Monthly Archives: December 2012

the death of ruth tuckThe Death of Ruth Tuck is a radio docu-drama about what happens after somebody dies–to the body and to the family, how our culture deals with death. Ruth and her family are fictional, portrayed by actors, … Continue reading →

sw_amb A sample from my collection of shortwave ambience.

bowden_imagine2 Charles Bowden reading a passage from “Blood Orchid: An Unnatural History of America.”

Photo by Trent Harris rubined This is a radio story I produced in 1991 about “Rubin and Ed” by Trent Harris. I saw the premier in Salt Lake City. The story builds to a one-line climax, and I just about … Continue reading →

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It was the winter of 1991 and we were bombing the shit out of Iraq. The news showed fighter jets and bombers taking off, one after another and another. I was upset about the war, upset about a lot of … Continue reading →

A radio story produced with money from the CPB and the NEA, circa 1986, one of a four-part series called “Man with a Microphone.” In this episode I was trying to follow Bill Owen’s photo-essay “Suburbia.” the neighborhood

Carolyn Campbell wrote the original print story on Harmston and his church for The Salt Lake City Weekly, I believe in 1996. I never would have been able to talk to Harmston and the members of his church without Carolyn’s … Continue reading →