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Time To Transition
From: Edwina Stott
Caption: Ed Ayres, Credit: Supplied
Ed Ayres is a Radio presenter and classical musician. It took a 10,000 mile bike ride and a job teaching in one of the world’s most dangerous count...

Bought by ABC


  • Added: Nov 22, 2020
  • Length: 12:20
  • Purchases: 1
One Keeps Spinning: Saving Yiddish on Cape Cod
From: Theo Greenly
Caption: Ellie Glener reads a Yiddish phrase book. October 2019. Mashpee, Credit: Photo by Theo Greenly
A woman on Cape Cod tries to save the Yiddish language

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 04:37
  • Purchases: 1
Life Left In Me
From: Theo Greenly
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A tapestry of voices from people on Cape Cod suffering from addiction

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:39
  • Purchases: 1
#196 - Two From the Road in Nashville
From: HowSound
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Why do students at Transom's Traveling Workshops produce such solid work on very little sleep? Because they're driven to learn? Yup. Because they w...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Mar 04, 2019
  • Length: 22:19
  • Purchases: 1
#191 - Making Sense of a Pile of Tape
From: HowSound
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When 546 audio flies fall into your lap, what do you do? How do you go manage it? Track it? How do you even find time to listen to it all?! And w...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 26, 2018
  • Length: 20:22
  • Purchases: 1
#183 - Three Stories, Marfa Style
From: HowSound
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For some radio inspiration, make sure to listen to these three stories produced in a week by students at a recent Transom Traveling Workshop in Mar...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2018
  • Length: 29:14
The Last Kids of Cuttyhunk Island
From: Bayla Metzger
Caption: Gwen Lynch, 12, (l) and her brother Carter Lynch, 14, on Cuttyhunk Island. May 2018. , Credit: Bayla Metzger
Cuttyhunk Island is 12 miles off the Massachusetts coast but it can feel worlds away. Only a dozen people live on the island year-round. Two of the...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR) and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 08, 2018
  • Length: 10:24
  • Purchases: 2
The Last Word
From: Catherine Saint Louis
Caption: Portrait of Melissa Wakefield (left) and Jessica Wakefield (right) in May 2018. , Credit: Photograph by Catherine Saint Louis
After Jeffrey Wakefield died unexpectedly in March, his daughter Melissa wrote a remembrance to run in the Falmouth Enterprise. Then the paper publ...

  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 07:19
Facing the Black Hole
From: Catherine Saint Louis
Caption: A portrait of Ralph Reese at his drawing desk in his apartment in April 2018. , Credit: Catherine Saint Louis
Illustrating comics saved Ralph Reese as a teenager. Now, at 68, Ralph's living in South Dennis with a new creative outlet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 04:22
  • Purchases: 1
#161 - Sounding Like Yourself
From: HowSound
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Why the devil is it so hard to sound like yourself when reading narration? Transom's Viki Merrick offers some voicing coaching gold. You'll wanna t...

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Oct 08, 2017
  • Length: 15:12
  • Purchases: 2
#158 - Fact Checking "A Life Sentence"
From: HowSound
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Sam Broun's stomach ached every time she returned to the boxes in her cellar, boxes that contained all the information she collected for her docume...

Bought by KUER, PRX Remix, KRZA, and WOUB


  • Added: Aug 22, 2017
  • Length: 20:56
  • Purchases: 4
#153 - Stories That Are Impossible to Pitch
From: HowSound
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Sometimes, pitching a story is the last thing you want to do. Just press record and see what happens. Jay Allison explains why.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 02, 2017
  • Length: 19:38
  • Purchases: 2
#142 - Buried Treasures, Again
From: HowSound
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Two more gems from the Transom Story Workshop archive.

Bought by KUER and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 25, 2017
  • Length: 22:03
  • Purchases: 2
Flawlessly Gorgeous
From: Diana Nguyen
Caption: Bobby Miller in his studio., Credit: Ron Amato
This is a profile of Bobby Miller, a photographer in Provincetown, MA.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
Ricky's Fall River
From: Diana Nguyen
Caption: Ricky at the Khmer Buddhist Temple in Fall River, Credit: Diana Nguyen
A piece about Ricky Tith, the President of the Cambodian American Rescue Organization in Fall River, Massachusetts.

  • Added: Dec 07, 2016
  • Length: 07:44
The Double Life of Catarina Avelar
From: Barbara Paulsen
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She gave up her dream of being a Portuguese pop star to become a social worker. Now she finds that her day job has made her a better singer.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 04:45
  • Purchases: 2
The Murders a Town Wanted to Forget
From: Barbara Paulsen
Caption: A tour guide shows where Abby Borden was murdered., Credit: Barbara Paulsen
On August 4, 1892, Andrew and Abby Borden were killed with an ax at their home in Fall River, Massachusetts. Can a century-old brutal murder save t...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 30, 2016
  • Length: 08:10
  • Purchases: 1
Holding on to the Man in the Mirror
From: Zach Dyer
Caption: “Stranger in the Mirror.” Marlborough, MA. November 2003. , Credit: Stephen DiRado
Family has always been an important theme for photographer Stephen DiRado’s work. So when tragedy struck, it wasn’t a surprise that Stephen turned ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2016
  • Length: 04:20
  • Purchases: 1
True Love Waits
From: Jessica Ripka
Caption: Dave Ripka with two of his favorite stuffed animals, Credit: Deanna Kay
EVEN WITH THE RISE OF ONLINE DATING WEBSITES AND WAYS TO CONNECT, THERE IS STILL A LARGE DEMOGRAPHIC THAT THEY HAVE YET TO HELP. FROM GLEN BURNIE,...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 05:16
Music Never Dies
From: Jessica Ripka
Caption: Brianna LePage (center) with clients Ruth Johnston (left) and Suzanne Carlson (right), Credit: Brianna LePage
A Music Therapist working on Cape Cod is making a difference in the rapidly growing Alzheimer's and Dementia population - one song at a time.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 2
Now There's Only Time To Live Forever
From: Jessica Ripka
Caption: Penelope DeWitt at Stoney Beach after her recording session, Credit: Jessica Ripka
Think about something you've spent your whole life wanting to do. Now try to think about what's kept you from doing it. What comes to mind? For...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2016
  • Length: 10:34
  • Purchases: 2
#120 - What Do You Do When the Rooster Dies?
From: HowSound
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Navigating the reporter/subject relationship.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 16:30
Photosynthesis in Polka Dots
From: Devika Bakshi
Caption: Molly Bang in her studio at home in Falmouth, Massachusetts.
Making science come alive, in pictures.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:59
  • Purchases: 2
No Flush, No Fuss
From: Devika Bakshi
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A visit to a very special toilet.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 07:28
  • Purchases: 1
Ears Underwater
From: Bethel Habte
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A research team at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is using underwater recorders to track the life, and increasingly, the DEATH, of coral ...

Bought by WABE, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 06:41
  • Purchases: 4