Caging the Chaos: How to Produce Radio Stories That Aren't Exactly Stories
By Jonathan Goldstein
Common sense dictates that a good radio story should start with a firm sense of what the story is. But what if you only have the vaguest sense of the story -- whether it's a scenario, or an idea, or even a joke you'd like to tell? (more)
A Cold Freezin Night (on which people have the lamest conversation ever)
By Dennis Conrow
This is what happens on the last night of the Third Coast Conference, on a cold freezin’ October night in 2006, when you put six sleep-deprived radio producers in a hotel room at three o’clock in the morning with cheap pizza, bad recording equipment, and a fair bit of alcohol. (more)
Perfect Founders
By Paula Rogers
The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton rearranged for laughs and life lessons. (more)
I Didn't Know That - 5
By Paul Staunton & Rachel NĂ Chuinn
A woman realizes that her partner isn't all she thought he was. (more)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Mousetrap
By Ezekiel Weaver
Both brief reflection on mousetraps and a nod to Wallace Stevens. (more)
Ice Cream Man
By Jonathan Goldstein
Jonathan Goldstein’s got a knack for exploring life’s great (and simple) mysteries via the telephone. (more)
Hairwaves: A Cautionary Tale
By Zoe Irvine & Mark Vernon
Bouffants, buzz cuts, mohawks, and dreadlocks: no matter the style, hair has played an important social and cultural role throughout human history. (more)
This Ain't No Walk in the Park
By Natalie Edwards
City dweller Natalie Edwards confronts her distaste for all things green. Reluctantly. (more)
The Searchers (Based on a True Story)
By David P. Earle
Where do lost stories go? Potato pancakes are involved. (more)
Re:sound #15: The Consumerism Show
By Various producers
This hour: a brief history of the mall, radical knitters, and more. (more)
Ice Music
By Gregory Whitehead
What if sounds could be frozen into ice cubes, then released upon their melting? Everyday movements and actions might become rich musical performances... (more)
All You Need is (gum on) a Wall
By Emily Eagle
A monster grows while attracting tourists in downtown Seattle. (more)
The New Pleasant Revolution
By Michael Slaboch & Tony Mendoza
A bike messenger provides alternatives to horrible traffic horns. (more)
Mind, Body, Soul
By Gregory Whitehead
An interview with a performance artist, whose "art" consists of consuming entire copies of the Oxford English Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy, and the King James Bible. (more)
Marinade a la Tete
By Gregory Whitehead
A cerebral yet refreshing exploration into the question "where do creative ideas come from?" (more)
Re:sound #68: The Big Show Show
By Various producers
This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles. (more)
A Drinking Song
By Holger Mohaupt
Could The Star Spangled Banner be recast as a drinking song? Holger Mohaupt suggests that in this family, it could. (more)
Brain Mash
By Gregory Whitehead
How to create a human brain -- from a bowl of mashed potatoes. (more)