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Detroit's public radio station wants to air the type of scenes that loop in our minds when we can't sleep -- something scary, a grudge, how to shake a way of living or thinking, when to ditch a misfit job or profession.
WDET producer Alex Trajano is preparing a biweekly podcast series, his first. (Facebook photo)
WDET solicits personal tales about "The Beginning of the End," the first podcast series to be hosted by Alex Trajano, who came to the station in 2009 and is its production director. Segments are scheduled to begin June 24 and run 15 to 20 minutes, he tells Deadline.
"The phenomenon of the podcast 'Serial' had a huge impact on me (as well as many radio nerds around the country, I'm sure)," the Detroit producer adds Wednesday via email. "It inspired me to try to push WDET into the world of original content. . . .
"If you're not expanding into the digital spaces with original content, you're not playing the same game as the big players in media. WDET is a creative shop at heart and I feel that we have something significant to add."
Trajano also hosts "story slams" at Cliff Bell's on the first Thursday each month. The events are affiliated with The Moth, an 18-year-old national organization that produces "The Moth Radio Hour," aired by WDET.
Trajano's biweekly podcasts at the local NPR affiliate will present "people who feel the winds of change blowing and messing with their lives," the station's description says, adding:
It’s a show that burrows into the mental debate and soul searching involved in life’s twists.
As thought-starters, WDET sketches the topics in our first sentence and these: Ending a streak, changing a value system, leaving home or rebooting "the old you."
Instructions for emailing a voice memo or written summary are at the link below.
