7: Longshots

7: Longshots

We’ve all been there. The hill is high and the stone is heavy. And we are Sisyphus. This week’s show is about longshots. Stories about impossible tasks and the people that still try. Kathleen Culliton has a story about one bobsledder’s journey to...
6: A Place Called Home

6: A Place Called Home

What makes the place you live more than just the place you live? This week, the show takes us to a tender place – A Place Called Home. A radio station based outside Atlanta helps inform far-flung communities. Elly Yu reports. Maryeileen Croke tells us how one...
5: Agreeing to Disagree

5: Agreeing to Disagree

This week, AudioFiles explores the spirit of inevitable conflict with stories of people Agreeing to Disagree. Reporter Christine Streich delves into the world of New York City school reform, while Tom DiChristopher explores the complicated policy behind home...
4: Arts & Sciences

4: Arts & Sciences

This week, AudioFiles delves into the world of Arts & Sciences, and we’re not talking about Biology 101. With guests like Neil deGrasse Tyson and a group of British scientists we travel from the farthest reaches of the earth to the greatest extremities of...

3: Where the Boys Are

This week Audiofiles explores the worlds of boys. Or, well, places one would commonly associate with boys. From women boxing in Brooklyn to a native-Missourian accepting with her families love of guns, the Audiofiles team looked at people challenging, or coming to...
2: Making It Up As You Go

2: Making It Up As You Go

This show focuses on stories of adaptation, improvisation, and people learning to deal on the fly during tough times. Our reporters visited communities dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy in Brooklyn, and we had a New Jersey business owner in our studios to...