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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 78 (2-26)

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KUT's O’Dark 30 is halfway through season 2 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 78 (2-26) includes...Planet Buddy...The Old Man And The Dog...Mme. Blavatsky and the Colonel Part Two...Mothers and Sons...Talk To Me About Love...HEY WE'RE BACK: Episode 4...WTF Episode 101 with Judd Apatow...They Didn't Get Along...Road Trip: West Coast...Heather Rodgers on "The Hidden Life of Garbage"

Planet Buddy

From Graham Shelby | 07:00

Buddy was a sixteen-year-old bad boy who was experimenting with being good. I'd been a good boy my whole life and was ready to try being bad. Then I went on a field trip to Planet Buddy.

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Buddy was a sixteen-year-old bad boy who was experimenting with being good. The counselors at our high school had suddenly placed him in the advanced classes and he was struggling. I'd been a good boy in those classes for years, and I was ready to experiment with being bad. During the school day, Buddy lived in my world: three-ring binders, permission slips, hall passes.  But one night, we went out, and he took me on a field trip to Planet Buddy. And things were never the same after that.

The Old Man And The Dog

From The Humble Farmer | 02:49

A moving tale about an old man who befriends a small dog

Lobster_from_shine_small A moving tale about an old man who befriends a small dog

Mme. Blavatsky and The Colonel Part Two

From Helen Borten | Part of the A Sense of Place series | 28:56

The story of the woman responsible for America's love afair with spiritualism and her modern-day descendants.

Default-piece-image-0 A journey through time in the company of the historical character most responsible for America's one-hundred year love affair with spiritualism. Bizarre, brilliant and larger than life, Mme.Blavatsky's own words bring this dramatic story alive. Her modern-day coubnterparts in Lily Dale--a village in upstate New York reminscent of Brigadoon--round out a narrative that is always stranger than fiction. This program was included in the second season of A SENSE OF PLACE and distributed by PRI in 2001. One :15 promo for parts 1 & 2 (click "listen" page, promo labeled "Segment 2") One :30 promo for parts 1 & 2 (click "listen" page, promo labeled "Segment 3")

Mothers and Sons

From Marjorie Van Halteren | 26:44

a sonic memorial to the healing power of art

Suselogo_small Mothers and Sons is a double portrait of the German sculptor Kathe Kollwitz (1867-1945), who created "The Grieving Parents," a moving memorial to her son who died in WWI, and the contemporary German-Americansculptor Suse Lowenstein , who created an equally monumental work to honor her son, a victim in the 1988 Lockerbie disaster. Both women describe how their work (18 years for Kathe, 14 years for Suse), became a path through their grief, bearing witness to the transforming power of art and creation. Mothers and Sons is a collaboration between Helen Engelhardt, a storyteller and performer, and Marjorie Van Halteren, sound artist. Kathe's diaries are performed by Helen, with Marjorie composing sound and music. Sound recorded on location on Long Island and in Southern Belgium. Mothers and Sons is the third program in a trilogy exploring the themes of war, loss, memory, and regeneration. The two other half hours, "Unquiet Graves," and "Yesterday and Forever, are also available.

The 20th Anniversary of the Lockerbie disaster is December 21, 2008.

Talk to Me About Love

From Third Coast International Audio Festival | Part of the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story series | 02:30

Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted.

Shortdocs06_small Two curious siblings finally get what they think they've always wanted.

Talk to Me About Love was produced by Jill Dorothy Summers and David Whitcomb for the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story. Inspired by cartoonist Matt Madden and the french literary group Oulipo, the 99 Ways Challenge invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works following a set of rules. Each submission had to:
- start with some manifestation of "To begin with, they never got along." 
- include a pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise and exclamation 
- last exactly 2:30 minutes
 
 

HEY WE'RE BACK: Episode 4

From Jonathan Katz | Part of the HEY WE'RE BACK series | 06:08

Episode 4

Bigredsmall_small In episode four, I continue my love/hate relationship with directory assistance, we hear about a guy who has opened a toll booth on his own block, and we get a close up look at tech support ; and I hopefully raise the question "Who's really in charge?"

WTF Episode 101 with Judd Apatow

From WTF with Marc Maron | Part of the WTF with Marc Maron series | 59:00

An interview with Judd Apatow, one of the most prolific and successful creators of comedy in Hollywood. Both newshole and 59 minute versions are provided.

Judd_apatow_small Judd Apatow  is one of the most prolific and successful creators of comedy in Hollywood. But at age 16, Judd was already doing his own radio show not unlike the one Marc does today. You'll hear rare clips of young Judd in 1983 talking to Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Garry Shandling , well before the big breaks that launched them all to superfame. Marc finds out what those interviews taught Judd and how they impacted his own career.

They Didn't Get Along

From Third Coast International Audio Festival | Part of the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story series | 02:30

An inquiry into the nature of human relationships over the course of eons, featuring musical accompaniment in diverse time signatures, and a British narrator.

Shortdocs06_small An inquiry into the nature of human relationships over the course of eons, featuring musical accompaniment in diverse time signatures, and a British narrator.

They Didn't Get Along was produced by Rick Moody and Michael Hearst for the 2006 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge: 99 Ways To Tell a Radio Story. Inspired by cartoonist Matt Madden and the french literary group Oulipo, the 99 Ways Challenge invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works following a set of rules. Each submission had to:
- start with some manifestation of "To begin with, they never got along." 
- include a pre-recorded voice, rhythmic noise and exclamation 
- last exactly 2:30 minutes
 
 

Road Trip--West Coast

From Jake Warga | 16:00

Traveling from Seattle to LA, no flying or driving

Bus_small Savvy Traveler asked me to go from Seattle to LA without driving or flying. I start on a train, then a cab, then a bus... I wanted to get my 'finger on the pulse' of America, idealistic I was. I came across a foreigner, Uncle Sam, a religious soldier, a wanderer...and myself. "I've been on the train all day and it's starting to get dark. I don't like traveling at night. I'm worried my reporter's eyes will catch my own reflected in the window...at night, it's too easy to look inwards." FINALIST NFCB: Announced 4/04 Orig. aired 4/25/03 "Savvy Traveler" www.savtrav.com HearingVoices.com

Heather Rogers on "The Hidden Life of Garbage"

From KQAL | Part of the Culture Clique series | 14:09

On this episode of Culture Clique KQAL's Teri Tenseth and Winona Daily News reporter Jerome Christenson sit down for an interview with Heather Rogers - author of "The Hidden Life of Garbage." On a previous episode we featured Rogers in a panel discussion on "Reducing the Waste Stream". Today Rogers tells us her process in writing her book as well as informing us on other facts of garbage.

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On this episode of Culture Clique KQAL's Teri Tenseth and Winona Daily News reporter Jerome Christenson sit down for an interview with Heather Rogers - author of "The Hidden Life of Garbage." On a previous episode we featured Rogers in a panel discussion on "Reducing the Waste Stream". Today Rogers tells us her process in writing her book as well as informing us on other facts of garbage.