Radio Essays
Series produced by Gail Isaacson
Gail Isaacson performs her essays previously broadcast on Public Radio
Gail Isaacson performs her original essays previously broadcast on Public Radio. Funny, quirky, sentimental, and thoughtful, these essays rekindle memories to us all.
11 Pieces
Order by:
Newest First |
Oldest First
My friendship with legendary puppeteer, Burr Tillstrom, and love affair with Kukla, Ollie, Fletcher Rabbit, and the rest of the Kuklapolitan Player...
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 12:39
Gail describes her adventures shopping for clothes. It starts out fun, and then...
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 13:58
I was hired in 1974 to help Ginger Rogers learn her lines for the opening of “Forty Carats,” at the Drury Lane East Theatre in Chicago. And that’s...
- Added: Sep 21, 2013
- Length: 16:55
The story of dying my hair red on a whim and the way people reacted to me as a redhead.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 09:11
Gail describes her recent visit to an Irish bar in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood.
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 15:20
My Uncle Harry died in World War II, before I was born. What I didn’t know was where he died, in a secret battle in the Aleutian Islands.
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 05:51
The heartbreaking account of losing my black lab, named Samba, to Cancer and how my yellow lab, Maggie May, changed our lives.
- Added: Aug 27, 2013
- Length: 04:07
My life as a purveyor of “Business Theatre” for big corporations in Chicago.
- Added: Sep 17, 2013
- Length: 09:32
In 2005, I moved from Chicago to the resort area of “Harbor Country,” directly across the lake from Chicago. It is the story of a city girl turned...
- Added: Sep 12, 2013
- Length: 04:22
How my being stage-struck caused me to take on some pretty outlandish roles, including playing the part of an eagle, a lamp, and a rabbit on a scoo...
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 08:02
The story of how the River East area of Chicago has changed from the land of greasy spoons and parking lots, into one of the most fashionable areas...
- Added: Aug 31, 2013
- Length: 05:50
