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Transom Story Workshop at IPR

Transom's traveling story workshop visited Interlochen Public Radio in August. Ten journalists from near and far spent a week gathering stories in northern Michigan. Listen to what they found.

Transom at IPR: Heavy Metal

Interlochen Public Radio | By Courtney Blackmer

Published September 16, 2025 at 10:22 AM EDT

This week, we’re listening to stories put together by the Transom Story Workshop when it visited Interlochen Public Radio.

Tom Kaufman makes instruments out of the things he finds at the junkyard.

"Heavy metal," he says. Literally.

Courtney Blackmer has this story about Tom his quest to make music everywhere and out of everything, and what he hopes it brings into the world.

Listen, using the audio player above.

This story was produced as part of the Transom Story Workshop hosted by Interlochen Public Radio in August of 2025.