Joe Richman
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Joe runs Radio Diaries, one of the most interesting documentary series in public radio.
130: Away From Home
Stories of people going home to places they've never been before.
172: 24 Hours at the Golden Apple
The This American Life producers document one day in a Chicago diner called The Golden Apple, starting at 5 a.m. and going until 5 a.m. the next morning. We hear from the waitress who has worked the graveyard shift for over two decades,...
215: Ask An Expert
Stories about people who turned to the experts and got horrible advice. One story is about people who went to therapists who made them sicker. Another is about how the hosts of Car Talkinadvertently (or perhaps intentionally) destroyed a...
223: Classifieds
In this show we take the classifieds from one Sunday edition of the Chicago Sun-Times and one edition of the local alternative weekly Chicago Reader, and fill a program with stories that come from the ads. Through the jobs offered, the...
350: Human Resources
The true story of little-known rooms in the New York City Board of Education building. Teachers are told to report there instead of their classrooms. No reason is usually given.
