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HV103- Political Party
HV/Series/Episode/ Work by: Scott Carrier · Barrett Golding · Jonathan Menjivar · Dmae Roberts · rx
Hearing Voices from NPR®
103 Political Party: For Election Week
Host: Barrett Golding of Hearing Voices
Airs week of: 2010-10-27
“Political Party” (52:00 mp3):
Let’s rev-up this election process with a cross-county Political Party:
Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson publicly debates FOX News host Sean Hannity. The spectacle took place inside a chasm called Us versus Them. Produced in 2007 for This American Life; music: Rickie Lee Jones, “Nobody Knows My Name” from Sermon On Exposition Boulevard.
Politics can be frustrating. It can make you scream — which made one Presidential candidate became famous for. Here’s Howard Dean’s scream put to music (more mixes at James Lileks’ Bleatophony).
From the 1980s archives, we present this pre-teen perspective on our government’s founding document.
HV033- Political People
HV/Series/Episode/ Work by: Jeff Arntsen · Chicago Matters · Barrett Golding · Jonathan Menjivar
Hearing Voices from NPR®
033 Political People: On the Campaign Trail
Host: Barrett Golding of Hearing Voices
Airs week of: 2010-10-13 (Originally: 2008-10-15)
“Political People” (52:00 mp3):
In 1992 producer Barrett Golding found remnants of Jefferson’s theories and Toqueville’s writings still very much in play, as he followed Montana’s two incumbents US Representatives, one Democrat, one Republican. Due to re-apportionment, they were vying for the state’s one remaining Congressional seat, on a yearlong statewide game of political musical chairs. (Image above-right: Presidential Electoral Vote map, 1968-2008, animated, see full-size here.)
And Jonathan Menjivar documents Harold Washington College and University of Chicago students discussing “Dreams of Democracy” (audible | PRX) part of the WBEZ series Chicago Matters: Our Next Generation.
Original songs by Greg Keeler and instrumental music by Jeff Arntsen of Racket Ship.
