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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A teen at Eastside Memorial High in East Austin reflects on her memories of her dad's jail term and the gifts he sent her from prison. Produced for...

  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:08
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A peak inside the acclaimed taqueria in Austin, Texas. Produced by youth reporters at Kealing Middle School for Stories From Deep in the Heart, a p...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 23, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth reporters from Kealing Middle School explore the incredible fantastical world of Vince Hanneman's Cathedral of Junk in Austin, Texas. Produce...

Bought by KUT


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 1
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Youth producers at Kealing Middle School investigate a type of graffiti art that merges the old with the new. Produced for Stories From Deep in the...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:37
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The Driskill hotel in downtown Austin, an iconic 1800's structure, has become a legendary stop for amateur ghost hunters. Kealing Middle School yo...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:04
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A fascinating look at a new and sometimes controversial folk spiritual tradition to cross over the border from Mexico to Texas. Produced by student...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:59
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An introduction to the Seder table. Produced by students at Kealing Middle School for Stories From Deep in the Heart, a project of Texas Folklife.

Bought by KWMR and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 2
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Youth reporters from Kealing Middle School visit an iconic and eccentric Austin creamery, Amy's Ice Cream.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 03:50
  • Purchases: 1
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A young athlete reflects on sharing her love of the sport with her grandmother, who nearly passed from ovarian cancer. Produced by youth reporters ...

  • Added: May 22, 2012
  • Length: 04:32
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Youth producer Alexandra Muniz researches the indigenous music & dance style of Mexico's Zapateado.

  • Added: Oct 06, 2011
  • Length: 05:49