HeyJaredRadio Diaries
First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers.
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Signal Hill: What's Inside the Moon (opens the original)
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This week we're sharing a story from the audio magazine Signal Hill . The story, "What's Inside the Moon," is about the poet Kenneth Koch and a group of elementary school students he taught to write poetry in the 1960s. Half a century later, producer Jess Shane tracked down the students to ask what poetry had meant for their lives. You can find more stories from Signal Hill at SignalHill.fm . Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices
Guest Spotlight: Phonograph (opens the original)
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This week we're featuring an episode of Phonograph , a podcast that deconstructs the history and art of audio storytelling. The hosts of Phonograph recently invited Radio Diaries' Joe Richman on their show to talk about " 24 Hours at the Golden Apple ," a classic episode of This American Life that he helped produce. The Golden Apple is a diner in Chicago, and back in 2000, a group of producers took shifts hanging out there over 24 hours and talking to as many people as they could. Joe's story fo
My Iron Lung: Remembering Martha Lillard (opens the original)
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A few years ago we did a story about Martha Lillard, a woman who had spent most of her life sleeping in a device called an iron lung. Martha had caught polio in the early 1950s, and, like many polio survivors, she had difficulty breathing on her own. Her iron lung was a big metal ventilator that fit her entire body inside and used bellows to suck air in and out, helping her to breathe. Martha was the last person in the U.S. to use one. Martha Lillard died on June 26, 2026. As a remembrance, we'r
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