Stories

Sugartime (INC)

In the beginning of January 2008, the Belgian-Ghanaian Sugar Jackson defended his European welterweight world title.

2008
08:17
Wim Vangrootloon

Luzer Twersky was raised as a Hasidic Jew. At the age of 23 he decided to leave his family and everything he'd ever known to move into secular society. His upbringing had been strict -- no school, no movies, no dates, no jobs. Otrasized from his community, he entered a world he knew very little about.

2010
21:35
Josh Gleason

American Student Radio

American Student Radio (ASR) is cultivating your future radio heroes.

Alone Like a Stone in the New World (aka All These Things)

Writer Margy Rochlin wonders why her family is selling her grandmother's house in Arizona.

D Minor: The Ice Queen

If D minor were a person, who would she be?

Everything Sounds Episode #11: Microphone Museum

The invention of the microphone changed many aspects of modern life beginning in the late 1800's, but today most of us take these simple machines for granted.

Locusts!

There's a feeling you get when you encounter a swarm of insects.

2013
09:00
Lulu Miller

Persevering Rick

Growing up in Australia, deaf in one ear, Rick had a rough time learning.

2013
14:01
Jesse Cox
Mike Williams

Soul of a Man

Ramblin' Jack Elliott has played music with legends like Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

2013
12:10
Abby Wendle
Sarah Geis

The Whale's Choice

In certain waters, moments of connection between humans and whales do happen... but not often.

2013
13:20
Jennifer Kingsley

Voices Lost and Found

An old cassette, tucked away for years in the back of a drawer, magically brings a lost voice back to life.

Dear Santo Toribio

After Oklahoma passed the toughest anti-immigration bill in the country, a Catholic church in Tulsa was looking for help, so they created a shrine to Santo Toribio, the patron saint of immigrants.

2013
05:15
Sarah Geis

Four Failing Lungs

For Beth and Brian, a lung transplant could extend their lives for years. Or, it could lead to rejection and continued suffering.

2014
25:15
Catie Talarski

Mike and Victor: A Family Story

In 1993, Mike Checuga was a 24 year-old working obsessively long hours until his boss ordered him to take a day off each week.

The Ghosts of Fire Island

Fire Island, only sixty miles from New York City, has long served as a safe and vibrant mecca for gay men and women. But in the early 1980's, the haven faced a new and lethal threat.

2014
25:00
Myke Dodge Weiskopf

Chance

Turn right and you'll meet the man or woman of your dreams. Turn left and you'll get hit by a car.

2014
13:30
Sarah Boothroyd

The Cabinet of Animosities

The things we give, the things we treasure, and the things we fling at each other when it all goes wrong.

2014
27:24
Cathy FitzGerald

Easy Love

Twenty-six years ago, Warren Kirk was at home in his suburban Melbourne rental flat. Freshly showered and dressed, he consulted the yellow pages before making a call.

2014
09:52
Jaye Kranz

We Lost Them

How does a victim's family cope, hours after a violent crime, when they are thrust into a national spotlight?

Ripped Stockings

Growing up in Miami, Harvey Katz - then Elizabeth - was expected to have a bat mitzvah (the Jewish coming of age ceremony for girls), followed by a big, blow-out party.