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June 24, 2006 (#51)- The Flux Show
Roger Dowds, "Millionaire" Winner
Ronan Kelly- Host/Producer Flux
Roger Dowds may have been the least likely person in Ireland, to be a contestant on “Who wants to be a millionaire” It’s not that he wasn’t smart enough. Or quick enough. It’s that nothing in the life of this shy, introverted man, indicated that he would have the will, the confidence, the moxie, to put himself to the test, on national television, in front of thousands and thousands of people. But in January of 2001, He did just that.
Adrian Vernon Fish
Ronan Kelly- Host/Producer Flux
Our next story is the story of an obsession. And like most obsessions, it started taking over someone’s life. In the fifth episode of Ronan Kelly’s show “Flux”, we meet Adrian Vernon Fish. A man whose interest, hobby, whose personal curiosity, turned into an obsession and then slowly, other things in his life, important things, started falling by the wayside.
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Hear more episodes Flux from RTE. |
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June 17, 2006 (#21)- The Phone Show
Originally broadcast May 9, 2005
Wiretap
Jonathan Goldstein- Producer/Host, Wiretap, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Jonathan Goldstein gets an earful from his sister and obsesses about obsession. Also, Re:sound producer Roman Mars talks with Jonathan Goldstein about Wiretap and why the phone works so well for telling stories on the radio. (CBC’s Wiretap, 2004) (Interview excerpts originally aired on KALW’s Invisible Ink.)
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Julie Shapiro- Managing Director, Third Coast Festival
When Julie was 10 years old, she had an enormous crush on Steve, the star of the high school football team. Twenty years later, Julie calls him to see if he remembers the grade school girl who was his biggest fan.
My Personal Board
Eurydice Aroney- Independent Producer
Five alarmingly self aware people get together on the phone each week to talk about their lives and goals. This is the first episode of a 20 part reality radio soap opera, that’s very intimate, strangely amusing and totally addictive. (ABC’s Radio Eye)
Call to Canada
Benjamen Walker- Independent Producer, Theory of Everything
A depressed and frightened American seeks asylum in Canada because the U.S. government is “trying to kill him.” ( WZBC’s Your Radio Nightlight, 2003)
30 Second Phone Tour of the Smithsonian
Ann Dentry- Producer, Radio Smithsonian
The Radio Smithsonian team gives a guided phone tour of the Institute’s various and bizarre departments. (Radio Smithsonian pilot. It was never broadcast.)
Featured Music
The Books, “Tokyo,” The Lemon of Pink (Tomlab, 2003)
Viva Las Vegas, “Automata,” Viva Las Vegas (Acuarela, 2001)
Hymie’s Basement, “Parrots,” Hymie’s Basement (Lex Records, 2003)
F.S. Blumm, “Zweit Bohne,” Lichten (Phantom, 2003)
Pram, “Track of the Cat,” Dark Island (Merge, 2003)
Casino Vs. Japan, “Summer Clip,” Numbers Play the Basics (Carpark, 2002)
Sufjan Stevens, “Chicago,” Come on Feel the Illiniose (Asthmatic Kitty, 2005)
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Hear more episodes from season 1of Eurydice Aroney's My Personal Board in our Audio Library. |
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June 10 , 2006 (#50)- The Pets Show
Jerome the Pig
Bob Garfield - Producer/Host, NPR
In Texas, in the late eighties, there lived a pig. And not just any pig either. This pig became somewhat of a celebrity, for a variety of reasons we shall not divulge. Way before the phrase “driveway moment” had been coined, this story defined one. (All Things Considered, 1988)
When the Dog was Just the Dog
Lea Redfern- Producer, Australian Broadcast Corporation
Russell Stapleton- Engineer, Australian Broadcast Corporation
When her husband brings two puppies home, producer Lea Redfern becomes completely immersed in the world of canines. Now dog culture pervades her every waking moment, from commanding her social life to steering her personal politics. (Radio Eye, 2004)
Featured Music
Balun, "To My Room ," Something Comes Our Way (Brilliante, 2006)
The Beach Boys, "Pet Sounds" Pet Sounds (Capitol, 1966)
Balun, "Snol ," Something Comes Our Way (Brilliante, 2006)
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Lea Redfern discusses the important role dogs play as social instruments, Behind the Scenes. |
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June 3 , 2006 (#49)
The Lemon Tree
Sandy Tolan- Producer
Bashir was six during the height of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, when his family was forced to flee his stone home in old Palestine and live as refugees in the West Bank town of Ramallah. Three months later, six-month-old Dalia, whose Bulgarian family had survived the Holocaust, arrived by boat in the new nation of Israel. Two decades later Bashir crossed the threshold of his old house and rang the bell. Dalia answered.
Interview with Sandy Tolan
The producer and author of The Lemon Tree talks about meeting Bashir and Dalia and why his brilliant documentary needed to be expanded into a book.
Featured Music
Sickoakes, "Wedding Rings & Bullets in the Same Golden Shrine," Seawards (Type, 2006)
Balun, "A Surprise," Something Comes Our Way (Brilliante, 2006)
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Buy the book The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew and the Heart of the Middle East |
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