Stories of Transformation
Series: The Transom Radio Specials
From: Atlantic Public Media
Length: 00:54:00
- Playing
- Stories of Transformation
- From
- Atlantic Public Media
Two people talk about their own personal transformation. Finding Miles is the story of a person named Megan who began a slow and difficult transition into manhood. Running from Myself is the story of of boy who used to rob people and decided to stop.
More from Atlantic Public Media
Polk Street Stories
(00:54:00)
From: Atlantic Public Media
An oral history of the Polk Street neighborhood in San Francisco, as told by those who have called it home.
Inside the Adoption Circle
(00:54:01)
From: Atlantic Public Media
First-person voices from all sides of adoption. Stories about living with questions and searching for answers.
Working With Studs
(00:54:00)
From: Atlantic Public Media
Studs Terkel, America's greatest listener: A remembrance from those who worked with him.
Marabou Stork ~ Leptoptilos crumeniferus
(00:05:30)
From: Atlantic Public Media
The marabou stork of southern Africa isn’t much to look at—it’s large, ungainly, and bald like a vulture, with a nasty appetite for carrion.
Sulfur tuft fungus and Cleft-footed amanita ~ Hypholoma fasciculare and Amanita brunnescens
(00:05:28)
From: Atlantic Public Media
Working under cover, it sends its ghostly tendrils into almost every corner of the terrestrial world.
Corpse Flower ~ Amorphophallus
(00:05:29)
From: Atlantic Public Media
When you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Joshua tree. But a plant with ...
Arctic Tern ~Sterna paradisaea
(00:05:38)
From: Atlantic Public Media
A lifetime of migration: equal the distance to the moon and back, three times.
Mydas Fly ~ Eremomidas arabicus
(00:05:25)
From: Atlantic Public Media
Water in the desert is not always an oasis. A cautionary tale from the United Arab Emirates
Starlings ~ Sturnus vulgaris
(00:06:06)
From: Atlantic Public Media
A story in two acts of the starling: omnivorous, gregarious, adaptable, and highly successful in its adopted land.
Ugandan Butterflies ~ Pieridae
(00:05:01)
From: Atlantic Public Media
Measuring change in a landscape by the span of a butterfly's wings
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Two people talk about their own personal transformation. Finding Miles is the story of a person named Megan who began a slow and difficult transition into manhood. Running from Myself is the story of of boy who used to rob people and decided to stop.
Timing and Cues
Timings are as they occur with a 5-minute news hole after the billboard.
Billboard: 00:00 - 00:59
In cue: [MUSIC] "I'm Jay Allison and coming up from Transom.org"
Out cue: "... right after this."
INSERT NEWS HOLE: 1:00 - 5:59
Segment 1: 6:00 - 22:49
In cue: [MUSIC] "I'm Jay Allison and this is a special from the public radio website..."
Out cue: "...in just a moment"... [MUSIC]
Break 1: 22:50- 23:49
Segment 2: 23:50 - 38:37
In cue: [MUSIC] "Welcome back - you're listening to Finding Miles..."
Out cue: "....we'll be back in a moment"
Break 2: 38:39 - 39:39
Segment 3: 39:40 - 59:00
In cue: "Welcome back you're listening to a special features..."
Out cue: "...thanks for listening" [MUSIC ENDS]
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floratone | Floratone | Floratone. | The Blue Note Label | 2007 | 00:00 |
| Fourteen Drawings | Helios | Caesura. | Type | 2008 | 00:00 |
Additional Credits
Finding Miles produced by Sarah Reynolds and edited by Jay Allison; Running from Myself produced by Louis and Anthony Mascorro - with help from Atlantic Public Media/Transom.org. Support from the National Endowment for the Arts and The Ford Foundation.
Thanks to WCAI, the Cape and Islands NPR Station.
Of 6 purchasers of this piece...
- 6 also bought:Polk Street Stories (00:54:00)
- 5 also bought:
Moth Radio Hour 302 (00:54:01) - 5 also bought:
The Moth Radio Hour 304 (00:53:58) - 5 also bought:
The Moth Radio Hour 402 (00:53:59) - 5 also bought:
The Moth Radio Hour 403 (00:53:56)
