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About The Transom Radio Specials
The Transom Radio Specials, an occasional series, spring directly from Transom.org, our experiment in channeling new work and voices to public radio through the internet, discussing that work, and encouraging more. The stories are personal, in some cases intense, from unusual and diverse sources; the kind of thing you don’t hear anywhere else.
Transom Radio Specials exemplify Transom.org’s mission of bringing not only new voices to public radio but also new ways of telling. They encourage the growth of slow radio, championing radio that is willing to take its time.
You can listen to our available collection of specials on Transom, or license them on PRX. A few noteworthy examples are below.
Our Show
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Erica Heilman’s Our Show – The Radio Hour is like a flower arrangement, all different elements, put together just so. Erica produces the neighborly podcast, Rumble Strip, and when COVID-19 struck, she looked for a way to be useful. She asked her podcast listeners if they wanted to make something together. Word spread. Around the world. Our Show is a gathering of voices, a voluntary oral history of a certain moment on the planet, a global vox pop. This piece was recognized as the #1 Best Podcast of 2020 by The Atlantic.
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Borders Between Us
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Pandemic ER: Notes From A Nurse In Queens
Listen... to Pandemic ER: Notes From A Nurse In Queens
War correspondents are charged with reporting from the frontlines. Putting themselves in risky situations, documenting, and sharing what they see for those of us who are not there to see it for ourselves. Kate O’Connell is a radio producer and a registered nurse who lives and works in New York City, where the coronavirus hit with force. In addition to working in an ER in Queens, Kate has also been chronicling her experiences with the overwhelming reality of this pandemic.
