Charlie Schroeder Radio

Thanksgiving, 2007. My wife and I attend our friends’ wedding in Mexico. It’s a few weeks since the movie Borat took the States by storm. I decide that it would be funny to imitate him-for the entire four days we’re there. What a bad idea. Told with Jay Reiss. Originally aired on Weekend America, December 15th, 2007.

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Writer/performer Paul Boocock is a die hard New York Yankees fan, and a damn fine a capella singer. When he was in college he got his dream gig: to sing the national anthem at Yankee Stadium.

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What’s more exciting than attending an air guitar contest? Doing a story about one. Originally aired on NPR’s Only a Game, July 7th, 2007.

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I attend Gil Thomas’ dunking school and learn to jump like Michael Jordan. Well, not really. Actually, I almost throw up. Produced with Amanda Aronczyk. Originally aired on Weekend America, June 16th, 2007.

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A few years back, during a Skins Game at Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena, California, Andy Chong and Robert Lusetich pulled off the impossible…and neither one of them knew the other did it. Produced with Amanda Aronczyk. Originally aired on Weekend America, April 7th, 2007.

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In 2006 I made a New Year’s Resolution. Lose weight. When December 1st came around however I’d yet to do anything about it. Listen to my month of torture in just five minute and fifty-three seconds. Originally aired on Weekend America January 6th, 2007. Produced by Amanda Aronczyk.

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Nate Althouse, a walk-on basketball player at Penn State, relives the time he finally got off the bench and into the game. Told with one of his fans and friends, Dan Fravel. I produced the piece. It originally aired on Weekend America March 31st, 2007. *For some reason this is playing at half speed. To hear a good quality version listen to it on iTunes. Sorry!

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9:00am, Monday. The earliest party I’ve ever attended. Listen to my scrapbook adventures and how I nearly impale myself with an Exacto knife. Originally aired on The Next Big Thing, April 29th, 2005. Produced by Amanda Aronczyk.

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Mockumentary of me, George W. Bush impersonator. Originally aired on the WNYC/PRI show The Next Big Thing, January 14th, 2005. Narrated by former Daily Show correspondent Bob Wiltfong, produced by Amanda Aronczyk.

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Originally aired on Weekend America, February 16th, 2008. In this piece, I, the intrepid reporter, attempt to drive at very high speeds like my doppelganger, NASCAR star Jeff Gordon.

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