I came across a story in Radio Diaries called “Josh’s Diaries: Tourette’s / First Kiss“. The title intrigued me and made me want to listen to the audio. The story begins with Josh’s narration. He describes himself as a 16…
After looking through the audio titles, Ghetto Diaries 101 caught my attention. The diary takes the audience through the daily lives of 13-year-old LeAlan Jones and his best friend Lloyd Newman. Focusing on their lives in the ghettos of South…
The story that I listened to revolves around an African man from the early 1900’s, who was brought to America and lived in a zoo. This man, Ota Benga, was brought to the United States as a part of an…
I choose the audio composition called “Ghetto Life 101” about LeAlan Jones, thirteen, and Lloyd Newman, fourteen, collaborated with public radio producer David Isay to create the radio documentary Ghetto Life 101, their audio diaries of life on Chicago’s South…
The audio story I listened to is centered around the famous blues song Strange Fruit, written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie Holiday. This song was inspired by the most famous lynching photo, featuring two African American males hanging…
The audio story I listened to was about two sisters, Kai Leigh Harriott and Aja David. When Kai was three and Aja was fourteen, Kai was shot in the back. Now, Kai is fourteen and she has been paralyzed from…
The audio story I tuned in for was a wonderful story about the three blind triplets Leo, Nick, and Steven Argel, who, along with their single mother, struggled greatly in the early years of their life due to their lack…
This audio followed the lives of two boys living in the South Side of Chicago, which is the poorest section of the city. These boys are 13 and 14 years old. They were given an audio set, which they took…
Jimmy Weekley, a 70 year old man is the only one still living on Pigeonroost Hollow, a West Virginia mountain top rich in coal reserves. Arch Coal bough out every one of Jimmy’s neighbors except for him. Over all the…
While browsing the collection of audio logs on storycorps.com, one in particular caught my eye with the title “I can’t even begin to tell you the misery of rain.” In this story, George Hill recaps his life of being homeless…
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