Re:sound #193 The 'If You Build It' Show

This hour they built it and we see who came.

2014 / TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA


This hour they built it and we see who came.

Another Planet [Excerpt]
by David Weinberg, Brendan Baker and Nick van der Kolk (Love + Radio, The Organist, KCRW, 2014)

The story of Clyde Casey, a street performer who used surrealism and abstract art to fight crime on Los Angeles' Skid Row in the 1980s, and the creator of a place called Another Planet.

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The Treehouse
by Karen Duffin with Nick White (Unfictional, 2014)

In rural Crossville, Tennessee, you will find a peculiar mansion. It's 15,500 square feet and eight stories high, and spans seven trees.It is the world's largest tree house. This is the story of Horace Burgess, the man who made the tree house, and the price he had to pay for it.

Young Ruins
by Avery Trufelman with Sam Greenspan, Katie Mingle and Roman Mars (99% Invisible, 2014)

At the northwestern edge of San Francisco, right on the Pacific Ocean, is a curious jumble of concrete ruins. You wouldn't know just looking at it, but this ruin is quite young. It's what's left of Sutro Baths, a palatial indoor swimming pool and amusement park built in 1898.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk.

produced by

Nick van der Kolk

Nick van der Kolk (@nickvdk) is a radio producer, sound designer, and events organizer whose work has aired on numerous radio outlets worldwide.

Brendan Baker

Brendan Baker (@BrendanPBaker) specializes in creative editing and sound design for highly-crafted radio and podcast productions.

Karen Duffin

Karen (@duffinkaren) is currently one of the hosts of NPR's Planet Money. For her 2019 Breakout Session, Karen will both break down and complicate how-to's of interviewing for not just information, but also narratives.

Roman Mars

Roman Mars (@romanmars) is the creator of 99% Invisible , a short radio show about design and architecture.


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