UnFictional: Welcome to the Metal

From: KCRW
Series: UnFictional
Length: 28:30

On this episode... two surprising, funny and spellbinding stories on the subject of prison. Read the full description.

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Playing: UnFictional: Welcome to the Metal
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In the first story...

Nowadays she's a working mom who just bought her first home, but back in college, Angie was better known for her alter ego - Ivy, the Mistress of Metal. Most of the students at her small liberal arts college couldn't have cared less about Angie's weekly heavy metal radio show. But at the nearby prison, she was a legend.

Then we meet Laurel, who had a really strange but relatively happy childhood. Her father ran a series of strip clubs around Los Angeles in the 1970's. While even THAT can be weirdly fascinating to a child, then came the shocking event that exploded and transformed her family and others. Laurel's life was forever split into a before and after.

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Piece Description

In the first story...

Nowadays she's a working mom who just bought her first home, but back in college, Angie was better known for her alter ego - Ivy, the Mistress of Metal. Most of the students at her small liberal arts college couldn't have cared less about Angie's weekly heavy metal radio show. But at the nearby prison, she was a legend.

Then we meet Laurel, who had a really strange but relatively happy childhood. Her father ran a series of strip clubs around Los Angeles in the 1970's. While even THAT can be weirdly fascinating to a child, then came the shocking event that exploded and transformed her family and others. Laurel's life was forever split into a before and after.