Re:sound #119: The Cambio Show
This hour: change. Some of us crave it, some of us avoid it at all costs. But whenever and wherever it happens, change creates fallout, intentional or not.
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This hour: change. Some of us crave it, some of us avoid it at all costs. But whenever and wherever it happens, change creates fallout, intentional or not.
Nuevo South
by John Biewen and Tennessee Watson (Center for Documentary Studies, 2008)
Siler City, North Carolina, used to be a typical small southern town: lots of families had roots going back a century or two and its citizens were proud of the town's close-knit culture and neighborly feel. But in the 1990s the culture began to change, as Latino immigrants started moving to Siler City, bringing their own traditions and customs along with them.
Si Se Puede
by Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister (Long Haul Productions, 2008)
It's been 72 years since the "strike heard round the world," when autoworkers in Flint, Michigan, occupied a General Motors plant and jumpstarted the union movement in the United States. But in recent years the power of unions in the U.S. has waned and sit-down strikes don't happen much anymore. Well, that changed in December 2008, when workers occupied the Republic Windows and Door Factory in Chicago.
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Delaney Hall.
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John Biewen (he/him) is a longtime journalist and audio documentary maker now based at the Kenan Institute for Ethics at Duke University, where he produces and hosts the Scene on Radio podcast.
Tennessee Jane Watson lives in New York City and likes to make stuff out sounds, images and using her body. She's terrible at sitting still but loves listening to stories; a dynamic that makes life as an audio producer always interesting.
Together with his life and radio partner Elizabeth Meister, Dan Collison produces audio documentaries and song/stories that detail everyday life in America, work that has consistently garnered radio's top awards.
Elizabeth Meister quit her job at the phone company to volunteer for public radio show This American Life in 1998, when she started their award-winning website in exchange for a chance to learn how to make radio documentaries.
Delaney Hall (@daphall) is a producer and editor with 99% Invisible .