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.


Additional Files

307 Pieces

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In a Rough Draft Diaries first, we'll be entering the world of science by learning about the past (and present) struggles of Lake Erie with the for...

  • Added: Mar 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:59
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Tom Henry is a current feature writer for The Toledo Blade but not long before that he was creating a new genre of journalism for The Blade... and ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley gets acquainted with one of Toledo's Jazz Icons, Clifford Murphy. Clifford is known for playing i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 27, 2017
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1
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In this episode of The Rough Draft Diaries, Haley gets acquainted with one of Toledo's Jazz Icons, Clifford Murphy. Clifford is known for playing i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 21, 2017
  • Length: 05:56
  • Purchases: 1
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Unveiled in 2004, the African American Legacy Project (AALP) of Northwest Ohio, has been documenting and preserving the history of Northwest Ohio's...

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  • Added: Feb 13, 2017
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 2
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This week on the RDD, Haley meets with Pete Culp, a member of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors. Baldemar Velasquez nominat...

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  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:57
  • Purchases: 1
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This week on The Rough Draft Diaries, we return to Baldemar Velásquez and the FLOC, the Farm Labor Organizing Committee. An organization created to...

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  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 06:09
  • Purchases: 1
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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...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


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