Long Time Listener, First Time Caller plot
Nan is a sexually repressed housewife living in a small town in the middle of the California desert. She spends her time cleaning and while away the hours at her home. She hardly talks to her husband, who is more interested in game shows on television. While cleaning out her recently deceased mother-in-law Rosie's room, she discovers a mysterious talk show on Rosie's old transistor radio where you can ask anything you want. Because she wants answers to her own questions about her marriage, existence and life purpose, she decides to call the number of the talk show.