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The Third Coast
Festival's 2003 Lifetime Achievement Award Winner:
Joe Frank
A master of the dark, humorous and sometimes absurd in radio, Joe Frank's
award-winning work spans more than 25 years. Frank is well known for combining
techniques of monologue, radio drama and talk radio to tell stories about the
human experience.
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Larry and Zack
A phone call between father and
son reveals volumes about their relationship and ultimately the father's
alcoholism (9:45)
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O.J. Valet
This conversation between a tabloid
reporter and intimate friend of O.J. Simpson, offers new "theories" about the
famous actor's trial.(7:38) |
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Sweepstakes Winner
A family receives a phone call
from their local public radio station at a most inopportune moment, in this
self-reflective farce about public radio fundraisers. (4:41)
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You can hear Joe Frank's acceptance speech
Behind the Scenes and listen to more of his work at joefrank.com.
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The Books
Paul de Jong and Nick Zammuto, otherwise known as the Books, incorporate an array of sound fragments and miniature stories into
their music. The results are part songs, part "documentary vignettes"—an
original approach to making both documentary audio and music.
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enjoy your worries, you may never have them again
(Thought for Food, 2002, 4:05)
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read, eat, sleep
(Thought for Food, 2002, 3:46)
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Randy Thom, Sound
Designer
When Randy Thom is hired to work on a feature film, he focuses on making sound
an integral part of the storytelling and emotional impact of a project. When
sound drives the story, the worlds of film and radio are not so far apart after
all...
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Dry Ice
Thom created this piece from recordings
of metal pressed against blocks of frozen carbon dioxide. It’s heard on the
soundtrack for Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. (1:02) |
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Object Piece
Based on a short story by Drury
Pifer, Object Piece is the story of a man digging his own grave after he loses
his wife to a friend. Originally broadcast on KPFA and the BBC in 1976. (8:53)
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Invisible
Ink
A good zine and a successful radio story create the same feeling of connection
between an author and his/her audience. With Invisible Ink, Roman Mars blends
the two forms perfectly.
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Confessions of a Child Beauty Queen is A. H.
Weatherman's series of interconnected stories about the trauma of growing up in
the South and participating in beauty pageants. (30:13)
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Listen as the invisible man behind Invisible Ink talks about how
the show comes together Behind the Scenes.
(3:13)
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Ferlinghetti: San
Francisco Locations
by Jim McKee
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San Francisco luminary and famed poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti takes
listeners on a freewheeling tour of his neighborhood haunts in San Francisco's
Chinatown and North Beach. Producer Jim McKee captures Ferlinghetti chatting
over coffee at the Growers' Market with his friend, dramatist Erik Bauersfeld,
as he explores the city and examines how his relationship with water and the
sea emerge in his poems and paintings. (50:20)
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Pressed for time? Here are two shorter excerpts of Ferlinghetti reading
unforgettable poems:
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The Great Chinese Dragon (10:32)
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The Green Street Mortuary Marching Band (4:32)
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Jim McKee explains the importance of coffee and beer in making
lifelong friendships, Behind the Scenes.
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Two from Susan
Stone
Producer Susan Stone has a knack for blurring the line between radio drama and
documentary. Here are two stories illustrating her approach:
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Ruby
A deaf-mute, lovelorn waitress has written a friend, of her fractured heart.
It's a garbled world in which Ruby spins between love, lust, and a bus ticket
to California. (2:56)
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Heat
In this short radio play, the consequences of living life in a tinderbox are
revealed through a series of scenes taking place within their various rooms.
(8:58, excerpt)
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The Last Voice of
An Ancient Tongue
by ABC Ulwazi
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Elsie Vaalbooi was the last speaker of !Auni, the ancient language
of South Africa's first peoples. Producer Siven Maslamoney tells the story of
how languages die and how Elsie's people have been driven to extinction.
(27:38)
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Adele Mostert talks about the mission and challenges of ABC
Ulwazi, the South African community radio project responsible for this piece,
Behind the Scenes. |
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The Forbidden
Voyage
by Stephen Erickson
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As a young boy, Earle Reynolds had a dream to build and sail a
boat around the world. He got the chance decades later when, in 1950, the
National Academy of Science invited him to research the effects of radiation on
Hiroshima's children. Reynolds and his family embarked on a journey that would
change their lives forever. (43:06)
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Sail Behind the Scenes with
producer Stephen Erickson, to read about the making of The Forbidden Voyage. |
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Two from The
Fishko Files
As producer and host of
The Fishko Files for WNYC, Sara Fishko reports on the cultural
landscape.
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The House I Live In
The historical saga of the song "The House I Live In" is a study in changing
times, changing values and fickle politics. (6:57)
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The End
Endings in radio used to serve a purpose: they used to signal to a live
audience that time to applaud was near. But this has changed now, prompting
Sara Fishko to take a look at the outdated “ending” and to piece together some
favorite final moments for a Big Finish. (5:46)
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Open
Outcry
by Ben Rubin
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Ben Rubin captures the cacophonous – yet musical - experience
of open outcry trading, which has been a tradition at the New York Mercantile
Exchange since the 19th century. (7:00)
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Read an interview with Rubin about the creation of his sound installation,
Behind the Scenes. |
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Oakland Scenes:
Snapshots of a Community
by Youth Radio
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Youth Radio producers Ise Lyfe, Gerald Ward II, and Bianca
Yarborough chronicle the tense summer of 2002 in Oakland, California, when an
alarming number of youth homicides weighed heavily on the community. Oakland
Scenes uses as its centerpiece a poem by Lyfe -- a retelling of Romeo
and Juliet.
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Read an interview with Ward about the inspiration behind the piece,
Behind the Scenes. |
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Face to Face:
Stories from the Aftermath of Infamy
by Rob Mikuriya
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After the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Americans of Japanese
ancestry were subjected to racial hatred, distrust and incarceration. Today, in
the aftermath of 9/11, Arab and Muslim Americans have the same fears. Rob
Mikuriya explores what it's like to be American with "the face of the enemy."
Face to Face was originally created as an interactive
web experience (27:00)
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Prey
by Rachel Bryant
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As producer Rachel Bryant researched seabirds in the remote arctic
wilderness of Southampton Island, Nunavut, she began thinking about issues of
survival and vulnerability. (13:07)
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Bryant talks about the challenges faced whilerecording in arctic weather,
Behind the Scenes. |
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The Herrin
Massacre
by Gary Covino
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America's history is rich with the stories of antagonistic coal
strikes, but the Herrin Massacre of 1922 is a particularly distressing event
that resulted in the deaths of nearly two dozen strike-breakers. The people of
Herrin took a collective oath of silence so that no one was ever convicted of
the crimes. (31:11)
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Covino discussed the impact this documentary had on the people of Herrin,
Illinois, Behind the Scenes. |
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Dreaming of Fat
Men
by Lorelei Harris
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One evening in 1994, four women came together for a feast. They
had never met one another before. As far as anybody knew, they only had one
thing in common: they were all obese. (41:22)
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Lorelei Harris descries the unusual production work involved in making Dreaming
of Fat Men, Behind the Scenes. |
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Beta
Project
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The Beta Project is an audio dialogue - part listening
experience and part group discussion. It presents the issue of abortion through
personal stories followed by guided conversations. After listening to the
piece, read and discuss the same questions that participants use at Beta
Project events. (24:00)
Please be advised: This program contains strong content and imagery.
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Beta Project creator and executive producer Sarah Varney talks about how the
project took shape Behind the Scenes. |
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Our Day Will
Come
by Lex Gillespie
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This excerpt from the final program of the 13-part series Let the
Good Times Roll, explores the impact of R&B on America's civil
rights movement, as well as the influence of the movement on popular music.
(16:38)
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Producer Lex Gillespie shares stories about how he tracked down the archival
footage and chose the songs for his series, Behind
the Scenes. |
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The Long-Expected
Party
by Camilla Maling
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This Radio New Zealand documentary explores the construction of the world of The Lord of
the Rings through the eyes of the New Zealanders whose "good old kiwi
ingenuity" on the film set brought Middle Earth to life. (40:56)
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Camilla Maling reveals more about immersing herself in The Lord of the Rings,
Behind the Scenes. |
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