The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor

Series produced by WGTE Public Media

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"Celebrating the connections we make through the people we meet."

The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor is an ongoing, short form radio podcast that explores the social and cultural fabric of the local community, while uncovering personal stories and experiences that resonate globally.

At the end of each episode, Haley asks her guest to suggest three different possibilities for a story, from which one is chosen. The program then unfolds in serial form, as each step in the journey is connected to what came before.


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307 Pieces

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The Rough Draft Diaries visits our local newspaper to interview Taylor Dungjen, a journalist working to understand and help the community around her.

  • Added: Aug 16, 2016
  • Length: 06:09
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You'll meet Sam Melden in this new episode of The Rough Draft Diaries. Tune in to hear about his work with Leadership Toledo.

  • Added: Aug 22, 2016
  • Length: 06:01
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Steve Mockensturm, one of the founders of Madhouse Creative, is the focus of this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries. Outside of his work for Madho...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2016
  • Length: 06:20
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The Rough Draft Diaries is feeling the blues this week as we hang out with Aayan Naim, leader singer of the blues band, The Good, The Bad, and The ...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2016
  • Length: 06:04
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This week we meet John Adams, the director of dual enrollment at the University of Toledo, local photographer, writer, and student. Find out how al...

  • Added: Sep 12, 2016
  • Length: 05:50
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When The Rough Draft Diaries contacted John Rockwood he was feeling a little under the weather... a lil too under the weather for a face-to-face in...

  • Added: Sep 20, 2016
  • Length: 06:31
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This week, The Rough Draft Diaries is at The Toledo School for the Arts with Dave Gierke, TSA's development director. Tune it to hear how this rock...

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  • Added: Sep 26, 2016
  • Length: 06:15
  • Purchases: 1
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With the voting booths opening in just about one month, The Rough Draft Diaries is taking a look into politics... kind of. We're actually taking a ...

  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 06:11
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, you'll meet John Eikost, the editor-in-chief of the art and culture entertainment website Toledo.com

  • Added: Oct 10, 2016
  • Length: 06:02
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we learn what it takes to become an attorney with Sarah Skow, a local attorney with Spengler Nathanson.

  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 06:03
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The RDD returns to the theater this week as we join The Children's Theater Workshop for one of their rehearsals.

  • Added: Nov 01, 2016
  • Length: 06:09
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The RDD returns to The Children's Theater Workshop this week in the second and final episode at the CTW. In the last episode, you met the Executiv...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2016
  • Length: 06:15
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In this Thanksgiving Special, The Rough Draft Diaries visited Scott Bowman, of Fowl and Fodder, as he shared his recipe for Fowl and Fodder's Squas...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2016
  • Length: 06:04
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This week The Rough Draft Diaries meets Yvonne Dubielak the Outreach and Education Director at the Toledo Botanical Garden. We're talking about one...

  • Added: Nov 28, 2016
  • Length: 06:10
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The Rough Draft Diaries meets with Ken Leslie of 1Matters. 1Matters is a non-profit that works to return domestic autonomy to those without homes. ...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2016
  • Length: 06:33
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, local performer Candice Coleman looks back to her American Idol days remembering how the experience gave her ...

  • Added: Dec 12, 2016
  • Length: 06:03
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In this year's holiday special, The Rough Draft gets a behind-the-scenes look at Holidays at the Manor House-- a tradition that has been going on f...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2016
  • Length: 06:30
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Labre (pronounced labra) is a program named after St. Benedict Joseph Labre, Patron of the homeless, and is an outreach to the hungry. Each Monday,...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2017
  • Length: 06:19
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Dr. Richard Paat is a healthcare physician who is not just making an impact at his local practice in Maumee but around the world. Tune in to find...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2017
  • Length: 06:09
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, The RDD meets the FLOC, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. An organization created by Baldemar Velásquez to...

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  • Added: Jan 23, 2017
  • Length: 06:17
  • Purchases: 1