Inside Stories

Abram Himelstein, co-founder and co-director of the Neighborhood Story Project in New Orleans, talks about working with high school students and adults alike in crafting "our stories, told by us." Info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

Allen Hahn talks about "The Secret City," his interactive "experiment in storytelling" that takes participants through a mysterious library in Braddock, Pennsylvania. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

Lolis Eric Elie -- a staff writer for the HBO series "Treme," and the writer of director Dawn Logsdon's documentary film "Faubourg Tremé" -- discusses these fictional and factual treatments of New Orleans. More information at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

A chat with Ophira Eisenberg -- comic, storyteller, and frequent host of "The Moth" shows -- about lying, outer space, and killing your darlings. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

This episode of Inside Stories focuses on a walking tour about the search for President Lincoln's killer, which takes participants back to the days after the assassination. The tour is produced by Ford's Theatre, where Lincoln was shot. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

This episode of "Inside Stories" features selected clips from "Word of Mouth," George King's 1987 radio documentary series about storytelling, which included such greats as Studs Terkel, Jackie Torrence, Corey Fischer, and others. More information at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com

Mark Hopkins, director of the documentary "Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders," talks about the characters that populate his film on the humanitarian aid organization. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

A visit to the Greenwood Cemetery in New York City, for a living history day commemorating the anniversary of the Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn. Featuring members of an African American reenactors regiment. More information at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

A little diversion from the usual fare on "Inside Stories." This episode is a comic radio play about the takeover of a radio station by revolutionaries during a sex/love advice program. (c) 2009 Paul VanDeCarr. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

A confab with Cathy Trost, the exhibit development director of Newseum, the museum of the news, which touts itself as Washington DC's most interactive museum. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

Michael Premo and Rachel Falcone talk about "Housing is a Human Right," a project they created and produced featuring audio stories about the struggle for home. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

Dr. Rita Charon, director of the Program in Narrative Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University, talks about how the doctor-patient relationship is enriched through stories. Info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com

A conversation with Nick Szuberla, director of the Thousand Kites project, a community dialogue project about the criminal justice system. More information at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

The artistic director and members of "Teatro de los Sentidos" (Theater of the Senses) don't reveal their secrets in this episode, but they do chat about the magic behind their sensuous shows, including "Echo of the Shadow." More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

My old friend Kris Kovick reads the chapter "Big Stump" from her novella "America's Least Wanted," which combines family lore, contemporary personal stories from her own life, and a murder mystery! This is the first of occasional podcast episodes to feature original stories. Submit your stories and ideas for consideration. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

Susie Bright, a writer and editor of erotica (former longtime editor of "Best American Erotica") talks about the sexual imagination. Includes no profanity or explicit descriptions of sexual activity. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com

Steve Luckert, a curator at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, talks about the museum's permanent exhibition, and about an exhibit he curated called "State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda." More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com

Stefan Kaegi of the Berlin-based theatre group Rimini Protokoll talks about their interactive theater -- including "Call Cutta in a Box," which is played out one-on-one over the telephone. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

Maya Lilly talks about her one-woman show "Mixed" -- the multiracial people she interviewed, how she develops their characters to be performed, and role-playing in real life. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.

Jeff Gomez of Starlight Runner Entertainment talks about producing "transmedia" franchises, or stories that cross from the web to video games to books and other media platforms. The new television show "Flash Forward" is cited as an example of how transmedia storytelling can work. More info at www.InsideStoriesOnline.com.