Hillary Frank
Contributors List
Hillary is a freelance writer and producer in Philadelphia. She writes and illustrates novels for young adults, and makes stories for lots of different public radio shows.
131: The Kids Are Alright
Stories in which young people take matters into their own hands: Students who become political activists, students who pull pranks, violent students. Broadcast for the tenth anniversary of the crackdown at Tiananmen Square.
150: Kids As Adults
Stories of kids trying to act like adults—some by choice—some because they're forced to.
166: Nobody's Family Is Going to Change
Three stories that consider the question: Does anyone's family ever change?
259: Promised Land
For millenia, people have tried to reach a spiritual promised land by fasting. Jesus did it. The Buddha did it. Monks and saints and new age gurus have done it. And now, on the radio, This American Life contributor David Rakoff tries it....
263: Desperate Measures
Stories of people stuck in unfixable situations who try desperate measures. Sometimes these are inventive, sometimes they're ingenious, sometimes they even work.
345: Ties That Bind
A young girl named Sarah receives a heart transplant from a boy her age, and her mother sets off to find out more about the kid who saved her daughter's life. But years later, Sarah's not sure she wants to know.
