Re:sound #216 The 2015 Short Docs Show — Studs Rules
This hour we listen to some of our favourite entries to the 2015 Third Coast Short Docs Challenge: Studs Rules!
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This hour we listen to some of our favourite entries to the 2015 Third Coast Short Docs Challenge: Studs Rules!
For our 2015 Studs-inspired Challenge we partnered with the Studs Terkel Radio Archive at WFMT.
With their help, we came up with the following rules: Your radio story must... • be two to three minutes in length • be titled with a question that begins with one of the five Ws • contain the question "And what happened then?" • and include a shout of silence or a cry of laughter
ShortDocs Featured this hour (* = ShortDocs Winner, ** = People's Choice Award Winner)
Where Do I Even Start? by Ben Riskin & Aaron Leeder A working interview for a smart phone society.
What Do You Need To Know? by Ilya Marritz The bread guys pay a visit to a busy Brooklyn deli.
What Happened When You Caught a Toadfish? by Sam Wemmer, Ian Romer Todd Wemmer Liam tells Sam about his adventures on a trip to Bali and Sri Lanka.
Where Do We Go... by Catie Talarski An audio impression of racial tensions.
What Was It About Marriage Anyway? by Austin Mitchell A 1974 conversation between Erica Jong and Studs Terkel... remixed.
What Do You Look Forward To, Aai? by Nina Pathak The producer's grandma reflects on growing old in a country that's not her home.
Where Did He Go: Ogichan, Grandad? by Eloise Stevens A granddaughter tells us about her grandfather's funeral.
**Who Remembers My Father's Voice?*** by Pablo Duarte I ask my family members if they remember what my father sounded like.
**Who Took Mom To the Prom?*** by Emer Horgan with Ronan Kelly A story of girls who say 'yes' that is 100% true.
**What Makes a Good Marriage?*** by Olivia Humphreys Olivia's grandparents, now in their 90s and married for nearly 70 years, tell her about when they met and give their advice on a long and happy marriage.
**What Could Be Bad About This?*** by John-Michael Forman What if you could learn to stop listening to other people?
Where Do I Find You Now?** An intimate conversation with Studs about the edges of life and death. by Sara Brooke Curtis
Listen to more top ShortDocs from the 2015 Challenge
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk
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Benjamin Riskin is an independent radio producer and attorney, living in Brooklyn.
Ilya Marritz (@ilyamarritz) is co-host of the duPont award-winning podcast Trump, Inc., a co-production of WNYC and ProPublica.
Liam Romer is in 6th grade. He loves fishing and science.
Catie Talarski is the executive producer at WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio.
Austin Mitchellis the senior producer of Crimetown Presents, a showcase of limited-run series including the RFK Tapes from the creators of Crimetown.
Neena Pathak (she/her) is a writer and audiomaker whose work has appeared in podcasts like 99% Invisible, Invisibilia, as well as shows that Neena thinks of as: 'This Invisible Life', 'The Invisibly', 'Invisible Processing', and 'Another Invisible'.
Eloise Stevens is a London-based radio producer addicted to world music. She has made features for BBC World Service, Radio 4 and The British Library. She is currently working for Radio Wolfgang and making a documentary for ABC Down Under.
Pablo Duarte was born in Mexico City in 1980. He's a writer and translator and has worked mostly as a print editor.
Emer Horgan is a broadcaster with RTE Radio 1, Ireland's national radio, where her voice is used all across the station.
Ronan Kelly is a producer with RTE Radio 1 in Ireland.
Olivia Humphreys is an award-winning radio producer and documentary filmmaker based in London.
John-Michael Forman is a ceramicist, musician, and radio producer in Chattanooga, TN.
Sara Curtis spends her time making radio stories. Her work is steeped in the desire to know, understand, and archive the moment, and our personal human histories in the making.
Dennis Funk was formerly Third Coast's senior producer.
Sam Wemmer loves to catch creatures (frogs, lizards, snakes, squid, crabs, flounder, lobster, sculpin, lump fish).
Todd Wemmer is a professor at Endicott College. He and his family live in Salem, MA. They sometimes make little audio pieces about nature and memory at thesoundmachine.org.