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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 69 (2-17)

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KUT's O’Dark 30 survived Austin's SXSW and is back with the best from the world of independent radio production. Every Sunday at midnight on Austin's KUT 90.5 and also at 4pm on digital KUT2 we present 3 hours of a little bit of everything from the world of independent radio production.

Episode 69 (2-17) includes State of the ReUnion--Espanola: The Land Remembers...Hide and Seek...Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse...The Through Line...Snap Judgment #204: Quest...Peter Lorre and the Pink Panther...Trout Stream Families read by author Scott Carrier

Española, NM: The Land Remembers

From Al Letson | Part of the State of the Re:Union: Season One series | 53:53

Española, New Mexico is known as the first Capitol City in America. Settled by Spanish conquistadors in 1598, the area's rich cultural past is still evident today in it's music, art, and way of life. But changing demographics, along with a shift in the local economy has left many residents without land, water, and a sense of identity. State of the Re:Union travels to the Española Valley of Northern New Mexico to explore the area's history of dispossession, and to discover what the rest of the country can learn from this still vital region of the American Southwest.

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Española, NM: The Land Remembers

Host: Al Letson
Producer: Zak Rosen
 
DESCRIPTION: Española, New Mexico is known as the first Capitol City in America. Settled by Spanish conquistadors in 1598, the area's rich cultural past is still evident today in it's music, art, and way of life.  But changing demographics, along with a shift in the local economy has left many residents without land, water, and a sense of identity.  State of the Re:Union travels to the Española Valley of Northern New Mexico to explore the area's history of dispossession, and to discover what the rest of the country can learn from this still vital region of the American Southwest.

BILLBOARD (:59)
Incue: From PRX and WJCT...
Outcue: But first, this news.
 
NEWS HOLE: 1:00- 6:00
 
SEGMENT A (12:29)
Incue: From WJCT in Jacksonville, Florida...
Outcue: But maybe that's not such a good thing.
 
A. The Acequia: For millennia, The Española Valley has been inhabited by land-based people, who, until the middle of the last century, didn't rely on outside jobs for survival.  The acequia has played a key part in sustaining this way of life.  An acequia is an irrigation ditch and way of distributing water, but it's also a local government, with 11,000 year old roots in the Middle-East.  There are over 1000 different acequias in the state of New Mexico.  Each with it’s own democratically elected mayordomo.  But today, more than ever, the future of the acequia is uncertain as the global economy expands, and new ways of distributing water are instituted.


SEGMENT B (18:59)
Incue: Welcome back to State of the Re:Union
Outcue: PRX-dot-ORG
 
A. La Nueva Cancion: Cipriano Vigil is a folk musician, educator, composer and author. He performs traditional New Mexican folk music as well as his own topical compositions having to do with life in the valley.
 
B. Heroin in the Valley: In the Española Valley, there's more heroin addiction and overdoses per capita than anywhere else in the country.  How did this epidemic come to be, and what's being done to curb the inter-generational pattern of substance abuse?

C. Dear Sacred Places: Santa Clara Pueblo resident, Marian Naranjo, reflects on how her people's sacred places have been effected by the area's nuclear legacy.
 
SEGMENT C (18:59)
Incue: Welcome back to State of the Re:Union
Outcue: our job, all of us, to bring them back together. (music tail)
 
A. El Santero del Rito: Folk artist and santero (saint-maker), Nicolas Herrara walks us through his homestead, his family history, and how the past plays a part in his art.
 
B. Low and Slow: There's an ongoing debate about where the low rider started.  Some say it was LA, while others, insist it was Española.  In fact, decades ago "The low rider capital of the world" became Española's nickname. We'll celebrate the low rider, as we situate it within its historical context, and explain why the pastime is about so much more than cars.

C. Dear Española #2: Luis Pena remembers where he came from, and looks towards a hopeful future.

D. Vox Pop: A montage of Española Valley voices, speaking to the community spirit of the area.
 
PROGRAM OUT @ 59:00

Española, NM: The Land Remembers is available on PRX without charge to all public radio stations, and may be aired an unlimited number of times prior to January 31, 2017. The program may be streamed live on station websites but not archived. Excerpting is permitted for promotional purposes only. 

State of the Re:Union is presented by WJCT and distributed by PRX.  Major funding for the State of the Re:Union comes from CPB, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the Delores Barr Weaver Fund at The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida.

Thanks for your consideration of State of the Re:Union with Al Letson. 

 

Hide and Seek

From Jay Allison | Part of the Animals and Other Stories series | 03:59

Talking to a chimpanzee

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Hide and Seek
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Animals Animal trainer and behaviorist, Ken Decroo, tells the story of the first he talked to a chimpanzee, and the chimp talked back. An aural metaphor ends this piece. (NOTE TO STATIONS: Be sure to frame this piece as "vintage," produced in the 1980s. While the content holds up fine, you need to note the fact that this story was made about 20 years old, so that you don't unintentionally mislead your listeners into thinking these are contemporary voices.)

Remorse: The 14 Stories of Eric Morse

From Sound Portraits | 40:14

LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman's exploration of the murder of Eric Morse, a five-year-old who was pushed to his death from a 14th-floor window by two other boys.

Remorse_small Remorse, which premiered March 21, 1996, on All Things Considered, explores the death of Eric Morse, a five-year-old thrown from the fourteenth floor window of a Chicago housing project by two other boys, ten and eleven years old, in October, 1994. The documentary was reported by LeAlan Jones and Lloyd Newman -- both residents of the Ida B. Wells housing development, where the crime took place, and both sixteen years old. Remorse marks the return of Jones and Newman to NPR's airwaves. In March of 1993, at age fourteen, they collaborated with producer David Isay for the radio documentary Ghetto Life 101, an audio diary of young people growing up on Chicago's South Side. When Eric Morse fell to his death in 1994, LeAlan and Lloyd felt compelled to pick up their tape recorders once again. They spent a year reporting the case and interviewed everyone from Eric's mother, Toni Morse, in the only interview she's granted to the press, to Vince Lane, chairman of the Chicago Housing Authority, to the father of one of the assailants. They set out to learn about the story from the inside, to see how a tragedy like this can touch a community, and to bring to light the scars it left behind. Remorse won the Grand Prize Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award and a Peabody Award in 1995.

The Through Line

From Eric Winick | 12:59

Stumbling blindly through the late Sixties, a promising young actor finds comfort, then spiritual solace, after a series of coincidences alters his life forever.

Anandamainhouse_small Story by Scott Mulhern, from the files of Yarn AudioWorks.

Scott Mulhern, father of two grown daughters, lives with his wife, Susan, in Hopewell, New Jersey.  After twenty years as an actor, he became a professional paperhanger.  He is a also poet and writer whose blog is Listening Walls.

Peter Lorre and The Pink Panther

From The humble Farmer | 03:35

Observations on good old movies

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"Trout Stream Families" read by author Scott Carrier

From Amy Wallen | Part of the DimeStories series | 03:45

A family goes on a picnic and secrets are revealed.

Trout_stream_small A quiet tale about a family on an outdoor outing.  As the day progresses, subtle hints reveal the many dark family secrets that lie below the surface of this otherwise relaxing afternoon.