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- Dmae Lo Roberts
- Username: dmaeroberts
- Location: Portland, Oregon
- Joined PRX: Oct 02, 2003
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- "Listening at the Border"
- Summary: Former audio spy recounts his activites and the price he paid.
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Review of Listening at the Border
Dmae Lo Roberts
Posted on February 06, 2005 at 11:44 AM
Now this is great radio! But it needs more work. As is, what a compelling first person narrative of a military linguist who listens to radio transmissions from North Korea all day long. So many elements to make this a great piece: the storyteller interviewee, the radio transmissions and compelling sound design. Right now though it's an intriguing piece that's too long. And the ending leaves you hanging. A bit of the synth tone used during the piece would have added nicely to the end. But I want to encourage the producer to offer a 7-8 minute version of this. I think that it would make it more appealing for stations to include in their news magazines. I say keep the longer version here as well but offer a shorter module, too. I can easily hear this piece paired with international and military stories. This is a debut piece so I encourage stations to check it out.