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Countdown cast

This week’s HV cast is an HV/JoeFrank.com collaboration for New Year’s. We present this short sobering look at the passage of time. A story by Joe Frank, “Countdown” (1:49 mp3):

Zulu Kids Xmas cast

HV Podcast-This week’s HV cast is A Christmas audio postcard sung by Zulu children in a South African orphanage. A story by Jake Warga, “Zulu Kids Xmas” (2:14 mp3):

Bell Ringer & Singer

Yesterday on NPR Day to Day, Arthur Jackson is a Bell Ringer for the The Salvation Army. This former crack addict found God, stays off drugs, sings and rings bells at the Mall of America in Minneapolis. Produced for HV by Todd Melby of 2 below zero, “Arthur Jackson: Singing Salvation Army Bell Ringer” (3:28 mp3):

Memory Box cast

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):

Susan Stone- USA Fellow

Audio artist & HV-fren Susan Stone got a Untied States Artists USA Fellow award, along with its whopping $50K. Congrats to one of radio’s innovators. Check out this SStone concoction from an audio cookbook, “Pineapple Boat” (1:15 mp3)

Last year HV collaborator Dmae Roberts also won one of these godsends.

Arab Students cast

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):

Reparations

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):

Mt Kailash nature-cast

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):

Operation Homecoming 6 cast

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):

Operation Homecoming 5 cast

This week’s HV cast is from the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Part 5 in our series: Sergeant Clint Douglas exchanges some bizarre cordialities between bitter enemies. Music: Jess Atkins. A story by Barrett Golding, “Lunch with Pirates” (5:47 mp3):

Operation Homecoming 4 cast

This week’s HV cast is from the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Part 4 in our series: Sergeant John McCary writes a frustrated email home after attending two multiple funerals in a single day. Music: Jess Atkins. A story by Barrett Golding, “To the Fallen” (3:36 mp3):

Operation Homecoming 3 cast

This week’s HV cast is from the NEA book project, Operation Homecoming, writings of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Part 3 in our series: Sergeant Helen Gerhardt recounts her first few days in Iraq, in an email to family and friends. Music: Jess Atkins. A story by Barrett Golding, “Among These Ruins” (3:36 mp3):

Iron Cross Rocks Junta cast

This week’s HV cast is in support of Burmese demonstraters: The popular Burmese rock band Iron Cross is using music to challenge the nation’s infamously repressive regime. In the great tradition of rock and roll, Iron Cross is taking on Burma’s military government with song. A story by Scott Carrier, “Iron Cross Battles Burmese Repression” (7:39 mp3):

Who’s John Cage? cast

This week’s HV cast: John Cage was born 95 years ago, September 5 1912. Here’s a quasi-Cage-ian sound portrait with voxpop featuring folk answering the musical question: “Who’s John Cage?”

A story by Barrett Golding, “Who’s John Cage (Silence)” (2:24 mp3):

Office Yoga cast

This week’s HV cast: A Labor Day Dialectic: A more realistic approach to spiritual awareness: how yoga might help relieve stress at the office, or not. Produced by Rebecca Flowers. A story by Rebecca Flowers, “Office Yoga” (2:16 mp3):

HV Gets High- Country News

Just got reminded of this nice article Adam Burke wrote about our little HV operation: High Country News, “Radio: Spice for the ears,” October 2, 2006.

Desert Air 2 cast

This week’s HV cast: The last half of A Hot & Dry Summer Special, hosted by Ben Adair of APM Weekend America: The Quiet American (Aaron Ximm) sound-captures the forbidding warning signs rattling in a harsh wind and “Desert Sun” outside the nuclear Nevada Test Site north of Las Vegas. Back in the early 1990s, SLC producer Scott Carrier found the Basin & Range, near Nevada’s “Battle Mountain,” beautiful, lonely, dreary, and full of sagebrush, solace and stories. And more of Bernie Krause’s Desert Solitudes. A special from Hearing Voices, “Desert Air 2- of 2” (29:00 mp3):

Desert Air 1 cast

This week’s HV cast: The first half of A Hot & Dry Summer Special, hosted by Ben Adair of APM Weekend America: Coyotes, owls, frogs and songbirds are part of Desert Solitudes, recorded by Bernie Krause and Ruth Happel in the Sonoran and Chihuauan deserts, part of New Mexico’s panhandle. Host Ben Adair heads down to the ghost towns, Opera Houses, century-old abandoned mines, and billion-year old boulders along Death Valley’s “Mojave Road.” And Kraut-rockers Faust dial in “Long Distance Calls in the Desert,” from their album Rien. A special from Hearing Voices, “Desert Air 1- of 2” (23:00 mp3):

Radio Gondar cast

This week’s HV cast: A community radio station in Gondar, Ethiopia broadcasts health education programs on subjects ranging from HIV/AIDS prevention to the dangers of using dirty tattoo needles. A story by jake Warga, “Radio Gondar” (2:33 mp3):

Podcast.com Spotlights HV

HV got “Spotlight”ed by Podcast.com‘s blog. Thanks to JustinG.