Radio Diaries: 25 Years Of Telling Complex Stories Through Everyday Moments Radio Diaries launched 25 years ago, bringing the voices of teenagers documenting their lives to All Things Considered. Founder and producer Joe Richman looks back on a few diaries that were recorded at the beginning. Amanda Brand was 17 when I gave her a big clunky cassette recorder and asked her to record her life for a few months. She didn't know what to expect. Neither did I. Amanda was the first diarist I ever worked with. She had recently come out to her parents. They were Catholic and didn't know anyone who wa...