old tradition. (more)

This hour: Gwen Macsai and Julie Shapiro spin some of our favorite stories from the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge. (more)

Kari Hesthamar demonstrates the distinctive sound of Norwegian radio features by playing and talking about some of the most important elements of her own work -- creating small films for listeners’ ears, capturing the true essence of a scene, and producing stories that come alive through the use of the present tense. (more)

For Romy Klecker, who spent her childhood in the GDR, sweet food was scarce, but in 1989 when the wall fell, a whole new world of treats opened up to her. (more)