Peter Donatelli is an ordained Catholic priest. He also runs his family's laundromat in Portland, Maine. Through his passionate beliefs and awkward sense of humor, Father Peter has created a public space where people actually talk about religion and politics. Some customers love it. Others hate it. But everyone agrees that it's good for the community.

When Cedric Chambers and John Gallagher met by chance 45 years ago, they never imagined that they'd be caring for each other into old age. But after John's wife passed away and his children moved across the country, John turned to Cedric when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Together they face the end of his life.

This pieced debuted on Maine Public Radio and later aired on NPR's Day to Day.

Life on the road is more than sunsets, sassy waitresses, and bottomless cups of coffee.

What's not to love about a French gypsy who could play guitar like a madman?

What do you do when your grandmother's not alive to celebrate her 90th birthday?

Who hasn't bemoaned the death of small local radio at the hands of Clear Channel? Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen couldn't stand to watch their favorite bands whither at the hands of big business, so they made a film about it. I caught up with them after the premier at SXSW.

Imagine traveling through Brazil with little more than a pair of headphones, three mics, and a giant tape recorder.

Fluff up your poodle skirt and dust off your charm bracelets, Karen Schoemer finds existential meaning in they lyrics of Pat Boone.

Former ranch hand Bill Inman had a dream - to travel from Oregon to North Carolina - on horseback. Saddle up and join him for the last leg of his journey.

From the whoosh of a sled to the clomp of horse hooves against cobblestone streets, winter in Maine is an audio wonderland.

Be quiet and speak easy if your dame wants to drink in this gin mill. Joshua Zeitz tells us a madcap story of sex, style and celebrity.

This guys' the bee's knees, so I had to let him stick around. Joshua Zeitz gives us the lowdown on history's favorite feminists and why they didn't look to fondly on those ungrateful flappers or their sugar daddies.

Apathetic? I think not. Dan Berger and Andy Cornell talk about their new book Letters From Young Activists.