This week’s HV cast is for World AIDS Awarenes Day, Dec 1. AIDS workers in Africa share what’s kept inside “memory books” and “memory boxes”– keepsakes that help children orphaned by the AIDS virus to remember their parents. The Memory Box Project is a community outreach program of the University of Cape Town. Interviews courtesy of Bush Radio of South Africa and the First Voice International Africa Learning Channel. A story by Sandra Rattley, “Memory Box” (4:11 mp3):

(no votes)

 Loading ...

In this week’s HV cast we have our own Middle Eastern summit— Students visiting America from across the Arabic-speaking world share their perspectives on the misunderstandings between their home nations and the United States. A story by Barrett Golding (9:11 mp3):

(no votes)

 Loading ...

In this week’s HV cast— A woman sits cross-legged, panhandling on a busy city sidewalk. She takes money only from white folks, and gives it to blacks who pass by. Her sign reads: “200 Years of Slavery in the United States. Reparation payments accepted here.” damali ayo is a street performance artist. “I offer people a convenient opportunity to pay for the unpaid labor of African Americans.” This piece is part of her “living flag” project. A story by Dmae Roberts and damali ayo, “Living Flag- Reparations” (9:02 mp3):

(no votes)

 Loading ...

If you like the sound of shortwave radio, check this piece by David Goren, from the Listening Lounge section of his shortwaveology site: “Mercy, So Much Noise.”

David is co-producer of Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio with Wynton Marsalis. The latest Big Shed made some room for shortwaveology.

(no votes)

 Loading ...

The latest Radio Diaries is featured on today’s NPR: Story of the Day podcast. It’s a multi-p.o.v. sound-portrait of twins separated at birth, “Identical Strangers” (13:10 mp3):

(no votes)

 Loading ...

The Nature Conservancy’s Nature Stories podcast features a bike-mic collage, produced by Emily Botein, of my two-wheeled self-propelled roadtrips. From Stories from the Heart of the Land, “Biking the Back Roads” (10:05 mp3):

(no votes)

 Loading ...

The Nature Conservancy’s Nature Stories podcast has Scott Carrier’s piece, from Stories from the Heart of the Land, on circling the sacred Tibetan “Mount Kailash” (20:26 mp3):

(no votes)

 Loading ...

This week’s HV cast is from the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. We end our series with editor Andrew Carroll and project creator Dana Gioia (Chairman of the NEA) discussing the book and its contributors; and we hear troops reading their works. Music: Jess Atkins. A story by Barrett Golding, “Operation Homecoming- NEA” (5:47 mp3):

(no votes)

 Loading ...