Irina is a true storyteller. A native of Belarus born six years after the Chernobyl disaster, the best part about her piece is her frankness about her health problems. She doesn’t shy away from her feelings about the illness and her unique ability to add humor into potentially humorless conversations, made me feel like I was having a conversation with her also. Although there were a few spots where the voicing was a little hard to understand, overall it flowed very well. Through the audio of her interviews I was able to see more of Irina’s personality which was a great touch. Irina’s ability to tell her story about her illness and the journey she went on to find out more about it, is captivating because she takes the listener on the journey with her. She starts out with one scene and builds the rest of the story around other scenes which pull the listener in and make them feel a part of the search for the true cause of her health problems. This might be a great story to air on the 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl accident, April 26, 2011.