This month, The 195 teamed up with Northwestern University Radio Drama, a weekly storytelling show on WNUR 89.3, for a live performance of stories from our contributors, past and present. Click below to hear the outcome of this collaborative effort:

The 195 Show by NURadioDrama

The stories in this podcast can be found in their original here:

Tribal life, or something like it, by Christie Thompson (read by Kayleigh Madjar)

Two paths diverge in the Jordan valley, by Sarah Freishtat (read by Gideon Resnick)

I’m in love, by Emma O’Connor (read by Jayshree Raghavan)

RAIN?!, by Tracey Haneman (read by the author)

Death in Durban, by Blake Sobczak (read by the author)

Life after prison: What happens next?, by Diane Tsai (read by Alex Tay)

Communism, by Jayshree Raghavan (read by the author)

Thanks to our host Alex Tay, sound designer Alex Madjar, director Kayleigh Madjar and producer Gwyneth Kelly.

NURD can be heard each Sunday at 5:30 p.m. on WNUR 89.3 Evanston/Chicago. To listen to past shows, click here.

Special thanks to Gwyn Kelly and Antonia Cereijido for making this collaboration possible!