Stories from Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife

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Stories from Deep in the Heart teaches students and teachers how to document their family and community traditions.  Stories from Deep in the Heart is a project of Texas Folklife, based in Austin, TX.

For more, visit:
http://www.texasfolklife.org/storiesfromdeepintheheart.html
http://www.texasfolklife.org
https://soundcloud.com/texasfolklife 

Series

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6 Pieces

The finished radio pieces from the Texas Folklife Stories Summer Institute, a weeklong intensive audio production workshop for Austin-area students and teachers.

Caption: The Folklorist Next Door, Credit: Jeannelle Ramirez
9 Pieces

Community folklorists explore Texas traditions.

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3 Pieces

Students from Texas School for the Blind created podcasts about their community.

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3 Pieces

Students at the Texas School for the Blind's summer SWEAT program created podcasts where they interviewed Austin community members.

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4 Pieces

Texas Folklife presents these stories from our 2019 Summer Institute, a week-long audio documentary workshop in Austin, Texas. This year's documentaries feature stories about "women in the Austin music scene," including Connie Kirk, Tameca Jones, Andrea Cortez, and Kana Harris.


Pieces

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Welcome to the Texas rodeo, where the bbq is delicious, the smell is ripe, and…. assault rifles are auctioned off? Yeehaw?

  • Added: May 09, 2013
  • Length: 05:02
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A middle schooler with hopes of joining the MMA explores the physical & mental rigors of boxing in this experimental sound-rich essay. By Kealing M...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: May 07, 2013
  • Length: 04:36
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth producers at Kealing Middle School investigate the talents of pitmaster extraordinaire, Aaron T. Franklin, who has created a “monster” on Aus...

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:29
  • Purchases: 1
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Two iconic Austin burger joints created by a dueling divorced couple, Kealing youth producers report on how Fran and Dan’s hamburgers might be succ...

  • Added: May 06, 2013
  • Length: 05:34
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Akins High School youth producers wanted to learn about New Orleans blues from their geography teacher and blues harmonica player Greg Izor. But w...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Curious about the presence of New Orleans culture in Austin after Hurricane Katrina, a group of Akins High School youth producers meet a New Orlean...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 05:25
  • Purchases: 1
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1, 2, 3, 4....Youth producers at Gorzycki Middle School explore dance.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:33
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Mmmmm. Tamales! Youth Producer Mariana from Gorzycki Middle School interviews her mother as she shows her how to make Tamales.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
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Youth producers at Gorzycki Middle School discover the steel drums.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 02:55
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Youth producers at Gorzycki Middle School go back in time….to the ’80’s.

  • Added: Dec 18, 2012
  • Length: 01:54