Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865)—
Two young ladies from Minn MN call their band Best Friends Forever “Abe Lincoln” (2008 Best Friends Forever
The first track off the comedian’s first LP, Bob Newhart “Abe Lincoln Vs. Madison Avenue” (1960 Button-Down Mind of Bob Newhart
From the late-great, John Lee Hooker “Ballad To Abraham Lincoln” (The Original Mr. Lucky
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Charles Robert Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882)—
A couple outtakes from The DNA Files, with Sean Carroll, biologist and author of some great Evo-Devo books (Endless Forms Most Beautiful
Sean Carroll (music: Jeff Arntsen) “We’re All Mutants” (3:18 mp3):
This one’s kinda rough; in fact, just a rough edit of some choice bits slapped together from a longer interview, Sean Carroll “Remodeled Ape” (11:00 mp3):
“We lost thrust in both engines… We’re going to be in the Hudson.”
–pilot Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
The FAA released audio recordings related to the successful river landing of US Airways Flight 1549. Communications are between pilots and air traffic controllers at LaGuardia tower, Teterboro tower, and the New York Tracon (Terminal Radar Approach Control).
Map, transcripts, audio edits at NPR: “FAA Releases Audio From US Airways Crash”
FAA Air Traffic Control: USAirways 1549 (AWE1549), January 15, 2009
A diagrammatically delineated vid vers of “This Is a Song” by Mitch Friedman:
From Friedman’s CD Game Show Teeth: “A brand new, almost-rock album, featuring Andy Partridge, Dave Gregory, R. Stevie Moore and more.”
Hearing Voices from NPR®
050 Love’s Labors: For Valentine’s Day
Host: Amy Dickinson of Chicago Tribune “Ask Amy”
Airs week of: 2012-02-08 (Originally: 2009-02-11)
Love’s Labors (52:00 mp3):
Affairs of the heart, and the intricacies of intimacy:
Lovelorn letters to an advice columnist, our Host, “Ask Amy.”
A “Valentine” from Kevin Kling (from his Stories from the Shallow End CD).
The Girls Glee Club of New Palestine High School, Indiana singing the theme from “Midnight Cowboy” (off the out-of-print Poly High – School Bands Play The Classics).
Women’s tales of true but tainted love, what Nancy Updike calls “Cringe Love”, from This American Life.
One of the “6 terrific teen-age tunes sung by Barbie and Ken (and you can sing along, too!),” a 45-rpm record from Mattel Toymakers (mp3 at UBU.com’s 365 Days Project– May 31).
The Boston Phoenix extracted juicy bit’s from Obama’s audiobook, Dreams From My Father, where the Big Man quote his childhood chum, Ray. Lines we wish we heard in this week’s press conf, like, on the economy:
“This shit’s getting way too complicated for me.” (0:03 mp3):
Or his opinion of Sarah Palin (0:01 mp3):
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MP3s posted the Phoenix and at WFMU.
A curated collection of radio docs, “AudioDocumentary.org is a first-of-its-kind guide to free radio and audio documentary content on the web.” For instance, check this gem they found at Weekend America, a Vitamin A induced Doc Ellis hurled MLB zero-hitter: “FROM THE VAULT: No-Hitter of Acid“.
3MG is an initiative to increase the number of givers to public radio to 3 million by Dec 2012. The project is sponsored by DEI. Their latest effort is a Ning group where list of pubradio stations list their upcoming events, including fundraising dates.
Transom is featuring our “Prostate Diaries” hour. Come join the discusssion: Transom pages- Talk | Show .
Their latest newsletter…
TRANSOM.org
a showcase & workshop for new public radio
http://www.transom.org
February 5, 2008
* NEW SHOW – A Slight Discomfort: The Prostate Diaries *
If this piece were about blood or bones or lungs, it would have aired on NPR. But because it is about the prostate, and includes a talking penis, it presented problems for broadcast. There’s no equal time for body parts.
Barrett Golding of HearingVoices asked us if we at Transom would be interested. Yes. Cancer is cancer and it makes sense to talk about it openly and personally, wherever in the body it occurs. The piece also presents complex challenges of interest to radio producers. It is based on a stage presentation written by the patient himself, Jeff Metcalf, and performed by Paul Kiernan. It was recorded and produced for radio by the estimable Scott Carrier and Larry Massett. They are present on Transom to talk about this work, its style and content.
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Hearing Voices from NPR®
049 Palestinian Dreaming: Arabs and Jews
Host: Sandy Tolan of Homelands Productions
Airs week of: 2010-06-09 (Originally: 2009-02-04)
“Palestinian Dreaming” (52:00 mp3):
Israel, Palestine, and the Holy Land:
A nightmare in a city split by three religions, as dreamt by an Jewish soldier, an Arab bomber, and a Mississippi minister; from Joe Frank‘s hour Time’s Arrow. [Music: Air “Alone in Kyoto” Talkie Walkie (2004)].
Growing a tree and understanding on the property of the same family home, in the same family homeland, shared by an Israeli and an Palestinian family; from Sandy Tolan of Homelands Productions. [Music: Dorothy Wang.]
We’ve posted a new photo-essay by Scott Carrier and Julián Cardona, “Ciudad Juárez: Murders, Messages…” 
This English 999 emergency operator’s got a cool head and mad skilz:
Op: Tell me exactly what’s happened.
SL: Er, um, I think I’m having a baby right now…
She then talks SL right thru her birth. The Guardian posted a recording of the “999 Call: Birth” (10:06 mp3):
Op: Right, OK, get on the floor, OK?
SL: Yes [cries out]. It’s the head. It’s out.
Op: OK. Is the baby crying or breathing?
SL: I can’t tell. [Groans in pain] Oh my God. [Gasps] I can just feel the huge lump in between my legs.
Op: OK. OK, with each contraction, place the palm of your hand-
SL: Oh God. Yeah.
Op: Against your vagina and apply firm but gentle pressure to keep the baby’s head from delivering too fast and tearing you…
Complete transcript, w/ pic of mom & baby, at The Guardian “999 call transcript: The Birth.”
Some Velvet Blog offer into evidence this Dylan-Obama Connection:
Congressional inquiry into Conflict of Photo charges commences soon.
From STOPMAX (audio- Claire Schoen, visuals- Jan Stürmann), commissioned by the American Friends Service Committee, “Solitary Confinement”:
Hearing Voices from NPR®
048 Juárez, Mexico: City on the Border
Host: Scott Carrier of Hearing Voices
Airs week of: 2010-04-28 (Originally: 2009-01-28)
“Juarez, Mexico” (52:00 mp3):
We go to a war zone, just to our south:
Four years of reports on life in the Mexican border-town of Ciudad Juárez, with poverty and corruption, with daily drug-cartel murders and military violence. Told by photographer/Juarez resident Julián Cardona, author Charles Bowden, and host Scott Carrier.
(Part 3 of 3) When people in Juarez, Mexico say ‘drug cartel,’ they mean not only street gangs, but also the government, the military, big business, small business, the upper, middle, and lower classes, the justice system, and the media. Aired on NPR Day to Day; by producer Scott Carrier, “Juarez: Crime More Powerful Than Government” (7:46 mp3):
This Hearing Voices series was produced by Julian Cardona, Scott Carrier and Lisa Miller; Edited by Deborah George; Translation and Research by Molly Molloy, research librarian at New Mexico State University- Las Cruces; Additional assistance from Erin Almeranti, Elaine Clark.
(Part 2 of 3) The Army invades the streets of Juarez, Mexico. Citizens die and disappear. And the military may be as guilty as the drug cartels. Aired on NPR Day to Day; by producer Scott Carrier, “Juarez: Street Gangs, Government Gangs” (7:46 mp3):
This Hearing Voices series was produced by Julian Cardona, Scott Carrier and Lisa Miller; Edited by Deborah George; Translation and Research by Molly Molloy, research librarian at New Mexico State University- Las Cruces; Additional assistance from Erin Almeranti, Elaine Clark.
(Part 1 of 3) Murders in Juarez, Mexico now number thousands per year. Photojournalists docuemnt each one. Is it true that “God has a purpose for this city?”. Aired on NPR Day to Day; by producer Scott Carrier, “Juarez: Shooting Crime Scenes” (7:47 mp3):
This Hearing Voices series was produced by Julian Cardona, Scott Carrier and Lisa Miller; Edited by Deborah George; Translation and Research by Molly Molloy, research librarian at New Mexico State University- Las Cruces; Additional assistance from Erin Almeranti, Elaine Clark.
Hearing Voices from NPR®
047 Snow and Ice: Winter Weather Advisory
Host: Barrett Golding of Hearing Voices
Airs week of: 2010-02-03 (Originally: 2009-01-21)
“Snow and Ice” (52:00 mp3):
Gliding, sliding, and speed (photo cc Tabbymom):
NPR Alex Chadwick invites America to share their stories of Flexible Flyers and downhill runs in a cross-USA audio Sledding Party, produced by Katie Davis. (Music: “Come to the Meadow” Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet (1974).)
Seven skiers go into the back-country, only six return; the story from the perspective of the survivors: Dave Carter, Dwight Butler, Alan Murphy, Chris Larson, and Larry Olson; in memory of Greg McIntyre.
A training day in the life of three women at the U.S. High Altitude Sports Center in Butte, Montana; with skaters Chantelle Bailey, Tara Laslo, and Mary Doctor, and trainers Michael Crowe and Susan Sandvig.
And the sounds of Iceland’s largest glacier, captured by field-recordist Chris Watson, on his CD Weather Report (Touch Music).
Watson’s Vatnajökull sounds were also used in this Sigur Rós film, “Heima” (trailer):
New rx vid featuring our current commander-in-chief, “Fire It Up 2.0:”
