Our Radio Series
Here are some episodes from our 300+ library of stories. Every 90 second story is about an everyday person who had a great idea, took action, overcame hurdles and created a business, brand or invention we all know!
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#269 - A Big Musical
Margo was at home nursing a cold when she saw a 1980s cult movie on TV. After licensing the rights from the studio for next to nothing she turned it into a big musical. But how to finance it?
#287 - Exciting & New
Geraldine was a former model who became a hostess on a cruise ship. Every week Geraldine would write her mother a letter telling her about what had happened aboard the cruise ship with the passengers. Unbeknownst to Geraldine, her mother sent the letters to a book agent who promptly asked for more.
#273 - Running Out of Ideas
Carolyn was a graphic design major at Portland State University. To make ends meet she did some work for a professor who ran a company on the side and often needed charts and graphs done up when he met with executives. One day he needed a logo.
#148 - The Winner Takes It All
Judy fell in love with a single song. She sang it all the time and it became her anthem. When she unexpectedly got to work with the song’s writers she took a chance and pitched them on turning their music into a full-fledged musical.
#188 - Write On
Tabby and her husband struggled to get by. She worked at Dunkin Donuts and he was a high school teacher who wrote short stories & magazine articles to earn a few extra dollars for groceries or to fix their used car. One day her husband came home excited about a possible promotion that would give them a little extra money. Tabby’s first great idea? Don’t accept it and just keep on writing.
#298 - Intermission
Moya has to come up with a seven minute performance to play during the intermission between acts for a major show. The resulting intermission performance outperforms the main acts and becomes its own event!
#64 - An Enterprising Woman
After a major television network rejects the first pilot for a potential television series, Lucy (a rare female Hollywood studio executive at the time) greenlights a second, expensive pilot despite company cash flow issues and major objections from her Board of Directors.