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Jenny and Juan begin a series on financial fraud.

Jenny and Juan continue their series on financial fraud.

What if you had access to a test that could guarantee a happy ending to your love story?In “The Door Test,” Aaron Calafato looks back on a difficult period of divorce and his search for answers about love. Hoping to find clarity, he reenacts a famous relationship test from the movie A Bronx Tale. But can a scene from a movie help make sense of real life?Original Stories Written & Performed by⁠⁠ Aaron Calafato ⁠⁠Original Scores & Sound Design by ⁠⁠⁠Echo Finch⁠⁠In Partnership with ⁠⁠WYSU 88.5FM ⁠

When Aaron learns that his childhood friend Justin has lost his dad, a memory of an old French film leads him back to a childhood belief that balloons might be able to carry more than we think. What follows is a story about friendship, hope, and the things we send out hoping they somehow find their way.Original Stories Written & Performed by⁠⁠ Aaron Calafato ⁠⁠Original Scores & Sound Design by ⁠⁠⁠Echo Finch⁠⁠In Partnership with ⁠⁠WYSU 88.5FM ⁠

Operations Director of Thrive Mahoning Valley discusses their new "Seeds to Salads" program in collaboration with SMARTS.

Jenny and Juan finish their series on the anatomy of a credit score.

Jenny met with maestro Erik Ochsner to discuss the Youngstown Symphony's concert, Symphonic Sorcery.

Why does fall make us wish we could stop time? A cool morning, coffee on the porch, and leaves crunching underfoot become an invitation to feel like a kid again. In this Shortwave Stories episode, Aaron celebrates the small rituals of autumn and the bittersweet feeling of wanting a season to last forever.Original Stories Written & Performed by⁠⁠⁠⁠ Aaron Calafato ⁠⁠⁠⁠Special Original Scores & Sound Design by thomas j. dukeIn Partnership with ⁠⁠⁠⁠WYSU 88.5FM ⁠

A childhood landmark disappears, an empty parking lot fills with seagulls, and years later a father and daughter turn the ruins of a Super Kmart into something unexpectedly magical. A story about memory, change, and the strange little places that become part of a family’s history.

Associate Professor of Sociology at YSU talks about her experiences in training trauma-informed care in Rwanda and other countries.