Listen to “The Puppeteer”

Written by Lori Rotenberk
Narrated by Göran Norquist

Michael Montenegro is driven to put the products of his imagination into tangible, active forms. After he builds them—often in life-size form, with a rag-tag collage of materials—he becomes them, lives inside them, then delivers them to us with a zany vigor.

Written by LORI ROTENBERK

Introduction by CHRIS EGUSA

Narrated by Göran Norquist

Produced by CHRIS EGUSA

Music by MIKE SNOWDEN / BLUE DOT SESSIONS

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Lori Rotenberk is a Chicago-based journalist who has been on staff at several major daily newspapers. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Boston Globe, Grist, Civil Eats, Next City and onEarth.
Göran Norquist holds a BFA in Acting from California State University, Fullerton, and an MFA in Acting from the American Conservatory Theater (ACT).