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!
2016 / TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA
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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.
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Ilya Marritz (@ilyamarritz) is co-host of the duPont award-winning podcast Trump, Inc., a co-production of WNYC and ProPublica.
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Liam Romer is in 6th grade. He loves fishing and science.
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Catie Talarski is the executive producer at WNPR, Connecticut Public Radio.
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Austin Mitchellis the senior producer of Crimetown Presents, a showcase of limited-run series including the RFK Tapes from the creators of Crimetown.
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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'.
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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.
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Pablo Duarte was born in Mexico City in 1980. He's a writer and translator and has worked mostly as a print editor.
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Emer Horgan is a broadcaster with RTE Radio 1, Ireland's national radio, where her voice is used all across the station.
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Ronan Kelly is a producer with RTE Radio 1 in Ireland.
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Olivia Humphreys is an award-winning radio producer and documentary filmmaker based in London.
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John-Michael Forman is a ceramicist, musician, and radio producer in Chattanooga, TN.
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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.
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Dennis Funk was formerly Third Coast's senior producer.
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Sam Wemmer loves to catch creatures (frogs, lizards, snakes, squid, crabs, flounder, lobster, sculpin, lump fish).
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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.