Nature Theater of Oklahoma talks to NPR correspondent Robert Smith about radio, reporting, and storytelling. What happens when we put extreme constraints of time on narrative – as in durational theater and art projects (such as Chris Marclay’s The Clock and our current project, Life and Times) – and in public radio which is typically built in short 3-6 minute story segments? We also examine the ways in which live performance and radio are both shaped (respectively) by the physical presence and absence of their audience.