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Radio Diaries

First-person diaries, sound portraits, and hidden chapters of history from Peabody Award-winning producer Joe Richman and the Radio Diaries team. From teenagers to octogenarians, prisoners to prison guards, bra saleswomen to lighthouse keepers. The extraordinary stories of ordinary life. Radio Diaries is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm

Episodes

The war in Ukraine forces impossible moral choices upon families, exemplified by Sofia Bretl’s struggle to evacuate her mother, Vita, from the heavily shelled city of Kharkiv. Vita initially refused to leave her mentally disabled 92-year-old aunt, Vanya, who required constant care after the death of the family matriarc...