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Haunted Cabin on Public Arts {format} Jake Warga

PRI's Public Interactive featured Jake Warga's "Haunted Cabin" on the Public Arts section of their site.

Broadcast: Oct 31 2006 on HV NewsSeries: Hearing Voices- News Subjects: Feature, Family


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Song & Memory {format} Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

The "Ghana" piece in this series, produced with author Rick Moody, has won a Third Coast Festival award.

Broadcast: Oct 27 2006 on HV NewsSeries: Song & Memory


Mahalia Jackson singing

Mahalia Jackson {format} {format} 4:27 Barrett Golding

Gospel music's great Mahalia Jackson, was born 95 years ago today (October 26 1911). She recorded for Decca and Columbia, had her own CBS radio sow, performed at John F. Kennedy's inauguration and Martin Luther King, Jr's funeral. Mahalia grew up in the "Black Pearl" section of New Orleans, singing in the Baptist Church. In this 1950s interview, she recalls the music of her youth. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 26 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Religious, Music, Historical, African American


Drawing of Hannah Marcus

Song & Memory: Babysitter Songs {format} 8:28 Ann Heppermann, Rick Moody & Kara Oehler

When Hannah Marcus, a singer-songwriter from Brooklyn, was little, she often listened to music with her babysitter. Hannah didn't just get a musical education from the babysitter, she was schooled in politics and race.

Broadcast: Oct 21 2006 on APM Weekend AmericaSeries: Song & Memory Subjects: Music, Youth, Children


Mal Sharpe with tape recorder lying on a city sidewalk

Original Man on the Street: Mal Sharpe {format} 6:30 Jesse Boggs

In the 1960s, Jim Coyle and Mal Sharpe took to the streets of San Francisco in the name of radio comedy. They asked strangers random questions and give them wild scenarios. Along the way, they captured the San Francisco culture and attitude of the time. Their work has been compiled on a four-disc set called "Coyle and Sharpe: These Two Men Are Imposters."

Broadcast: Oct 21 2006 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Historical, Comedy


Manop Thammadoonpinij, music teacher and luthier, specializing in traditional Lanna music, playing the Pin Pia, at the street market in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Pin Pia {format} {format} 2:46 Jack Chance

In a Thailand market, Manop Thammadoonpinij, a music teacher and luthier, performs traditional songs on a haunting little-known ancient stringed instrument, the Pin Pia. (Collected along the travels of the Mountain Music Project). [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 20 2006 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: World, Travel, Music


Morels in woods

Wild Morels on the Yellowstone {format} {format} {format} 7:44 Scott Carrier

Stalking mushrooms on the banks of a flooding river, and the recipes and feast which follows. [transcript]

Broadcast: Oct 18 2006 on PRX Nature Stories Podcast; Jun 28 2005 on NPR Day to Day Subjects: Food, Environment, Acoustic


HV Amazon Shop {format} [Hearing Voices]

We've opened a new radio-related store, and picked some favorite Amazon products from some of radio's best: Books & CDs by Radio Diaries, Sound Portraits, Kitchen Sisters, Sarah Vowell, Scott Carrier, NPR, Ken Nordine, Negativland, and more.

Broadcast: Oct 15 2006 on HV NewsSeries: Hearing Voices- News


Mottephobia {format} 8:30 Hillary Frank

The producer's phobia of moths, butterflies, and bats has at times prevented her from using outdoor bathrooms and watching movies in the park, even caused her to fall off her bike. She found this completely embarrassing until she discovered that lots of rational people she knew had irrational fears.

Broadcast: Oct 14 2006 on APM Weekend America Subjects: Health


Two players battle for the ball

Australian Football {format} 2:30 Jake Warga

The Australian Football League reached its finale with the Sydney Swans take on the West Coast Eagles in the Grand Final. It was played in Melbourne's cricket grounds. Aussie football, or footie, originated around 1858. But some say it evolved from an earlier Aboriginal game called Marn Grook. Aboriginal sports commentator Grant Hansen highlights a few of the finer points of this very rough sport

Broadcast: Sep 29 2006 on PRI/WGBH/BBC The World Subjects: Sports, International





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