Miss Stork and the Latkes
This is a documentary in honor of my mother’s 80th birthday. Now what kind of present is that?
Original songs composed and performed by Evan Arntzen and Sean Cronin.
Happy Birthday, Mom.
So Good So Milo
Mac and Claudia lived with their parrot Milo for 25 years. The bird talked and whistled to them all day. He was very possessive of Claudia, which means he would lunge at Mac’s face whenever Mac showed his wife any affection. It was a complicated arrangement — until, one day last spring…
Original music composed and performed by Evan Arntzen.
This story played at In The Dark London and can be found at XTMR. Or listen below.
BLOCK ISLAND, BIRD CENTRAL
Threatened, season 2 episode 7
A portrait of an island where the people are as weird and as lovely as the birds passing through.
Listen on Spotify or any other podcast app, or find it at Threatened.
RUMBILA’S STORY
“Where are the mothers when we need them? We’re just amateurs.”
Rumbila Abdullahi is an aspiring doctor, a graduate of Smith College, a refugee, a daughter, a wife and — now — a mother. In this half-hour, radio-diary-style documentary, she takes on several of life’s major transitions, all at the same time.
listen to Rumbila’s Story below, or find it at New England Public Media
SCHOOLED FOR DEMOCRACY—
Scene on Radio, season 4 episode 10
I wanted to find a classroom where democracy was being made. Where the word ‘public’ was less noun and more verb. That’s how I ended up in Lowell. I’d heard about this thing called Action Civics…
Listen to the full episode on Spotify or on any other podcast app, or find it at Scene on Radio.
Or, listen to the story below.
THE JUGGERNAUT—
Scene on Radio, season 3 episode 10
Middle school homophobia, meet rabid skunks.
This episode was chosen as one of Audible Feast’s Best Podcast Episodes of 2018! Listen to the story below, or check out the full episode at Scene on Radio.