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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 150 (3-46)

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KUT's O’Dark 30 hits the sesquicentennial mark with more of the very 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 150 (3-46) includes Namibia Road Trip...Bon Voyage...Gleeful Barbarians...Episode 1: Inter-Dimensional Dreaming...Life Without Parole: The Case of Charles Wilson Jr...A KUT Conversation with filmmaker and comedian Negin Farsad...Baring it All: My First Time At A Nudist Resort...The Telephantom...Curious Footnotes in Fredericksburg...Cathy Byrd Talks TV with Tolly Moseley...Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 53...West Frankfort Mine Disaster Hide full description

KUT's O’Dark 30 hits the sesquicentennial mark with more of the very 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 150 (3-46) includes Namibia Road Trip...Bon Voyage...Gleeful Barbarians...Episode 1: Inter-Dimensional Dreaming...Life Without Parole: The Case of Charles Wilson Jr...A KUT Conversation with filmmaker and comedian Negin Farsad...Baring it All: My First Time At A Nudist Resort...The Telephantom...Curious Footnotes in Fredericksburg...Cathy Byrd Talks TV with Tolly Moseley...Bonjour Chanson... Show full description

Namibia Road Trip

From Jake Warga | 04:49

Come on a self-drive road-trip through Namibia and learn how tourism is helping to conserve wildlife, habitat, and culture.
PRX exclusive, slated for APM's "The Story"

01-namibia-warga_small Come on a self-drive road-trip through Namibia and learn how tourism is helping to conserve wildlife, habitat, and culture. PRX exclusive, slated for APM's "The Story"

Bon Voyage

From Julia Scott | 23:00

A dying man and his husband try to meet death in style.

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RAVE REVIEW: The Guardian calls BON VOYAGE "Vivid and beautifully told
... A tremendous listen: you felt as if you knew both subjects within moments, and got an insight into the hardest moments a relationship will face."


Paul Perkovic and his husband, Eric Trefelner, have lived in style for 36 years. When they find out that Paul has inoperable pancreatic cancer, they decide he should go out in style, too. Eric plans a lavish, quarter million-dollar "Bon Voyage" party at a fine arts museum in San Francisco. Paul and Eric aren't just planning a party; they're trying to choreograph a death. But when relationship breakdowns developm that neither man expects, the couple discovers that death has its own agenda. BON VOYAGE brings the listener along on the intimate, emotional journey of a same-sex couple coping with mortality.

STORY UPDATE : Paul Perkovic died November 26, 2012, in Eric Trefelner's arms at their home in Montara, Calif.

PRODUCER Julia Scott is an award-winning radio producer, journalist and essayist based in San Francisco. She produces documentaries and news features for several nationally syndicated programs. Her previous work is archived at www.juliascott.net .

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Anne Donohue is Associate Professor of Journalism at Boston University. She was the special projects editor at Monitor Radio for five years, and has also been a contributor to NPR, the BBC, WGBH, WBUR and other public radio programs.

BON VOYAGE is part of Real America, a series from the BBC World Service that enlisted four American producers to tell stories found only in America.

Episode 1: Inter-Dimensional Dreaming

From Astoria Sojourner | Part of the Handmade Radio series | 07:48

This is the premiere episode of Virtually Everything is Handmade Radio. Stori Sojourner shares the inner workings of her being: From SF to Small Town, Sedona’s energy vortices, and a strange wake/dream experience.

Gorgeous-sedona-arizona-sunset_small This is the premiere episode of Virtually Everything is Handmade Radio. Stori Sojourner shares the inner workings of her being: From SF to Small Town, Sedona’s energy vortices, and a strange wake/dream experience.

Life Without Parole: The Case of Charles Lewis, Jr

From Long Haul Productions | 17:14

The anatomy of a sentencing hearing for a juvenile in Michigan facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. Charles Lewis, Jr was 13 when he took part in a murder. He was tried and convicted as an adult. The judge in the case had to decide whether he thought "Little Chuckie' can be rehabilitated.

Charles The anatomy of a sentencing hearing for a juvenile in Michigan facing life in prison without the possibility of parole. Charles Lewis, Jr was 13 when he took part in a murder. He was tried and convicted as an adult. The judge in the case had to decide whether he thought "Little Chuckie' can be rehabilitated.

Baring It All: My First Time At A Nudist Resort

From Chion Wolf | 06:51

WNPR producer Chion ("khy-own") Wolf visited Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut to fully experience, for the first time, life as a nudist.

Humbert15_small WNPR producer Chion ("khy-own") Wolf visited Solair Family Nudist Resort in Woodstock, Connecticut to fully experience, for the first time, life as a nudist.

The Telephantom

From WHRV | Part of the Halloween Haunts series | 02:02

The Telephantom

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Halloweenhauntspodcast_small One mans last dying wish requires being buried with a telephone and a startling discovery by his family when they come to pay their last respects.

Curious Footnotes in Fredericksburg

From WHRV | Part of the Halloween Haunts series | 02:02

Curious Footnotes in Fredericksburg

Halloweenhauntspodcast_small A tale about a wife of our 21st President attended sayances and how one physic tried to lead an inventor down the right track in life.

Fresh Talk: Tolly Moseley

From Cathy Byrd | Part of the Fresh Art International series | 12:27

Cathy Byrd speaks with Austin Eavesdropper Tolly Moseley about her creative practice. Tolly talks about the webisodes she produces, including a new series about Austin-style cuisine for youtube.com/Hungry.

Tolly_and_matt_square_small Cathy Byrd meets Tolly Moseley in Austin to learn about her faceted creative practice. A book publicist by day, Tolly spends evenings writing for her blog AustinEavesdropper.com . She’s also a passionate aerial dancer who keeps a vivid blue silk hanging from a tree outside her back door. Earlier this year, Tolly started producing and hosting a series of webisodes for "Austin Eavesdropper TV" in which she interviews a certain quirky character and shares insider tips about Austin. In this episode, Cathy gets a sneak peek at Tolly’s brand new project for youtube.com/hungry .  

Bonjour Chanson Series 11 Episode 53

From Charles Spira | Part of the Bonjour Chanson Series 11 series | 24:49

When Leo Ferré sings, one can cut the French atmosphere with a knife. When you listen to Jane Birkin sing in French with her English accent, it brings back the excitement of the sixties. Enjoy this and recent French language songs narrated in English in this episode.

Latin_quarter_small In this episode we hear Leo Ferré celebrate the youth and beauty of a young girl from Saint Germain des Prés. Jane Birkin sings about leaving her lover and we listen to recent songs interpreted by Amel Bent and Dominique A.  Louis Chedid  sees his mood changed by the beat of an Angel's wing. We travel to Montreal to witness the birth of a romance during a klutzy incident in a song by Lara Brown. The narrative is in English, the singing in French. The enjoyment transcends language.  Here is the line-up:
Leo Ferre, (France), Jolie Mome
Amel Bent, (France), Si J'en Crois
Dominique A. (France), Rendez-Nous la Lumiere
Lara Brown, (Canada), Coeur d'Artichaut
Louis Chedid, (France), Un Ange Passe
Jane Birkin, (France, England) Je Suis Venu te Dire Que Je m'en Vais.
 

West Frankfort Mine Disaster

From Chris Yoars | 16:21

This documentary tells the story of the 1951 West Frankfort Mine disaster in which 119 men were killed in an explosion on the last shift before the Christmas holiday.

Westfrankfortjohnlewis_small On the evening of December 21st, 1951, citizens of West Frankfort, Illinois were shocked when the word “explosion” echoed through the streets of their humble mining community. Just hours before West Frankfort’s Orient #2 mine was to close for the Christmas holiday, an underground blast killed 119 mineworkers during the second shift.

Over the next few days the blackened and charred bodies of miners were carried up from the depths of the mine and moved to the West Frankfort Jr. High School gym floor for identification.

The explosion garnered national attention and resulted in the passage of the Federal Coal Mine Safety Act of 1952. The West Frankfort disaster is the worst of its kind since 1940, leaving 111 widows and 176 fatherless children in its wake. Those who died at the Orient #2 Mine are still remembered by the town of West Frankfort.