An Audio Mural with Alex Kotlowitz

Overview: On this episode, Rob and Britta explore the audio work of Alex Kotlowitz, a documentariean and writer best known for There Are No Children Here. He's spent years building a quietly stunning body of non-narrated stories for Chicago Public Radio and This American Life. Britta's conversation with Alex is woven into our discussion of his stories about home, money, love, and trauma. Support Phonograph on Patreon Links for this episode: A Trip to the Boundary Waters – The New Yorker Radio Hour Panthers and Palm Trees – Stories of Home, produced with Amy Drozdowska Mothers of Invention – This American Life Episode 298, Getting and Spending An Almost Perfect Guy – Love Stories, produced with Amy Drozdowska In Country, In City – This American Life #484, Doppelgängers Harper High School, Part One – This American Life Episode 487 Harper High School, Part Two – This American Life Episode 488 The Bigness of the Small Story – Alex's 2016 Third Coast talk Amy Drozdowska – the full Stories of Home, Love Stories, and money series archives