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: Silence of the Lambs

Interlochen Public Radio | By Elize Manoukian

Published September 17, 2025 at 1:31 PM EDT

Ryan Romeyn and his sheepherding border collies Wren, Lass and Blue. (Photo: Elize Manoukian / Transom Story Workshop) — Ryan Romeyn and his sheepherding border collies Wren, Lass and Blue. *(Photo: Elize Manoukian / Transom Story Workshop)*

And now, another northern Michigan story from the Transom Story Workshop.

The organization spent a week here at IPR in August, working with 10 audio journalists who gathered stories from around northwest lower Michigan.

This week, we've been listening to many of those stories on IPR.

Today’s we head to a farm in Antrim County, overlooking the waters of Torch Lake.

It is there that an ancient relationship is still alive and well: the relationship between a man, his dog and his sheep.

Listen to the story by Elize Manoukian, 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.