Joe Frank: Old Man
A new program created for UnFictional by radio storyteller Joe Frank.
Nov 13, 2012•30 min
UnFictional
In this season of Unfictional, Stories of Transformation, and the ways in which the world — and all of us — have fundamentally changed since the pandemic began. One man watched his children suddenly turn into grown-ups, while another upended every part of his life. Someone else had to learn to live with hardship and found their true identity along the way, all while living in two worlds. Meanwhile, a subculture ascends, one reporter explores Olvera Street, and another finds an old notebook filled with memories from his time in a cabin. It’s UnFictional, hosted by Bob Carlson.
Episodes
A Bootful of Bass
Our car is shaking the floor and rattling the windows. It's 'A Bootful of Bass.'
Nov 03, 2012•30 min
Heel, Toe, Step Together
The story of an octogenarian dancer teaching a 28-year old how to waltz.
Oct 13, 2012•30 min
Self-Immolation Man
A young boy escapes to a foreign country by himself, on foot, with no money or passport. When he grows up, he sets himself on fire, and lives to tell the tale.
Oct 09, 2012•30 min
Caught!
On this episode of UnFictional , three stories about getting nabbed red-handed... (Repeat)
Sep 11, 2012•30 min
Child of Ardoyne
An impressionistic portrait of conflict in Northern Ireland, from the perspective of children.
Sep 04, 2012•30 min
The Angel of Death
Two stories about that key life moment many of us spend a lifetime dreading, one that none of us lives to tell about. The moment. It's all in the timing... (Rebroadcast)
Aug 28, 2012•30 min
Not the Olympics
Stories with thoughts of the Olympics in the background.
Aug 07, 2012•30 min
Ghosts of Srebrenica
A journey through eastern Bosnia finds the dead and missing from the infamous 1995 Srebrenica massacre as present in daily life as those they left behind.
Jul 14, 2012•29 min
American Dreamer: Sam's Story
A talented and articulate young jazz musician finds that for an "illegal," graduation marks a dead end. We follow his struggle to achieve his American dream.
Jun 16, 2012•30 min
Bring Your Game
This week, two stories about life, family and basketball... (Repeated from October 21, 2011)
Jun 05, 2012•30 min
In the Family
In this episode, two personal stories from "Outfront," a 15 minute documentary series that ran on the CBC in Canada up until a few years ago.
May 12, 2012•30 min
Your Future in Sales
On this episode, three stories about young people let in on the secrets of selling, both good and bad... (Repeat)
May 01, 2012•30 min
Work in Progress
Gloria Lowe and a small army of dry-wallers, community gardeners, bakers, philosophers and other true-believers are working small miracles all over Detroit...
Apr 14, 2012•30 min
It's Always Now
Writers know: the best stories are built around a moment; a point of no return. Kent Pierce and Simon Lewis both survived car wrecks that became that moment...
Apr 10, 2012•30 min
The Best Laid Plans
Storytellers who think they know the plan of action, only to come face to face with someone with a conflicting agenda. (This program originally aired January 4, 2011.)
Mar 17, 2012•30 min
The Man Who Could Record Your Dreams
A verbal slip turns a UCLA neuroscience researcher's affirmation into a science fiction drama that threatens to devour years of serious research.
Mar 13, 2012•30 min
The Auctioneer
Today on the program, a trip to auctioneer school.
Feb 28, 2012•30 min
Why I Ride the Bus
Carl Kozlowski’s sometimes funny, sometimes torturous road from total denial that he suffered a sleep disorder to something resembling a cure...
Feb 18, 2012•30 min
The Womb
In this episode, stories of the ocean; what it does to us and how it changes us... (This program originally aired on Tuesday, March 22, 2011.)
Feb 07, 2012•30 min
Natural Disorder
On today's episode, three stories told in words and music, all produced by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister...
Jan 14, 2012•30 min
Strangers
We introduce you to the Strangers podcast, from KCRW's Independent Producer Project about the strangers we meet, the strangers we become and the strange places we go.
Jan 03, 2012•30 min
Christmas 2011
In this episode, offbeat stories of Christmas' past, including an awkward tale told entirely through Facebook status entries.
Dec 24, 2011•30 min
Holiday Buffet
Today, a special for the beginning of the holiday season…. a compilation of family stories from the first year of this program.
Nov 29, 2011•30 min
Domesticated
Three very funny stories told by L.A.-based storytellers. In all three tales, the human's life is significantly changed by the peculiar feelings we have about our pets.
Nov 22, 2011•30 min
Occupation in October
Alex Chadwick spent a weekend at Zuccotti Park with a few Occupy activists...
Nov 12, 2011•30 min
War and the Warriors
Two soldiers on the run in Vietnam take two drastically different paths, and a producer asks soldiers in Iraq, ''What's on your iPod?''
Nov 05, 2011•30 min
The Seance
On a summer night in the early 1990's, a small group of friends gather for a dinner party in Los Angeles. Just for fun, someone suggests having a little séance....
Nov 01, 2011•30 min
We Come to Someone's Worst Day
Stories of rescuers and the people they rescue....
Oct 15, 2011•30 min
Dizzy
A frustrating struggle to diagnose chronic and sometimes painful dizzy spells. Plus, a 13-year-old's eye-opening visit to Action Park and how it made him a man...
Oct 04, 2011•30 min
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