The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
WGTE Public Media
Wednesdays at 7:45 a.m. during Morning Edition WGTE presents The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor, an ongoing, short form radio podcast that explores the social and cultural fabric of the local community, while uncovering personal stories and experiences that resonate globally. At the end of each episode, Haley asks her guest to suggest three different possibilities for a story, from which one is chosen. The program then unfolds in serial form, as each step in the journey is connected to what came before. Follow us on Facebook for behind the scenes information, updates and more!
A New Process
Tim Stover is a sculptor exploring the medium of glass, creating work through two different methods. One, reassembling broken sections of glass into new work, the other concentrating on using colored adhesives to achieve visual effects. We'll talk all about it on this week's Rough Draft Diaries.
Apr 28, 2021
The Best Laid Plans
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we follow the creation of Enjoy Zest, a pop-up dinner party experience created by Katie Pettee during one of the hardest times to start a new business, the year 2020
Apr 21, 2021
Unruly Arts
Today on the RDD, we're talking to Unruly Arts, a small studio with a big vision, a space passionate about providing a nurturing, inclusive and joyful environment that supports the artistic visions and needs of people with disabilities. You'll meet the artistic director, Lori Schoen on this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries.
Apr 7, 2021
Folklore
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we're talking to Kelly Savino. Before she was a teacher of fine art at the local botanical garden, Kelly was a folklorist, documenting the cultural traditions that evolve across distance and time. Tune in to hear all about it on this week's episode of The RDD.
Mar 31, 2021
The Future of Jazz
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we're talking to local jazz legend, Gene Parker. Gene has been a professional musician in the Toledo area for 50 years and a private teacher since 1960. He began teaching jazz history and pedagogy in 1963, long before jazz education became integrated into curricula in the United States. Tune in to hear how he got started and where jazz is headed on this week's RDD.
Mar 24, 2021
Toraigh
Toraigh is an Irish Gaelic word that means "seek" or "search." It's also the title of this week's Rough Draft Diaries as we meet a local band of the same name. A band in search of bringing people together with the lively, toe-tapping, and heart-warming traditional music and dancing of Ireland.
Mar 17, 2021
A Local Activist
Brittanie Kuhr serves as the Executive Director of Institutional Advancement at Defiance College, but for this interview on The Rough Draft Diaries we'll be talking about her local, homegrown activism and how you can be a local activist yourself.
Mar 10, 2021
A Fuller Voice
This week on The Rough Draft Diaries we're talking to Dani Fuller, owner of Fuller Art House in Sylvania, Ohio. A space specifically located in the Red Bird Arts District downtown, an area Dani has helped develop through her work with the city. It's not always easy leading an arts movement in a small town though, and that's what we're talking about on this week's episode of The RDD.
Mar 3, 2021
Getting Dirty
Jan Thomas’ love of nature was fostered by her Old World Italian grandfather during her childhood in Cleveland, OH.  She currently resides in Toledo using inspiration from adolescents and nature around her to create her ceramic  pieces of art. We'll chat all about it on this week's episode of The RDD.
Feb 24, 2021
Toledo's Gambit
We're talking about chess on this week's episode of The Rough Draft Diaries! We'll join Warren Woodberry, the founder of multiple award-winning after-school chess clubs, to talk about the game and its connection to Toledo's youth. Check out what's happening locally on this week's episode of The RDD.
Feb 17, 2021
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