Long Haul: Public Radio Documentaries to Go!
Everyday Americans tell their own stories in narratives and documentaries produced by award-winners Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister. As heard on NPR and public radio stations nationwide.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 92
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Merry Christmas, Mr. Slickenmeyer!
Usually when people dial the wrong number, it's pretty annoying. But, here at Long Haul, we're actually intrigued by these calls-gone-awry – as long as the person calling leaves a message. We produc…
00:02:57 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Canary Song Trials
Back in 1934, a group of eight women in Milton, Massachussetts gathered with a goal: to create an uniquely tuneful pet canary for American homes. The result of their breeding experiments was the Ame…
00:08:29 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Soldiers of Production
Oral histories of men and women who worked on the homefront in civilian industries -- shipbilding, textile manufacturing, the postal service -- during World War II. Produced in 1995.
00:24:25 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Semi-pro Basketball Players: Omaha Racers
A month with a minor league basketball team: trying to make the team and life on the road. Produced in 1997.
00:11:51 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Blind Baseball Reporter: Craig Lynch
Craig Lynch has been to thousands of Chicago Cubs games at Wrigley Field, and he's reported on hundreds more for a small Illinois radio station – but he's never actually seen a baseball game. Blind s…
00:06:26 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
The Potato Ball Incident
On August 31, 1987, one of baseball's most peculiar plays took place in the minor leagues in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was a variation of the age-old hidden ball trick, except it involved a hidd…
00:07:46 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Baseball Scout
A 1993 profile of veteran baseball scout Al Lamachia at work in Florida.
00:06:41 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Another Lousy Day
A few years ago, Chicago writer David Kodeski found two diaries from 1960 and 1961 in a resale shop. The diaries' author, a single, working woman who lived on the city's South Side, wrote meticulousl…
00:17:35 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Walking With My Father
Charlie Rizzo’s dad died about twenty-five years ago, but he remains a constant presence in Charlie’s life. As a very young boy, Charlie’s mother and father split up, and Charlie’s mom took him to Lo…
00:08:59 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Sweetheart's Ball
When a partner dies, romance doesn't have to. Team Long Haul followed single seniors as they try to date again, beginning at the city of Chicago's 2005 Sweetheart's Ball for Seniors, where women outn…
00:04:10 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Diamond Jimmy Roy
Once Jimmy Roy owned half the businesses in Braddock, Pennsylvania, a steel town just outside Pittsburgh. Braddock's decline paralleled Jimmy's; he now sells jewelry out of a family restaurant. But h…
00:19:00 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Polish Immigrant House Cleaner: Barbara's Story
Profile of an undocumented immigrant, working as a cleaner, trying to make her way in America. Produced in 1995.
00:18:46 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Sandhogs
A look at the workers building City Water Tunnel #3, a project to add to the New York City water supply. Produced in 1994.
00:22:14 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Salesman: Diamond Jimmy Roy, An Obituary
An obituary for "Diamond" Jimmy Roy, who Long Haul originally profiled in 1999.
00:03:53 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Nuclear Weapons Disassemblers
Once, workers at the Pantex weapons plant in Amarillo, Texas, built nuclear weapons -- now they dismantle them. Produced in 1994.
00:15:13 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Bail Bondsman and Bounty Hunter
A profile of Washington, D.C. bail bondsman Mardis Mitchell, and bounty hunter Robert Anderson.
(Produced in 1995)
00:13:24 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Junk Artist: Wes Bobo
A profile of Wes Bobo, who turns collected junk and found objects into art and mechanical inventions. Produced in 1994.
00:05:34 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Catfish Taster
Stanley Marshall, "supervisor of flavor" for Delta Pride Catfish, and how he decides just what catfish is good enough for Delta Pride. Produced in 1994.
00:05:00 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Barber: Red's Barber Shop
A conversation between barber "Red" Swarz and one of his customers at Red's Barber shop in Braddock, Pennsylvania. Produced in 1993.
00:04:50 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
Lincoln Memorial Cleaner: James Hudson (with obituary)
James Hudson, a National Park Service worker whose job included keeping the Lincoln Memorial clean, talks about what his job meant to him. This segment includes an epilogue and obituary for Hudson, w…
00:07:32 |
Tue 16 Apr 2013
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