Listen in as teen producers from around the country present a survey of their work, with bonus features: the sounds they love to listen to, with commentary on why, and tape that didn’t make the final cut in production, with commentary on why not. (more)

In the late 1950s, folk musicians Ewan MacColl and Peggy Seeger and BBC radio producer Charles Parker joined forces on a radio endeavor unlike anything the BBC (or the world, for that matter) had heard before. (more)

This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles. (more)

The duel between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton rearranged for laughs and life lessons. (more)

This hour: meditations on whispering, selective mutism, and a man who records some of the quietest sounds in the world. (more)

This hour: we're diving into the archives and rewinding our way to the 1970s and 80s, sampling some of the fascinating, strange, and hilarious work that was produced when public radio was a medium without a real template. (more)

Voice of America’s The Century in Sound is a radio documentary that chronicles the entire 20th century without narration. (more)

The grandeur and power of Wagner’s monumental work, The Ring Cycle, has permeated our culture to the point that “Wagnerian” is used as an adjective. (more)

The Third Coast Festival Lifetime Achievement Award (now the Audio Luminary Award) is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2003 recipient, Joe Frank. (more)

Many different stories make this whole. (more)

This hour: a radio station dedicates five days of air-time to a live reading of Tolstoy's War and Peace. (more)

A herd of marketing hits, cliches and platitudes, featuring a chorus of cats and two pounds of Velveeta. (more)

The Third Coast Festival Audio Luminary Award is presented annually to an individual who is greatly admired for his or her significant and ongoing contributions to the field of radio. Hats off to the 2008 Audio Luminary, Chris Brookes. (more)

Arthur Godfrey had it. So did Bob and Ray. And Ken Nordine has it, too. "It": the magical quality that makes you feel they're talking to you and you alone. (more)

This hour: the strange, storied, hodgepodge history of radio. (more)

Searching for your ideal partner can be exhausting, even with the help of personal ads. (more)

This hour: two stories from RTE's Flux with Ronan Kelly. (more)

This session pulls back the curtain on one of the most difficult and important skills every producer needs to master: pitching a story. (more)

You live in media you watch and listen to. I live in France, listen in Britain and dream outside. (more)

This hour: the indomitable Studs Terkel. (more)