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September 30, 2006 (#35)- The Echoes of War Show
Originally broadcast December 24, 2005
Osama Dreams
Pejk Malinovski- Independent Producer
Ever since 9/11, the United States government has been searching for osama bin laden, the elusive leader of Al Qaeda. Though he's popped up on video tapes every once in a while, no one knows exactly where he is. But, as it turns out, unbeknownst to many, there have been sightings here in America...at night....in people's dreams. (The Next Big Thing, 2004)
Unquiet Graves
Marjorie Van Halteren- Producer, Entre Duex Amies
Helen Engelhardt- Producer, Entre Duex Amies
When producer Marjorie Van Halteren left the US for France in 1992, she was looking for a little peace and quiet. Which she found. But underneath the peace and quiet she unexpectedly found something much more disquieting in the media reports from "Over There" and the growing understanding of the ground beneath her own feet.
Uncle Ed
Jon Watanabe - Independent Producer
When Ed Kiyohara returned from World War II with a purple heart, he had been fighting with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the most decorated military combat unit in history. The hero's welcome he
received was in stark contrast to the way the war began for him in a US internment camp. He told his nephew, radio producer Jon Watanabe, a story of one of his early adventures coping with being considered the enemy before he became a soldier. (The KPFA Morning Show, 2005)
Ease on Down
Michael Kraskin - Producer, Catalogue of Ships
David Terry - Writer, Catalogue of Ships
While traveling in Greece, David Terry meets an Afghan refugee who fled the Taliban when he was 15. When David was 15, he was in his high school Show Choir. "What is that?" the refugee asks. David shows him. (Catalogue of Ships, 2005)
Featured Music
Steve Reich and Musicians, “ Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ,” Variations (Deutsche Grammophon, 2002)
Keith Fullerton Whitman, “ Stereo Music For Acoustic Guitar, Buchla Music Box 100, Hewlett Packard Model 236 Oscillator, Electric Guitar And Computer (Part One),” Multiples (Kranky, 2005)
Lemon Jelly, “Closer,” Lost Horizons (Xl/Beggars Us Ada , 2002)
Eluvium, “ I Am So Much More Me That You Are Perfectly You,” Lambent Material (Temporary Residence, 2003)
The Books, "An Animated Description of Mr. Maps." Lost and Safe (Tomlab, 2005)
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Check out all the episodes of Michael Kraskin and David Terry's very cool podcast "Catalogue of Ships." |
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September 23 , 2006 (#33)- The Hollywood Show
Originally broadcast December 3, 2005
Sundance Rollercoaster
Matt Holzman- Producer, The Business
Director Richard Shepard had been dwelling in cinema obscurity for years before he got his break- a relatively big budget and a chance to direct big stars in a film he wrote called “The Matador.” When he took his film to Sundance in 2005, his entire future was flashing before his eyes- on the big screen. ( The Business, 2005)
Interview with Matt Holzman
The producer and editor of The Business talks to Gwen Macsai about the trials and tribulations of putting out a show devoted to exploring the business of a notoriously tight-lipped industry.
Down and Out (and Up and Down) in Hollywood
Amanda Aronczyk- Producer
Every day, despite the crazy odds, people keep trying to sell their stories to Hollywood. Among them, two young comedians - Ahna Tessler and Lauren Engel. During the day they had babysitting jobs and at night they did stand up in New York clubs. Neither of them had healthcare for years, and they were basically just getting by, and so really they had nothing to lose. Why not just take their film idea to LA, how hard could that be? (The Next Big Thing, 2003)
Film Noir
Sara Fishko- Producer, The Fishko Files
WNYC culture and arts reporter-at-large Sara Fishko explores the images and sounds of the accidental genre known as Film Noir. (The Fishko Files, 2004)
Featured Music
The Postal Service, “Such Great Heights,” Give Up (Sub Pop, 2003)
Jon Brion, “Strange Bath,” I Heart Huckabees Soundtrack (Milan Records, 2004)
Amon Tobin, “Stoney Street,” Bricolage (Ninja Tune, 1997)
Amon Tobin, “Defocus,” Bricolage (Ninja Tune, 1997)
The Postal Service, “National Anthem,” Give Up (Sub Pop, 2003)
The Postal Service, “Clark Gable,” Give Up (Sub Pop, 2003)
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Read more about Gwen Macsai's journey from obscurity to NPR, to Hollywood and then back to obscurity. |
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September 16 , 2006 (#57)- The Emergency Show
A Tale of Two Townsvilles
Claudia Taranto- Independent Producer
Three years ago in the Australian community of Townsville, the death of an Aboriginal teenager at the hands of a white teenager sent shock waves through the seaside community. This piece explores what happened the night of the incident and the events that unfolded thereafter.
000 Ambulance
Kyla Brettle- Independent Producer
A sound portrait of a chaotic emergency call center in Melbourne (Australians dial 000 instead of 911). Producer Kyla Brettle blends recordings of urgent calls made to 000, interviews with emergency operators and ambulance dispatchers, and the sounds of the frenetic call center into a powerful piece about crisis and mortality.
Featured Music
Melodium, “Untitled 7 ,” Hum Hum & Bla Bla EP (Autres Directions in Music, 2005)
Balun, "Moving Pictures," Something Comes Our Way (Brillante, 2006)
Atone, "Verset," Un Jour EP (Autres Directions in Music, 2004)
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Hear "Affairs of the Mind", another documentary by Kyla Brettle, in our 2002 archive of Third Coast Festival winners. |
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Learn about the Errol Wyles Foundation, established since the first broadcast of "A Tale of Two Townsvilles." The Foundation was created to provide legal redress to Aboriginal people who continue to suffer the effects of discrimination and prejudice within the criminal justice system. |
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September 9 , 2006 (#56)- The MBK Show
Roof of Thunder
Mary Beth Kirchner- Independent Producer
John Hull was born sighted and underwent the slow inexorable loss of vision, until he became totally blind in his mid-forties. Through audio diaries and intimate scenes with his family, Hull takes us inside his world of blindness.
Interview with Mary Beth Kirchner
Gwen Macsai talks briefly to the pioneering radio producer about these two pieces from the early days of American long-form documentary production.
A Mind of Her Own
Mary Beth Kirchner- Independent Producer
The story of one family’s decade-long struggle with Alzheimer’s. Despite the fact that we know much more about the disease now than when this documentary was produced almost twenty years ago, it remains fresh, painting a very intimate portrait of what it means to live with this devastating illness.
Featured Music
Hauschka, "Fernpunkt,” The Prepared Piano (Karaoke Kalk, 2005)
Hauschka, “Where Were You,” The Prepared Piano (Karaoke Kalk, 2005)
Hauschka, “Kein Wort,” The Prepared Piano (Karaoke Kalk, 2005)
Hauschka, “Kreuzung,” The Prepared Piano (Karaoke Kalk, 2005)
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Hear another one of Mary Beth Kirchner's Soundprint documentaries "The Greying of the Convent" in our 2001 Audio Archive. |
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This week's featured musician Hauschka is coming to the Elastic performance space in Chicago on Sunday, September 24, 2006, along with another Re:sound/TCF favorite Alessandro Bosetti (of "African Feedback" fame). We're excited, you should be too. |
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September 2, 2006 (#24)- The God Show
Originally broadcast June 12, 2005
Shadow of a Doubt
Jane Ulman- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
People have seen images of the Virgin Mary all over the world in the strangest of places: under the train platform, on the walls of buildings, in a grilled cheese sandwich. This is a lovingly constructed portrait of a town in Australia and what happened there when the image of Mary was sighted in a fence post. (ABC’s The Listening Room, 2003 )
If You Build an Oracle They Will Come
Julie Subrin- Producer, The Next Big Thing
Dean Olsher- Host/Producer, The Next Big Thing
A hardware store may seem like an unlikely place to find an oracle, but when you think about it, why not? A decent hardware store has something for everyone and so should any oracle worth its salt. So, when the electronic billboard above Pinchink's hardware store in Brooklyn started soliciting questions from passersby like a modern-day oracle, Dean Olsher was there to see how it all worked out. (PRI’s The Next Big Thing, 2004)
Of the Word God
Paul de Jong- The Books
Nick Zammuta- The Books
Musicians and found sound enthusiasts, The Books, distill a 60 minute sermon down to its elemental form.
The Gods of Times Square
David Isay- Executive Producer, Sound Portraits
Richard Sandler- Photographer/Independent Producer
If there is one place in the US that symbolizes the cathedral America has built to itself and its obsessions, it is Times Square: massive billboards crowding out the sky, teeming tourists and hawkers of every kind. Photographer Richar Sandler was drawn there to make a film who come to Times Square to explore the notion of God, to preach, proselytize, or pray. After shooting over 100 hours of footage, he ran out of money to finish the film. So he teamed up with Sound Portraits producer David Isay to make an audio documentary with the video footage he collected. (NPR’s All Things Considered, 1994)
Two Awesome Popes in a Row!
Re:sound producer Roman Mars shares his most recent audio obsession: twenty-one seconds of glorious audio tape from NPR’s coverage of the election of the new Pope. Awesome! (NPR's Morning Edition, 2005)
Featured Music:
Iron & Wine, “On Our Wings,” Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop, 2004)
Lullatone, “Puddles on the Playground,” Little Songs About Raindrops (Audio Dregs, 2004)
The Books, “It Never Changes to Stop,” Lost and Safe (Tomlab, 2005)
Autumn Thieves, “Bit O’ Monkai,” Autumn Thieves (Theft, 2005)
Sufjan Stevens, “Transfiguration,” Seven Swans (Sounds Familyre, 2004)
Sufjan Stevens, “All the Trees of the Field Will Clap Their Hands,” Seven Swans (Sounds Familyre, 2004)
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