• The Apple Cider Gang
    Feb 11 2022

    Dave and a college accomplice try to smuggle hard cider into a dry Illinois town. 

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    10 mins
  • Locked In
    Oct 8 2021

    Dave was working at WIRE Radio one Sunday in downtown Indianapolis when he decided to make a quick run to the post office ... and found he couldn't escape. 

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    17 mins
  • Jimmy Moreno (and the Easter Egg)
    Aug 13 2021

    Dave reminisces about his childhood friend Jimmy Moreno and shares a perilous journey he made to deliver an Easter egg. 

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    13 mins
  • The Jazz Scene
    Jul 23 2021

    Every Friday evening for 26 years, Dave and his friend Garrard sat down in the studio to record a jazz radio show called The Jazz Scene for the local NPR affiliate. In this episode, Dave remembers how his love of jazz and the connections he made through the show changed his life and, in one case, helped a grieving son reconnect with his jazz clarinetist father's lost interview. 

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    15 mins
  • Roller Girl and the Bouncer
    Jul 16 2021

    Love blooms at the Silver Star Skating Rink when a farm girl goes on a blind date and meets a wonderful man. Dave remembers Dick and Dottie and shares the story of their 56-year marriage. 

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    15 mins
  • Mad Enough to Spit
    Jul 2 2021

    Dave's work didn't always make people happy. In this episode you'll hear about cranky, furious, and homicidal readers ... and even a whole town that got a bit irritated. 

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    14 mins
  • Sister Lakes
    Jun 18 2021

    Dave discovers a vanishing island ... and a monster to go with it. 

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    11 mins
  • I've Been Thrown Out of Better Places Than This
    Jun 11 2021

    Dave recalls how getting kicked out of a high-school math class led to a radio wonderland, and reflects on how reporters are sometimes excluded from things just when it's getting interesting. 

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    14 mins