Radio Pieces

‘Heavyweight’ host Jonathan Goldstein helps people confront difficult chapter from their past. Mine had been waiting for a very long time.

A Bay Area man and his husband try to greet death in style. But they discover that death has its own agenda. BON VOYAGE has now aired across three continents.

Meet Martha Lillard, one of the last American polio survivors who still relies on an iron lung to breathe. Her archaic respirator has kept her alive for 60 years, and she would rather die than try to live without it.

When it comes to the mecca of sourdough, separating scientific fact from lore means breaking a few taboos. Also, baking your own highly questionable bread — for science.

My 119-unit building has about 180 residents. We’re all be living and working here under coronavirus lockdown, separated by a concrete wall and under one roof. I started wondering: How are we all coping?

What happens when a building of strangers comes to depend on each other to stay healthy? One person’s COVID-19 exposure could endanger others in proximity. We all need to protect each other at the same time.

The Back Story’s Leah Rose interviewed Julia Scott on the high highs, low lows, and endless trade-offs of the group relationship.

Julia Scott is interviewed by OnPoint host John Donovan about her New York Times article, “A Wash On the Wild Side.”