After a particularly colorful Thanksgiving feast, or was it a a drunken night at the bar (?), Independent Producer Amanda Thieroff and her friend Sean Berman challenged each other to embark on the ROYGBIV diet. This diet isn't about losing weig

We Fell Asleep but Our Dreams Were Sweet

Nov 16th, 2011 29m 32s

Stacy Bond's youngest sister died in a nighttime car accident while driving from Mozambique to South Africa. Robbers took her shoes, but left her purse. A year after her death, Stacy met her mother and other sister in New York to attend a seanc

Losing Her Sex Scene Virginity

Jul 6th, 2011 15m 12s

(Produced by Laura Herberg) Director's Choice! won Director's Choice in , our first-ever audio competition. Laura's story is about her friend Rachel Parsons, an aspiring actress who landed the lead role in a low-budget, independent film. The o

Only For My King

Jun 15th, 2011

Producer Sara Curtis brings us the story of Benuel Esch - an amish man from Lancaster, PA who has lost his family, his home, and his mind. Benuel started questioning his lifestyle 20 years ago. Now he's returned to Amish living with a new commu

One for the Commandant

Mar 23rd, 2011 9m 28s

The winner of Big Shed's first ever Audio Verite +1 Competition is David Weinberg. The piece is called One for the Commandant, a short story set in downtown Seattle, featuring Edgar, Catfish and Hans, who David hung out with on his breaks from

Cold Concrete Birth by Kelley Libby

Dec 15th, 2010 10m 52s

Producer Kelley Libby produced a radio story about 13 year-old farmer Colby Perron while at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. This is not that story. But if you listen to Colby's story, you will hear a very short scene in which a calf

Celestial Navigation

Dec 1st, 2010 10m 46s

Producer Tom Niemisto weaves between an interview with tall-ship captain Samantha Heyman and an astronomer/poet around a bonfire under a broad star-filled sky. The stars are governed by a perfect order and yet, they create a chaos of mystery.

A Sense of Sanity &/or Fear

Nov 11th, 2010 12m 26s

Signs like "Take it Down A Notch," "My Political Views Cannot Be Summed Up On A Pithy Sign," and, of course, "God Hates Figs." Sam Greenspan, Big Shed's Correspondent in Washington, DC, attended The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear and files

The Soundscapes of Faith

Nov 3rd, 2010 18m 34s

"The Soundscapes of Faith" is an award-winning series of audio postcards produced by Laura Kwerel for the program Interfaith Voices. Each of the short pieces explores world religions through sound. They’re based on the idea that every faith t

May Your Days

Oct 20th, 2010 12m 34s

Ghana sounds like everything you might imagine, and some things you never could.Producer Julie Shapiro recorded these sounds during a trip to Ghana in January, 2008. Julie was one of the very first producers featured on the Big Shed podcast ba

Deer Diary

Oct 6th, 2010 48m 57s

This story was originally produced as two separate pieces for the podcast, Natural Maryland, at WYPR 88.1 FM in Baltimore. Part 1 was entitled "The Journalist and the Deer Hunter" and part 2, "Deer 0012." Producer Louisa Jonas was psyched to m

Sep 22nd, 2010 20m 22s

Howdy friendly listener! You can sit back and relax with our next piece from sound artist Erik DeLuca. He describes "In" as an underwater sound composition that collaborates with different ecosystems in and off the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of S

Mind Over Stomach Matter

May 26th, 2010 12m 7s

In the Big Shed, we always say that audio is the most visual medium. And we've even offered some stinky audio before. Thanks to the crafty work of producer Anna Hamilton, prepare for your first aural gag reflex. Anna is a proud graduate of t

Rebel Yell

May 12th, 2010 10m 49s

We're thrilled to bring you this story from producer Peter Solomon. It's a gem. We fell for this piece the first time we heard it. The rebel yell. What did it sound like – that battle cry that terrorized union troops and rallied Confederates

Lillie and Miss Kira

Apr 28th, 2010 7m 38s

Lillie is a young student who spends time in the community of Westhaven, a mostly African-American, low-income housing development in Charlottesville, VA. Lillie is incredibly assertive. She talked her way into a youth radio program where she

Shortwaveology #2

Apr 15th, 2010 21m 37s

We are so pleased to bring you the second installment in Shortwaveology, a series from producer David Goren. It's as beautiful as the we were able to share with you. Shortwaveology is an occasional rumination on the crackly sonics, history and

Max's Story

Sep 17th, 2008 17m 19s

A year ago, Jesse Straight started a small farm in the urban center of Charlottesville, VA. The farm was a one year experiment and in the course of that year, he found himself talking to people in his neighborhood who he hadn't known before.

He Doesn't Know What I Have in My Bag

Aug 8th, 2008 11m 4s

Don't tell, but we decided to sneak a podcast out of the jar where Jesse Dukes has been keeping us neatly tucked away. Thanks to some help from a veteran Big Shed producer, Emma Rayes, we're secretly bringing you our first PoopCast ... straigh

A Jew Grows in Rockland

May 10th, 2008 18m 37s

(Produced by Rachel Quimby)Nobody really knows why Rockland, Maine has a rather large population of Jews--legend says a ship was turned aside at Ellis Island and sent up the coast to the picturesque and sleepy coastal town. In

Next Time, in Valhalla

Mar 31st, 2008 10m 11s

(Produced by ) In the 1980's, wasa nerdy, Jewish kid--crazy about Richard Wagner--who naively showed upat a meeting of the Wagner Appreciation Society in SouthernCalifornia. He found himself i

Verite Extraordinaires

Mar 22nd, 2008 13m 52s

(Produced by ) Last summer, Philadelphia rock band tried their hands at musical theater. Producing a musical might be thelast thing you'd expect from these early twentysomethings who hail fromt

New Hope Valley Railway

Nov 16th, 2007 10m 41s

(Produced by ) Come along for a ride on the rails with this audio postcard from theNew Hope Valley Railway. This postcard is a companion piece to TimTelkamp's photo-essay â4â 8 1/2" â A year in the life of the

In the Company of Men

Nov 1st, 2007 15m 55s

(Produced by ) We'll it's time for our annual pilgrimage to chi-town to the beloved . So we thought it would be appropriate to bring you a little taste of last year's conference, courtesy of Nick and Adrianne at . This intervi

Shortwaveology #1

Oct 19th, 2007 22m 9s

(Produced by ) We've got a big new idea at Big Shed ... returning series!!! In the coming year, we'regoing to offer a few returning series from amazing andinnovative audio producers, and proud doesn't quite ca

Mr. Fur Face

Jul 21st, 2007 12m 38s

(Produced by ) David Traver, Alaska's reigning Mr. FurFace, is the president of the Southcentral Alaska Beard & MustacheClub, and his belly-length whiskers won him a first-place prize at the 2003