Title
Presented
Story
A guy muses on the fears associated with a loved one's body.
Scared was produced for the 2008 TCF ShortDocs Challenge: Radio Ephemera.
Producer
John Biewen is the audio program director at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. He worked for Minnesota Public Radio for many years, covered the Rocky Mountain West for NPR News, then spent eight years as a correspondent with American RadioWorks, the documentary unit of American Public Media. Biewen’s work has won many honors, including two Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Awards, the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, and the Third Coast Festival's Radio Impact Award.
Extra
Scared was presented by John Biewen at the opening session of the 2008 Third Coast Conference - Presenting the 2008 TCF ShortDocs: Radio Ephemera.
Radio Ephemera challenged any/everyone to produce a short audio work inspired by two books from the Prelinger Library in San Francisco, and featuring the voice of a stranger.
Scared
Inspired by: Control of Body and Mind / The Facts of Life for Teenagers
Stranger: the voicemail lady
Read about and listen to all 72 Radio Ephemera submissions.
Hear more audio work by John Biewen.
Check out the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University, where John runs the audio program.
Posted by Sara from Chicago at 07/12/2010