Dial-A-Stranger

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Dial-A-Stranger

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Nov 10, 2008

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Dial-A-Stranger takes questions from random strangers (like you), and poses them to other strangers (like you) on the telephone. It’s a source of communication, assistance and entertainment. It is a community project, an anthology, and a hobby.
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Nov 10, 2008

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Titles in the series (52)

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20 min listen
After The Forgetting: This is a delicate story about love and dementia. It weaves memory and moments through the intertwined lives of Greg Sharrow, his mother Marj, and his husband Bob. Also, the producer has written usefully about the process of wrestling with a tricky em... by Transom Podcast
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Jennie’s Secret: An unusual veteran's story about a woman who posed as a man during the Civil War and went on to live most of her life as a man in the tiny town of Saunemin, Illinois. Over the years the town has been ambivalent about their most famous citizen and is st... by Transom Podcast
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Running From Myself: Louis used to rob people on the street, but he stopped. Now, he's trying to reconcile the person he was with the person he is and wants to be. There's something about Louis' voice; it's both wise and callow. by Transom Podcast
19 min listen
Dial-A-Stranger: Dial-A-Stranger takes questions from random strangers (like you), and poses them to other strangers (like you) on the telephone. It’s a source of communication, assistance and entertainment. It is a community project, an anthology, and a hobby. by Transom Podcast
25 min listen
Tribal Radio: Listen to quick and slow radio versions of radio coming from some of the 33 Tribal radio stations around the United States. by Transom Podcast
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99% Invisible: The artist-driven podcast is a refreshing reminder of what's possible beyond the public radio standard issue. Transom will be featuring a few of these podcasts in the coming months, and our first is "99% Invisible" by Roman Mars. by Transom Podcast
6 min listen
Working With Studs – A Transom Radio Special: Transom Editor Sydney Lewis crafted this lovely eulogy to America's greatest listener and Transom's patron saint. In a seamless blend of documentary and reminiscence, Sydney and a crew of Studs’ co-workers bring great stories, by Transom Podcast
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Prostate Diaries: If this piece were about blood or bones or lungs, it would have aired on NPR. But because it is about the prostate, and includes a talking penis, it presented problems for broadcast. There’s no equal time for body parts. Written by Jeff Metcalf, by Transom Podcast
55 min listen
Portrait of the Bully as a Young Man: Transom Donor Fund winner, Jones Franzel thought she was advising on a youth-produced feature about Jeff, a bully who ended up in jail, but the portrait changed course, brought Jones into it, and tread on her boundaries between teacher and reporter. by Transom Podcast
11 min listen
Matthew: Matthew wears a face-mask. He reveals through drawings and sound the story behind the mask. We don’t want to say too much about his story, because its strength is in the unraveling. From a production standpoint, the story couldn’t be simpler. by Transom Podcast
21 min listen
Killer Whales: A gentle paean to the passion field biologists feel for their work, and, in this case, for whales. It also confronts the quandary that plagues both journalists and biologists: What if your quarry doesn't show up? How do you still tell its story? by Transom Podcast
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Cat Lady: Transom sometimes provides a home for things that don’t fit anywhere else, things we’d like to hear out of the blue on public radio, but probably never will. Cat Lady is one of those. It’s a portrait, a reading, a vocal impression, a story, by Transom Podcast
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Scene of the Crime: Paul Bieber is a private investigator. He searches for evidence in cases from insurance fraud to murder. Lately, he's decided to get into human rights investigations and went to Colombia to interview victims of paramilitary violence. by Transom Podcast
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The Memory Palace: For his Transom feature, Nate DiMeo goes deeply into how and why he produces his podcast, The Memory Palace. If public radio could open its doors -- and why not, after all? --to passionate, unusual work like Nate's, one would love it a lot more. by Transom Podcast
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Finding Miles: This brave and intimate diary illuminates gender transition in an immediate way—from the mundane practical considerations to the fundamental identity transformation. Take some time to follow this path with Megan toward Miles. by Transom Podcast
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Splash: Another in our series of Transom Donor Fund projects, “Splash” tells the story of surviving a suicide bridge jump. Producer Rich Halten says his feature occupies the space between journalism and art. by Transom Podcast
20 min listen
Bucky’s Dome: “Bucky’s Dome” on PRX About “Bucky’s Dome” One of the biggest challenges I faced was condensing all of the information I had into a manageable story that makes sense. Buckminster Fuller was a philosopher, architect, inventor, author, by Transom Podcast
12 min listen
Kidnap Radio: Annie Correal's father was kidnapped in Colombia by guerillas and held in the jungle for months. He was rescued in a military raid. It was an amazing story, made more so by the fact that it was so common. There are thousands still missing down there, by Transom Podcast
22 min listen
Southern Flight 242: Bringing My Father Home: This story was hard for Will Coley to do. Even as he approached, he held it at arms length, but finally, he embraced it. You can understand his hesitancy because the story is about his father’s death in a plane crash when Will was a boy. by Transom Podcast
27 min listen
Inside the Adoption Circle – A Transom Radio Special: "Inside the Adoption Circle" represents more of Transom's encouragement of Slow Radio. Without hurry, it wanders within the circle made by adopted children, by birth parents making an adoption plan for their children, by Transom Podcast
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Blind Parenting: Transom is proud to premiere this incredibly charming story by Sterling Smalley with Maura Kutnyak-Smalley. They are brother and sister, both blind, with blind parents, and they ponder together the challenge of raising their own kids—some blind, some not. by Transom Podcast
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Forgiveness: Sometimes an interview blossoms and reveals depths you couldn’t have imagined when it began. That’s how this piece by Bianca Giaever feels… a gentle conversation that moves into a profound story about race, family, murder, by Transom Podcast
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7 min listen
The D-Word: At Transom, we are steady advocates of Slow Radio, un-rushed humanity-filled storytelling. In that spirit we present "The D-Word" by Ed Prosser. Yes, it's about Death. And about people who make their livings from death. The pace is slow. by Transom Podcast
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