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Martha Woodroof talks to first novelists including Chad Harbach (The Art Of Fielding) about how it feels to gut out the unlikely path that takes a book from idea to publication.

Kate Wells is a Peabody Award-winning journalist and co-host of the Michigan Radio and NPR podcast Believed. The series was widely ranked among the best of the year, drawing millions of downloads and numerous awards. She and co-host Lindsey Smith received the prestigious Livingston Award for Young Journalists. Judges described their work as "a haunting and multifaceted account of U.S.A. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s belated arrest and an intimate look at how an army of women – a detective, a prosecutor and survivors – brought down the serial sex offender."

Kate Riess started her radio career as a deejay and public affairs director for WFCS-FM in New Britain, CT. When she moved with her family to the Valley in the early 90's, she served as an LVCBA Board member as WDIY was getting off the ground. She has produced and hosted Good Clean Fun (Saturdays, 8-11pm) since the station signed on the air, and in March of 2000, she became the station's Music Director. Along with husband, Mike Riess (host of the Friday Night Late Night), she also programs content for the station's popular Overnight Delivery Service.

WDIY's Max Barajas interviewed several volunteers, and asked about their time and involvement with WDIY, what makes it so special, and it's future. This is a second part, with more interviews.

Kate Stein can't quite explain what attracts her to South Florida. It's more than just the warm weather (although this Wisconsin native and Northwestern University graduate definitely appreciates the South Florida sunshine). It has a lot to do with being able to travel from the Everglades to Little Havana to Brickell without turning off 8th Street. It's also related to Stein's fantastic coworkers, whom she first got to know during a winter 2016 internship.Officially, Stein is WLRN's environment, data and transportation journalist. Privately, she uses her job as an excuse to rove around South Florida searching for stories à la Carl Hiaasen and Edna Buchanan. Regardless, Stein speaks Spanish and is always thrilled to run, explore and read.

Ara Barlieb, co-founder of the Crowded Kitchen Players joins Rick Weaver to talk about the upcoming production of “Pints, Pounds & Pilgrims”, running from June 2-18 at the Charles A. Brown Ice House in Bethlehem.

Growing up in a church without access to musical instruments, Laura and Lydia Rogers learned the power of vocal harmony. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with the duo called The Secret Sisters.

A mother of three in Canada was opposed to getting her kids vaccinated against childhood diseases. The pandemic led her out of that movement. Getting there was a years-long search for answers.

Parents who lose a child to miscarriage or stillbirth often feel like they're going through it alone. But the experience is actually common in the U.S., and one group is trying to help them cope.

Jeanine Cummins' new novel opens in Mexico, where a drug cartel has massacred 16 members of a family. A tense on-the-road ordeal follows, as a desperate mother struggles to save herself and her son.