Editors' Note: Issue Three
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7 Jul 3min
DISPATCH | The Sound of a Red Car Passing
A tour of Madrid, New Mexico, made by the kids who live there. Produced in partnership with Transom Story Lab’s The Listeners project. This story was reported and recorded in July 2025 by the kids of...
7 Jul 16min
INVESTIGATION | "Buddy"
What that nerd Charles Darwin did for finches in the Galápagos, Boen is doing for “buddy” in Pittsburgh. Boen Wang is a writer, audio producer, and educator in Pittsburgh. This story was written and...
7 Jul 24min
FEATURE | What's Inside the Moon
In 1970, Kenneth Koch published a groundbreaking book about writing poetry with kids. Half a century later, Jess Shane tracks down his students to ask what it meant for their lives. Jess Shane is an a...
7 Jul 44min
ESSAY | On Another Rock
On November 19th, 1969, two American astronauts landed on the moon. The next day, eighty American Indians landed on Alcatraz Island. Lou Cornum is a writer, editor, and professor living in New York C...
7 Jul 38min
FEATURE | Lute Dogs
The lute is an instrument facing giant panda levels of endangerment. Ruby enters the lute-iverse to meet the people trying to save it. Ruby Tandoh is a writer and lives in London. She’s the author of ...
7 Jul 53min
FICTION | May Day
Everything was bright and the day felt ordained. The sky was right there. Every object was real, finally, and true. It was impossible to imagine a commodity. Mitchell Morgan Johnson is a writer in Chi...
7 Jul 34min
