I’ve been experimenting with a new multimedia reporting/profile series called “The Value.” It airs both on public radio via WNYC’s syndicated show The Takeaway, and online at http://www.thetakeaway.org.

The idea is to ask: what’s worth more than money? In some cases, like Anna Deavere Smith, it’s mastery of craft and storytelling. In others, it’s adventure (in Antarctica!); service to people who’ve survived the civil war in Sri Lanka; or creating an urban oasis.

I’m limited by the fact that there is no travel budget, so the series has to be where I am: mainly NY, but also, in the coming weeks, DC, Baltimore, Miami, Northern and Southern California, and St. Louis.

I would LOVE suggestions for stories. Email me via the “contact” link on the top right of this website.

Here are the first four episodes of The Value.