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July 28 , 2007 (#58)- The 20 Years Out! Show
Originally broadcast October 7, 2006
Twenty Years Out!
Gareth Watkins - Program Director, Access Radio in Wellington, NZ
This week we feature a story of the bitter fight for gay rights in New Zealand. Twenty years ago, a bill supporting homosexual law reform was introduced in the NZ legislature. It aimed to decriminalize sexual acts between consenting men over the age of 16 and to make it illegal to discriminate on the grounds of sexual orientation. The struggle over the bill pitted vehement anti-reform politicians and crusaders against gay and lesbian activists in a vitriolic fight that lasted for months. Producer Gareth Watkins found rare archival tape of the speeches, rallies, and debates that marked this struggle, and put them together with the personal stories of people affected by the fight. The result is an amazing portrait of the movement as told by those who lived through it.
(We are unable to archive this program online, but we've provided a link to the Radio New Zealand website down below. Visit the site to hear excerpts of the piece and learn more about the history of gay rights in New Zealand.)
Interview with Gareth Watkins
Re:sound host Gwen Macsai talks with the producer of Twenty Years Out about historical memory, archival footage, and how the cultural climate in New Zealand has changed in recent years.
Featured Music
E*Vax, “The Process of Leaving,” Parking Lot Music (Audio Dregs Music, 2001)
The Boats, from We Made It For You (Moteer, 2004)
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Visit the Radio New Zealand website, listen to "Twenty Years Out!", and learn more about the struggle for gay rights in NZ. |
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July 14, 2007 (#72)- The Body Image Show
Wannabes
Kath Duncan- Independent Producer
Wannabes, in this case, refers to people who feel abnormal in their normal bodies - so much so that they voluntarily disable themselves. Producer Kath Duncan, who was born physically disabled, takes an admittedly personal interest in this story.
Saying Goodbye to Food
Rocky Tayeh- Independent Producer
Kaari Pitkin- Producer, WNYC Radio Rookies
In 2003, when we first met Rocky Tayeh, he was a teenager and he weighed over 500 pounds. He had just produced his first radio story called "My Struggle with Obesity" as part of Radio Rookies from WNYC in New York. The honesty and bluntness of Rocky's story endeared him to a wide audience. He won numerous awards, including a Third Coast Festival Ridhard H. Driehaus award, and became a bit of a celebrity. And his recent fame isn't the only change in Rocky's life, as you're about to hear. Here's the follow-up.
War News Radio: Young at War excerpt
Elizabeth Threlkeld- Reporter
Just to prove there's no getting away from these issuesof body image, we have a story for you from war torn Iraq. Reporter Elizabeth Threlkel found two girls in Iraq for whom body image and plastic surgery has become extremely important, albeit for two very different reasons. This story first aired on War News Radio – a show produced by the students at Swarthmore College – that tries to tell the stories of real people affected by the wars in Iraq.
Naked Dinner
Gwen Macsai- Independent Producer, Re:sound host
Now we've come to our last story of the hour, a story not about body consciousness but the lack of body consciousness - or the attempt at lack of body consciousness, while naked....in a restaurant....standing next to other people....in the buffet line.
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Listen to Rocky's first, award-winning radio story, "My Struggle With Obesity." |
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July 7, 2007 (#55)- The Books Show
Originally broadcast August 19, 2006
Mind, Body, Soul
Gregory Whitehead - Performance Artist, Playwright, and Independent Producer
Gregory Whitehead interviews a performance artist whose “art” consists of consuming entire copies of the Oxford English Dictionary, Gray's Anatomy, and the King James Bible, page by page.
Remedial Theory
Benjamen Walker – Independent Producer
When Slobodan Milosevic was tried at the Hague for crimes against humanity, the world collectively turned against him, except for Benjamen Walker who hand-delivered a pile of edifying literature to him, including Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. (PRI's The Next Big Thing, 2004)
Arthur C. Clarke
Jeff Greenwald- Writer
After falling under the spell of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a 14 year old tries to contact his hero and it forever alters his destiny. (Invisible Ink, 2004)
The Serial Comma
Jeff Johnson- Writer
The Senior Editor of Kitchen Sink, "the magazine for people who think too much," does just that, and will have to look over his shoulder for Strunk and/or White for the rest of his days. (Invisible Ink, 2004)
How to Destroy a Book
Peter Crimmins- Independent Producer
The story of a homophobic man in San Francisco who set out to destroy over 600 books and ended up exalting them.
Featured Music
Melodium, “Untitled 3 ,” Hum Hum & Bla Bla EP (Autres Directions in Music, 2005)
Casino Vs. Japan, “Em Essey ,” Whole Numbers Play the Basics (Carpark, 2002)
Nick Butcher, “Minutes Overlap,” Complicated Bicycle (Placetapes, 2005)
Melodium, " Parthny," La tete qui flotte (Autres Directions in Music, 2005)
Ratatat, "Swisha," Classics ( Xl Recordings, 2006)
The Books, "Read, Eat, Sleep," Thought for Food (Tomlab, 2002)
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