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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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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Students at Grisham Middle School discover the soap-making process, and learn what "volcanoing" is, with artisan soap-makers in Austin, Texas.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:12
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A family in Texas deals with, and raises, all sorts of reptilian creatures. Produced by students at Grisham Middle School for Stories from Deep in ...

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  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:42
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Students at Grisham Middle School in Austin, Texas lead the listener through the process of making Lefse, a Norwegian dish that came to Texas by wa...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:40
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Amanda Johnston is a school secretary, but during her free time, she invents new forms of poetry, drawing inspiration from her life's stories. Yout...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:46
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Students at Grisham Middle School interview Poet Laureate Jan Seale.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:47
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Students at Grisham Middle School document their experience trying to capture their surprise resident guinea fowl.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:54
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A wild guinea fowl appears at Grisham Middle School, becoming an unofficial second mascot for the school.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 02:06
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Students from Grisham Middle School interview Gilbert Elorreaga, the trumpeter for Grupo Fantasma, about his career and personal life.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:08
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Students at Grisham Middle School walk through the process of cooking one of "Mawmaw's" favorites - a cherry cream cheese pie.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 04:27
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Youth producers from Grisham Middle School visit Naegelin's Bakery in New Braunfels, Texas, the oldest German bakery in the state.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 03:08