Sarah Kramer
- Username: sarahkramer
- PRX Member
- Role: Producer/Reporter: Independent
Recent Pieces from Sarah Kramer
The Forgotten Story of Clinton Melton
(11:44)
From: Radio Diaries
On December 3, 1955, a 33-year-old Black gas station attendant named Clinton Melton was shot and killed in Glendora, Mississippi. Two witnesses — including the white owner of ...
Centenarians in Lockdown
(05:23)
From: Radio Diaries
Joe Newman is 107 years old. He was 5 during the flu pandemic of 1918. Today, he lives in a senior apartment complex in Sarasota, Florida with his fiancé, Anita Sampson. The ...
Last Witness: Mission to Hiroshima
(04:44)
From: Radio Diaries
On August 6, 1945 the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first time a nuclear weapon had been used in warfare. Russell ...
The Story of Jane
(11:59)
From: Radio Diaries
In 1965, an underground network formed in Chicago to help pregnant women get abortions. At first, they connected women with doctors willing to break the law to perform the ...
The Working Tapes of Studs Terkel
(54:59)
From: Radio Diaries
In the early 1970’s, author Studs Terkel went around the country with a reel-to-reel tape recorder interviewing people about their jobs. The result was a book called ...
The Working Tapes: Taxi Driver
(05:05)
From: Radio Diaries
In 1974, author and oral historian Studs Terkel published his seminal book "Working," a portrait of America based on 130 interviews. The raw recordings of his field ...
The Working Tapes: Union Rep
(04:17)
From: Radio Diaries
Gary Bryner tells Studs Terkel about being a union member and working in an auto factory for General Motors. Four decades later, he reflects on how factory work and the role ...
The Working Tapes: Press Agent
(01:43)
From: Radio Diaries
Eddie Jaffe was a press agent "legendary for his lost causes, chutzpah and angst," according to his obituary in the New York Times. He represented Broadway and Hollywood ...
The Working Tapes: Police Officer
(05:42)
From: Radio Diaries
Renault Robinson was an officer in the Chicago Police Department in 1971 when he was first interviewed by radio host and oral historian Studs Terkel. As one of the few black ...
