All Pieces for Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

 
#14 - Dogs, Cats, Parakeets, a Moleskin, and the Squirm Test
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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If Annie Larmon had asked me if it was okay to record with a mic in her pocket, I would have said “No.” For a story on a woman who lived with nearl...

Bought by Radio Newark and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 13:44
  • Purchases: 2
#13 - Truckstop Love Affair
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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When Sara Paul's subject got “mic fright,” Sara had to go with the tape she had — the tape rules.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 10:33
  • Purchases: 4
#12 - Best New Producer 2008
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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Kudos to Erin Davis. Erin won the Best New Producer award at this year’s Third Coast International Audio Festival. The piece, “Except Me” was produ...

Bought by Radio Newark and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 09, 2010
  • Length: 10:29
  • Purchases: 2
That Barbershop Chord
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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They have no band. No backup. No room for error. In a barbershop quartet the only instrument is the vocal chords.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:14
Left for Dead
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The Guerrette family copes with unthinkable horror.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 11:23
  • Purchases: 2
Casey Kelly
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The top pitching prospect for the Boston Red Sox cuts his teeth in Portland, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:36
  • Purchases: 1
Trash
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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There are people in your life that you depend on every day. They know who you are. Do you know them? From Portland, Maine, this is the story of the...

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Water Hunt
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Stonington is running out of water. Thousands of gallons disappear from the town’s water supply every week… but only on Wednesday.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:52
  • Purchases: 2
Hindsight
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Some things can only be learned after you've lost everything.

  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 06:29
The Last Bridge
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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The nation's last sardine cannery closed this spring in Gouldsboro, Maine.

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
Talk of the Town
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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This is a story about finding forgiveness and acceptance in a small town.

Bought by Wyoming Public Radio, PRX Remix, The Story, KUOW, and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 11:29
  • Purchases: 5
A Reason for the Purpose
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
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Maybe you know where your food comes from. But have you seen and heard about farming through a 13-year-old boy’s eyes? Colby Perron shares his thou...

Bought by KRZA and WMPG


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 05:51
  • Purchases: 2
#11 - Dissecting "Dead Animal Man"
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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On this Saltcast, we listen to “Dead Animal Man” by Ira Glass the whole way through, then play it again and dissect it. Get out your radio notebook...

Bought by Radio Newark, WNJR, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 27:42
  • Purchases: 3
#10 - Insomnia and the Meaning of Life
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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An unusual way to find a story is with posters. Make a flyer, tack ‘em up around town. See what happens. That’s what Matt Swenson did. Matt was in...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, The Story, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:32
  • Purchases: 4
#9 - Hafid Is Free
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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All too often, on public radio we tend to only meet newsworthy people. Little time is made for an “average” person with a unique story.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 08:58
  • Purchases: 3
#8 - Just Hand Over the Mic
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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It’s so elegant. Genius really. Hand a mic to someone and let them record. In general, the tape they collect will be intimate, honest, and revealin...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 11:12
  • Purchases: 3
#7 - O, To Be Invisible
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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In the field, a documentarian is supposed to be a fly on the wall. You blend in so the people you are reporting on forget you are there. Well, with...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 12:46
  • Purchases: 3
#6 - Learning from Bad Luck
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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Sometimes, hitting a wall is a good thing.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 12:21
  • Purchases: 3
#5 - Hearing Blindness
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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Producing non-narrated radio stories is a real challenge. There’s no narrator to synthesize, describe, and guide. Your tape has to carry the ball —...

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 12:13
  • Purchases: 3
#4 - Knockin' the Rust Out
From: Salt Institute for Documentary Studies
Series: SaltCast: the Backstory to Great Radio Storytelling
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For this SaltCast, we check out the piece we listen to first in radio class: “Tony Schwartz: 30,000 Recordings Later” by the Kitchen Sisters. It’s ...

Bought by Radio Newark, KUER, Radio Newark, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 04, 2010
  • Length: 25:02
  • Purchases: 4

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