Communist revolutionaries take over a radio station during a live call-in advice show. A comic audio play written and produced by Paul VanDeCarr.

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Love Shack: A radio play

Here is the solution to one of the great political mysteries of the past 50 years, and an explosive confession by the late President Richard M. Nixon. Thanks to advances in technology, audio experts have at last reconstructed the contents of the so-called "18.5-minute gap," a period of silence on tapes made by President Nixon. Other parts of the tapes had incriminating evidence connecting Nixon to the Watergate break-in, but the contents of the gap have remained unknown -- until now. Featuring Anthony Newfield and Paul VanDeCarr.

INSIDE STORIES 40: The 18.5-minute gap in the Nixon tapes

The Hill Cumorah Pageant is performed over several nights every July in Palmyra, New York, at the very site where Mormons believe that Joseph Smith found the tablets upon which were written the Book of Mormon. With a cast of over 650 people, elaborate special effects, and a 10-level stage, the pageant dramatizes stories from the Book for Mormon. I spoke with several cast and crew before a performance in 2015. More info and pictures at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com. 

INSIDE STORIES 39: The Hill Cumorah Pageant, stories from the Book of Mormon

Harvey Fierstein's 2014 play "Casa Valentina" told the story of one weekend in 1962 at an upstate New York resort for cross-dressers, and was based on a real place, long since closed. I visited a NYC-based center for cross-dressers to ask members how much they think things have changed for them between 1962 and today.

INSIDE STORIES 38: A real-life "Casa Valentina" in New York City

Una entrevista con Laura Bolaños Cadena, mejor conocida como "Abril," la argumentista principal de "Historia Semanal de Amor y Pasión" y otras historietas duranta su larga carrera. www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 37: "Abril," argumentista de historietas mexicanas

A story on the recent Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "A Streetcar Named Desire," featuring black and Latino actors in the lead roles. Originally produced for WNYC Radio's arts program, Studio 360. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 36: A new "Streetcar Named Desire"

A conversation with Jonathan Mitchell, a longtime public radio producer and now the producer of "The Truth," a podcast of short-form audio drama. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 35: Jonathan Mitchell of "The Truth" podcast

A visit to the writing group of WORTH, or Women on the Rise Telling HerStory, a NYC-based organization for women who are or have been in prison. More info www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 34: WORTH, or Women On the Rise Telling HerStory

A conversation with Will Cantler, a casting director with Telsey and Co., and an artistic director at MCC Theater in NYC, about filling out a play, film, or TV show with the actors who make it real. Info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 33: Casting and theater director Will Cantler

Last of three parts, selected readings from the transcript of oral history interviews with Eddie Dowling about the original Broadway production of "The Glass Menagerie." Interview copyrighted by the Columbia Center for Oral History. Info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 32: Eddie Dowling and "The Glass Menagerie," part 3 of 3

Part 2 of 3, selected readings from the transcript of oral history interviews with Eddie Dowling about the original Broadway production of "The Glass Menagerie." Interview copyrighted by the Columbia Center for Oral History. Info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 31: Eddie Dowling and "The Glass Menagerie," part 2 of 3

Selected readings from the transcript of oral history interviews with Eddie Dowling about the original Broadway production of "The Glass Menagerie." Interview copyrighted by the Columbia Center for Oral History. Info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 30: Eddie Dowling and "The Glass Menagerie," part 1 of 3

A radio segment produced by Paul VanDeCarr for the arts and culture program "Studio 360," about the Broadway revival of Larry Kramer's 1985 play "The Normal Heart." Studio 360 is a co-production of Public Radio International, and WNYC Radio. Thanks to the show for permission to use the segment as a podcast episode. More information at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.  

INSIDE STORIES 29: Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart"

Taylor Krauss, the director of "Voices of Rwanda," talks about how and why his organization records video testimonies of survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 28: Taylor Krauss of "Voices of Rwanda"

Patrick Reinsborough, co-founder of smartMeme and co-author of "Re:Imagining Change," talks about using "narratrive strategies" in social change campaigns. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

INSIDE STORIES 27: Patrick Reinsborough of smartMeme

Conversations on the many forms of storytelling -- from psychotherapy to set design, from genealogy to journalism, from walking tours to oral history, the law, literature, film, theater, and more.

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