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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 167 (4-11)

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KUT's O’Dark 30 is now in semi-prime time with more of the very best from the world of independent radio production. Sunday nights at 10 on Austin's KUT 90.5 we present 3 hours of a little bit of everything from the world of independent radio production.

Episode 167 (4-11) includes Lost and Found Sound and Beyond: Hour Two...St. Valentine, Gangster of Love...Love all, try all (serve the steak)...Independent Book Stores Speak Up for the Written Word - on ThoughtCast!...99% Invisible #71- In and Out of LOVE (Director's Cut)...A Duck’s Worth of Existential Dread...#39 - The Tale of Lot 180

Lost & Found Sound and Beyond: Hour Two

From The Kitchen Sisters | Part of the Lost & Found Sound and Beyond series | 59:04

"Lost & Found Sound and Beyond" is the second anthology of greatest hits from the Peabody Award winning Lost & Found Sound radio series, heard over the last five years on NPR's All Things Considered. A collection of eccentric, endangered and undiscovered sounds and oral traditions, this special two-hour program provides a glimpse of the recorded legacy of our country.

Lfsblayoutfnt5 Please do not broadcast until after October 8, 2004 "Lost & Found Sound and Beyond" is the second anthology of greatest hits from the Peabody Award winning Lost & Found Sound radio series, heard over the last five years on NPR's All Things Considered. A collection of eccentric, endangered and undiscovered sounds and oral traditions, this special two-hour program provides a glimpse of the recorded legacy of our country. Hosted by film legend Francis Ford Coppola, "Lost & Found Sound and Beyond" feeds in early September, and again in mid-October for use during the 2004 holidays. Each hour of the program can be aired as a discrete broadcast. The hours are not newscast compatible, but will otherwise follow the standard :20/:40 broadcast clock. This new gathering of unique stories is the product of a sprawling nationwide collaboration of independent radio producers, artists, musicians, archivists, writers, NPR, public radio stations and listeners. Lost & Found Sound was produced by two-time Peabody Award winning producers, The Kitchen Sisters (Nikki Silva & Davia Nelson) with Jay Allison. A sound hound himself, Francis Ford Coppola weaves these twelve richly-layered radio documentaries together with his own stories, reminiscences and home recordings, including his 1977 "interview" with five-year-old daughter Sofia Coppola about what she wants to be when she grows up. The stories include a surprising tale of Liberace and The Trinidad Tripoli Steelband, the saga of Sun Studios producer Sam Phillips, and narratives from Mohawk Indian ironworkers at the Twin Towers and Vietnamese manicurists in America. Promos for both hours are attached. Promo 1: 4:40 Promo 2: 0:40 Promo 3: 1:01

St. Valentine, Gangster of Love

From Jonathan Thomas Stratman | Part of the Who Died Today series | 02:53

The shocking truth about the patron saint of romantic love, marriage ... and bee keeping.

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Independent Book Stores Speak Up for the Written Word - on ThoughtCast!

From Jenny Attiyeh | 56:24

Be it a curmudgeonly Galwegian on the West coast of Ireland, an erudite scholar in Dublin or a literary motorcyclist 'flower child' of San Francisco, independent book store owners tell ThoughtCast about a piece of writing that's had a tremendous impact on them - that's moved or changed them.
In this continuing series, ThoughtCast explores the impact of the written word, this time through the eyes of the fragile but determined population of independent book store owners, here in the US and abroad. What pieces of writing do they choose to talk about? I'm not telling!

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In this continuing series, ThoughtCast explores the impact of the written word, this time through the eyes of the fragile but determined population of independent book store owners, here in the US and abroad. What pieces of writing do they choose to talk about? I'm not telling!
Previous interviewees for this series include Tom Perrotta, who talks about Flannery O'Connor's short story "Good Country People", and the Harvard poetry critic Helen Vendler, who discusses a poem of Emily Dickinson's, which could break your heart.
Check them out on PRX and www.thoughtcast.org!

99% Invisible #71- In and Out of LOVE (Director's Cut)

From Roman Mars | Part of the 99% Invisible (Director's Cut) series | 16:09

Follow a breadcrumb trail of black wax and wheel marks to a secret war over public space.

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Though its official name is JFK Plaza, the open space near Philadelphia’s City Hall is more commonly known as LOVE Park. With its sleek granite benches, geometric raised planter beds, and long expanses of pavement, its success as a pedestrian plaza is debatable. But it turned out to be perfect for skateboarding. As skateboarding culture grew in the 1990s, LOVE Park became a Mecca of the skating world--even though skateboarding was officially banned there.  

Skateboarder and radio producer Andrew Norton takes us for a ride through the surprising history of LOVE Park, and pulls back the curtain on a decades-old battle over public space in Philadelphia and beyond.

 

A Duck’s Worth of Existential Dread

From Nathan Callahan | Part of the The SoCal Byte series | 06:05

Uncle Jack and Donald

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Though I’m pretty sure there’s no connection, it was around the time that I met my duck Donald that I begin to experience my first feelings of existential dread.  Yeah, I was precocious, but big picture responsibility —  questions like "Who am I?" and "Why am I here?" — held a fascination for me.   Donald however, didn’t think much of my effort.  After all, existentialists and ducks aren’t birds of a feather. Ducks are indifferent about the shortcomings of ethics and science. Even though they’re all about experience, dread isn’t something a duck does.   

#39 - The Tale of Lot 180

From HowSound | 19:59

WLRN reporter Kenny Malone offers his strategy for creative storytelling: a clever central question, story motion, and place.

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On the face of it, a story about an auction is a pretty simple assignment. Half the work is just showing up. Then interview the auctioneer, people managing the auction, some buyers, and you're done.

Well, you're done if you want to produce a boring story, something run-of-the-mill.

In 2009, WLRN reporter Kenny Malone produced a story about Florida's Unclaimed Property Auction and it's anything but run-of-the-mill. Kenny reveals his approach to creative storytelling on this edition of HowSound. His method centers around a clever over-arching question, structuring a narrative with motion, and a connection to place.

I suspect you'll want to take notes on this one.

Best, Rob