In Egypt, in Iran, and in Tunisia, we've heard a lot about the so-called Twitter and Facebook revolutions. But what about the radio revolution? Working from archives in New Delhi and London, Neel Thakkar resurrects the forgotten story of the Congress Radio -- the secret, underground radio station which, during the Quit India movement of 1942, helped keep the Indian nationalist movement alive during some of its darkest days. Featuring: Usha Mehta, C.K. Narayanswami, K.A. Abbas, Anant Kanekar, and...
Jun 20, 2018•23 min
From the rhyming styles of breakbeat poets and Bronx backyard jams of the 1980s, hip-hop sprang forth from the heart of urban black culture to give voice to the silenced narratives of black communities. The rhythm of resistance. Uncontainable, the sound waves traveled much farther than the national border. In the 1990s, young Cubans living in the barrio of Alamar resonated with the rhythms and attitude in the music and adopted the art form as their own. Moving through this rich oral history and ...
Jun 20, 2018•13 min
Description: In this episode we ride the radio waves. We listen closely, digging deep in the static to hear stories of people following radio waves, of bouncing radio waves, but mainly stories of people listening to the voices. Producers: Cathy Wong ,Cameron Tenner, Victoria Yuan, Yue Li, Neel Thaker, Christopher LeBoa, Jackson Roach
Jun 15, 2018•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
A Stanford senior decides to change their gender...and their name. Featuring: Finn Sonder
Jun 12, 2018•7 min
Dahkota Brown campaigns to become the Stanford Tree and make the mascot Indian again.
Jun 12, 2018•8 min
An old house in Bangalore is the sun at the center of a family’s solar system. Or is it? Featuring: Shantha Rao, Smitha Walling, Melina Walling
Jun 12, 2018•12 min
VOX at the San Jose Furry Convention 2017. Music: Track 7 and Track 4, Dappu Ji Mirasi Birds at Cubbon Park, Samuel Corwin Left Hand Waltz, Johnny Ripper Do Re Mi, Rodgers & Hammerstein India Whiskey, Victoire How to evade a place with no wall, Komiku Bangalore, India, Saddashiva Nagar, 2014.01.19, cdrk Indian Landmark, Messages Stargazer, Monplaisir
Jun 12, 2018•9 min
In an isolated fishing village in Papua New Guinea, a linguist sets out to write the first dictionary of the Ende language. Not long after she begins, she finds that one word was more difficult to translate: mokwang, Ende’s word for love, which also means survival. In this story, we’ll hear how Ende women define what it means to love in Limol, Papua New Guinea. Featuring: Grace Maher, Lois Sadua (translator), Musato Giwo (translator), Joshua Dobola, Robai Reend, Donai Kurupel, Manaleato Kolea, J...
Jun 12, 2018•9 min
"My korean name is the star my mother cooks into the jjigae to follow home when i am lost.” // a spoken word poem
Jun 12, 2018•3 min
We name people, places, and things out of necessity, but the labels we choose take on the weight of history, culture, and identity. In this episode, we talk about the names we use, and why they matter.
Jun 10, 2018•52 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Sometimes you have to keep your head down to stay alive. This is a show about playing the cello in the darkest hour, and returning to the site of the fire, and keeping your head down to stay alive. This is a show about what happens when the sun goes down, and when you get lost in the mall, and when you pick up the phone because you have nowhere left to turn. This is a show about the terrible and the beautiful. This is a show about survival. Producers: Jett Hayward, Bella Lazzareschi, Elisabeth D...
Apr 25, 2018•1 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Compilation of Archival Sound on Survival The Survival episode contains a collection of found archival sounds. These pieces of tape, on the theme of survival, have themselves survived the passage of time. Preserved fragments of another time, they remind us that human beings have always been survivors. This is a standalone collection of those fragments of tape. IMAGE: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grap…ophone1901.jpg MUSIC CREDITS: Traumerei, Robert Schumann Op 15, Cello: Daniil Shafran Tinajer...
Apr 25, 2018•16 min
In an era when abortion was illegal, a group of women took matters into their own hands. Featuring: Jeanne Galatzer-Levy, Martha Scott, Judith Arcana Music: Universe in the Bath, Letmeknowyouanatole Illumination I, Letmeknowyouanatole Choose Another Way, Letmeknowyouanatole Weightlessness, Daniel Birch Absolutely Sweet Marie, Bob Dylan Archival Sound: Roe v. Wade, Oyez 1973 CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1/22/73), CBS Third Presidential Debate Highlights | Trump, Clinton on Abortion, ABC...
Apr 25, 2018•21 min
Chris Coan remembers being lost in the mall, but we all have our stories. Featuring: Dr. James Coan, Dr. Elizabeth Loftus, Chris Coan Music: (Title(s), Artist, Album. Plus links and permissions. And archival tape) bj.b (re:construction)_ remix by ono, -ono- An opener, Bitbasic Stealth Elk, Bitbasic Pattern 4 (Version 10), Cyan341 Datalinks (Line remix), Posthuman c, Gallery Six m, Gallery Six k, Gallery Six Upward, junior85 Action Discovery, Komiku may, SHOMOMOSE Archival Sound: Rewriting Histor...
Apr 25, 2018•24 min
A psychologist searches for the secret to survival in a town where the sun doesn’t rise for 50 days. Featuring: Kari Liebowitz and Jonas Björklund Music: Sombra, Zé Trigueiros Soft Euphoria, Lee Rosevere Playmate, Podington Bear Everybody Wants Gold and a Mermaid, Tony Higgins Cylinder Three, Chris Zabriskie Cylinder Nine, Chris Zabriskie gaël, johnny_ripper Image: Stephanie Niu
Apr 25, 2018•12 min
What is it like to be LGBTQ+ in a Mormon community? Featuring: Kimberly Anderson, Dean Stonehocker Producer: Elisabeth Dee Music: Ambient Pad, Karma-Ron Melancholic Haze, FoolBoyMedia I’m Trying To Be Like Jesus, Emily Brown Love One Another, The Mormon Tabernacle Choir Dark Water, Fathomless - Ambient, Podington Bear Calm Synthesizer, B, InspectorJ
Apr 25, 2018•14 min
After the Santa Rosa fires, Bella revisits her childhood home. Music: As Fast As You Can Happen, junior85
Apr 25, 2018•5 min
What can we know about the future? And where do we look? We plan ahead by speculating. We can’t imagine not imagining the next hour, the next day, the next email. In this show we look at the nature of guessing, of predicting, and what that can tell us about the future. And the past. Host: Yue Li Producers: Chris Leboa, Cameron Tenner, Yue Li, Claudia Heymach, Noelle Chow, Sam Kargilis, Risa Cromer, Sam Greenspan Featuring: Corrie Dekkar, Julie Parsonnet, Julie Fogarty, Jeff Lindner, Jim Blackbur...
Apr 19, 2018•53 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Herman Melville’s “great American novel,” Moby Dick, has fascinated, entertained, bored, and horrified audiences for the past 150 years, but … is Moby Dick gay? Was Herman Melville caught up in a same-sex-love affair? Producer Cameron Tenner searches for answers and learns about exploring queerness in the past. Featuring: Mark Beauregard, Kyla Schuller Music: Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie, Gentle Chase by Podington Bear, Skeptic by Podington Bear, Vanagon by Podington Bear, Little Black Cloud...
Apr 10, 2018•13 min
In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, Houstonians Yue and Claudia wonder how future storms can be predicted. And if they can be predicted, whose responsibility is it to protect Houston? Featuring: Jeff Lindner, Jim Blackburn Music (from freesound.org): vision- ambient gamelan by that jeff carter, Ambient Drone Solfeggio by Headphaze, Cosmos by pointpark cinema, cyclone hurricane hugo by solostud
Apr 10, 2018•11 min
During the 2017-2018 flu season over 60 million Americans were infected with influenza and an estimated 50,000 died. Why has there been so much sickness when a vaccine does exist? Producer Chris LeBoa investigates the process and guesswork that goes into creating the flu shot each year and what is being done to take guesswork out of future vaccines. Featuring: Corrie Dekkar, Julie Parsonnet, Julie Fogarty
Apr 10, 2018•7 min
Meet the last Bitcoin miners of Stanford. Producer: Sam Kargilis Music (from Free Music Archive): Curves, Jhhhzzr
Apr 10, 2018•13 min
How do we take care of the past after it turns to ash? We visit with families digging through the rubble of their homes in Sonoma after the fires as they sift for memories. This episode asks how we care for people, and what to do if there's no obvious path to healing. Along the way, we meet a midwife, some worms, and a daughter caring for her mother and herself. Host: Claudia Heymach Producers: Claudia Heymach, Crystal Escolero, Emma Heath, Bella Lazzareschi, Helvia Taina, Sarah Jiang, Eileen Wi...
Feb 07, 2018•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Living with mental illness means living with the mysterious and mundane. Caretakers of loved ones with depression, anxiety or psychosis must come to grips with both sides, and resist the tug of their own demons in the process. This is an ongoing story about a mom, her daughter and the everyday work of love. Featuring: Ronnie Falcoa Music: “Undersea Garden” and “Love Sprouts” by Podington Bear, "Tennessee Waltz" by Patti Page
Feb 07, 2018•10 min
We went to Sonoma County after the fires to help residents dig through the rubble of their homes. Along the way, we asked about what they took with them, what they wanted to take, and what they’re looking for now. Featuring: Claire Mollard and Josh Weil
Feb 07, 2018•6 min
We don’t always think of caretaking in a professional terms, but for a homebirth midwife, the emotional and physical wellbeing of others is the whole job. Featuring: Ronnie Falcoa
Feb 07, 2018•12 min
We hear a lot about immigrants. In this episode, we hear from immigrants – not as statistics, but as individual human beings crossing borders. Oscar gets deported and tries to return home. Maddie comes to terms with her family relationships. And Nisrin enters the U.S. from Sudan after the first travel ban takes effect. In this episode, stories of crossing. This is part one of a two part series. Host: Noelle Chow Producers: Carissa Cirelli, Noelle Chow, Jett Hayward, An-Li Herrin...
Nov 27, 2017•39 min•Season 1Ep. 1
After immigrating from Mexico, Francisco Preciado Sr. gets a job as a groundskeeper at Stanford University. When his son, Francisco Preciado Jr., applies to Stanford, they learn together what it means to carry on a family legacy in a new country. Producers: Louis Lafair and Melina Walling Featuring: Francisco Preciado Sr. and Francisco Preciado Jr. Music: "An opener" by Bitbasic, "motion (johnny_r...
Nov 26, 2017•8 min
Solmaz Sharif wants to have the conversation we’re avoiding. Producers: Jackson Roach and Jett Hayward Featuring: Solmaz Sharif Music: "c" and "m" by Gallery Six, "Krankenwagen im Stau" by rui, "Upward" and "It Moves Like A 500 Year Old Process" by junior85
Nov 26, 2017•12 min
The Central Pacific Railroad was completed in 1869. 150 years later, we’re still searching for the stories of the people who laid out the tracks. Producer: Yue Li Featuring: Hilton Obenzinger, Barre Fong, Gordon Chang Music: "Everything Ends Here" by Johnny Ripper; "More Weather," "Waterbourne," and "The Summit" by Blue Dot Sessions
Nov 26, 2017•8 min
