People and their Places

Series produced by Terrascope Radio

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Short pieces, each about one person and a special place.

As an introduction to radio production, students are asked to create a short piece about a person and a place that is special to that person. Students are allowed to interpret the assignment freely, as you can hear in some of the pieces.


30 Pieces

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It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 02:27
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Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.

  • Added: Mar 21, 2012
  • Length: 01:57
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Isn't it interesting that we all sleep, but all our beds are different?

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 03:12
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Sometimes the most difficult part about college isn't the coursework, it's finding your next meal.

  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 03:54
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People come from all kinds of places to go to MIT, but many maintain strong feelings for the place they still call home.

  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 02:16
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At MIT, students' lives are dominated by numbers...

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 02:31
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One MIT swimmer interviews another.

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 02:54
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What happens when your fun becomes your responsibility?

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:10
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For some students it's not just the grades they are worried about, there's a whole other force driving them to get up before the crack of dawn.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 03:37
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Victoria Gunning re-calls some childhood memories skiing in Bogus Basin, Idaho.

  • Added: May 12, 2014
  • Length: 02:30