One of my new year’s resolutions: to be a better listener. Working in radio, you’d think I have it down, right? But what I mean is being the type of listener who’s always engaged, caring and willing to take time and lend an ear.<\/p>\n
In that spirit, here are \u00a0some radio stories I’ve come across that make you really listen.<\/p>\n
In “After the Forgetting<\/a>,” producer Erica Heilman documents Greg Sharrow’s relationship with his mother, Marj, who has dementia.<\/p>\n As part of the Song and Memory<\/a> project, actor Mike Daisy elaborates on how his admitting his childhood favorite song proved pretty scarring. It’s a little sad and a lot funny–and you’ll get Hall & Oates stuck in your head.<\/p>\n A touching, musical piece in which a young hospital patient asks “what if<\/a>.”<\/p>\n Kohn talks about what it’s like to hear his own voice. Scroll down to the story called “Kohn<\/a>.”<\/p>\n