In this episode, two young Black artists revisit memories to grapple with how they are seen by others, and how they see themselves."Letters to a Young Poet" is one of four episodes of Best of the Best (2020), a nationally broadcast radio special produced each year by Third Coast. Each of episode of the series features winning stories from the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.How to Remember, produced by Axel Kacoutié and edited by Eleanor McDowall for Short Cuts from BBC Radio 4.Winner of the 2020 Best Documentary: Gold AwardThis story is sonically inspired by producer Axel Kacoutié's travels to his home country of Côte d'Ivoire, where belonging and authenticity dominated his mind. This work is an attempt to reconcile and accept (in seven steps/scenes) all the parts of he’s either wrongly internalized or intuitively known to be true. Borders Between Us, produced by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr. and Jay Allison for Transom.org.Winner of the 2020 Best Documentary: Silver AwardSaidu Tejan-Thomas is a young poet. For a long time, he had a story he needed to tell: an homage and apology to his mother. It's a tragic love story driven by the tangled search for a better life. It's personal for sure, but set against the universal perils of immigration - in Saidu's case, from Sierra Leone in West Africa - but by extension, from anywhere. Borders Between Us uses Saidu's poems as narrative drivers, reveals, and resolutions. These are not easy tasks for poems.This episode of Best of the Best was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Keep up with the latest from Third Coast by signing up for our newsletter at thirdcoastfestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three stories from 2020 that each paint a unique portrait of survival and hope in the time of coronavirus.This episode was first published in November, 2020. For the most recent recommendations and information about COVID-19, please visit your local public health website."The Great Indoors" is one of four episodes of Best of the Best (2020), a nationally broadcast radio special produced each year by Third Coast. Each of episode of the series features winning stories from the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.Dat Rona [excerpt], by Dr. Janina Jeff (Host and Executive Producer) and Sam Riddell (Lead Producer), with Chad Milner (Music Producer), Chris Diggins (Creative Director) and Dr. Ashira Blazer (guest medical expert).Winner of the 2020 Impact AwardMade on March 20, just days after the United States went into lockdown, this episode of the podcast In Those Genes features host and geneticist Janina Jeff speaking with colleagues on the immediate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, particularly for Black communities in the U.S.Plus, an interview with the makers of Dat Rona, recorded on November 1st, 2020.Centenarians in Lockdown [full story], produced by Nellie Gilles, Sarah Kate Kramer, and Joe Richman for Hunker Down Diaries from Radio Diaries and NPR.Winner of the 2020 Best Documentary: Short AwardWhen the 1918 flu pandemic broke out, Joe Newman was 5 years old. Today, he's 107 and his fiancée Anita Sampson has just turned 100. Together, they reflect on life, love and lockdown.Diary of a HomeSchooler [full story], produced by Anayansi Diaz-Cortes for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX, in partnership with Chalkbeat.Winner of the 2020 Best News Feature AwardHigh school student Sarah Ali-Brown finds herself managing several new heightened home responsibilities, in addition to schoolwork, during the pandemic, but she’s determined to stay on track with her future plans.This episode of Best of the Best was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Keep up with the latest from Third Coast by signing up for our newsletter at thirdcoastfestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, we meet extraordinary people who are fighting the system, working to make transformative change and seeking a better world, for themselves and for others. "Towards a Better World" is one of four episodes of Best of the Best (2020), a nationally broadcast radio special produced each year by Third Coast. Each of episode of the series features winning stories from the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.The Work of Closing a Notorious Jail [excerpt], reported by Carolina Hidalgo and edited by Jen Chien for 70 Million.Winner of the 2020 Directors’ Choice AwardFive years after Michael Brown’s murder galvanized criminal justice reform activists in St. Louis, Missouri, these folks are gaining serious momentum to shut down the city's notorious Workhouse jail — and we’re brought along to hear how they’ve managed to do it.Somebody [full episode], narrated by Shapearl Wells, produced by Alison Flowers and Bill Healy, and edited by Sarah Geis for Invisible Institute, Topic Studios, The Intercept and iHeart Radio, in association with TenderfootTV. Mixed by Michael Raphael with sound design by Bart Warshaw and Carl Scott.Winner of the 2020 Best Serialized Story AwardWhen Shapearl Wells's son Courtney is found outside a Chicago police station with a fatal bullet wound, Shapearl immediately distrusts the official narrative. So she launches her own investigation into her son’s murder — and teams up with journalists to confront the cops and find out the truth about what happened to her child.Crosses in the Desert / Cruces en el desierto [short excerpt], written by Catalina May and Dennis Maxwell, edited by Catalina May, sound designed by Martín Cruz and produced by Dennis Maxwell for  Las Raras. Scored by Andrés Nusser.Winner of the 2020 Best Documentary in a Non-English Language AwardAlvaro Enciso, a retired Tucson resident, spends his time methodically placing crosses in the exact places where dead migrant bodies have been found in the Sonoran desert. A story by a talented new artist concerning mental illness, toxic workplace environments, Egyptian Rat Screw, and the nature of infinity.This episode of Best of the Best was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Keep up with the latest from Third Coast by signing up for our newsletter at thirdcoastfestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Three stories grappling with the messiness of the mind, the body, and being a person. This episode is best listened to with headphones and/or in a quiet place!"Of Bodies and Minds" is one of four episodes of Best of the Best (2020), a nationally broadcast radio special produced each year by Third Coast. Each of episode of the series features winning stories from the 20th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition.Songs of Speculation (excerpt) [abridged], by Jillian Walker and Ben Williams for category-other.comWinner of the 2020 Audio Unbound AwardSongs of Speculation (excerpt) is a lecture that explodes into multi-form performance, calling on the body, time, and the power of music to reclaim histories forgotten or lost.Not This Again [excerpt], produced by Allison Behringer with Hannah Harris Green, and edited by Bethany Denton with Cassius Adair & Caitlin Pierce for Bodies from KCRW. It was mixed by Myke Dodge Weiskopf, with music & sound design from Dara Hirsch. Lila Hassan provided translation assistance. The managing producer was Kristen Lepore.Winner of the 2020 Best Documentary: Bronze AwardAngelina was a journalist living in Brooklyn when she was diagnosed with ALS. She now lives with her parents. How do you stay true to yourself when you rely on others to keep you alive?A transcript of this story is available at KCRW.com/bodies.Infinities [full story], produced by Boen Wang.Winner of the 2020 Best New Artist AwardA story by a talented new artist concerning mental illness, toxic workplace environments, Egyptian Rat Screw, and the nature of infinity.This episode of Best of the Best was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Keep up with the latest from Third Coast by signing up for our newsletter at thirdcoastfestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The entire 2020 Best of the Best series will drop on the Re:sound feed tomorrow!Gwen Macsai's brand new podcast Rising to the Challenge is available on your podcast app of choice.To keep up with everything going on at Third Coast, sign up for our newsletter. You can also get in touch by emailing production@thirdcoastfestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best of the Best is Third Coast’s annual ode to audio storytelling, taking listeners on a journey through the full breadth of what’s possible in stories made from sound. This episode showcases three of the winning stories from the 19th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Host Gwen Macsai introduces the winners of the Best Serialized Story, Best Foreign Language & Directors’ Choice awards, plus a behind-the-scenes interview with producer Zoha Zokaei.In The Dark, Season Two — Best Serialized Story Awardby lead reporter and host Madeleine Baran, senior producer Samara Freemark, producers Natalie Jablonski and Rehman Tungekar, reporters Parker Yesko and Will Craft, and edited by Catherine Winter for APM Reports.In small town Mississippi, a white prosecutor tried a black man six times for the same crime, a quadruple homicide. For 23 years, Curtis Flowers maintained his innocence on death row. This story is a narrative investigation into the case, which uncovered prosecutorial misconduct, false confessions, an alternate suspect, and a pattern of racial bias.  Click here to read the latest on the Curtis Flowers case, and to listen to the rest “In The Dark, season 2.”Price of Secrecy (Hazineh Razdari) — Best Foreign Language Awardby Zoha Zokaei and edited by Rob Szeliga.An unexpected turn of events occurs when 15-year-old Tannaz tells the police about being sexually abused by a friend.Click here to listen to the full story with subtitles.No Feeling is Final — Directors’ Choice Awardby Honor Eastly, with executive producer Joel Werner, producer Alice Moldovan, writer Graham Panther, and sound engineer Russell Stapleton. Created at ABC Audio Studios under the guidance of managing editor, Kellie Riordan.Usually when we talk about suicide, we encourage people to "just ask for help". But Honor Eastly knows it’s not that simple. She’s been there and back, and now has years of phone recordings and diary entries which form the basis of her podcast.Click here to listen to the rest of the series.You can hear all the winning stories from the 2019 Competition at ThirdCoastFestival.org.The program is made possible with support from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and distributed to public radio stations by PRX.Music in this hour by Jeevs (“Solace”), Pablo Torri (“Linha”), Monplaisir (“I don’t need to cry but I can do it if you need to” & “on est d’accord on est d’accord on est d’accord on est d’accord on est d’accord on est d’accord”), and Stevia Sphere (“Going Down”). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best of the Best is Third Coast’s annual ode to audio storytelling, taking listeners on a journey through the full breadth of what’s possible in stories made from sound. This episode showcases three of the winning stories from the 19th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. These stories all won different awards (Skylarking, Best News Feature, and Radio Impact), but they all share a theme: investigations.Punks, produced by Kathy Tu, co-produced by Tobin Low and Matt Collette, sound designed by Jeremy Bloom, edited by Jenny Lawton, and executive produced by Paula Szuchman for Nancy from WNYC Studios.Winner of the 2019 Skylarking AwardA mystery story about a man, a movie, and a mad-cap adventure to unite the two.Death in Illinois Prisons: He Didn’t Have The Death Penalty But That’s What He Got, produced by Shannon Heffernan and edited by Rob Wildeboer for WBEZ.Winner of the 2019 Best News Feature AwardEvery year, people die in Illinois prisons. Reporter Shannon Heffernan uncovered that the state hasn’t been keeping detailed records of these deaths, meaning that families couldn’t learn even the simplest details about how and why their loved one died.  Change Intolerance, produced by Sam Fenn and Garth Mullins, co-produced by Lisa Hale, Alexander Kim, and Ryan McNeil for the podcast Crackdown, with editorial support from Laura Shaver and Chereece Keewatin.Winner of the 2019 Radio Impact AwardIn 2014, the province of British Columbia suddenly switched nearly 15,000 methadone patients to a new formulation of the drug called Methadose. Led by a team of Vancouver’s most experienced drug user activists, this story is an investigation into what happened afterwards.You can hear all the winning stories from the 2019 Competition at ThirdCoastFestival.org.The program is made possible with support from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and distributed to public radio stations by PRX.Music in this hour by pine voc (“Let Your Household Objects Sing”), Jeevs (“Anesthesia”), VicthorA3 (“Semi Cold Night”), Niteffect (“Selfie”), and Genx Beats. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best of the Best is Third Coast’s annual ode to audio storytelling, taking listeners on a journey through the full breadth of what’s possible in stories made from sound. This episode showcases two of the winning stories from the 19th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition: the Best Documentary Honorable Mention, Bronze & Silver Award winners, plus a behind-the-scenes interview with producer Neena Pathak.A Sense of Quietness [Excerpt], produced by Eleanor McDowall for Lights Out, a Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4.Winner of the 2019 Best Documentary: Bronze AwardIn a beautifully flowing narrative, the stories of four unrelated women in the UK and Ireland connect in unexpected ways, as they discover the quiet power and hidden dangers of speaking out about abortion. Listen to the full piece here.ROW-cub, produced by Neena Pathak.Winner of the 2019 Best Documentary: Honorable Mention AwardAfter Aaji innocently asks if her granddaughter, Mithu, is bringing her "friend" home for the holidays, Mithu struggles to translate her heartache. [Note that this story is bilingual, but it can still be understood by non-Marathi speakers - to view a subtitled version of ROW-cub, go to RadioAtlas.org]This Is Not A Drill, produced by Jazmín Aguilera with Anna Sussman for Snap Judgment from WNYC. With co-producers John Fecile, Erika Lantz, Nancy López, and Eliza Smith; original score by Renzo Gorrio; sound design by Renzo Gorrio, Leon Morimoto, and Pat Mesiti-Miller; edited by Anna Sussman and Mark Ristich; with executive producer Glynn Washington.Winner of the 2019 Best Documentary: Silver AwardFor exactly 38 minutes on January 13th, 2018, the state of Hawaii was thrown into a state of panic. This story recounts what it was like for residents on that unforgettable morning as they tried to wrestle with impending doom, death and destruction.  You can hear all the winning stories from the 2019 Competition at ThirdCoastFestival.org.The program is made possible with support from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and distributed to public radio stations by PRX.Music in this hour by Pablo Torri (“Retorno” & “Volta”), Skill Borrower (“Heartstring Hotel”), VicthorA3 (“Los Derechos Se Consiguen En La Calle”), and Aviscerall (“Sanctuary”). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Best of the Best is Third Coast’s annual ode to audio storytelling, taking listeners on a journey through the full breadth of what’s possible in stories made from sound. This hour of the program showcases two of the winning stories from the 19th annual Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Host Gwen Macsai introduces the winners of the Best New Artist Award and the Best Documentary: Gold Award, plus a behind-the-scenes interview with producer Sayre Quevedo.Mardi Gras Is A State Of Mind, produced by Mara Lazer.Winner of the 2019 Best New Artist AwardThis is a story about the idea of shape shifting, with a friend, via testosterone. What does it mean to be a lesbian separatist who might actually be a man?The Return, produced by Sayre Quevedo, with editors Marlon Bishop and Sophia Paliza-Carre for NPR’s Latino USA.Winner of the 2019 Best Documentary: Gold AwardJavier Zamora came to the US at the age of nine and built a life there. But when his Temporary Protected Status was threatened by the Trump Administration, he had no choice but to return to El Salvador for the first time in 20 years. You can hear all the winning stories from the 2019 Competition at ThirdCoastFestival.org.The program is made possible with support from the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation and distributed to public radio stations by PRX.Music by Sieur Bigorneau (“Bleue”), Genki the Producer (“Crossroad”), toupie (“light meter”), Pablo Torri (“Sonho”), and Aviscerall (“Lullabyes”). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stories about people who lived to be 100, from the NPR series One Hundred Years of Stories (originally aired in 2000) by producer Neena Ellis.Hen and Bill BoardmanAt an age when most people are simplifying their lives and settling into old age, Helen Boardman was opening a new chapter - traveling to Europe, writing her memoirs, and falling in love (at age 90) with a younger man.Ruth EllisHaving no children, and having been shunned by her family for being gay, Ruth Ellis found herself alone in old age. That is, until a brand-new community embraced her, and helped her make the most out of the final years of her life.Abraham GoldsteinRetirement was never in the cards for Abe Goldstein, who taught law at Baruch College in New York well into his 100s.Roy Larkin StamperCattle rancher, coal miner and preacher are just a few of the vocations R.L. Stamper pursued over the course of his 100 years. In the last years of his life, R.L. believed the Rapture was imminent and he wanted just one more thing: a wife.Marion CowenMarion Cowen worked in theater and film with some of the great stars of his time and still remembers a few stories, though many memories have faded. Having outlived his entire family and almost all of his friends, Marion's primary end-of-life companion was a beloved 26 year-old cat named Soho.Anna WilmotAfter her husband died, Anna Wilmot chose not to re-marry, believing "when you've had the best, forget the rest." Although she had many friends who she visited often, she spent most of the last three decades of her life alone. Soltitude didn't bring her down however - on the contrary Anna found many things to love about her life.This episode of Re:sound was originally produced by Katie Mingle, and updated by Isabel Vázquez.Find more stories like these in the book If I Live to Be 100: Lessons from the Centenarians by Neenah Ellis, which was rereleased in hardback in 2019.Cover image by Helena Jacoba. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we're bringing you a favorite from our archive... to-do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts!To find out what these producers have been up to since we first aired the show, visit ThirdCoastFestival.orgThe Listby Sean Cole, Ashley Ahearn and Nick van der Kolk (Love & Radio, 2011)A man sets out to finish an unfinished list.World's Longest Diaryby David Isay (Morning Edition, 1994)An all-consuming list of every single little thing.The Feltron Annual Reportby Roman Mars and Nate Berg (99% Invisible, 2011)Anaylizing the data of life's minutiae.They Didn't Get Alongby Rick Moody and Michael Hearst (Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge/Re:sound, 2006)A list of things that clash.First Love and 27 Other Firstsby Whitney Jones (Cowbird.com, 2012)A love story, in the form of a list.This episode of Re:sound was produced originally by Katie Mingle, and updated by Isabel Vázquez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we're bringing you a favorite from our archive... Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything in-between.Wild Onion by Gwen Macsai.Chicago, as all Chicagoans know, means wild onion. Wild, as in feral, unpredictable, fierce, blustery, lunatic. Onion, as in layered, spicy, sometimes stinky, sometimes sweet, and always tear-inducing.The Chicago Sound Drops:Couple Two Tree by Sean ColeStuds and Jimmy by Alan HallRiding Through the Summer by Katie Mingle,Elevated (Grand Chicago) by Aaron XimmChicago's Gangster by Heather RadkeBeat Street by Chris SewellThe Big City by Sean HurleyI've Never Lived in Chicago by Jonathan MitchellTripping the Light Fantastic with Abraham Levitan by Delaney Hall and Jacob Anderson.A visit to Chicago musician Abraham Levitan's apartment, in which he explains the process he goes through to write songs with just a few minutes of preparation.To find out what these producers have been up to since we first aired the show, visit ThirdCoastFestival.orgThis episode of Re:sound was produced by originally produced Delaney Hall and updated by Isabel Vázquez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we're bringing you a favorite from our archive... the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles!To find out what these producers have been up to since we first aired the show, visit ThirdCoastFestival.orgBackstage With the Rockettesby Dean Olsher and Emily Botein (The Next Big Thing, 2004)Manhattan has plenty of icons: the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the Broadway marquee. But come December, there's really only one show in town: the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, featuring fireworks, a flying santa, an indoor snowfall, and of course the world-famous Rockettes.The Tristan Mysteries: The Five-Hour Mysteryby Amy O'Leary and Limor Tomer (WNYC, 2007)Opera, by its very nature, is synonymous with extravaganza: the huge voices, the sweeping music, the epic story-lines, the performance that lasts hours. Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, a five-hour opera, is no exception and it has one of the most colorful histories around.Tristan und Isolde Act 1by Ed Herrmann (2007)For someone who doesn't like opera, there is nothing worse than sitting through Wagner. For those who just can't take it, here's act one of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in three minutes, plus a summary of the action.What Brought Down the Houseby Brendan Greeley (2004)In our country, one of the biggest shows around is a constitutionally mandated annual spectacle starring one of the biggest actors around, the President of the United States. Each year he (or she) is required to give a State of the Union address to Congress. In 2004, producer Brendan Greeley decided to do a brief analysis of the address to see what kind of sentiment got what kind of response.Saturday Night Kleinby Sean Cole (Weekend America, 2007)One of the hottest tickets to one of the longest running shows in New York is absolutely free. All you have to do is wait in line. Louis Klein usually arrives at the line for standby seats to Saturday Night Live by Friday afternoon. The tickets are given away at 7 AM the next morning. And he's pretty used to the all-night sitting. He's been waiting on the line since the show was popular enough to merit a line.This episode of Re:sound was produced by originally produced Roman Mars and updated by Isabel Vázquez.Image by ChrissyJ, music in this hour by Genki The Producer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.The Birth of Solomonby Leila Day for The Stoop.He was the perfect little brown baby. His name was Solomon. Thick curly hair, chubby legs and eyes closed with dark black lashes. Solomon's story is one that affects thousands of Black families whose babies are twice as likely to die before reaching the age of one, and Black mothers are up to four times more likely to die from pregnancy related causes. This story goes deep behind the statistic.The Being Soundby Stephanie Rowden for ShortCuts from BBC Radio 4.Over the years, Stephanie Rowden has been chasing after her son's voice. The timbre and cadence always about to slip away, and into something new. She uses the microphone as a kind of butterfly net. If you're lucky, you catch a tiny miracle or two. Or perhaps one big riddle.Give His Voice Back to Himby Audrey McGlinchy for KUT.In 2016, a black teenager was killed by an Austin Police officer. His name was David Joseph. He was 17 years old. A few months later, his cousin Vanessa Bissereth decided to do something about it.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Tracklist“Sentimental” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]“The adorned fathomless dark creation” Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch (Event Horizon)“Halo” Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch (Event Horizon)“Lunar Orbit” Lee Rosevere (Lunar Orbit)“Airport (no drums version)” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]Image by grahambones. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, three stories by alumni of the Third Coast Radio Residency.The making of a Chinese American beauty queenby Hannah Kingsley-Ma; edited by Jen Chien & mixed by Gabe Grabin for KALW.Every Lunar New Year, Chinese American women from across the country travel to San Francisco to participate in the Miss Chinatown USA pageant — an ethnic beauty pageant that’s been a national event since the late fifties.Little Wrist Computerby James T. Green for Welcome to Macintosh.The Apple Watch sometimes gets a bad rap. Some people complain about it being useless, a dumb, frivolous toy. But one person thinks differently.Garglingby Erisa Apantaku (Re:sound debut).After moving back in with dad, producer Erisa Apantaku notices a strange sound coming from the house.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.The 2019 Third Coast Radio Residency begins on May 14. Learn more about this year’s Residents.Tracklist“Can You See the Light?” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]“Pulse” Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch (Event Horizon, 2019) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, journeys of discovery, from personal identity to mathematical infinity.Sister, Sisterby Simone Polanen for The Nod from Gimlet Media.Simone thought she knew her little sister well, until she discovered a major part of her sister’s identity that she knew nothing about. When she confronts her sister, the conversation gets heated.10 Things That Scare Meby Starlee Kine for 10 Things That Scare Me from WNYC Studios.When describing her fears, Starlee Kine finds that the list goes past ten.The Infinite Godby Joel Werner for Sum Of All Parts from ABC RNA musician gives up the rock n' roll dream for number theory, and a glimpse of the infinite.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.TRACKLIST“Friday lower” Niteffect (the wage of forgetting, 2019)“Where is my mind?” Horthy Kristóf“Going with the Wind” Cool Person (The Sarong and Silent Type: An Mmm Sound Compilation, 2019)“Blue Ant Mosaico” Alan Gesso (The Sarong and Silent Type: An Mmm Sound Compilation, 2019)“Take Away Again” CyrroN “dream away” toupie (Creative Commons 2019)“Farewell” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]Image by Shanze1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, two specific points on the map with two very different stories.Six Storiesby Jenny Casas, Robin Amer and Wilson Sayre for The City from USA Today.Chicago, 1990. A guy with a loud sweater, manicured nails and connections to some very powerful people idles in a limousine near a vacant lot. A fleet of dump trucks unloads literal tons of busted concrete—and keep coming back. Neighborhood residents take action. The mess becomes much bigger than a six-story pile of rubble.To hear the rest of the story, listen to Season 1 of The City.Homeless in Googlevilleby David Boyer for The Intersection from KALW.In the heart of Mountainview, California, where Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters are located, there's a row of parked RVs. Meet the Google employees who live there.Riding Through the Summerby Katie MingleA sonic journey to the lake by bicycle on a hot Chicago day.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Image: "Intersection" by Thomas Hawk.Music in this episode by Jonas, Hannis Brown, Into Living Void & Broke For Free. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, a mob of rock fans and an erratic limb.Disco Demolition Nightby Pat Walters, Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry for Undone from Gimlet Media.One summer night in 1979, thousands of people gathered at a Chicago baseball stadium to put an end to disco once and for all.Leftyby John Roche for Yarn.John's left leg won't bend to his will.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, family dramas can span across generations ...or just across the hallway.That You Should Be Happyby Micaela Blei for Family Ghosts.Decades after surviving the Holocaust and moving to sunny California, a woman lets her family know exactly what she wants from them. But her granddaughter Micaela has a different idea of what her life will be.The Sleepersby Kate Montegue, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime for Love Me from the CBC.A story of love, family and sleep from Australia.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising.Kintsugi Dogby Natalie Kestecher for Short Cuts from BBC Radio 4.A bittersweet story about redundancy, an unwanted dog and the Japanese art of repair.A 700-Foot Mountain of Whipped Creamby Clive Desmond for The Organist from KCRW and McSweeney's, with executive producers Andrew Leland and Ross Simonini.From in utero to the studio, producer Clive Desmond provides a tour of the golden age of radio ads, featuring Frank Zappa, Ken Nordine, Linda Ronstadt, and Randy Newman. Here, each jingle becomes a Proustian madeleine.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.TRACKLISTMoontone - Old Heroes (Free as Can Be, 2018)Rrrrrrose Wieck - En attendant demain (Fin de la communication, Monplaisir Loyalty Freak Music, 2019)Glaciære - Floating on the water (Hammock, Stevia Sphere, 2017)Image by humberama. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, what happens when a relationship from your past returns unexpectedly and pulls you back in time?I'm Your Manby April Dembosky for The Leap from KQED.April hasn't seen Steve in 15 years. So when she gets a call from a lawyer asking about him, she's not sure what to think. As memories from long ago crowd her mind, she's also confronted by an ugly new truth. One that haunts her present and makes her doubt the past.This story appears on Re:sound as an abridged version - to hear the full story, click here.+ Interview with April DemboskyTRACKLISTMonplaisir - Waves (Fifty Seconds of Rain, Loyalty Freak Music, 2017)Monplaisir - Close to you (Fifty Seconds of Rain, Loyalty Freak Music, 2017)Monplaisir - Spell me your love (Fifty Seconds of Rain, Loyalty Freak Music, 2017)Image by April Dembosky.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, all stories - even stories about Dunkin' Donuts - are about power.ALL STORIES ARE STORIES ABOUT POWERpresented by Sandhya Dirks (American Suburb, KQED) and Chenjerai Kumanyika (Uncivil and Seeing White)From the Third Coast Conference - where audio producers from around the world gather to share expertise - this session from the 2018 conference tackled a topic that goes beyond audio stories alone. For makers and listeners alike, this presentation challenges the ways that stories privilege whiteness, quirkiness and empathy. Through examples and inquiry, Sandhya and Chenjerai show that there is no such thing as an innocent, objective, or purely entertaining story. All stories are stories about power, and storytellers hold the power to better interrogate the structures that shape our understandings.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.For more conference sessions and conversations that push the boundaries of audio storytelling, subscribe to our other podcast, the Third Coast Pocket Conference. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we go from the pentagon to prison to philosophical musings about the sweet sound of the snow shovel.The Pentagon’s Secret Gaggle of GaysBy Audrey Quinn for Nancy from WNYCEven after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was repealed, the military wasn't an easy place to be out. The surprising story of the squarest place on earth, the pentagon, and the gaggle of gays that was a (gentle) force to be reckoned with.Thick GlassBy Nigel Poor, Earlonne Woods and Antwan Williams for Ear Hustle from RadiotopiaParenting is hard enough in person. Behind bars, it’s almost impossible. Almost...Still Life With ShovelBy Sean HurleySnow seems magical and beautiful, until you have to shovel out your driveway. But even then, it can get you thinking, to say nothing of sweating.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk & Isabel Vázquez. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.Featuring...God + the Gays, produced by Phoebe Wang. Winner of the 2018 Best New Artist Award In her first radio piece, Phoebe visits Christians from her past and tries to understand whether queer people and homophobic Christians can have meaningful relationships. Dirty Water, produced by Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods, with help from outside producer Pat Mesiti-Miller and editor Curtis Fox for Ear Hustle. Winner of a 2018 Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award Dirty Water explores the process of restorative justice, through a frank conversation about sex trafficking. During the episode, Sara Kruzan (formerly incarcerated) and Louis A. Scott (currently incarcerated) share their individual experiences of being “in the life.” Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo, written & hosted by Connie Walker and produced by Marnie Luke and Jennifer Fowler for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Winner of the 2018 Best Serialized Story Award Where is Cleo? It’s a mystery her family has been trying to unravel for decades after the young Cree girl was apprehended by child welfare workers in Saskatchewan, Canada in the 1970’s. Like thousands of Indigenous children, Cleo’s brothers and sisters were taken from their community, many sent to live with white adoptive families across Canada and the U.S. Now Cleo’s siblings have reconnected as adults and are determined to find their missing sister. Espera / Wait, produced by Sayre Quevedo. Winner of the 2018 Director’s Choice Award Two lovers share an intimate conversation on the eve of their breakup, exploring loneliness and intimacy. Counted: An Oakland Story, produced by Adizah Eghan, Anna Sussman, Shaina Shealy, Jonathan Jones, with co-producers Pat Mesiti-Miller, Nancy Lopez, Jazmin Aguilera, Eliza Smith, and Pendarvis Harshaw for Snap Judgment. Winner of the 2018 Best Documentary: Gold Award Through a series of audio portraits, this piece provides an intimate introduction to a community dealing with violence. It tells the story of one year in Oakland, the people who were lost there, and the people they left behind. This hour of Best of the Best was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Listen to the full pieces at ThirdCoastFestival.org. Learn more about this year's Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Awards Ceremony here.Find the tracklist of songs used in this hour at ThirdCoastFestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.Featuring...John Thompson vs. American Justice, produced by Andrew Marantz, Sarah Lustbader, and Katherine Wells and edited by David Krasnow for The New Yorker Radio Hour. Winner of the 2018 Best Documentary: Bronze Award When John Thompson was investigated for the murder of the son of a prominent family in New Orleans, he insisted on his innocence. But prosecutors wanted a conviction and he quickly landed on death row. Eighteen years later, and just weeks before his execution date, Thompson’s lawyers discovered that a prosecutor had hidden exculpatory evidence from the defense. Uncounted Civilian Casualties in Iraq, produced by Annie Brown, with reporter Azmat Khan and edited by Lisa Tobin for The Daily. Winner of a 2018 Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award The American-led battle against the Islamic State has been hailed as the most precise air campaign in history. But its airstrikes have killed far more Iraqi civilians than anyone has acknowledged. Basim Razzo lost his family and his home in one of these airstrikes. Why was Mr. Razzo’s home targeted? And how often does this happen? Summer Rain, produced by Nanna Hauge Kristensen for Danish Radio P1. Winner of the 2018 Best Documentary: Foreign Language Award Visibility and invisibility. Severance and openings. Everyday life, loss and rain. This short documentary is a personal piece about Chemo therapy. Host’s Fat, produced by Jonathan Zenti and edited by Cathy Fitzgerald for Meat. Winner of the 2018 Skylarking Award Jonathan Zenti is an overweight man. He explains how the shape of his body and the diets he underwent in his life has often caused him to question his identity. Hidden Problems of Silicon Valley, produced by Will Evans and Alyssa Jeong Perry and edited by Taki Telonidis with Ziva Branstetter for Reveal in partnership with KQED. Winner of the 2018 Radio Impact Award This investigation into Tesla’s safety practices shows how the company has prioritized production over safety and disregarded the warnings of its own safety staff. Tesla responded by calling Reveal an "extremist organization." Overnight in the E.R., produced by Sammy Mack and edited by Alicia Zuckerman for WLRN News. Winner of the 2018 Best News Feature Award Over the course of a night at the Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami, it’s not uncommon to see a gunshot wound victim come through the doors. This story shows what happens in those crucial moments after a shooting in real-time. Man Choubam (I am good), produced by Sharon Mashihi with editors Bob Carlson and Kaitlin Prest for UnFictional from KCRW. Winner of the 2018 Best Documentary: Silver Award Sharon calls herself a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards. Her mom does not approve. They confront their longstanding differences on an Iranian self-help cruise. This hour of Best of the Best was produced by Isabel Vázquez.Listen to the full pieces at ThirdCoastFestival.org. Learn more about this year's Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Awards Ceremony here.Find the full tracklist of songs featured in this hour at ThirdCoastFestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we’re all about honesty. An honest look at fat, and an honest answer to this burning question, “What are the real lyrics to ‘Louie Louie’????”The Host’s Fat By Jonathan Zenti for Meat As an overweight man, Jonanthan Zenti explains how his shape and his diets often cause him to question his identity… but not to lose it.Louie Louie: the strange journey of the dirtiest song never written  By David Weinberg, Nick White and Myke Dodge Weiskopf for KCRW’s Lost Notes   An FBI Investigation, an engagement ring, wine coolers... all part of the surprising story behind the ubiquitous anthem that every teenager bangs out on their first guitar.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, a single commercial that ran for twenty-five years and two women who’ve been running from each other for even longer.Moo and OinkBy Cher Vincent for The Nod from Gimlet MediaWith a long-running TV commercial featuring a dancing cow and pig, Moo and Oink grocery stores were a staple for Chicago’s black South Side communities. But producer Cher Vincent digs a little deeper into the origins of these iconic stores.Man Choubam (I am good)By Sharon Mashihi for KCRW’s Unfictional and The HeartSharon Mashihi is a weirdo and refuses to conform to cultural standards, which has been hard on her relationship with her mom. But Sharon saw a chance to mend the strife when she bought a ticket to a cruise with Farhang Holakouee, a famous Iranian talk-show psychiatrist. Could therapy and sunshine fix their relationship?This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we go into a hypnotherapists office and come out with a story of international intrigue.No Bad NewsBy Sarah Geis for Love+Radio from Radiotopia  Three decades ago, American hypnotist Larry Garrett committed himself to abstaining from the news. So, in 2001, when he received a phone call inviting him to Iraq, he didn’t think twice about saying ‘Yes’.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we go back in time to try and heal old wounds and revisit history.BuzzBy hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein and with Wendy Dorr, Chris Neary, and Kalila Holt for *Heavyweight* from Gimlet Media  Buzz (Jonathan Goldstein’s father) and Sheldon (his uncle) are brothers in their eighties who have been estranged for decades. With Jonathan’s encouragement, Buzz visits Sheldon to see if there’s still a relationship left to salvage.Sandi And Princess DiBy Arwen Nicks for *How Was Your Day?* from KUOW On August 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, is involved in a nighttime crash in Paris that leads to her death, the death of her partner Dodi Fayed and driver Henri Paul. On the same day, a phone call in the middle of the night leads Sandi Clark to an emergency room and a tragedy she's not sure she can handle.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we trot across middle America, with a story from a Nashville neighbourhood, and a Missouri payphone that won’t stop ringing.The Great Divide By Meribah Knight for The Promise from Nashville Public Radio (2018) Big Man, a public housing resident from Nashville’s Cayce Homes, walks across the street to meet the wealthy couple who live in the fancy new home on the hill. In many ways, their lives couldn’t be more different, but in breaking the silence between the two sides of the gentrifying neighborhood, a friendship begins to form — only to be dashed in a way no one could have expected. [Note: this is the 4th episode of the series]Putting Columbia’s Pay Phone Mystery to Rest By Emerald O’Brien for KBIA in Columbia Missouri (2016) Payphones went from being a staple of many people’s daily lives to nearly completely antiquated in a matter of decades. This is true in Columbia, too – with only a couple dozen phones still standing. But KBIA's Emerald O'Brien looked into why one downtown payphone has an unusual amount of activity, but only in the middle of the night. And answering this question led her down an unexpected path.Unsent By Laura Barton for Short Cuts from Falling Tree Productions and BBC Radio 4 (2017) A box full of postcards, stamped and unsent, may seem insignificant, but as Laura Barton explains, those cards can capture a time and place long forgotten.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, a deep dive into the anthem of the Confederacy, two different kinds of waves and a modern take on Romeo & Juliet.The SongBy producers Chris Neary, Chiquita Paschal, and Saidu Tejan-Thomas and hosted by Jack Hitt and Chenjerai Kumanyika for Uncivil from Gimlet Media (2017)  On this episode, the *Uncivil* team dig deep into ‘Dixie’, the anthem of the Confederacy only to find out that everything we thought we knew about the history of the song… was wrong.Migraines & Tsunamis   By Adrienne Lily (first appeared on Constellations in 2018)  This is a non-narrative (but highly descriptive) piece about the prelude to suffering. It’s a play on expecting pain, on remembering pain and on the scales of suffering. Going through the warning signs of a tsunami and the nervous anticipation of an impending migraine. Part audio diary, part collage and part soundscape.Romeo & JulietBy Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime for Pen Pals (2017)  After their suicides, a posthumous textathon between Romeo and Juliet reveals he somehow wound up in Heaven, she in Hell. Can Juliet claw her way through the circles of Hell to join her Romeo or will she be stuck bunking with The Real Housewives of Inferno for good? Starring *Love's* Paul Rust and Noël Wells of Master of None.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, the most famous chord in pop music, swimming pools, skateboarders and more!The Pool and the Stream by Avery Trufelman for 99% Invisible (2017) A story in three acts, that connects one idea, born in Northern Europe, to a four-wheeled phenomenon in 1970s Southern California.Magical Mystery Chord by Joel Werner for Sum of All Parts (2017) The opening chord to The Beatles ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ is one of the most iconic sounds in pop music history. But for decades, no one could figure out exactly how those couple of seconds of music were made.No Event by Miyuki Jokiranta (first appeared on Constellations in 2018) Time functions asymmetrically in a doctor's waiting room. Our bodies keep their own time, which is rarely calibrated to half hour appointments, and we feel we're often left waiting. The smallest procedure can stretch to fill a day, and a year on waiting list, a lifetime. No Event is a plastic moment in a waiting room.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour more of our faves, including Gloria Gaynor, a seventeen year-old retiree, and two spoofs: one microbiological and one murderous.Episode 1: A Perfect Murder by Katy Yeiser, David Sidorov, Ryan Natoli, and Fran Hoepfner for A Very Fatal Murder from The Onion In the first episode of “A Very Fatal Murder,” longtime Onion Public Radio reporter David Pascall, who has searched tirelessly for the most resonant true-crime podcast that is also about middle America, heads to Bluff Springs, NE where the small town is reeling from the death of 17-year-old Hayley Price.Toccata by Mira Burt-Wintonik & Cristal Duhaime feat. the voice of Jane Lewis for Falling Tree Productions and The Essay from BBC Radio 3 Canadian producers Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime blend reality and fiction to explore a parasitic relationship.Dear Dream by Jess Shane for The Doc Project from the CBC A lot of us define ourselves by our jobs. Which is why people often struggle when the time comes to retire. They don't know who they are any more. And we're not just talking about people who stop working after a lifetime in a career — the girl at the heart of this documentary is 17. She retired from a promising rhythmic gymnastics career — she was competing at a national level and was Olympics-bound — about a year ago because of an injury. And retirement? She still hasn't accepted it.“Inside the National Recording Registry: I Will Survive” by Devon Strolovitch for PRI’s Studio360 Originally released as a B-side, so many deejays began playing Gloria Gaynor's “I Will Survive” that the record company reissued it as a single. It was immediately embraced as an emblem of women’s empowerment and soon became anthem among the LGBT community and survivors of all kinds. Music writer Vince Aletti joins Gaynor herself to tell the story of the recording.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, a teenage taxidermist, a community of medical migrants who settled in Snowflake, Arizona, and, a day in the life of a sacred cow.A Cow A Day by Pejk Malinovski for Falling Tree Productions and Between the Ears from BBC Radio 3 At sunrise, on the banks of the Ganges river, the poet and radio producer Pejk Malinovski picks out a cow at random and starts to follow her. He continues to follow her until sunset. A meditative journey unfolds within the sonic backdrop of the ancient city of Varanasi - until suddenly the two of them find themselves on the set of a Bollywood dance film. ‘A Cow a Day’ invites you to un-follow your digital stream and exercise your ability to be just present.The Teenage Taxidermist by Rachel Matlow for The Sunday Edition from the CBC Tristan Meyer-Odell is a pretty normal 15-year-old guy. He loves video games, comic books and his pets: a python and big burly dog. But recently, Tristan has taken up an unusual hobby. And to support it, he has a freezer in his bedroom. It was the top thing on his Christmas wish list last year. The freezer is now full of dead animal carcasses, patiently waiting for his attention.Medical Migrants by Delaney Hall for State of the Re:Union Susan Molloy has a controversial medical condition called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS), which renders people seriously intolerant to synthetic substances. Because of this she’s lived in the clean mountain air of Snowflake, Arizona since 1994. MCS is not recognized as an illness by the American Medical Association, and people with the condition often find themselves without medical care, or access to disability resources. Sufferers live largely outside of mainstream society in isolated communities where they fend for themselves and build their own support networks. In Snowflake, the few dozen people who migrated there, left behind homes, families, and jobs to seek a place they can feel better... and more are still hoping to move in.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: lawyers-turned-pinball wizards, two extraordinary minds meeting in a field of poetry and, forty years after the phrase was coined, the skinny on 420.Geis & Geis: Pinball Machine Distributors by Sarah Geis for Falling Tree Productions' Short Cuts on BBC Radio 4 When Sarah was 10-years-old, her lawyer parents decided to quit their jobs and and take a spin in the world of pinball.420 by Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer for Criminal The Colorado Department of Transportation says the 420 mile markers on the state’s highways were stolen so often, they had to replace them with 419.99 mile markers. Many people know that “420” represents marijuana – hence the popularity of the mile markers – but very few know why. It’s not a police code, it’s not the number of chemical compounds in cannabis, and it’s certainly not Bob Marley’s birthday. This is the real story.Two Poets by Martin Johnson for Seriously on BBC Radio 4 Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant for whom words are filled with colour and numbers have become friends. In Daniel's world, four is shy, six a little sad. Numbers and words come easy to him. And he never forgets — once, he recited 22154 digits of Pi from memory. On another occasion, he learned Icelandic in a week. He has a hard time connecting with people, but the poetry of Australian Les Murray opened up a new world for Daniel.This hour of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour an unlikely best-seller, a colorful hero and the legends of burlesque.“Naked Came the Stranger”: an oral history By Sam Kim for PRI’s Studio360 In 1969, the erotic potboiler “Naked Came the Stranger” climbed The New York Times bestseller list. According to the back cover, it was written by a “demure Long Island housewife” named Penelope Ashe. Except… that wasn’t the whole story.Becoming Barbara by Natalie Kestecher for Short Cuts on BBC Radio 4 When Natalie found herself stuck on a story she was writing and struggling for ideas, a friend invited her to a special gathering. There, during a spiritual dalliance into literary soul-searching, she finally met her muse.Burlesque Legends by Steve Urquhart for Seriously on BBC Radio 4 Each year, hundreds of performers attend the Burlesque Hall of Fame Weekend in Las Vegas, where the guests of honour are The Living Legends. In the mid-20th century these women were shunned by society. Most were presumed prostitutes. But now their careers are celebrated, and their ground-breaking acts are revived, at the Titans of Tease Reunion. British actor, cabaret star, and former Best Male Striptease Artist, Mat Fraser embarks on a very personal journey to meet some of the legends, both on and off stage.This hour of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, three stories from the annals of analog. ‘Second Side Up’By David Waters with Asst. Producer Robbie MacInnes and Exec. Producer Francesca Panetta for Between the Ears on BBC Radio 3 (2017)For over four decades, Mark Talbot recorded scenes from his life and used them to create a cassette radio show, which he called Second Side Up. Complete with music, interviews and phone-ins, Second Side Up sounded like professional work, but not a single episode was ever broadcast. The tapes were distributed to a tiny network of friends and family, a unique correspondence that came to define Mark's life.The resulting archive of tapes is a unique autobiography in radio-show format. Cassette From My Ex [Excerpt]by Joe Decault for 91.5 WBEZ Chicago (2009)That mix tape you received from an ex. ‘Time’By Damon Krukowski, Max Larkin and Ian Coss for Ways of Hearing from Radiotopia’s ShowcaseContemplate the way digital audio – in music recording, and in radio and television broadcast – employs a different sense of time than we use in our offline life, a time that is more regular and yet less communal.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we remember the audio work of two brilliant producers who recently passed away — Jesse Cox & Joe Frank.Part 1: Jesse Cox (5 September 1986 – 18 December 2017)‘Keep Them Guessing’ [excerpt] by Jesse Cox for ABC RN’s 360Documentaries (2013) As a young boy, producer Jesse Cox discovered a set of old cassette tapes which turned out to be a hugely popular BBC radio show featuring his grandparents performing telepathically. The tapes had been sitting in the front room of his parent's home for years - recordings of an unsolved mystery that has captivated and kept his family guessing for three generations. (This piece won the 2013 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Directors’ Choice Award)‘This Is About Jesse Cox’ By Belinda Lopez & Jess Bineth for This Is About (2017) Friends and colleagues of Jesse Cox remember his work, life, spirit and humour.‘The Real Tom Banks’ by Jesse Cox with Timothy Nicastru for ABC RN’s Radiotonic (2014) Tom Banks is 23, gay and searching for love. He grew up relatively isolated on a farm just outside of Geelong in Victoria, Australia, and as a teenager turned to internet chat rooms to meet others. Over the years, Tom has become somewhat of an expert when it comes to meeting guys online. And he's learned that when you're online, you can be whoever you want to be. So who is the real Tom Banks? (This piece won the 2014 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition Best Documentary Silver Award)Part 2: Joe Frank (19 August 1938 – 15 January 2018)Featuring: Excerpts from Joe’s 2003 Third Coast Lifetime Achievement Award Speech‘Sweepstakes Winner’ by Joe Frank for KCRW Fund Drive (2000) In Sweepstakes Winner, Joe Frank imagines a seemingly celebratory phone call from KCRW's Fund Drive that is quickly interrupted.‘Dreamers’ by Joe Frank for KCRW’s Unfictional (2013) Dreamers is a contemplation of time and mortality. It includes stories about a family’s tragic visit to Palestine and a man who attends a dinner party after learning he might be dying.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we look back on some of our favorite moments from the past 14 years of Re:sound.With former producers Katia Dunn, Roman Mars, Delaney Hall and Katie Mingle, we listen to excerpts of memorable Re:sound moments and episodes:The Karaoke Tupperware ShowThe Confessions ShowThe Phone ShowThe Transmissions ShowThe Feedback ShowThe Music of Everyday Things ShowThe Night ShowThe Centenarians ShowThe Stories from Childhood ShowThe Driving ShowThe Odd Couples ShowThis episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're going behind-the-scenes at two top podcasts: The Daily and 99% Invisible .Bringing Together Narrative and News [EXCERPT]presented by Lisa Tobin and Michael Barbaro of The Daily from The New York Times When the New York Times got into the podcast business in 2017, they hired producer Lisa Tobin, a public radio veteran, as executive producer. Lisa and her team went in thinking they would make one type of podcast and came out with something completely different. The form they inadvertently invented was The Daily, a twenty-minute deep dive into the news that to applies documentary story structure to traditional journalism. They must be doing something right, since The Daily shot right to the top of the podcast charts. At the 2017 Third Coast Conference, Lisa Tobin the show’s host, Michael Barbaro, discussed what they’ve learned from the first nine months of making The Daily.The Past Isn't Past [EXCERPT]presented by Delaney Hall of 99% Invisible At the 2017 Third Coast Conference, Delaney Hall shared a range of stories that trace a line from the past to the present — using deep reporting to understand the world around us. During the session, Delaney drew on her experiences as a producer and editor with 99% Invisible , as well as work from other history-centric podcasts like Uncivil , More Perfect and Scene on Radio . She also shared tips on how to frame and structure stories about the past, how to source archival material and how to bring dead characters and lost places to life in sound.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before the end of a busy and exciting year for radio and podcasts, the Third Coast staff got together to recap and reflect on 2017.Johanna, Maya, Gwen, Dennis and Isabel discussed the shows and moments in the audio world from 2017 that they won't soon forget... and talked about what they look forward to hearing more of in 2018 and beyond.What we won’t forget from 2017:Johanna: How much everyone wanted to talk (debate, and reconsider, and take some more) about S-Town.Isabel: The rise of mini-series, often delving into the mind of one man (yep, mostly men), including: Missing Richard Simmons, Start Up’s series on Dov Charney, The Pope’s Long Con, Mogul: The Life & Death of Chris Lighty, Embedded’s “Trump Stories”Dennis: Podcast producers making limited series that can end, like Showcase & Heaven’s Gate.Maya: How inspiring it was — especially for public media newsrooms — when 74 Seconds won the Third Coast/RHDF Best Documentary: Gold.Gwen: This latest season of Heavyweight & the divisive set-up of Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel.What we’re looking forward to in 2018:Gwen: MORE OF THE THINGS I LOVE!!!!Johanna: More people re-thinking the podcast form — like in CBC’s Alone: A Love Story.Maya: A nightly, live on-air radio broadcast hosted by women about urgent, topical issues, like WNYC’s “A Reckoning in Our Own House”Isabel: More great Spanish-language and bilingual podcasts! Shout out to Martina Castro’s bilingual provocation.Dennis: Pieces without clear narrative arcs — and podcasts & radio stories made overseas, but NOT in Europe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, Third Coast’s take on the holidays.No Santa By John Biewen for Scene on Radio (2015) A father turns on a recorder while tucking in his 7-year-old, having no idea he’s about to capture a poignant growing-up moment in his son’s life. (Advisory: This episode is not suitable for some young children.)Vince Guaraldi: A Charlie Brown Christmas By Ben Manilla for Inside the National Recording Registry for Studio360 (2012) The soundtrack of the holidays is lousy with annoying songs about sleigh rides and snowmen, and beautiful old carols done up as treacly as possible. One of the saving graces this time of year is the music from A Charlie Brown Christmas, written by Vince Guaraldi.Winterval By Helen Zaltzman for The Allusionist (2016) There's a word that has become shorthand for 'the war on Christmas' with a side of 'political correctness gone mad': Winterval.Morning Program [excerpt] By Stephanie Foo for Pilot (2016) A satirical look at the way public radio often treats "exotic" holidays... applied to Christmas.Burn Slush! The Reindeer Grand Prix [excerpt] By Cathy FitzGerald for BBC World Service (2016) Producer Cathy FitzGerald travels to the snowy north of Finland to discover the sport of reindeer racing. She visits the little town of Inari, where the cappuccinos come with tiny antlers sketched in the foam and the local bar – PaPaNa (The Reindeer Dropping) – serves pizza topped with bear salami. Each year, the top 24 fastest reindeer compete here to be crowned The Reindeer King. They fly around a two-kilometre race track carved on the surface of icy Lake Inari to the cheers of hundreds of spectators.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, some of the winners of our annual documentary competition, including the Best Documentary: Gold Award winner.The Discussion — Best New Artist by Rosa Gollan for PocketDocs from ABC Radio National For some friends there's no subject too secret, or content too confronting. Rosa and Ryan have that kind of friendship. But five years after they first met, Rosa realized there was still one discussion left to have, and it wasn't going to be easy.Los Cassettes del Exilio — Best Foreign Language Award by Dennis Maxwell for Radio Ambulante For much of Dennis Maxwell’s childhood, his father was living in exile, communicating with the family via cassette tapes. Dennis found those tapes recently and discovered the true impact of his father’s exile.The Accidental Gay Parents, Part 5 — Best Documentary: Honorable Mention Award by Hillary Frank with Kristen Clark and Abigail Keel for The Longest Shortest Time from Stitcher This is the story of what it’s like to be a pregnant man, and to share that news with your parents, your children, and the world.S-Town — Directors' Choice Award by Brian Reed and Julie Snyder S-Town is a podcast that starts as a traditional investigation into corruption and wrongdoing in rural Alabama that becomes something much newer and stranger: a literary profile of one man’s life.The Traffic Stop — Best Documentary: Gold Award by Tracy Mumford with Hans Buetow, reported by Jon Collins and Riham Feshir, for 74 Seconds forMinnesota Public Radio and American Public Media. On July 6, 2016, Philando Castile was pulled over by Officer Jeronimo Yanez for a broken brake light. How did a routine traffic stop turn fatal in less than two minutes? We break down what happened that night, second by second.This hour of Best of the Best was produced by Dennis Funk.Music for Best of the Best was provided by Patient Sounds, a private-press record label and book publisher in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, some of the winners of our annual documentary competition.Featuring...Quiet Revolution — Best New Artist Award by Laura Irving for BIRSt.co.uk This autobiographical account follows a middle-aged woman embarking on an unconventional new hobby of roller skating. Is she a fearless warrior against age and gender stereotypes?Standing Out from the Crowd at a Trump Rally — Best News Feature Award by Ike Sriskandarajah for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting and PRX In Myrtle Beach, candidate Donald Trump spoke at a Tea Party convention about banning Muslims: “We don’t know where these guys are from.” At a motorcycle rally outside, producer Ike Sriskandarajah is personally confronted with the same skepticism.Blink Once for Yes — Best Documentary: Bronze Award by John Fecile, Steven Jackson and Lizzie Schiffman Tufano for Love + Radio, from Radiotopia When Mike comes home after an accident, his family is faced with a new reality and an impossible choice.Heavyweight: Gregor — Skylarking Award by Jonathan Goldstein with co-producers Wendy Dorr, Kalila Holt, Chris Neary for Heavyweight from Gimlet Media.20 years ago, Gregor lent some CDs to a musician friend. The CDs helped make him a famous rockstar. Now, Gregor would like some recognition. But mostly, he wants his CDs back.Emancipation: A Young Man Leaves Foster Care on His Own Terms — Radio Impact Award by Noel Anaya with Brett Myers and Denise Tejada for Youth Radio and NPR’s All Things Considered When Noel Anaya had his final hearing before aging out of California’s foster care system, he wanted to bring millions into that courtroom with him, where he’d suffered time and time again.Majd’s Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl — Best Documentary: Silver Award by Sarah Kate Kramer and Joe Richman for Radio Diaries and NPR’s All Things Considered Majd Abdulghani dreams of becoming a scientist, while her parents want to arrange her marriage. From the age of 19 to 21, Majd Abdulghani used a microphone to chronicle her life, taking listeners inside a society where the voices of women are rarely heard.This hour of Best of the Best was produced by Dennis Funk.Music for Best of the Best was provided by Patient Sounds, a private-press record label and book publisher in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we're diving deep into the strange, beautiful world of modern music composition.The Producer  By Alex Overington for WXQR's *Meet the Composer* (2017)  Staff paper and key signatures are great for concertos and sonatas, but the composers in this story don’t think that way… in fact most of them aren’t even sure they should be called composers at all. That includes producer Alex Overington who takes us on a road trip to unravel the creative process of those who write without a score.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.Music for Re:sound* is provided by Patient Sounds, a private-press record label and book publisher in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, what we see - and what we want to see - when we gaze into our reflections in the mirror.MirroredBy Cathy Fitzgerald for BBC Radio 4 / World Service (2017) Each of us cultivates an image of ourselves at certain point in our lives and, once it’s there, it’s a hard image to shake. So much of our identities are expressed through our appearance. So what happens to our self-image as we get older and our features begin to change? In this story, we hear from people between the ages of 11 to 86 years old as they reflect… on their reflections in the mirror.Only VolunteersBy Rebecca Hertz for Snap Judgement (2012) When Rebecca began working for a makeover-themed reality TV show, she thought she was going to be helping women realize their dreams and become more self-confident. What actually happened over the course of the show’s production was very different from what she - or any of the show’s contestants - signed up for.The Trouble With Beauty [Excerpt]By Lea Redfern for ABC RN’s 360 Documentaries (2013)As producer Lea Redfern prepares to have her first baby girl, she confronts the issue of having to someday teach her daughter about “beauty.” In this story, Lea explores how society values beauty and whether as a parent, she’ll be able to turn some of those values around.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vazquez.Music for Re:sound is provided by Patient Sounds, a private press record label and publisher in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, amateur detectives, spiritual revelations and other stories of dogged perseverance.The 27th Amendment By Matt Largey for Pop-Up Magazine and KUT Austin (2016) With everything that’s going on in politics these days, it helps to remember the power that we have as individuals to make change. Examples of this are far too few, of course. But there is one that stands out. And you’ve probably never heard it.Angie By Phoebe Judge and Lauren Spohrer for their podcast Criminal (2015) In July of 2002, Philadelphia Homicide Detective Pat Mangold was called to the scene of a gruesome murder on the Schuylkill River. When he wasn’t able to determine the victim’s identity, he expected the case to remain unsolved. But then, out of the blue, a professional soccer player inserted himself into the investigation, and became obsessed with solving the crime. Featuring a behind the scenes interview with Phoebe JudgeFirst You Leave and Then You Go By Karen Duffin Re:sound debut, originally produced for the Transom Storytelling Workshop (2013)This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.Karen's dad most wanted to pass on his curiosity and his faith to his seven children. She has the curiosity, it's sharing his faith that she's not so sure of.Music for Re:sound is provided by Patient Sounds, a private press record label and publisher in Chicago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we dive into the audio features of the multi-talented musician and poet, Phil Smith. Satchmo Encore By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2014 The Smith Brothers' Ain't Misbehavin' was a highlight of the 1994 Cheadle Hulme Junior School's Informal Concert. Jazz historian Alyn Shipton assesses its critical value. Die Fremde By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2014 An nod to Kafka, language and longing. Towards By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2017 Love in a time of climate change, // Love under sponsored umbrellas, // Love in a time of Eisenstein films // uploaded to Youtube, // and that famous scene // of the baby's pram rolling down the steps, // to the waterfront in Odessa... Four Resolutions of a Dimished Chord By Phil Smith (previously unaired), 2017 Leonard Bernstein and an exploration of romances that fizzle out. "We Are Here To Help Each Other Get Through This Thing, Whatever It Is" By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2017 A story that starts with Kurt Vonnegut, ends with a giggling librarian, and in between touches on loneliness, insecurity, the deathly serious and the ridiculously absurd. A Very Different Time By Phil Smith for Short Cuts a Falling Tree Production for BBC Radio 4, 2017 A setting of W.H. Auden's 'Paysage Moralisé' — a poem about the idea of home and who gets to live where For more work from Phil's website to hear more features and music: https://www.pmcsmith.com/ This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we’re sharing a few of Third Coast’s favourite stories that didn’t quite fit the mold of past episodes.Smart Old Broad By Gideon Brower and Nick White for Unfictional from KCRW (2014) Maureen "Mo" O'Neill was spending her days mostly alone. She didn't have many friends, she was getting older, and didn't know who she was. After work she could never summon up the inspiration it took to get off the couch and leave the house. But that's when she discovered the solution that opened up the world to her… competitive air guitar.The Leaves By Jaye Kranz for ‘Between The Essays’ (The Essay) for Falling Tree Productions & BBC Radio 3 (2015) Radio producer Jaye Kranz was given a line of poetry from an Adelaide Crapsey poem—"The leaves, frost crisp'd, break from the trees"—and asked to make adventurous radio with it. What followed is a leap into the therapeutic possibilities of poetry, and a tumble down the rabbit hole into a dreamlike space of memories.The Magic Skates [excerpt] By Mad Genius for Where@abouts (2016) Jeanne Du Snark brings the pain for the Mad Rollin' Dolls, a roller derby league in Madison, Wisconsin. The audio collective Mad Genius recorded Jeanne's world, remixing her skates into an arena-shaking stomp. "You could get hit from anywhere. Just be ready."Six House Parties By Ross Sutherland for Imaginary Advice (2015)Ross Sutherland takes you through a creative menagerie of themed house parties.Knitter on the Bus By Kate Sweeney for Atlanta Sounds from WABE (2012) Fred Skey is an Atlanta commuter who’s found a crafty way to pass the time as he takes MARTA to and from work: knitting. He says that the act of knitting feels like a meditation; when he focuses on his stitches during his long commute, the stress from the workday melts away.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour the symphonic textures of our everyday lives.Soundtracks of Our Lives By Tim Hinman for Third Ear (2013) Crossing the planet in search of something that can make some sense of sound, Tim Hinman talks to film sound designer Peter Albrechtsen in Copenhagen and deconstructs the sound of cinema. Jacob Kirkegaard, sound artist from Denmark travels to Ethiopia in search of sounds that may not be what they seem. British sound recordist and composer Chris Watson is at the South Pole and the North Pole, stopping over in Denmark for a walk in the park. Musician and singer Kirstine Stubbe Teglbjærg gets lost in childhood sounds of the Swedish forest, and music producer Steve Albini shows us around his studio in Chicago, USA.Check out more from Tim on the podcast Sound Matters .This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, stories that grab hold of our expectations and smash the binary.My Name Is Shawn and I Prefer Heby Judy Campbell & Amy Standed for The Leap from KQED (2015)Shawn Demmons is a 50-year-old man now, but when he was growing up, he was Shawna Demmons. Lately we’ve heard a lot of stories about people who, after years in the closet, found the courage to come out as transgender. But for Shawn, courage was never the problem. His leap was a four decade journey to realize he was a man. And then he had to decide just what kind of man he wanted to be.NOTE: Due to rights restrictions, this story is no longer available on Re:sound, but you can listen here: https://goo.gl/Te7iqkTwirl by Kaitlin Prest for The Heart (2017)Todd once loved a woman. And she loved him back, but there was one thing that she just couldn’t get over, he twirls. This piece explores what it means to be effeminate when you’re a straight cis-dude. Kaitlin talks to men who embrace and resist their femininity.The Accidental Gay Parents by Hillary Frank for The Longest Shortest Time (2015)In this story, gender is just a small piece of a complicated situation our protagonists find themselves in. Theirs is a tale that turns assumptions upside down: it’s a passionate love story, a tense legal drama, and a complicated family affair, that starts when boy meets boy.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour two stories about what remains after the fighting stops.Guilty Landscape By Anik See for Earth Beat from Radio Netherlands Worldwide (2012) World War I started nearly one hundred years ago. As far as wars go, it was epic – ten million soldiers died in just four years. Over two million of them alone died on the Western Front near Ypres, and the landscape of Flanders was completely devastated. Not a living tree or blade of grass survived. But are the marks of war still visible? What’s it like there now? To find out, Anik went there with her young son.Saigon, 1965 By Malcolm Gladwell, Mia Lobel, Roxanne Scott and Jacob Smith Revisionist History (2016) In the early 1960s the Pentagon set up a top-secret research project in an old villa in downtown Saigon. The task? To interview captured North Vietnamese soldiers and guerrillas in order to measure the effect of relentless U.S. bombing on their morale. Yet despite a wealth of great data, even the leaders of the study couldn’t agree on what it meant.This episode or Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. He also hosted because Gwen Macsai is an amazing human being who was away donating her kidney to save someone else's life.Music for Re:sound is provided by Patient Sounds, a private press record label and book publisher in Chicago. You can check them out at patient-sounds.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour stories dedicated to our furry and not-so-furry friends.Flash! (parts I & II)by Daimiano Marchetti with Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt (Reply All, 2016 & 2017)Craigslist: Santa Rosa, California. Lost & found. Post title: Lost tortoise. Flash has escaped.Charles Mingus Toilet Trained His Cat. We Put His Method to the Testby Jody Avigran (Studio360 [WNYC], 2014)The jazz musician Charles Mingus was a celebrated band leader and one of the most important composers of his generation. But at the same time he was recording The Greatest Jazz Concert Ever with Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, he was working on another masterpiece of sorts. He figured out how to get his cat, Nightlife, to poop in a toilet — and he decided he’d share his method with the world.Snowdriftby Jennifer Wing (Sound Effect [KNKX], 2015)The story of a lost cat that didn’t actually want to be found.Are Animals Creative?by Sean Cole (Studio360 [WNYC], 2006)What separates humans from animals? It used to be tools - and then we found out some animals are pretty handy. But what about art? There may be nothing prettier than birdsong, but each species sings pretty much the same tune. Are animals ever really creative? Sean Cole went looking for animal artists and found a dog painter and an orchestra of elephants.Charlie’s Conundrum [excerpt]by Sook-Yin Lee and Veronica Simmonds (Sleepover [CBC], 2016)Eight-year-old Charlie tells us about her one great love… her guinea pig, Turnip.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.Music featured on Re:sound is provided by Patient Sounds a private press record label and book publisher based in Chicago. For a tracklist of songs, go to www.ThirdCoastFestival.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, Mother’s Day, in all it’s beautiful, complicated glory.Deliveranceby Francesca Panetta and Lucy Greenwell with presenter Lemn Sissay for Between the Ears (BBC Radio 3, 2015)A sound poem made from the audio diaries of five women in their final days of pregnancy.International Brotherhood of MothersBy Nate DiMeo for The Memory Palace (2009)The story of the founding of Mother’s Day and the holiday’s social justice origins turned commercial.Private Black Motherhood and Public White ProtestBy Stacia Brown for Hope Chest (2017)Stacia knows all too well that some adults start treating young black girls as women as early as age 7. In this personal essay - which weaves together Stacia's prose with the perfect measure of interview, music and found sound - we hear about the fears and joys of black motherhood especially in this Trumpian era of blatant racism.On Death and Space CloudsBy Tally Abecassis for First Day Back (2016)After your mom is gone, and all that remains is her voice in your head, how do you introduce that person, that primary force in your life, to someone who never knew her, like your children. This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour stories that dive below the surface to help us understand issues of race, the environment and immigration.How Race Was Made (Seeing White, Part 2) [excerpt] by John Biewen ( Scene on Radio , 2017) When producer John Biewen was in high school in the late 1970s, he learned from his textbooks that people could be divided into three distinct races — mongoloid, caucasoid and negroid. Decades later he wondered when and how this now debunked theory of race took hold. In this episode, John looks at those distinctions arose. This excerpt is the second episode of a multi-part series John is producing on race called 'Seeing White'. You can listen to all of the episodes on the Scene on Radio website (http://podcast.cdsporch.org/) or subscribe to the podcast.How the Environment Got Political [excerpt] by Brooke Gladstone ( On the Media from WNYC Studios, 2017) In the 1960's the issues pertaining to the environment were not nearly as divisive as they are today (e.g. Global Warming). Back then, the environment was a bipartisan issue, and a Republican president created the EPA in 1970 in response to public pressure. So how did we get here? How did the environment go from universal concern to political battleground — with the EPA caught in the crossfire?Listen to On the Media's entire episode about the EPA and the environment at http://www.wnyc.org/story/on-the-media-2017-03-10/State (Sanctuary Part 2) by Delaney Hall with Roman Mars (99% Invisible, 2017) In n the 1980s, the United States experienced a refugee crisis. Thousands of Central Americans were fleeing civil wars in their home countries.In response, a network of churches across the country declared themselves “sanctuaries,” offering shelter to thise who were threatened with deportation and in some cases helped smuggle people across the border. Leaders and members of these sanctuary churches believed they had a religious imperative to help people fleeing persecution. But the US government saw things differently, and took legal action. You can hear 'Church', the first episode from 99pi 's Sanctuary series, at 99percentinvisible.org.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Earlier this week Third Coast held a public discussion in Chicago about the big podcast of the moment, S-Town. We recorded this event live at Ipsento606 with about 50 S-Town super fans. To join in on the discussion, visit facebook.com/groups/stownhall Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour redefinition, reflection... and the new you. The Understudy By Sophie Townsend with Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime for Love Me (CBC, 2016) Sophie Townsend has been a widow for a year and a half. She is too busy taking care of her children to entertain the idea of dating, until a man compliments her shoes. Katie V Katie By Nancy Lopez for Snap Judgement (2017) When Katie Crouch learned there was another Katie Crouch who lived in the same city and apparently had the same professional interests as her she thought, huh, what else do we have in common? She would soon find out. Not All Who Wander Are Lost…But Some Definitely Are By James Spring for This American Life (2014) A car is a classic place to realize: "oh, I’m lost." But sometimes the realization of being lost comes first, and the car is the solution. Drive, keep driving, get un-lost. James Spring has this story about a road trip as life plan. This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, “I do” or “do I?” the calculus for marriage, for better and for worse.Majd’s Diary: Two Years in the Life of a Saudi Girl by Joe Richman and Sarah Kramer (Radio Diaries, 2016) A few years ago, Radio diaries teamed up with Cowbird, a public storytelling website and held a competition to find a fresh voice. They discovered Majd Abdulghani, a muslim teenager in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, a young woman under pressure from her parents to consider an arranged marriage.How Will I Know? by Andrea Silenzi (Why Oh Why, 2016) Andrea Silenzi, host of the relationship podcast Why Oh Why, looks back at the role the show has played in her personal life. Travel through the past three years as Andrea talks to her editor, Hillary Frank, about what’s going on in her relationship.Choose Responsibly by Dennis Funk (Re:sound debut, 2017) Choosing a partner is just a game, or is it?The Wedding Song by Yenting Hsu (ARTE Radio, 2011) At the time of her marriage, a Paiwan princess bids farewell to her family and her youth. So the wedding song of this indigenous Tawainese people is mixed with tears. Recorded in the village of Liang-Shan, in the Ping-Tung region, south of the island.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we’re coming to you from inside the Third Coast Institute of Sound — a fictional museum we’ve dreamed up where all of the exhibits and artifacts are dedicated to things that make sound and noise.The Cat Piano (on loan from The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments) By Victoria Ferran with Sound Engineer Chris O’Shaughnessy for Soundproof (ABC RN, 2016) The history of the cat piano goes back centuries and raises unanswered (and perhaps unanswerable) questions about the relationship between music and noise, human and animal.Vox Ex Machina By Delaney Hall and Roman Mars for 99% Invisible In 1939, an astonishing new machine debuted at the New York World’s Fair. An operator sat at the organ-like device’s curved wooden console with a giant speaker towering behind her. She faced an expectant audience, placed her hands on a keyboard in front of her, and then played something the world had never really heard before — a synthesized voice.Mr Pumpernickle's Musical Gas (on loan from The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments) By Victoria Ferran with Sound Engineer Chris O’Shaughnessy for Soundproof (ABC RN, 2016) In the 1830s, the French were imagining a delivery method for music long before the radio was invented, all thanks to gaz musical .Roald Dahl's Sound Machine (on loan from The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments) By Victoria Ferran with Sound Engineer Chris O’Shaughnessy for Soundproof (ABC RN, 2016) Roald Dahl's short but slightly disturbing story tells of a man named Klausner who invents a machine that can hear sound the human ear cannot hear.Gone With A Trace: The story of lost items on the US/Mexico border By Joan Webber for The Current (CBC, 2015) Every year, thousands of people try to secretly cross into America by foot. It is a brutal, daunting trip. Some make it, some are caught and sent back, and still others die in the effort. And along the way the landscape is littered with objects left behind, testaments to the struggle people endure trying to get here. Photographer Richard Misrach and composer Guillermo Galindo have been collecting these objects left by migrants and transforming them into musical instruments, in the hopes of giving voice to statistics.Khlebnikov's Radio of The Future (on loan from The Museum of Imaginary Musical Instruments) By Victoria Ferran with Sound Engineer Chris O’Shaughnessy for Soundproof (ABC RN, 2016) ‘The Radio of the Future—the central tree of our consciousness—will inaugurate new ways to cope with our endless undertakings and will unite all mankind.’ — Velimir Khlebnikov, 1921Fluctuations [web and podcast only] By Phil Smith for Short Cuts (Falling Tree Productions & BBC Radio 4, 2013) At night, Phil pines for the sound his toilet used to make.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, rabbit holes — stories that start exploring one small thing and unexpectedly end up telling a much richer story. No Place Like Homeby Phoebe Judge and Lauren Sporher (Criminal, 2015)In the early 90s, a wealthy magazine publisher was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 18 months in a minimum security prison in Louisiana. But white collar criminals weren’t the only people living there, and the other people inside had basically been forgotten about by the outside world, some of them for decades. Shipped to Timbuktuby PJ Vogt, Alex Goldman and Alex Blumberg (Reply All, 2015)A missent email from the world of professional cookie advisers sends PJ hurtling down a path to WWII Japan. We'll Drive Till We Find An Exit [EXCERPT]presented by PJ Vogt at the 2016 Third Coast ConferenceA session about the joy and fear of pursuing stories without any idea of how they're going to succeed, or if they're going to succeed at all. Reply All’s PJ Vogt shares some tricks for making these kinds of off-the-map stories work. He’ll talk about how you gather tape for a story you don't yet have a map for, how to include your original sense of wonder and discovery in your final script, and how to take stories that feel ordinary and insist on them becoming more strange. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour the unexpected and inexplicable.'Julia'by Johnathan Goldstein with Chris Neary, Kalila Holt and Wendy Dorr (Heavyweight , 2016) In grade 8, Julia was bullied so badly by a group of girls that she changed schools without telling anyone. Soon after, the girls from her old school showed up at her house and rang her doorbell. She didn’t answer it. For the past 20 years, Julia’s been wondering what those girls wanted.'As Many Leaves'by Sally Herships (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4, 2016) One evening in the autumn of 2013, Sally Herships received a short email from her husband telling her he was never coming home again. At first she thought it was a joke, but when she got home he and a suitcase had gone. From the night he left, her husband cuts off all contact and Sally, broken-hearted, is tortured by a single question. Why?The episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're featuring an episode of our brand new podcast — the Third Coast Pocket Conference.The Third Coast Pocket Conference is the start of your next great story — featuring sessions from Third Coast Conferences and more.How to Make Your Listener Levitate & Other Magic Tricks (Recorded 13 November 2016 at the Third Coast Conference in Chicago) You don’t want your audience to listen half-heartedly — you want them to be so deeply engaged, they’re a little surprised when they bump down to earth at the end.So how do we create audio that doesn’t just entertain, but enchant? UK producer Cathy FitzGerald shows how she hooks her listeners: head, heart, guts and soul. In this session, she offers practical tips on creating an intense, tangible world through scripting, structure and surprise – and then considers the magic that happens when we take a step back and let listeners make sense of it for themselves.This session features excerpts from the following works [listed in order of appearance]: 'She's Alright, My Mum Is' by Nigel Acheson & Kim Normanton 'Burn Slush' by Cathy FitzGerald 'Skylarking' by Cathy FitzGerald 'Of Figs and Men' by Phil Smith 'White Stiletto Dreams' by Cathy FitzGerald 'The Ballad of the Radio Feature' by Alan Hall 'Envision Yourself Being a Free Man' by Sylvia Ryerson 'Little Volcanoes' by Cathy FitzGerald 'A Conversation with Ray Bradbury' from UCTVFollow the link to hear all of these stories:https://goo.gl/VQ1F8CSubscribe to the Third Coast Pocket Conference:rss.acast.com/thirdcoastpocketconference Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition. From more than 550 entries in 2016, ten were chosen as winners. This hour we're featuring selections from the winners of the following awards: Skylarking, Best Documentary: Foreign Language, Best News Feature, Best Documentary: Bronze and Best Documentary: Gold. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're listening to some of the winners of our annual documentary competition. From more than 550 entries in 2016, ten were chosen as winners. This hour we're featuring selections from the winners of the following awards: Best New Artist, Best Documentary: Honorable Mention, Radio Impact, Directors' Choice and Best Documentary: Silver Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour the life and AIDS reporting of New York Times reporter Jeffrey Schmalz.Dying Words: The AIDS Reporting of Jeffrey Schmalz and How It Changed the New York Times by Kerry Donahue & Sam Freedman (The Dying Words Project, 2015) On the afternoon of Friday, December 21, 1990, Jeffrey Schmalz had a grand mal seizure in the middle of the New York Times newsroom where he worked. Soon after he was diagnosed with full blown AIDS. He spent the rest of his life and career writing about the epidemic from the perspective of the gay community, even as he was dying from the disease himself.Jeanne and Morty Manford. Activist son; Revolutionary mom by Sara Burningham and Eric Marcus (Making Gay History, 2016) In 1972, Jeanne Manford, founded the organization PFLAG, Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, in support of her son Morty Manford — a gay man who would go on to become an assistant attorney general of New York.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour people trying their best — and sometimes failing miserably — to make a connection.Incommunicado By Yowei Shaw (The World In Words, PRI, 2015) Yowei Shaw was born in the United States and speaks virtually no Mandarin. Her grandfather is from Taiwan and speaks virtually no English. Kid talk was fine when Yowei was a kid. But now she's grown up, she's determined to have proper conversations with Yeye— before it's too late.Meet the Jawniaks By John Biewen (Radiotonic, ABC RN, 2014) John Biewen never imagined he would have any reason to visit Poland or to encounter the Polish language in any serious way. Then, in middle age, he fell in love with a Polish immigrant named Ewa. John went to Poland to meet the parents, but still he saw no reason to trouble himself learning Ewa’s mother tongue. At least, not before arriving on Polish soil.Chin-Kyll and Bo-Ok: Across the DMZ By Davey Kim (Snap Judgement, 2015) What happens when you are reunited with your North Korean sister for the first time in over five decades?This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.TRACKLIST Adriana Krikl, ‘Disconnect’, Snowbirds In Flight (self-released, 2015) So I’m An Islander, ‘Fastlan Reprise’, Væst Ven (self-released, 2015) Diana Fire, ‘Stop Talking’, Super Sighs (Yarn Audio, 2016) Komiku, ‘Bleu’, It’s time for adventure (Chez Monplaisir, 2016) Monplaisir, ‘In the name of loneliness’, Surtout ne pas se perdre (2011-2016) (Chez Monplaisir, 2016) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're going on three soundwalks that meander at the pace of real life.4700 Liberty Heights Avenue [EXCERPT] by Aaron Henkin & Wendel Patrick (Out of the Blocks, WYPR, 2015) The 4700 block of Liberty Heights Avenue is a portrait of survival and adaptability. It's a self-governed, informal economy where the currency is respect. Space is shared by merchants, churches, longtime residents, and drug dealers. Immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, West Africa, and Korea have set up shops alongside a dwindling number of African American-owned businesses. Trust is earned here, not given lightly.Meet Me At the Cemetery Gates [EXCERPT] by Susanna Grant & Jo Morris (Shuffle Festival, 2015) Neglected for years, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a registered charity mainly run by volunteers. Originally one of London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries, it stretches for 31 acres and is the city's largest urban woodland. From cemetery to nature reserve, the park mirrors the East End’s long history of providing a refuge and haven for (im)migrants. We meet those who played there long ago, Serbian foragers, bird-watchers and to children who visit the park now, who all create a portrait of this bewitching space.Shaktoolik Soundwalk [EXCERPT] by Josie Holtzman, Isaac Kestenbaum & Joaqlin Estus (Frontier of Change for KNBA and Localore: Finding America from AIR Media, 2016) The village of Shaktoolik, Alaska, is 400 miles from Anchorage, on a spit of land between the Bering Sea and the Tagoomenik River. Climate change threatens to wash the village away within the next few decades. But what's it like to live there? This immersive audio tour will transport you to Shaktloolik. You'll walk the length of the village, go into homes, and meet a few of the people who live there.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis FunkTRACKLIST Artem Bemba, 'Red Shore', Basscoast (Southern City's Lab, 2015) Adriana Krikl, 'Every Way, Sonic Escapes (self-released, 2016) Adriana Krikl, 'Glitch, Sonic Escapes (self-released, 2016) Seba Lay, 'Directions', In search of (self-released, 2008) So I'm an Islander, 'Æ Kirk'bak (The Church Hill)', Stelheij (self-released, 2016) Seba Lay, 'Colors', In search of (self-released, 2008) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're featuring some of our favourite entries to the 2016 ShortDocs Challenge!Including interviews with producers and a visit to our 2016 partner, Manual Cinema, who are adapting this year’s winning ShortDocs into a live shadow puppetry performance.Maya Turns 26 by Maya Goldberg-Safir Whether she likes it or not, things are about to change.Out of Order by La Cosa Preziosa A man & his TV crime drama-induced phobia.ragazzo incontra ragazzo by Garrett Kling A chance encounter brings together an American and Italian boy, not knowing when they'll ever meet again.Too Many Miles * by Stephanie Rowden & Jennifer Metsker What if Robert Frost's poem "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” were re-imagined as a film?Swimmers by Michelle Macklem A woman pieces together sonic memories and her sense of belonging through swimming.The Hadal Zone by Peregrine Andrews & Geoff Marsh Two obnoxious city boys take the Giant Squid Safari in the Sea of Japan and end up in deep trouble.What Is It Like? by Tree Mabry A look at invisibility, silhouettes, and humanity through a kaleidoscope.Dear Face at Deer Lake with Deer People * by the Dear Deer Face Collective A story about deer, a wonderful lake, internet privacy.HATCH * by Geoff McQueen A man, in orbit, going round and round...Hard-Boiled Poet by Regina Botros This hard-boiled poet cracks another case wide open.I dream of rattlesnakes ** by Todd, Sam & Belle Wemmer A contemplation on the return of rattlesnakes to Massachusetts.*= Winner **= People’s Choice Award WinnerMusic for this episode was composed by Matthew Bourne for his album moogmemoryThis episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Re:sound, we're featuring an audio postcard from the Restorative Radio Project plus an interview with the series' producer, Sylvia Ryerson. 'Envision Yourself Being a Free Man'by Sylvia Ryerson with recordings by Essie Mannes (Restorative Radio Project, WMMT, 2016)Essie Manns is the grandmother of DeVaughn Hall, currently incarcerated at Red Onion State prison. Essie lives in Roanoke, Virginia, a 4 hours drive from the prison. She cannot drive long distances, but she gets rides from her friends and family as often as she can to go and visit DeVaughn in prison. For her audio postcard, Essie recorded a Sunday with the family. She took the recorder to church, and then returned home for a fish fry with their whole extended family.Read our behind-the-scenes interview with Sylvia: http://thirdcoastfestival.org/explore/article/sylvia-ryerson-btsThis episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, the story of how an event affected one woman, her family and the criminal justice system.A Life Sentence: Victims, Offenders, Justice and My Mother by Samantha Broun and Jay Allison for Atlantic Public Media and Transom.org In 1994, Sam Broun's mother, Jeremy Brown, was the victim of a violent crime. She was 55 years old and living alone. A stranger came into her backyard, attacked her from behind and five hours later, he left her lying on her bed — hands and feet bound with tape. Alive. She survived. This is a story of how the system failed and how that crime launched and destroyed political careers. It's also a story about family — both the victims and the assailants — and how thousands of prisoners' hopes for a second chance were lost.This piece was made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts with special thanks to Thanks to Rob Rosenthal, Melissa Allison, Sydney Lewis, Viki Merrick, public radio station WCAI and Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole, Massachusetts.For more about this story, including images, audio extras and links to additional resources, visit Transom.orghttp://transom.org/2016/a-life-sentence-victims-offenders-justice-and-my-mother/http://transom.orghttp://atlantic.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, the suits we wear and the impressions we make. The Runwayby Luke Malone (Start Up, Gimlet Media, 2016) It’s not uncommon for shoppers to walk out of Mary Going’s store feeling on top of the world. Mary runs Saint Harridan, a company that makes custom suits for the gender non-conforming. With her store, Mary has created a space that caters to the needs of butch women and trans men—something that doesn’t happen very often. Her fans are enthusiastic and dedicated, her products are selling out… but she can barely pay her rent.The Blazer Experimentby Delaney Hall (99% Invisible, 2016) In 1968, the police department in Menlo Park, California hired Victor Cizanckas to be the new police chief. His main goal was to reform the department, which had a strained relationship with the community at the time. The method he chose was unconventional — new uniforms for all police officers.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.Special thanks to Jeanine Fry, Master Tailor at Daniel George Custom Suits in Chicagohttp://www.danielgeorgecustomsuits.com/PhotoRobert Sheiehttps://goo.gl/B7K3Qd Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, one man who needs to devour as much air as he can and another who's at his best while holding his breath.Air by Neil Sandell (Radiotonic, ABC RN, 2016) Neil Sandell is a man of a certain age, a man who loves to ride his racing bike. But as he gasps for air while climbing a steep mountain road, he wonders, why is he driving himself so hard? After all, he's living his dream—a life on the Cote d'Azur. Does the answer lie with his cycling hero Jens Voigt, a man on a mountain, or somewhere in his past?Dark Blue by Hana Walker-Brown (The Lives of Others, Radio Wolfgang, 2016) Stig Pryds has been free-diving since January 2013 and already within that year, he ranked in the top 10 free-divers worldwide. Stig suffers from a chronic arthritic condition that had left him jobless, divorced and in agony; so heavily medicated, he couldn’t even remember his children. On the brink of suicide, Stig discovered that under the water, he felt no pain.Mr Right by Inge Hoonte (Deep Wireless 4, 2007) Searching for your ideal partner can be exhausting, even with the help of personal ads.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis FunkPhoto Stig Pryds Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour audio air conditioning — we’re turning down the thermostat and ushering in stories that give us the chills.I Fell Through the Ice by Dennis Funk and Gwen Macsai (Re:sound debut, 2016) Phil Smith grew up skating on frozen lakes. But one New Year's Eve, reliving his childhood memories put him in a life and death situation.Overland by Nate DiMeo (The Memory Palace , 2016) George Frederick Tilton was crew member on the ship the Belvedere, which made regular trips to the arctic to trap and hunt in the late 19th century. When the Belvedere and it's crew found themselves stranded, Tilton set out on a mission to rescue them all.Arctic Sound Lost & Founds by Jennifer Kingsley (Radiotonic, ABC RN, 2016) Radio producer and naturalist Jennifer Kingsley is quite familiar with the area, having traversed some of it in a canoe. On her last trip, she opted for a larger vessel and set out to record the sounds of her environment. She came back with more than she could have imagined.Frozen Ailve by Peter Frick-Wright & Robbie Carver (Outside Podcast , 2016) In this episode, the listener endures a series of plausible mishaps on a bitterly cold night: a car accident on a lonely stretch of road, a broken ski binding that foils a backcountry escape, a disorienting tumble in the snow and a slow descent into hypothermia and delirium.Music in this episode was performed on instruments made from ice by Icemusic. Icemusic is a project of Norwegian composer Tjere Isungset.This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis FunkPhotoespie (on and off)https://goo.gl/hCpRMm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, uninvited guests like old lovers, irrational fears and the annoying habits that keep us up at night.Like Steps Of Passing Ghosts by Kaitlin Prest Kaitlin Prest explores how we can remain haunted by past loves 'Like Steps of Passing Ghosts'.Holdout by Katie Mingle and Roman Mars A woman watches while a shopping mall goes up all around her.The Hijacker's Letter by Davey Kim What do you do when you receive a letter from your husband’s killer?The Lonely Animal: A Snorer's Memoir by Natalie Kestecher Two shunned snorers reflect upon the impact that their snoring has had on their relationships. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're featuring two stories of love through loss... plus an interview with the producers who've written their way through these troubled moments.The Updatesby Sophie Townsend with Sound Engineer Louis Mitchell. Sophie's updates were read by Gabrielle Rogers (360documentaries, ABC RN 2014)When Sophie Townsend’s husband Russell was diagnosed with lung cancer, she became the family spokesperson, a task she found endless, difficult and confronting. People’s questions about his sickness left her reeling, because the news she had to give them was never good. Soon she started the Russell Updates, a weekly email that laid it all bare for friends and family. The updates were not just a way to keep everyone informed, but Sophie’s way of working things out in her own head, and keeping herself afloat.ASK MEby Sara Brooke Curtis (Unfictional, KCRW 2016)Sara spent her days riding buses and walking the beach alone, thinking of someone who wasn't there. In time, she found an unlikely stranger to share her thoughts with, and help her grieve.PhotoSebastian Hilliggoo.gl/jveDj3 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Intersection — Episode 1, 'Home'by David Boyer (The Intersection, KALW, 2016)Welcome to THE INTERSECTION and to the corner of Golden Gate Ave and Leavenworth St in the Tenderloin. While the neighborhood has the highest density of kids and seniors in San Francisco, it's associated more with its many homeless residents. We'll hear from a woman who sleeps in a tent—and cooks—on the sidewalks. And another woman who found a home in an innovative supportive housing project just steps away from the corner.Listen to the entire series at theintersection.fm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour gravity, antigravity, magical trees and flying carpets.The Magic Carpet Flight Manualby Cathy FitzGerald & Matt Thompson (A Rockethouse Production, BBC World Service, 2010)Cathy FitzGerald explores the past, present, and very real future of the magic carpet and wonders what our desire to defy gravity tells us about ourselves. Along the way, we meet a Japanese astronaut who took a real carpet into space — and flew it, a Muslim whose prayer mat rises above the mundane and a physicist working on levitation in the quantum world.Gravitation and Other Gracesby Stephanie Rowden (Re:sound debut, 2016)Once upon a time, producer Stephanie Rowden stumbled upon an elderly, gnome-ish, armchair philosopher named Wolfgang. Ailing and living alone, he'd attracted a devoted circle of much-younger friends and caretakers. Stephanie found herself unexpectedly drawn into Wolfgang's orbit, and, in this audio essay, she retraces her path from documentarian to caretaker herself, eventually in search of a very distinctive tree that was to be Wolfgang's final resting place.PhotoDiego Langellottihttps://goo.gl/Ibg68u Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour the story of thousands of African American farmers who lost millions of acres of land at the hands of institutional racism.All You Need Is A _____.by Aengus Anderson & James Ford Howell (2010 ShortDocs Challenge)Two opposing groups of immigration protestors in Arizona attempt to define the word "wall" without referring to Mexico.Fighting for the Promised Land: A Story of Farming and Racismby Tina Antolini (Gravy, 2015)Shirley Sherrod’s introduction to the intermingling of agriculture and racism came when she was 17 years old, with an incident that changed the course of her life. And, after that moment, her life has been one defined by the fight for black-owned farmland. It’s a fight that has included devastating racism, the biggest class action lawsuit in the history of the United States, and a high-profile firing from the USDA.Gravy is a project of the Southern Foodways Alliance Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we're live at the Hideout in Chicago with stories of pairs who are complete opposites, but utterly entwined. The Sitter Dispatch by Maya Goldberg-Safir & Dennis Funk (Re:sound debut, 2015)Straight out of college, Maya was living in her cousins' attic and was working a part-time, unpaid internship. Then she took a job as a nanny that turned out to be nothing like she'd expected. Gamun-Pyul by Rayon Wright (Radio Rookies, WNYC 2010) Rayon Wright was born in Jamaica and raised in Brooklyn. Though he grew up surrounded with Jamaican culture and music, he wants more than anything to producer Korean music (or K-Pop). A lot of non-Asian teenagers like Hello Kitty or Japanese Anime, but Rayon's love for Asian culture goes far beyond that. Grote's Notes by Gwen Macsai & Dennis Funk (Re:sound debut, 2016)Re:sound host Gwen Macsai tells the story of her unlikely friendship with a bank robber.This episode of Re:sound was recorded live at The Hideout in Chicago. Special thanks to Johanna Zorn, Sarah Geis, Maya Goldberg-Safir, Louie Cheney, the Cheney Family, Radio Rookies, WNYC, Rayon Wright, Dan Grote, Jerry Bischoff (Dan's lawyer), Phil Smith, Steve Pickering (who read exceprts from Dan Grote’s letters) and Ryan Hembrey of The Hideout (for his help recording our live show). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour stories of quiet calls that have produced the most unexpected responses.The Time Traveller and the Hitmanby Lynn Levy, Alex Goldman and PJ Vogt (Reply All, Gimlet Media, 2015)In 1997, John Silveira wrote a joke classified ad in a tiny publication called Backwoods Home Magazine asking if anyone wanted to travel back in time with him. A lot of people took him seriously. What do you do when everyone wants you to fix the worst mistakes they’ve ever made?Obituary Noticeby Peter Meanwell (Between the Ears, BBC Radio 3, 2012)WPAQ is a tiny radio station nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. It was founded to preserve a wholesome way of life — broadcasting local Old Time and Gospel music, local preachers, and the local obituary notices three times a day. These notices a portrait of the region's unique rural history, which is disappearing with every death.Mojave Phone Boothby Joe Rosenberg (Snap Judgement, 2015)When Doc started calling a phone booth in the middle of the desert, he was sure no one would ever pick up. But, oh, would they ever...PhotoHobart/Surry Arts Council Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we listen to some of our favourite entries to the 2015 Third Coast Short Docs Challenge: Studs Rules!For our 2015 Studs-inspired Challenge we partnered with the Studs Terkel Radio Archive at WFMT.With their help, we came up with the following rules:Your radio story must...• be two to three minutes in length• be titled with a question that begins with one of the five Ws• contain the question "And what happened then?"• and include a shout of silence or a cry of laughterShortDocs Featured this hour (* = ShortDocs Winner, ** = People's Choice Award Winner)Where Do I Even Start?by Ben Riskin & Aaron LeederA working interview for a smart phone society.What Do You Need To Know?by Ilya MarritzThe bread guys pay a visit to a busy Brooklyn deli.What Happened When You Caught a Toadfish?by Sam Wemmer, Ian Romer Todd WemmerLiam tells Sam about his adventures on a trip to Bali and Sri Lanka.Where Do We Go...by Catie TalarskiAn audio impression of racial tensions.What Was It About Marriage Anyway?by Austin MitchellA 1974 conversation between Erica Jong and Studs Terkel... remixed.What Do You Look Forward To, Aai?by Nina PathakThe producer's grandma reflects on growing old in a country that's not her home.Where Did He Go: Ogichan, Grandad?by Eloise StevensA granddaughter tells us about her grandfather's funeral.Who Remembers My Father's Voice?*by Pablo DuarteI ask my family members if they remember what my father sounded like.Who Took Mom To the Prom?*by Emer Horgan with Ronan KellyA story of girls who say 'yes' that is 100% true.What Makes a Good Marriage?*by Olivia HumphreysOlivia's grandparents, now in their 90s and married for nearly 70 years, tell her about when they met and give their advice on a long and happy marriage.What Could Be Bad About This?*by John-Michael FormanWhat if you could learn to stop listening to other peopleWhere Do I Find You Now?**by Sara Brooke CurtisAn intimate conversation with Studs about the edges of life and death. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour stories of those who share and those who lurk. The Mollusc and the Peacockby Natalie Kestecher (Short Cuts, BBC Radio 4, 2014)This is the story of a Facebook lurker, someone who sees herself as curious but benign. Like her grandmother, who was a fan of American soap operas, she has a taste for stories about the lives of others just as long as they’re glamorous and extravagant and don’t bear too much resemblance to reality.Voyager Foundby Jonathan Mitchell (The Truth, 2014)In the 1970s, NASA produced an audio time capsule on a Golden Record curated by astronomer Carl Sagan to represent all of life on earth as we’ve known it. It was sent aboard the Voyager spacecrafts to reach distant planetary systems. This episode of the podcast “The Truth” imagines the listeners who might find it.Wake Up, Baby!by Peregrine Andrews (Between the Ears, BBC Radio 3, 2015)A baby sleeps. A man in another room watches her on a screen. Her loving father? No. This man does not know this baby. He's in another country, thousands of miles away. And, each night, he watches a different baby. 'Wake Up, Baby!' is an atmospheric journey into the sometimes unsettling world of 'reassuring' technology, and industry that kicked off in the media storm following the kidnapping of Charles Lindbergh's infant son in 1932. Phototroll.me Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, the story of a man who's ultimate goal is to become a national evening news anchor.Anchor Dreams — The Passion of Scoop Nemethby Noel Black & Jake Brownell (Wish We Were Here, KRCC, 2015)Brian 'Scoop' Nemeth has a singular goal: to become a national news anchor on the Fox News Network's prime-time broadcast. Despite the challenges of Asperger's, 'Scoop' moved from his hometown of Colorado Springs to the city of Denver, where he's built a following through YouTube videos and public access TV. On top of this, he's published a book of erotic poetry and designs women's activewear. But is America ready for someone like 'Scoop' to takeover TV news as the 'black Bill O'Reilly'?Help Third Coast launch the next generation of great audio storytelling. Donate here: goo.gl/DDrkPr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on a special feature podcast, we're flashing back in time to 2004 to have a listen to the very first episode of Re:sound. Producer Dennis Funk talks with Re:sound's Host, Gwen Macasi and Third Coast's Director Johanna Zorn about how it all began, and they provide a little commentary throughout the hour. Third Coast is in the middle of our annual fundraiser at the moment, and we're celebrating the role that Third Coast has played in launching the audio storytelling revolution. For photos from our #ThirdCoastLaunchPad click here: https://goo.gl/ZYwxVZDonate here: https://goo.gl/DDrkPr Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2015 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, two delightfully out-of-the-ordinary musical portraits from producer Alan Hall.The Grace of Jeff Buckleyby Alan Hall (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4, 2014)The story of the day Jeff Buckley arrived on the UK music scene in 1994 — from a photo shoot in the morning, a live radio appearance in the afternoon and then to a gig at Bunjies folk club so over-booked that a second concert was arranged for later that evening at the 12 Bar.The Voices of Elly Stoneby Alan Hall (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4, 2014)Elly Stone is a modest, 87-year-old New Yorker — 'born and dragged up' — whose sublime voice will forever be associated with the songs of Belgian chanteur Jacques Brel. Twenty years after her retirement from the stage, she offers a rare insight into her life and what music has meant to her. 'The Voices of Elly Stone' won the 2015 Prix Europa for Best European Music Programme.Listen to 'Rhapsody in Bohemia' by Alan Hall, winner of the Directors' Choice Award at the 2006 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition — http://goo.gl/qob4wh Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we follow three addicts through Australia's drug court system.Inside the Drug Court: part 1—the last chanceby Sharon Davis and sound engineer Steven Tilley (Earshot, ABC RN, 2015)After a year of negotiations with the government of New South Wales, Australia, producer Sharon Davis was granted exclusive access to the state's Drug Courts — a program where long term addicts, many of them hardened criminals, are released from jail in order to join a strict rehabilitation program designed to end their addiction.. In the first episode of this three part series, Sharon follows three addicts on their journey to sobriety through the Drug Court system.Listen to part 2 & 3 of this series: http://ab.co/1FSGHirPhotoepSos.dehttp://bit.ly/1hUFwVZ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: audio stories inspired by the written word, be it a novel or a comic book.Tim Key and Gogol's Overcoat[NOTE: only available at http://ThirdCoastFestival.org until November 2, 2015]by Steven Rajam & written by Tim Key (BBC Radio 4, 2012)Tim Key — poet, comedian, and crumpled polymath — is obsessed with Nikolai Gogol's short story 'The Overcoat'. Written in 1842, it's a fable of a simple Russian clerk whose desire for a new coat to keep the St Petersburg winter at bay forever changes his life... and ultimately destroys him. Tim's off to find out what — if anything — Gogol's mysterious story can tell us, whilst contending with his own filthy disgrace of a jacket.[Listen to the piece here: http://bit.ly/1jEg88G]Supermanby Laura Starcheski and Al Letson (State of the Re:Union, 2012)Al Letson is a storyteller and public radio host who is hugely, passionately into comics. In his search for super stories, he found a Superman superfan that fell prey to a real life villain, and a tight-knit comics community that pitched in to help.Poioumenonby Jon Steiner & read by Adam Norris, sound by Louis Mitchell (Radiotonic [ABC RN], 2015)Poioumenon is a (sort of) short story by Jon Steiner, inspired (sort of) by and in homage (kind of) to the American postmodern (ish) writer David Foster Wallace, adapted (sort of) for the radio, and about (sort of): figuring out where to go post-post-modernism.PhotoCamshttp://bit.ly/1WCpWOx Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour two stories that dive into the depths of the inner ear. Disequlibrium [NOTE: not available on the podcast]by Nick Ryan, Lisa Gee and Jeremy Mortimer (Between the Ears, BBC Radio 3, 2012)Nick Ryan, is award-winning sound designer and composer. For reasons unknown, he wakes up every day feeling dizzy, nauseous and destabilized. Despite medication and his GP's assurances, the feelings persist. At the same time Nick is building a game-world entirely from sound through which players must navigate using only their hearing. 'Disequilibrium' is a meditation on the nature of sound and hearing. It traces Nick's experience of his balance disorder as it morphs his world into a space nearly as alien as the one he's creating. LISTEN HERE:http://thirdcoastfestival.org/library/1835-re-sound-210-the-inner-ear-showIn One Ear and Out the Otherby Tim Hinman (Radiotonic, ABC RN, 2015)'In One Ear and Out the Other' takes a bizarre trip inside the brain of Danish documentary producer Tim Hinman, as he does his best to follow the pathways of cognition to the source — only to be confronted with a stranger and stranger inner universe. With help from a few seasoned Danish scholars, 'In One Ear and Out the Other' is a radio first: real live reportage from inside a living brain. Well… almost.PhotoBBC Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: first lines, first days back and every last first you can think of.Getting Back Out Thereby Tally Abecassis (First Day Back, 2015)First Day Back is a documentary podcast that follows filmmaker Tally Abecassis as she faces the challenges of picking up her career after an extended maternity leave. In this episode, Tally lays out her situation and makes a move to restart her filmmaking career. She talks about “freelancer math” and asks her family some big questions, getting the most surprising answer from her son.My First... [Excerpt: listen at www.thirdcoastfestival.org]by Steve Heather & Siegmar Zacharias (Soundproof [ABC RN], 2015)Your first breath, your first mistake, your first lie, your first kiss, your first job, your first death. The first time you celebrated, and the first time you regretted a first time. 'My First...' constructs a collective life biography from years 0 to 100, through memory, story, and music. The piece traces a society from the 1920's to 2015 and into the future to offer meaning shaped from collective memory.Tim Key's Suspended Sentence[NOTE: not available on the podcast listen at www.thirdcoastfestival.org]by Steven Rajam & written by Tim Key (BBC Radio 4, 2013)Tim Key is on a mission to pen the ultimate opening line: one that will knock your socks off, hook you in, blow you away (he'll sort out the rest later, yeah?). As he slowly crafts his one-sentence magnum opus, Tim taps into the minds of some of Britain's top literary talents to find out what a first line should and shouldn't do, and the hours of sweat and toil enshrined in those crucial few words.PhotoPeter Thoenyhttp://bit.ly/1I16FfE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour stories of black lives caught in the cross hairs of injustice.695BGKby Phoebe Judge & Lauren Spohrer (Criminal, 2015)Just before 2am on December 31, 2008, police officer John Edwards was patrolling in Bellaire, Texas when he saw an SUV driven by two young African-American men. Edwards followed the SUV and ran the license plate number. His computer indicated that the SUV was stolen, and Edwards drew his gun and told the two men to get down on the ground. By the time Edwards realized he had made a mistake, one of the men had already been shot.Strange Fruit[NOTE: only available at www.ThirdCoastFestival.org until 31 August]by Maggie Ayre (Soul Music, BBC Radio 4, 2014)Billie Holiday's famous song 'Strange Fruit' expresses the horror and anguish of a community subjected to lynching in the American South. In this programe, we hear the stories of people whose relatives were lynched by white racists and of the various forms of grief, anger and reconciliation that have followed. And learn the roots of the song itself. We've Forgotten James Powellby Nate DiMeo (The Memory Palace, 2014)Nate Dimeo looks back to the summer of 1964. It's late afternoon in New York City: a group of kids hangs out on a stoop after a day of summer school, just kicking it, like they always do.Alex Landau and Patsy Hathawayby Jud Etsy Kendall (StoryCorp, 2014)Alex Landau, an African American who was adopted by a white couple, grew up in a largely white, middle-class suburb of Denver, Colorado. After a traffic stop one night, Alex was severely beaten by Denver Police officers. He and his mother, Patsy Hathaway, visited StoryCorps to talk about how Alex’s race has influenced his life and what happened that night the police stopped him.Visit www.ThirdCoastFestival.org for more stories related to this issue. PHOTOKaitlyn Vetohttp://bit.ly/1M0C8Gm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this special Third Coast Podcast we're doing what we do best — sharing the best radio from around the world!On this episode we're featuring the podcast How to Be a Girl, and show's creator, Marlo Mack tells us about her experience at the Third Coast Conference. Also, Re:sound host Gwen Macsai talks with the 2015 People's ShortDoc Award winning producer, Sara Curtis, about the her piece and the ShortDocs Challenge. FEATURING:Mama, I'm a Girlby Marlo Mack (How to Be a Girl, 2014)When he was three years old, Marlo's son informed me that her was actually her daughter. She's now the mother of a happy, confident little transgender girl, but it took a while to get there.Where Do I Find You Now?by Sara Curtis (Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge, 2015)An intimate conversation with Studs Terkel about the edges of life and death.And don't forget, it's fundraising time here at Third Coast, so if you love what we do, and want to love us forever, then please support us with a donation. donatenow.networkforgood.org/ThirdCoastPHOTOSharon Hall Shipphttp://bit.ly/1HYRa99 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

To kick-off Third Coast's summer fundraiser, we're doing what we do best — sharing great radio from around the world — with some extra special feature podcasts over the next two weeks. On this episode, Re:sound producer Dennis Funk talks to Ann Heppermann and Martin Johnson founders of the new, Third Coast-inspired audio fiction competition, The Sarah Awards. We also hear a few pieces that will feature on their new podcast Serendipity and learn about their Very Very Short Short Fiction Contest. FEATURING:Every Heart Has a Limited Amount of Heartbeatsby Martin Johnson (Serendipity, 2015)We will all die, and those who are already dead slowly becomes faint memories, that can be awakened, and relived.I Blinked and I Was 30by Andrea Silenzi (Serendipity, 2015)On Andrea's 30th birthday, the universe gave her an impossible assignment. Could she use that day to come to terms with everything she’d done before, and everything she’d hope to do now?Subscribe to Serendipity: http://apple.co/1OczBGkAnd remember, it's fundraiser time here at Third Coast, so if you love what we do, please consider making a donation (pssst there are prizes if you do. We'd all be super thankful. donatenow.networkforgood.org/ThirdCoast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour two mysteries: one involving an obscure novel and Britney Spears, and the other a real life murder most fowl. Case #2: Britneyby Starlee Kine, Alex Blumberg, Melinda Shopsin and Eric Mennel (Mystery Show, 2015)Andrea, a writer no one reads, one day, she makes a shocking discovery that the paparazzi snapped a photo of Britney Spears holding a copy of her second novel. The author then enlists super sleuth Starlee Kine to track down Britney in hope of learning whether the popstar actually read her book and, if so, did she like it. Animal Instinctsby Phoebe Judge, Lauren Spohrer and Eric Mennel (Criminal, 2014)In 2001, a woman was found dead in a pool of her own blood. Her husband was convicted of her murder. But a curious neighbor had a different theory… one that brings new meaning to man vs. beast.PhotoBritneyExperts.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we explore nearly a decade's worth of work from Canadian sound artist, musician and radio producer Sarah Boothroyd. Gleeful Barbariansby Sarah Boothroyd (Short Cuts, BBC Radio 4, 2012)An audio postcard from the often joyful, sometimes exasperating, and always busy world of early parenthood. Featuring very silly noises, nearly-indecipherable toddler chitchat, and 27 different ways a two-year-old can say 'no.'Do What You Fear And Fear Disappearsby Sarah Boothroyd (Third Coast International Audio Festival Short Docs Challenge, 2006)Screams, thoughts on fear, screams, spooky music, more screams.Rabble Rousersby Sarah Boothroyd (Ontario Arts Council, 2012)Touching on ethics, justice, democracy, and global citizenship, Rabble Rousers explores the notion of protest as a spontaneous installation of improvised 'music' in public space.Forest To Desertby Sarah Boothroyd (Third Coast International Audio Festival Short Docs Challenge, 2008)An audio doodle about this phrase: 'Humankind is preceded by forest, and followed by desert.'Through a Doorby Sarah Boothroyd (CBC Radio and New Adventures In Sound Art, 2008)A soundscape about the Nicholas Street Jail in Ottawa, a structure described by a jail inspector in 1946 as 'a monstrous relic of an imperfect civilization where cells are medieval, incredibly cramped, with conditions far below the limits of human decency.'Chanceby Sarah Boothroyd (Between The Ears, BBC Radio 3, 2013)Turn right and you meet the man or woman of your dreams. Turn left and you get hit by a car. Much of life is a matter of being in the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the wrong time. This impressionistic audio work explores randomness, chance, and luck through the microcosm of the racetrack. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour what you see, is not always what you get.Chook In Memoriumby Mike Ladd (360 Documentaries, ABC Radio National, 2014)The Australian lyrebird is a remarkable creature, able to mimic almost every man made and natural sound; sirens, car engines, other birds. Chook was very popular with visitors at the Adealaide Zoo until he died in 2011 at the age of 32. In this audio tribute to Chook we hear him mimic innumberable sounds.The Two Lives of Asa Carterby Joe Richman & Samara Freemark (Radio Diaries, 2012)Asa Carter was a speechwriter for Alabama Governor George Wallace. He penned one of the most infamous speeches of the era… Wallace’s 'Segregation Now, Segregation Forever' address. Forrest Carter was a Cherokee writer who lived in Texas. His autobiography, The Education of Little Tree, is a beloved classic that has sold millions of copies around the world. But these two men shared a secret.45s at 33by Steve Urquhart (Radiotonic, ABC Radio National, 2015)It started with Dolly Parton's song ‘Jolene'. Someone uploaded a slowed-down version to YouTube – and the reaction was extraordinary. But ‘Jolene’ was just the beginning. Search for 'slowed down to 33', and you’ll find hundreds of examples of old 7-inch singles playing at 33rpm, rather than 45rpm. As he turns 40 — and perhaps a bit preoccupied with the idea of “slowing down time” — radio producer Steve Urquhart discovers some unexpected gems.The Mysterious James Tiptreeby Eric Molinsky (Unfictional, KCRW, 2015)James Tiptree Jr. was a science fiction writer in the late 60's and early 70's. His books and stories had a loyal following, and were notable for the way he handled gender issues and male/female relationships in an era when science fiction featured almost only male heroes. Tiptree was a mysterious figure and only communicated to a few friends and fans. That's because his career hinged on a very big secret.PhotoNatehttp://bit.ly/1LSGtYe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour some of our favorite childhood icons: from the man who gave us Thing One & Thing Two... to Dorothy, the Tin Man and Toto too. Dr Seuss and the Butter Battlesby Eleanor McDowall (Falling Tree Productions for BBC Radio 4, 2011)Theodor 'Dr Seuss' Geisel remains one of the best-loved children's authors in America. Famed for his witty and often subversive stories such as, 'The Cat in the Hat' and 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' his whimsical characters and playful rhymes are deeply embedded in American childhoods and those of children around the world. However, few readers are aware of the surprising political subtext to many of his tales.American Icons: The Wizard of Oz [Excerpt]by Ave Carrillo, Jonathan Mitchell and Eric Molinsky with host Kurt Andersen (Studio360, 2005)It's been more than seventy years since movie audiences first watched The Wizard of Oz. Meet the original man behind the curtain, L. Frank Baum, who had all the vision of Walt Disney, but none of the business sense. Discover how Oz captivated the imaginations of novelists, artists and thinkers all over the world.Listen to the entire hour here: http://bit.ly/1fnrUf8A Goodnight Moon Storyby Kelley Libby (With Good Reason, 2013)First published in 1947, Goodnight Moon has become one of the most popular books for young children. Yet the book’s author, Margaret Wise Brown, always wanted to write for adults. Kelley Libby tells the story of Brown’s work, life, and tragic early death.Special thanks to Nia Tavoularis & Tim Akimoff.PhotoAlvin Trustyhttp://bit.ly/1H6RYNn Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we meander our way down three rivers in search of solace, spiritual healing and, of course, total domination. Reversal of Fortuneby Dan Weissman, Roman Mars and Sam Greenspan (99% Invisible, 2013)Chicago’s biggest design achievement isn’t the achitectural wonders that rise high above the city's lakefront and river — it’s the Chicago River itself.Descentby Alex Chadwick and Bill Abbott (Unfictional, KCRW, 2011)The story of two men whose troubles and tragedies find respite in the raging rapids of Cataract Canyon.The Ganges Riverby Phoebe Judge and edited by Katie Davis (The Story, APM/WUNC, 2012)The Ganges, a 1,500-mile river that flows through Northern India, is a place where people bathe, wash clothes and pray. It is also where waste lines pour out sewage every day. Producer Phoebe Judge travels to the city of Varanasi, where she meets people who live along the Ganges River and want to clean it up.Special Thanks to Richard Steele for reading the show's open. PhotoHideyuki Kamonhttp://bit.ly/1DaGcdj Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour a revealing snapshot of Martin Luther King, Jr. as he struggled to stay the course he'd set out for himself and the nation.To Heal A Sick Nation [EXCERPT]by Greg Kelly & Stephen Smith and presented by Paul Kennedy (Ideas [CBC], 2014)By 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr. saw his dream becoming 'a nightmare'. Criticised by black militants, rejected by white allies, and threatened with death as violence tore America apart.That year was also Canada's Cenntenial Celebration, and Dr. King was invited to give a series of annual lectures on the CBC radio program Ideas. This piece unfolds the behind-the-scenes story leading to King's message of hope delived in his 1967 Massey Lectures.To hear the full episode, visit www.ThirdCoastFestival.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the podcast, a Third Coast original production.The Sitter Dispatchby Maya Goldberg-Safir & Dennis Funk (Re:sound debut, 2015)Straight out of college, Maya was living in her cousins' attic and was working a part-time, unpaid internship. Then she took a job as a nanny that turned out to be nothing like she'd expected. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we celebrate the ethereal, Dickens-inspired works of British producer Cathy FitzGerald. Skylarking [Excerpt]by Cathy FitzGerald [Sound Design by Joe Acheson] (Between the Ears, BBC Radio 3, 2014)Cathy FitzGerald meets a prisoner and a paraglider in this airy daydream about the delights of looking up at a big blue sky. **Please note Skylarking is a lawn-based, horizontal radio feature best experienced from the comfort of a picnic blanket with a long drink, a soft pillow and a view of the sky.How to Dig a Grave [Excerpt]by Cathy FitzGerald (BBC Radio 4, 2014)Gravediggers exist in the popular imagination as a creepy, ghoulish breed. We keep them safely at a distance where they can carry the weight of our fantasies and fears about death. But what's the reality? And what lessons are there to learn six feet under the ground?The Cabinet of Animosities [Excerpt]by Cathy FitzGerald and Matt Thompson (The Documentary, BBC World Service, 2012)The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb exhibits objects left behind at the end of love affairs. In this audio-guide for radio we hear tales of love won and lost, told through the things we give, the things we treasure, and the things we fling at one another when it all goes wrong.PhotoRockethouse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour stories of dads who are starting to slip away and the sons who are desperately trying to stay connected.The Mind Shaftby Lea Thau (KCRW, Strangers, 2014)Greg O'Brien has been a writer, journalist and thinker all his life. Now he is losing his mind due to early on-set Alzheimer's, and he's an astute observer of his own decline. He compares this clicking in and out to the flickering light of a loose plug in a socket. He's in a race against time to share his story before the plug falls out for good.My Father Takes a Vacationby Martin Johnson (RTÉ Radio 1, Documentaries On One, 2008)A few years after Martin Johnson's mother died, his father left he and his two siblings in their native Sweden to go cycling around the coast of Ireland. Six years later, Martin decided to retrace his father’s journey — the places he went, the people he met — to try and better understand who he was, why he disappeared and why he’s been leaving ever since.PhotoMichael Strong Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we head back in time to 1984. [Listen to the full show here http://bit.ly/1vNkzgC]1984 (the year not the book)by Benjamen Walker (Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything, 2014)In the book 1984, George Orwell predicted that in the future "Big Brother" would watch and dictate our every move. In the year 1984, producer Benjamen Walker was in middle school. Like Orwell's protagonist Winston Smith, Benjamen kept a diary for "future citizens" in which he recorded the country's descent into totalitarianism — and his crush on a girl named Theresa. In 2014, he revisited those diaries and produced this sonic catapult to the days of Reagonomics, Thriller, Clara Peller and the birth of Apple. What would Benjamen's 12-year-old self think about the 42-year-old's documentary? Find out in Behind the Scenes.Advice on AgeingJonathan Goldstein & Mira Burt-WintonickWhat if, by some magic time/space dimensional realignment, you could go back and advise your younger self. What words of wisdom would you share? In this piece, people from age 5 to 90 offer advice on growing up. PhotoMatthew Pearcehttp://bit.ly/1AgbOj4 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour stories of detours, bad directions and finding the right path... on the road and in life.This Is Not The Way Homeby Lea Redfern (360 Documentaries [ABC RN], 2009)If direction in life is a positive, what happens to those who have no sense of direction? And can a relationship be thrown off course by the introduction of an intangible, yet otherwise seemingly perfect, third person?Choir Boyby Katie Mingle (Love + Radio, 2014)Tom Justice came from a well-to-do family. He was senior class president at a swanky suburban high school, graduated from college and excelled as an athlete. Then, a bank and a bike lead him to prison.Off Routeby Annie Costakis & Dennis Funk (Re:sound debut, 2014)A story about finding direction when your GPS has a mind (or minds) of it's own.PhotoRichard Drdulhttp://bit.ly/1zD5u6k Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the Third Coast Podcast, we're sharing two of our favourite pieces that were entered to win the 2014 Little Mermaid Award. Into the Woods, Cell Phone, iPod and Allby Amy Pearl (New Tech City, WNYC, 2013)In the city, things never seem to slow down. So producer Amy Pearl decided to get away and hike the Appalachian Trail for a few days with her dog. The plan was to be totally unplugged. Well, almost.Varietyby Leo Hornak (In the Dark, 2013)A man with eclectic interests gives us a tour of his ancestral home in North Wales, and shares his philosophy on life. Listen to the Little Mermaid Award winners here:http://bit.ly/1y6Bb8c Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2014 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, two stories in which random events change lives forever, and a third pulled from a random cassette.The Long Shadow [Excerpt]by Lea Thau (Strangers [KCRW], 2014)One day in February 1997, four young men decided they would go up to the top of the Empire State Building. What happened in the observatory that day was as random as it was terrifying and cast a long shadow over everything that came after. J Dilla's Lost Scrollsby Pat Mesiti-Miller (Snap Judgment [NPR], 2013)When record store owner Jeff Bubeck buys an old record collection out of an abandoned storage unit, he has no idea what he's (randomly) stumbled across. Jeff learns the collection once belonged to the late, great hip hop producer J Dilla. Along with the thousands of LP's from Dilla's personal collection, there's something else that's uncovered, something huge...The Dietby David Weinberg (Random Tape, 2012)A story unfolds from a cassette found at a yard sale, as a man instructs his family not to interfere with his plans to go on a diet that he hopes will cure him of AIDS.To find out more about the mysterious woman in this story, listen to Part Two here: http://bit.ly/1pbSJ00PhotoWeijie~http://bit.ly/1yMgg7L Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Israeli soldiers speak out to advocate for Palestinian rights. Breaking the Silenceby Cathy Peters (producer) & Dr Peter Slezak (presenter) (360documentaries [ABC RN], 2012)In 2012, writer Peter Slezak took a tour of the Palestinian Occupied Territories where he met with Palestinians and Israelis — including members of an Israeli NGO called Breaking the Silence, which gives tours around hotspots in the West Bank and Gaza. Slezak witnessed what Occupation means in terms of the human rights abuses that occur routinely, and the annexation of Palestinian lands to large Israeli settlements and to the 700 km long Separation Wall.Interview with Rabbi Brant RosenBrant Rosen was rabbi at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston, Illinois until his resignation in September 2014. He left the position because he felt his advocacy for Palestinian rights, and criticism of the Israeli government was creating divisions among his own congregation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Last Days of Hollywood Parkby David Weinberg (KCRW, 2013)After 75 years, the last race at Hollywood Park was run in December 2013. Once the celebrity playground of Hollywood stars, who owned thoroughbreds and stock in the racetrack, we visit the grounds in their final days. More from David Weinberg at www.randomtape.comPhotojondoeforty1http://bit.ly/1vlOfBJ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the dinner table and all that it inspires. Big Nightby Jonathan Goldstein (This American Life [WBEZ], 2002)Producer Jonathan Goldstein made every girl he ever dated watch the home movie of his family's Rosh Hashanah dinner he made when he was 17. He hoped that seeing his family life on film might make the women more sympathetic to his shortcomingsNaked Dinnerby Gwen Macsai (Weekend Edition Saturday [NPR], 2005)Once a month in New York, a particular group of friends gathers to dine at various restaurants around Manhattan... nude. Re:sound host, Gwen Macsai, has this report from her first Clothing Optional Dinner at a restaurant called Dorian's.Dreaming of Fat Men [Excerpt]by Lorelei Harris (Documentary on One [RTÉ Radio 1], 1994)Five very fat women meet to feast and discuss their relationship with food. Dreaming Of Fat Men is at once funny and sad and presents a portrait of women, food and desire that is rarely seen.Listen to the full story:http://bit.ly/1v0p87EA Square Meal, Regardlessby Jennifer Nathan (Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, 2007)When Cedric Chambers and John Gallagher met by chance 45 years ago, neither imagined that they’d be caring for each other into old age. But after John’s wife passed away and his children moved across the country, John turned to Cedric when he was diagnosed with lung cancer. Together they faced the end of his life.Happy Birthday, Darling!by Dmitry Nikolaev (Radio Russia Kultura, 2013)A story of how love can turn into a hatred that destroys everything and kills everybody... but performed in a wordless radio pantomime. PhotoDan Cunninghamhttp://bit.ly/1pm29PU Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we buckle up and hit the road.Don't Drive Like My Brotherby Jonathan Menjivar (This American Life [WBEZ], 2005)Charles Johnson was living in St. Louis, married with a young daughter, and he had no job. He looked around, and decided he'd try trucking. There was this company offering to train and hire drivers, so he signed up. The only problem was, he couldn't read.Stories and Drivingby Sophie Townsend with Jesse Cox and Louis Mitchell (Radiotonic [ABC RN], 2014)Sophie Townsend and her husband used to go on long driving trips, taking the back roads and scenic routes, with a cup of hot coffee between them and a constant supply of Fellini soundtracks on the stereo. Sophie no longer drives those routes though, and she's slowly losing those memories because it’s another story, one that keeps forcing it's way up to the surface, that keeps eclipsing those earlier recollections.Drive Straight Ahead by Mira Burt-Wintonick (Wiretap [CBC], 2014)A driver enlists the help of her car's GPS system to help her navigate her own emotional loss. [NOT AVAILABLE ON PODCAST]Listen online — bit.ly/W6QSeD Route Talkby Chris Garcia and Nancy Updike (This American Life [WBEZ], 2013)Chris Garcia and his dad were driving home, listening to oldies, sharing a bag of chips. A totally familiar scene for them. They’d driven this route probably hundreds of time, but something odd was happening in the car, so Chris started recording their conversation on his phone. He tells producer Nancy Updike what happened.Bus To Mexicoby Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2014)Every week, hundreds of people board coach buses in Chicago and travel to Mexico. Linda Lutton used to live in Mexico, and has taken the 2,000-mile trip nearly a dozen times to and from Zamora, Michoacán. On her most recent trip, she brought a tape recorder along.PhotoRachelhttp://bit.ly/1mx1LOc Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A live recording of Third Coast's recent listening event with WBEZ Education reporter Linda Lutton. Linda's reporting laid the foundation for This American Life's award-winning series on Chicago's Harper High School. She spoke with Re:sound host Gwen Macsai and shared some of her favourite stories and inspirations. Teens Share Their Secretsby Hearing Voices and Curie Youth Radio, 2008Teenagers wish they could tell their parents a lot of things. These kids in Chicago and reveal their secrets in a rather public venue.Gone [Excerpt]by Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2008)About 12,000 students drop out of Chicago Public Schools each year despite efforts by administrators and teachers to keep them on track. At Robeson High School on Chicago’s south side, even an ambitious program couldn’t stop students from slipping away. Reporter Linda Lutton tracked down a few absent Robeson students and discovered that they’d left school for very different reasons.To hear the full story: http://bit.ly/1muDqs4A Season of Football at Harper Highby Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2013)WBEZ education reporter Linda Lutton spent much of her time at Harper High School as part of the This American Life's reporting on that school and its violence-plagued community. Now, she takes us to meet Harper's football team. Get a glimpse of how Friday Night Lights feels when you're living in the shadow of gun violenceYou Want Good Meat? You Better Have Cloutby Linda Lutton (WBEZ, 2009)For anyone into barbecuing, these are days you just have to pull out the grill. In Chicago, what you put on that grill can depend on who you know. In this story, WBEZ stumbles onto the role clout can play in everyday Chicago life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: they built it and we see who came. Another Planet [Excerpt]by David Weinberg, Brendan Baker and Nick van der Kolk (Love + Radio, The Organist, KCRW, 2014)The story of Clyde Casey, a street performer who used surrealism and abstract art to fight crime on Los Angeles’ Skid Row in the 1980s, and the creator of a place called Another Planet.Listen to the entire story: http://loveandradio.org/2014/04/another-planet/The Treehouseby Karen Duffin with Nick White (Unfictional, 2014)In rural Crossville, Tennessee, you will find a peculiar mansion. It's 15,500 square feet and eight stories high, and spans seven trees.It is the world's largest tree house. This is the story of Horace Burgess, the man who made the tree house, and the price he had to pay for it.Young Ruinsby Avery Trufelman with Sam Greenspan, Katie Mingle and Roman Mars (99% Invisible, 2014)At the northwestern edge of San Francisco, right on the Pacific Ocean, is a curious jumble of concrete ruins. You wouldn’t know just looking at it, but this ruin is quite young. It’s what’s left of Sutro Baths, a palatial indoor swimming pool and amusement park built in 1898.PhotoSamantha Carlsonhttp://bit.ly/1rSTPdq Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, waiting. Waiting in line, waiting for an organ transplant and waiting for a bus that's never, ever going to come. In Line With Saturday Night Kleinby Sean Cole (Weekend America, 2007)Outside of Rockefeller Center in New York, you'll find the standby queue for Saturday Night Live tickets. Hundreds wait, and few will get in, but one man keeps the whole thing in order. The Bus Stopby Lulu Miller (Radiolab, 2010)In this story, the bus stop is there, the people are there. The only thing missing is the bus.Four Failing Lungsby Catie Talarski (WNPR, 2011)For Beth and Brian, a lung transplant could extend their lives for years. Or, it could lead to rejection and continued suffering.PhotoAnonymoushttp://bit.ly/1mprjjM Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Without Nameby Lina Misitzis (Here Be Monsters, 2013)Eugene up and left for California one morning without packing a thing from his apartment in Brooklyn, New York. Producer Lina Misitzis and her roommate Adrian got the apartment at a discount. The condition, though, was that they took the place as Eugene left it—full of his left-behind life. For two years they enjoyed Eugene's magazine subscriptions, ate out of his bowls, slept on his old couch and used his designer spices.PhotoLina Misitzis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week one woman's story unfolds through many threads. Songs My Mother Taught Meby Chris Brookes (CBC, 1998)When soldiers from Newfoundland came to London to fight in WWII, many met and married local women and brought their British war brides back home after the war ended. This story is mostly about one such bride, Producer Chris Brookes' mother, a woman of mystery, charm, and above all, secrets. After her death she unwittingly left behind a few key items — including a diary — and from these Chris begins to unravel her story. He discovers her thirst for life on the one hand, a deep sense of longing on the other, and lots more than he expected about himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we step inside the mind and listen to our thoughts. I Am Good At[NOTE: This piece is not available due to limited rights]by Cristal Duhaime with Mira Burt-Wintonick (WireTap, CBC 2012)The thoughts running through the heads of a couple as they meet for the first time on a blind date. Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitelby Pejk Malinovski (Between The Ears, Falling Tree Productions, BBC Radio 3, 2013)A man struggles to meditate as he realises he is sitting next to actor Harvey Keitel.Feetby Gwen Macsai and Taki Telonidis(Morning Edition, NPR, 1994)Re:sound host Gwen Macsai meditates on the two things she inherited from her mother: her feet.Guided By Voices [extract]by Benjamin Walker(Too Much Information with Benjamin Walker, WFMU 2011)After reconnecting with an old girlfriend who finds him on Facebook, host Benjamin Walker tries to make some money doing experimental medical testing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Easy Loveby Jaye Kranz (Long Story Short [ABC Radio National], 2014)Twenty six years ago, Warren Kirk was at home in his Melbourne east-suburban rental. He was freshly showered, he was in his kitchen, and he was about to do something he'd never done before.PhotoEmma Danielsson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Rest Is Silenceby Brian Calvert (Unfictional, KCRW, 2013)Amanda McDonough has had hearing problems all her life. She wore hearing aids and hid the fact from everyone she knew. Mostly she got by, until she made a decision that changed everything.Signal To Noiseby Paolo Pietropaolo (In The Dark, 2011)What happens when you work with sound everyday — listening to it, recording it, manipulating it — and then one day, one of those sounds sticks around for good? Radio producer Paolo Pietropaolo decided to listen carefully to his tinnitus — a chronic ringing in his ears — in hopes of decoding its mysterious message.5-7-5by Flo Neve (Re:sound debut, 2013)After Leslie lost his ability to enjoy music, he was able to find joy in peaceful places and haikus — short poems of 17 syllables — that he considers his 'zone of tranquility'. The Extractorby Jonathan Mitchell (The Truth, 2014)The sounds we make don't just fade away; they're embedded in the wood around us.PhotoKy Olsen Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour we look at the ups and downs of confinement. Picture A Boxby Nate DiMeo (The Memory Palace, 2012)Sometimes the only way to get out of a tight space is by getting into an even tighter one. Henry Brown did just that when he sealed himself in a very tight space. Tunnel 57by Roman Mars & Daniel Gross (99% Invisible, 2014)In 1961, East Germany closed its border to West Berlin with a wall. But this isn’t a story about the the Berlin Wall. This is a story about how to get through it — or really, underneath it.Elbow Roomby Elizabeth Arnold (Stories From The Heart Of The Land, 2007)Alaska, China and Mongolia ~ How much land does a person need? Elizabeth Arnold, who lives in Alaska, goes in search of even more wide-open space—and ends up with a case of claustrophobia in Outer Mongolia.Sensory Deprivation Tank[Listen on our website www.thirdcoastfestival.org]by Jonathan Goldstein (Wiretap, 2007)In this segment, Goldstein's friend Howard Chackowicz travels through the cosmos from the safety of his very own homemade sensory deprivation tank — fashioned out of a giant recycling box.PhotoAlex Eflon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour, we celebrate the work of a great journalist — Matt Power, who died March 10, 2014 while on assignment in Uganda.Holy Soulby Matt Power (The Next Big Thing, WNYC 2002)For many teens coming of age in the 1970s, the Beat poets served as rebel heroes. Matt Power was no different. Then he met Allen Ginsberg. In the flesh. Power’s recollections first appeared in an essay in the magazine Heeb.Dumpster Diving by Matt Power (The Next Big Thing, WNYC 2003)Every day of the year, New York City generates 26-thousand tons of garbage. As your mother would say, the amount of food thrown away could feed an army. And come closing time every day, that's exactly what happens.Flying Pumpkinsby Matt Power (The Next Big Thing, WNYC 2002)Every year in Millsboro, Delaware, on the first Saturday after Halloween, a fierce competition gets underway, involving powerful instruments of propulsion and… some very hearty produce.Drive-in, Drive Outby Matt Power (The Next Big Thing, WNYC 2003)Ever wonder what it would be like to spend the whole night at the drive-in? Matt Power did. He went to the movies, and to bed, at the Fairlee Motel and Drive-In Theater in Fairlee, VT.A Free Rideby Matt Power (The Next Big Thing, WNYC 2006)Over the tool shed, under the elm tree, and around the rose bushes - all in 30 seconds. It’s the “Blue Flash,” a homemade roller coaster John Ivers constructed in his backyard. Matt Power visits Ivers in rural Indiana to find out what kind of man builds his own roller coaster.Indian Traffic [excerpt]by Matt Power (The Next Big Thing, WNYC 2003)An audio postcard from Matt Power, who finds enlightenment in the chaotic choreography of New Delhi’s perpetual traffic jam.PhotoAmy Starecheski Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Turn right and you'll meet the man or woman of your dreams. Turn left and you'll get hit by a car. Much of life is a matter of being in the right place at the right time, or the wrong place at the wrong time. In this impressionistic audio work, Canadian producer Sarah Boothroyd explores randomness, chance, and luck through the microcosm of the race track.Chance was commissioned by Falling Tree Productions, for an audio version of the parlor game "consequences." What does that mean? And how did Sarah get those incredible hoofbeat sounds? Find out on our website: www.thirdcoastfestival.orgPhoto: Renata Domagalska Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: We showcase some of our favorite stories from the 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Appetite, and talk to the organizer of the project, former Third Coast Artistic Director Julie Shapiro, about the rules, the incentives, and our collaboration with the James Beard Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: when two people meet, sometimes extraordinary things happen. And sometimes extraordinary things happen in order for two people to meet. Message in a Bottle by Peter Mulryan and Liam O'brian (Documentary on One, RTE, 2012)On Christmas day of 1945, an American serviceman named Frank Heyostek tossed a message in a bottle into the Atlantic Ocean. Eight months later it was found by a young woman on a beach in Ireland. Irish producer Peter Mulryan tells the story of what happened next. Big Jim and Smokey Joeby Lea Thau (Strangers, KCRW, 2012) When Jennefer Ludwigsen was a waitress in Hollywood, a grumpy, foul-mouthed customer turned out to be the strangest fairy god-father ever. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: failure of flight. In one story a man mysteriously falls from the sky onto a sunny London street, and in another, a plane crashes into a mountain side, and an 11 year old walks away.Fallingby Bob Carlson and Kerstin Zilm (Unfictional, 2013)When Norman Ollestad was a kid, his father was always searching out the next big adventure. In 1979, when Norman was just 11, they left by plane to go skiing in California's San Gabriel mountains. When the plane hit bad weather, Norman realized he was in for a bigger adventure than he could have ever imagined.The Man Who Fell to Earthby Rob Walker (BBC World Service, Assignment, 2013)In September of 2012, on a sunny day in west suburban London, a man was found dead in the middle of the street with no identification. BBC correspondent Rob Walker followed along with the police’s investigation of the incident that started on a plane and ended up spanning two continents and eight countries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: where kids go to get away; from themselves, their troubles, the rules they’re supposed to follow, and of course, their parents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2013 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 2013 Third Coast Festival Broadcast, featuring the winners of our annual competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, a special feature. Everything Sounds is a podcast and short-form radio program exploring the role of sound in art, science, culture, and our everyday lives. Each program aims to highlight people, places, and ideas that expand our understanding of the power of sound. This week's episode highlights just such a place, and just such a person. Everything Sounds is produced by George Drake Jr. and Craig Shank. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: imperfect, impolitic, infuriating... love.*Note, not all stories from the original broadcast are available on the podcast due to limited rights agreements.A Jerusalem Love Storyby Daniel Estrin (Vox Tablet, 2013)Every relationship has its obstacles, but this one between two men - a Palestinian and an Israeli - may have more than any couple can bear. Other Halvesby Dennis Funk (Shortcuts, Falling Tree Productions, BBC Radio 4, 2013)When you enter a marriage, you assume that you know the essentials of who your partner really is. Turns out, not always.Unweddingby Rachel Simone James and Sharon Mashihi (Unfictional, KCRW, 2013)Claire and Finbloom got together in such a torrid, pyrotechnic kind-of-way, they decided they could break up with no less fanfare. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: we present two very different stories about the Texas State Penitentiary. Both are about soul - the kind you dance to, and the kind you pray for.Prisoner Soulby Vivienne Perry, presented by Gary Younge (BBC Radio 4, 2013)In the late 60s and early 70s, the Texas prison system chose to put a little more cash and a lot more creativity into its effort to stave off prisoner violence, boredom and recidivism by allowing prisoners to form bands and record music.Ministry of Presence by Matt Holzman (KCRW's Unfictional, 2013)The very same Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville featured in Prisoner Soul currently houses the busiest death chamber in the country. Meet Carroll Pickett, who has spent many agonizing years on death row, but not as a prisoner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the story of Sandra Willson.Tit for Tat: The Story of Sandra Willsonby Catherine Freyne, with sound engineer, Phillip Ullman In Australia, Sandra Willson is known for many things: she established the first halfway house for women leaving prison, she was a consultant on a popular TV series and an important figure in the gay rights movement. When Willson died in 1999, she left behind an unpublished memoir and a slew of personal papers. From these sources as well as archival interview tape, producer Catherine Freyne tells the story of Willson’s life, from the murder that put her in prison to her later activism. Readings from Willson's memoirs are done by actor, Linda Cropper.Re:sound is produced by Katie Mingle. More at thirdcoastfestival.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: dreams and dreamers of all kinds - lucid, fictional, public and elusive. Dream Bedby Sean Cole (Studio 360, 2005)Dreams are intensely personal. But since we all dream, might there be an aspect of dreaming that could be communal? Artist Marina Abramovic believes there is, so she created an installation in the Rose Museum in Boston and then invited people to sleep in it.Dreamersby Joe Frank (Unfictional, 2012)The work of Joe Frank is dark, unpredictable and often, hilarious. His story "Dreamers" is more like an M.C Escher drawing than a traditional tale and leaves you questioning the blurry line between dreams and reality. The Lucid Dreamersby Neva Grant (360documentaries, ABC, 2012)How wonderful would sleep be, if we could control our dreams? As it turns out, many people say this is possible, and YouTube is filled with how-to videos. American producer Neva Grant explored this phenomenon of lucid dreaming while living in Australia. Dreamlandby Nate DiMeo (The Memory Palace, 2012)Amusement parks have always been places where the stuff of your wildest dreams can be lived out. So it’s not a surprise that New York’s Coney Island, which once boasted three competing parks, named one of them Dreamland.Re:sound is produced by Katie Mingle Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: the mother reigns supreme. Kingdom of Womenby Erin O'Dwyer with Timothy Nicastri (360documentaries, ABC, 2013)In remote village in the Yunnan province of China exists one of the only matriarchal cultures in the world. In fact, there isn't even a word in the Mosuo language for 'husband' or 'father.' Children are raised by their mother's brother and all of the property stays in her name. Women entertain as many lovers as they wish, who visit under the cloak of darkness and leave before dawn. The Hidden World of Traveller Girls by The Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva (Morning Edition, NPR, 2010)"Travellers" are sometimes thought of as the gypsies of Ireland. The girls marry young and have large families. By the time they’re well established, so is their authority in the community. Re:sound is produced by Katie Mingle. Hear more great stories at thirdcoastfestival.org. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: what happens when we open our ears to the surprising symphonies all around us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the ABC's Long Story Short, the story of a guy who was thrown a lot of curve balls, and overcame them all.Persevering Rick was produced for Long Story Short by Mike Williams with sound engineer Timothy Nicastri. Long Story Short was created and presented by Jesse Cox and Mike Williams, and produced by Winding Track and Creative Nonfiction in association with ABC Radio National. The series producer is Lorena Allam. The Third Coast podcast is produced by Katie Mingle. Hear more great stories at http://thirdcoastfestival.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: we explore two struggling Texas towns through the beautiful and mournful voices of those who still live there.The Third Coast Festival's Re:sound is hosted by Gwen Macsai and produced by Katie Mingle. http://thirdcoastfestival.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stories of people in love, who just wouldn't take 'no' for an answer. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: The American Icons series from WNYC's Studio 360. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a purple hotel, a family who argues over their skin color, a singing rainbow and more.Rainbow Squaredby Katie Mingle (Re:sound debut, 2013)The original color palette is of course, the rainbow. And though the rainbow has been appropriated by many over the years, Re:sound producer Katie Mingle will (for better or worse) always associate the rainbow with "the double rainbow guy," Paul Vasquez.Rippin' The Rainbow A New One (excerpt)by Radiolab (Radiolab, 2012)To make sense of the science of color, it turns out that rainbows are the perfect teaching tool. In this excerpt from Radio Lab, Robert Krulwich, Jad Abumrad and researcher Mark Changizi discuss whether color comes from within or without, with help from the Young New Yorkers Chorus. After You Leftby Margy Rochlin and Bob Carlson (Unfictional, 2012)For writer Margy Rochlin, the absence of color was the main feature of her ancestral home in Nogales, Arizona. It looked the same for decades... until the day it didn’t.As Black As We Wish To Be (excerpt) by Lu Olkowski (State of The Re:Union, 2012)In a tiny town in the Appalachian foothills of Southern Ohio, one family disagrees about who they are at their essence, starting with their skin color. Purple Reignby Gwen Macsai and Roman Mars (99% Invisible, 2012)Re:sound host Gwen Macsai comes clean with a very colorful secret. Re:sound is produced by Katie Mingle. Find out more at thirdcoastfestival.org Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the story of a harrowing journey on the Mediterranean Sea that started with high hopes and ended in tragedy. Plus Gwen and Julie discuss the (just announced) 2013 ShortDocs Challenge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Reporter Linda Lutton has spent a great deal of time with one remarkable high school principle as she deals with incredible obstacles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Things anonymous. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: we drop in on families wrestling with love and loyalty. Grilling Me Softlyby Jay Allison (Nieman Conference on Narrative Journalism, 2004)When veteran radio producer Jay Allison went out on his first post-divorce date, his teenage daughter didn’t hold back with her support or her opinions. Jay told the story to a live audience back in 2004.Except Meby Erin Davis (Third Coast National Broadcast, 2008)From early on, Marissa Skilling’s feelings about her Autistic younger brother vacillated between love and hate; some days she wanted to hug him and some days she wanted to strangle him. David and Tedby Max Jungreis (KRUA Alaska, 2012)Blood may be thicker than water, but at what point does loyalty exact too great a cost? David Kaczynski, devoted brother to "Unabomber" Ted Kaczynski, found himself grappling with this question as he confronted an absolutely unthinkable situation. Basement Storyby Austin Bunn (Re:sound premiere, 2013)Writer Austin Bunn was thinking a lot about his twin brother when their mom decided to sell their boyhood home. In the process of cleaning out the basement, Austin unearthed remnants of a dark childhood game. Finding Sumoby Bob Carlson and Wendy Dorr (Unfictional, 2012)Several years ago, Melanie Hoopes and Ed Herbstman lost something extremely valuable (and cute). This is the story of how it was found. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hauntings of war, ethereal recordings, and other ghosts of Vietnam.The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Corporal Michael A. Baronowskiby Christina Egloff and Jay Allison (All Things Considered, 2001)In 1966, Michael Baronowski took a reel-to-reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. Thirty-five years later, the eerie, ghost-like recordings that survived him ended up in the hands of radio producers Christina Egloff and Jay Allison.Wandering Soulsby Cathy Fitzgerald (BBC World Service, 2011)Both Vietnam and the United States remain haunted by the war. In the US, some soldiers are still chased by vivid memories. In Vietnam, the haunting is literal. There, it is believed that war deaths prevent the peaceful continuation of a soul as it journeys from this world to the next.Quiet Americanby Katie Mingle (Re:sound premiere, 2013)In this short feature, Aaron Ximm talks about the field recordings he made in Vietnam using quasi-binaural microphones, and about why he believes sound recordings are the best way to document our experiences. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gwen Macsai and Julie Shapiro spin some of our favorite stories from the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs challenge. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine reporting in a culture that speaks a language your listeners don't understand, and covering issues your listeners don't totally care about - all in a country that doesn't even want you there in the first place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hour two of Best of the Best, showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC/RHDF Competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Showcasing the best radio stories of the year - winners of the 2012 TC / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Drawing from radio and beyond, Jad Abumrad shares the stories, sounds, people and projects that have most inspired him over the years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jason Leopold had all the qualities he needed to break big stories, but the one story that nearly broke him was his own. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Stories of people who start out as bitter enemies and end up in places you could never predict. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As the James Bond franchise celebrates its 50th year, we get at what's been driving him all this time - the beat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Two stories of people who are far away - physically, emotionally and/or spiritually from the place they call home. http://thirdcoastfestival.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Spin class gets personal in this episode of Jonathan Mitchell's podcast, The Truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We’ll bob from the biggest maritime disaster that you've never heard of, to a man who saved thousands of shipboard lives with a deceptively simple design. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

An artful story about a soul-crushing place. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: two stories of regular old days that started out static and ended up seismic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The story of two 18th century Irish women who cast off their fates, challenge their times, and scandalize all of Ireland.More at http://thirdcoastfestival.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whether it's a mob of millions or one single voice, nothing changes unless someone stands up and says, "No more." More at http://thirdcoastfestival.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A few stops on the East Village Poetry Walk, narrated by Jim Jarmusch. More at http://thirdcoastfestival.org/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Listening to the night. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Children try to survive in, and escape from, a slum called Sodom and Gomorrah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Here's your typical love story, except for one small detail: the husband is a race horse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cosmonauts, Putin, Soviet design and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What does an entire city block sound like? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: To do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: inside the the lives and works of two great American artists, painter Edward Hopper and poet Anne Sexton. *Note not all stories in the original broadcast could be podcast due to rights issues. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: The rise of media tycoon, Rupert Murdoch. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the drama of sport, the history of sport, the sound of sport and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hour two of our Best of the Best special, featuring the winners of the 2011 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hour one of our Best of the Best special, featuring the winners of the 2011 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: Little feet on big adventures. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Facing fears in faraway lands. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the piano. But not just as a musical instrument. The piano as a spiritual healer, as a symptom in a grand delusion, as a man’s obsession, and as a beloved friend, put out to pasture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: selling, swapping, buying and trading. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: A dark secret that threatens to tear apart a family. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: From the highest fresh water lake in the world to one of the lowest spots on the bowery, we bring you stories of nomadic cultures, peoples and spirits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Dads, in all their glory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: letters. To yourself, to your city, lost letters, found letters... and a love letter to letters. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Stories about people who lived to be 100, and reflections from producer Neenah Ellis on what she learned from these remarkable centenarians. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: We showcase some of our favorite stories from the 2010 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: Book Odds, and talk to the organizer of the project, Third Coast Artistic Director Julie Shapiro about the rules, the incentives, and our collaboration with widely-acclaimed musical duo, The Books. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Hustlers. Some are straight-up con artists, and others are just doing what they have to do to get by. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: every country song tells a story and has a story behind it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: two people shed old skins and resurface in foreign territory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Running on two legs, running on four, but most importantly, running with all your might. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Jazz and the struggle for civil rights in South Africa and the U.S. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Identical twins — separated at birth, separated by belief and joined by matching outfits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the delicate interdependence between being in need and answering the call to help. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For every action there is a reaction. This week we look at consequences, both micro and macro. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Food. It's delicious. It's complicated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: looking for the intangible. What's lost and what might be found. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a one way mission to mars, a Russian cosmonaut's favorite music, the Voyager golden record, the sound of the northern lights, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything in between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the story (and the story behind the story) of Willie McGee. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the experience of the city -- from the bicycle seat, the planner’s map, and the poet’s pen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the capital of scamming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: we explore some big ideas – justice, injustice, punishment, and redemption – through small, powerful, personal stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: kids sing opera, they talk about life on a remote island, and they opine about running the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: one woman’s comments at a school board meeting in Kanawa County, West Virginia, become a catalyst for deep division within the school district, the county, the state, and the entire country. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: two amazing musicians explored through the portal of two amazing documentaries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the home funeral movement. Three families who've forgone traditional death rites in favor of a more DIY approach. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: three documentary poems chronicling the lives of working class mothers in Troy, NY. Plus, poets as reporters, confused readers, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: change. Some of us crave it, some of us avoid it at all costs. But whenever and wherever it happens, change creates fallout, intentional or not. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the untold story behind one of the most famous, groundbreaking, and disturbing experiments in the history of psychological research Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: families, in all their messy, dysfunctional glory. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a lobster diver in Honduras, a chocolate taster in France, a movie director in Nigeria, and other stories that reveal the workaday world in all its globalized complexity, one person at a time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: journeys to the far north, the moon, and other places near and far. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a seismic shift in a man's identity, a bad dog who refuses to change, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the weird, wonderful results of the Radio Ephemera ShortDocs Challenge.We sample from some of the submissions, talk with Third Coast Artistic Director Julie Shapiro, and learn more about the amazing Prelinger Library, our project collaborators. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: meditations on whispering, selective mutism, and a man who records some of the quietest sounds in the world. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: two stories that get incredibly, intimately, close to their subjects. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: here, there, and in-between. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: best friends who will never meet face to face, an abandoned wedding dress found floating in a lake, and more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week: a worm digger in rural Maine, a remarkably effective citizen spy, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a peek into auditions at one of the most competitive conservatories in Australia, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: melodies from the world around us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the work of producer Sean Hurley, a writer and musician who lives on top of a mountain in New Hampshire and has an alter-ego, Sherwin Sleeves, who's become central to Sean's radio storytelling. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: an all-woman Led Zeppelin cover band and metal-loving children. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a janitor poet, a teenage psychic, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: people move and places change. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a Japanese blues singer, an aging opera fan, and homemade recordings of a rural children's choir. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a disappearing lake, a luxury liner on the Adriatic Sea, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a radio station dedicates five days of air-time to a live reading of Tolstoy's War and Peace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: earworms, mantras, and stories told again and again. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: phone solicitors, bottle evangelists, a mysterious cassette tape unearthed in the attic, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: redeeming the much-maligned bird. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a visit to a pauper's graveyard, three very short (but very big) questions, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the wild and wonderful results of the Third Coast Festival's 2007 Audio Challenge: Dollar Storeys. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: girls, boys, and sleepover reconnaissance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: climbing, flying and facing your fears. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: an isolated village experiences rapid cultural change, a "border blaster" transmits totally unregulated radio programs from Mexico into the U.S., and a tiny frog causes trouble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: we celebrate ten years of Outfront, a groundbreaking show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation that invited listeners to tell their own stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a young patient escapes his hospital bed through flights of imagination, a musician documents a city under siege, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a man transformed by illness, a house full of paintings left behind by an old friend, and a surprisingly complex story of old people in love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a chronicle of European history through the sound of bells and a bizarre spectacle of endurance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a closely guarded family secret and the hidden history of long-deceased grandmother. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: sign language, lip-reading, and deaf culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: amateur sleuths and internet detectives. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a surprising look at the relationship between a hospice worker and his patient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: brothers and sisters contend with family illness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the golden years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the mysteries and complexities of the brain. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a very personal take on a rare subculture, a young man forced to confront his obesity, a dinner with unabashed nudists, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: one room school houses from Maui to Maine, each with a unique culture and character. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the intriguing world of experimental podcasts. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: letters on the radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: excerpts from some of our favorite Third Coast Conference sessions from years past. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the work of Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister of Long Haul Productions. Dan and Elizabeth specialize in stories that follow people over days, weeks, and even years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a man grapples with the stillbirth of his son with surprising grace and clear-eyed honesty. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Rebecca Sheir's The End as Beginning: An Audio Exploration of the Jewish View of Death, a trilogy that blends interviews, personal reflections, and music, and focuses on death and the Jewish tradition. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: music, memory, lost love, and John Denver. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: 99 Ways to Tell a Radio Story, an audio experiment orchestrated by the Third Coast Festival in collaboration with cartoonist Matt Madden. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: spiritual loss and pursuit, an isolated religious community in rural Montana, a grumpy minister, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the story of four small towns that were evacuated and flooded to create one of the biggest reservoirs of drinking water on the east coast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a story about the bitter fight for gay rights in New Zealand, featuring a blend of rare archival tape of the speeches, rallies, and debates that marked the struggle and the personal stories of people affected by the fight. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a town grapples with a young person's violent death, and a sound portrait of a chaotic emergency call center. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: two stories by Mary Beth Kirchner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: readers, writers, literary performance artists, and the grammar police. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a visit to one of the most remote islands on earth, a woman who sings with crickets, a return to Zagreb, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a documentary composition by Alessandro Bosetti. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a group of tourists travels through Central Asia, where antics and misbehavior ensue. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: two stories from RTE's Flux with Ronan Kelly. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a beloved pig and a meditation on dogs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: two decades after he was forced to flee, a young Palestinian man returns to his home to meet the Israeli woman who lives there now. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a child beauty queen, a young transgendered man, and an obsessive teen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a pizza chef travels to North Korea to cook for Kim Jong Il, a young man contemplates his release from "juvie," and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: time-lapse phonography, a much-sampled beat, and the only instrument you can play without actually touching. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: stories that bend, stretch, and downright fabricate the truth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the captivating results of a transcontinental radio collaboration. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: voyaging, wandering, and becoming a fanatic pedestrian. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the strange, storied, hodgepodge history of radio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: tongue twisters, brain teasers, cheaters, and one of the worst high school football teams of all time. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: the indomitable Studs Terkel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a seemingly mismatched but (mostly) happy couple, a wife who exacts revenge on her husband via beef broth, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: Dads. The good, the bad, and the complicated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: memories and reverberations of conflict. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: a tall, white New Zealander heads to Mumbai to try and land a role in one of the hundreds of Bollywood films the industry churns out each year. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This hour: an obscure director frets his way through Sundance, the accidental genre known as film noir, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.