Hearing Voices
Adventurous Audio: Sound-Portraits, Slam Poets, Radio Docs and Vox Pop. A new hour every month.
-
Desert Air 2 (of 2)
The last half of A Hot & Dry Summer Special, hosted by Ben Adair of APM Weekend America: The Quiet American (Aaron Ximm) sound-captures the forbidding warning signs rattling in a harsh wind and "Desert Sun" outside the nuclear Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas. Back in the early 1990s, SLC produce ...
-
Desert Air 1 (of 2)
The first half of A Hot & Dry Summer Special, hosted by Ben Adair of APM Weekend America: Coyotes, owls, frogs and songbirds are part of Desert Solitudes, recorded by Bernie Krause and Ruth Happel in the Sonoran and Chihuauan deserts, part of New Mexico's panhandle. Host Ben Adair heads down to the ...
-
Radio Gondor
A community radio station in Gondar, Ethiopia broadcasts health education programs on subjects ranging from HIV/AIDS prevention to the dangers of using dirty tattoo needles. (2:33)
-
Remedial Theory
Great literature allows us to learn to empathize with the experiences of others. So how is it a man now on trial for crimes against humanity is an avid reader of fiction? Might he simple be reading the wrong books? A trip to The Hague to hand-deliver the 'right' books to Slobodan Milosevic. (13:29)
-
Jack & Jan Kerouac
For Poetry Month, Jan Kerouac delivers her own poem to her dad Jack, over Jack's own prose; produced by Marjorie Van Halteren. (6:34)
-
Long Day on the Road
I"I can break the law because... I AM the law." Sleepless in Tbilisi. A twenty-four hour tour, from Turkish baths to Batumi beaches, through the country of Georgia. High-speed sight-seeing driven by the accidental tourguide: "a 'detective,' or 'special police,' or 'security force.' It's not clear. S ...
-
Big Stone Heads
IA trip to Easter Island to gather recordings of local musicians and theories on who made and moved the "moai," the ilse's famous stone heads. A mystery of aliens, archeologists; and arboreal emptiness: What happened to all the trees? (6:09)
-
Charles Bowden
A portrait of the non-fiction writer Charles Bowden, told by the people he's written about and the editors he's worked with. Bowden lives in Tucson, Arizona, and has written extensively on the cultural and physical environment of the Southwest. His style is both harsh and beautiful, and somewhat pai ...
-
Heat (extended mix)
It is 120°. The birds and animals, and even insects hide. The story focuses on the words, thoughts and sounds of desert residents: writer Charles Bowden, the Tohono O'odham poet Ofelia Zepeda, and ambient composer Steve Roach, whose composition "Slow Heat" scores the piece. (7:30)
-
The Pledge
For the Fourth: People with different regional, ethnic, and national accents recite and reflect upon the single-sentence, century-old poem "The Pledge of Allegiance." (5:23)
-
Otha Turner's Picnic
Let's start Summer with some Mississippi moonshine, barbecued goat and the last of the old-time Fife & Drum picnics. By Ben Adair (13:10).
-
My Father's Music
A Father's Day ditty: Going in and out of cool, in syncopated time. A daughter and dad's ever-changing relationship moves to the beat of a jazz standard. Produced by Rebecca Flowers. (6:30)
-
Moth Music
The eerily beautiful music of moth wings. A tale of bat-detectors, beehive destruction and the intersection of insect and synthesizer. (3:02)
-
For the Fallen 2 (of 2)
"For the Fallen" Last half of a Memorial Day radio special: Host Major Robert Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces, a Green Beret and poet, presents troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, reading their emails, poems, and journals, as part of the NEA project: "Operation Homecoming," and selections ...
-
For the Fallen 1 (of 2)
"For the Fallen"- First half of a Memorial Day radio special: Host Major Robert Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces, a Green Beret and poet, reveals his love-hate relationship with the bugle call "Taps." We join a "Military Honor Guard" in Long Island, recorded by Charles Lane. We hear interviews wit ...
-
Song & Memory: Eleanor Rigby
What song from your past brings back a strong memory? From the "Song and Memory" series, we hear from Kelly Kinsey about a Beatles tune that takes her back. Produced by Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler (3:23)
-
White Temple- Taiwan
A woman's song on the streets of Taipei, Taiwan, leads the producer to the outskirts of town, to climb the rock steps of the White Temple. There, high in the clouds, one hundred voices are singing a salutation to the Buddha. Produced by Dmae Roberts of Stories1st.org. (1:51)
-
Travels with Mom
For Mother's Day: These days, taking mom for out for a day-trip doesn't involve going very far in distance, as it does back in time. Tybee Island, Georgia, now and in the 1920's, as seen by Mrs. Massett. (12:25)
-
Poetry is Wanted Here
For Poetry Month, from his collection Various Atmospheres, Alex Caldiero performs "Poetry is Wanted Here" (2:58).
-
Hydrogen People
For Earth Day: The Administration Moves Past Hydrogen Powered Automobiles (2:05)
Hearing Voices
