Hearing Voices
Adventurous Audio: Sound-Portraits, Slam Poets, Radio Docs and Vox Pop. A new hour every month.
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Movement Soul
For Black History Month- In 1963-4 two Atlanta residents collected live recordings at freedom movement events in the deep south, mass meetings, sermons, rallies, interviews. Their collection, now at the Library of Congress, is called "Movement Soul." (7:58)
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Dr. King at Temple Isreal
For MLK Day- In 1965 Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered a sermon at Temple Israel in Hollywood. King was invited to the temple by Rabbi Max Nussbaum, who himself used the pulpit to rail against injustices in Nazi Germany. King's sermon was recorded on an old-fashioned reel-to-reel audio tape and buri ...
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Avalanche
The story of back-country skiers caught in an avalanche, told by the survivors. Produced by Scott Carrier (19:29).
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Pastor Mike at Jordan High
When the last school bell rings, Pastor Mike Cummings stands in front of Jordan High School in Watts, Los Angeles. Jordan High is next door to the gang-ridden Jordan Downs projects, which students have to pass through to go home -- sometimes with Pastor Mike at their side. Produced by Queena Kim (3: ...
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Countdown
An HV/JoeFrank.com collaboration: For New Year's, a sobering look at the passage of time. Produced by Joe Frank (1:49)
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Zulu Kids Xmas
A Christmas audio postcard sung by Zulu children in a South African orphanage. Produced by Jake Warga (2:14)
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A Winter Love Story
An HV/JoeFrank.com collaboration: Joe returns to radio with a passionate love affair, complete with champagne, ice-skating, and an ambulance crash. Created in collaboration with David Rapkin. Produced by Joe Frank (7:14)
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Electroshock
A first-person accont by "Ned" of his ElectroConvulsive Therapy; followed by music from "Ned's" band Flavormaus. Produced by Larry Massett (5:16)
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Memory Box
For World AIDS Awarenes Day, Dec 1: AIDS workers in Africa share what's kept inside "memory books" and "memory boxes"-- keepsakes that help children orphaned by the AIDS virus to remember their parents. The Memory Box Project is a community outreach program of the University of Cape Town. Interviews ...
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Arab Students
Our own Middle-Eastern conference: Students visiting America from across the Arabic-speaking world share their perspectives on the misunderstandings between their home nations and the United States. (9:11)
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Living Flag- Reparations
A woman sits cross-legged, panhandling on a busy city sidewalk. She takes money only from white folks, and gives it to blacks who pass by. Her sign reads: "200 Years of Slavery in the United States. Reparation payments accepted here." damali ayo is a street performance artist. "I offer people a conv ...
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Bloody Hell 2 (of 2)
The last half of a Halloween Hour of Horror, hosted by Tom Lopez of ZBS Productions: Gene Moss's 1964 Beatles parody "I Want to Bite Your Hand," w/ SFX by MP3J. Radio Inferno, based on Dante's "Divine Comedy," by Andreas Ammer w/music by FM Einheit. "Monsters I've Met" by Shel Silverstein. "Jesus a ...
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Bloody Hell 1 (of 2)
The first half of a Halloween Hour of Horror, hosted by Tom Lopez of ZBS Productions: "Blood on the Pulpit" by David Greenberger, from a conversation with Edna Wofford. "The Bleeding Man" from ZBS. "La Llorona" by Ginna Allison. And ZBS's The Ultimate 3-D Thunderstorm. (23:00)
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Operation Homecoming 6- National Endowment for the Arts
From the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. We end our series with editor Andrew Carroll and project creator Dana Gioia (Chairman of the NEA) discussing the book and its contributors; and we hear troops reading their works. Music: JessAtki ...
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Operation Homecoming 5- Lunch with Pirates
From the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Next in our series: Sergeant Clint Douglas exchanges some bizarre cordialities between bitter enemies. Music: JessAtkins.com (5:47).
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Operation Homecoming 4- To the Fallen
From the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Next in our series: Sergeant John McCary writes a frustrated email home after attending two multiple funerals in a single day. Music: JessAtkins.com (3:52).
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Operation Homecoming 3- Among These Ruins
From the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Next in our series: Sergeant Helen Gerhardt recounts her first few days in Iraq, in an email to family and friends. Music: JessAtkins.com (3:46).
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Iron Cross Battles Burmese Repression
In support of Burmese demonstraters: The popular Burmese rock band Iron Cross is using music to challenge the nation's infamously repressive regime. In the great tradition of rock and roll, Iron Cross is taking on Burma's military government with song. Produced by Scott Carrier (7:39).
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Who's John Cage (Silence)
John Cage was born 95 years ago, September 5 1912. Here's a quasi-Cage-ian sound portrait with voxpop featuring folk answering "Who's John Cage?" (2:24)
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Office Yoga
A Labor Day Dialectic: A more realistic approach to spiritual awareness: how yoga might help relieve stress at the office, or not. Produced by Rebecca Flowers. (2:16)
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