Shortwave Stories
Shortwave Stories is a short-form public radio series featuring true stories written and performed by award-winning Ohio storyteller Aaron Calafato. Paired with an original sonic score, each episode finds deeper meaning in the small moments we often overlook—true stories from one life that somehow belong to us all.
Because sometimes, the shortest distance between us is a story. Listen every Friday at 6:45am, 8:45am, and 5:44pm, and Saturday at 4pm during Snap Judgment.
*Original Stories Written & Performed by Aaron Calafato
*Original Scores & Sound Designs by Echo Finch
*In Partnership with WYSU 88.5FM
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Could a toy microphone from 1990 be the reason Aaron Calafato is telling stories on the radio today?At seven years old, Aaron arrives at his dad’s unfamiliar new apartment after his parents’ divorce. Inside an otherwise empty bedroom, he discovers a Fisher-Price karaoke recorder and begins making cassette tapes with his brother, inventing radio shows and telling stories beneath the blankets at night. What begins as a way to fill something he cannot yet name becomes a lifelong calling—and gives rise to a childhood belief in a secret antenna that might carry his voice to someone listening far away.Original Stories Written & Performed by Aaron Calafato Original Scores & Sound Design by Echo FinchIn Partnership with WYSU 88.5FM