On this episode, Rob and Britta explore the audio work of Alex Kotlowitz, a documentarian probably best known for his book There Are No Children Here, who spent years building a quietly stunning body of non-narrated radio for Chicago Public Radio and This American Life. Britta's conversation with Alex is woven into our discussion of his stories about home, money, love, and trauma.
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Links for this episode:
A Trip to the Boundary Waters -- The New Yorker Radio Hour
Panthers and Palm Trees -- Stories of Home, produced with Amy Drozdowska
Mothers of Invention -- This American Life #298, Getting and Spending
An Almost Perfect Guy -- Love Stories, produced with Amy Drozdowska
In Country, In City -- This American Life #484, Doppelgängers
Harper High School, Part One -- This American Life #487
Harper High School, Part Two -- This American Life #488
The Bigness of the Small Story -- Alex's 2016 Third Coast talk
Amy Drozdowska -- the full Stories of Home, Love, and Money archives