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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 177 (4-21)

Compiled By: KUT

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KUT's O’Dark 30 features the very best from the world of independent radio that we can find here on PRX and elsewhere. Sunday nights at 10 on Austin's KUT 90.5 we present 3 hours of a bit of everything from the big wide world of independent radio production.

Episode 177 (4-21) includes Stories from the Heart of the Land IV - Nature is Homeground..."He changed his mind..."...Stories from the Heart of the Land V - Dreams of Paradise...KUT's Views and Brews: Arnold Newman and the Changing Face of Celebrity

Stories from the Heart of the Land IV - Nature is Homeground

From Atlantic Public Media | Part of the Stories from the Heart of the Land series | 55:59

Hour long program about the intersection of people and the natural world

Shllogo_small On some corner of the vast Earth, each one of us has a place - real or remembered - to call home. In this hour we are invited onto other people's sacred ground. Teresa Goff follows a trail of grease into the history of the Namgis Nation; Jeff Rice braves three-digit temperatures to find Charles Bowden's home in the Sonoran Desert; and Sandy Tolan treads lightly at the monastic home of Barry Lopez. Also: in a story from the Kitchen Sisters, we meet two river guides who fell for Arizona's Glen Canyon in the years before it was dammed - and learn what happens once the place you love is gone. Pieces by Sandy Tolan, Teresa Goff, Jeff Rice, the Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva). 1. Writer Barry Lopez has traveled the world. We visit his homeground in Oregon, where he writes, still using an IBM Selectric. 2. The Grease Trails, a centuries-old network of paths through Northwestern Canada, are the cultural arteries of First Nations peoples. Once on the brink of vanishing, Teresa Goff finds that the trails are being resurrected by a new generation. 3. The Sonoran desert, with its three-digit temperatures and miles between water, is an unlikely place to sustain life. But for Charles Bowden it is an oasis. 4. A portrait of pioneering river activists Ken Sleight and Katie Lee, which explores their dramatic efforts to save wild rivers, the rise of the environmental movement and the power of individuals to make a difference. Original Music for the series was composed and performed by Bill Frisell NB: ALL PROMOS INTERCHANGEABLE. :15 promos need "...Join host Jay Allison for Stories from the heart of the Land" tag. Funding: Supported by The Nature Conservancy and Visa. Media Contact: Deborah Blakeley - blakeley@pclink.com 612-377-1207

"He changed his mind..."

From Joseph Dougherty | Part of the Handwritten Theatre series | 08:26

Welcome to that place that stands between us and sleep.

Handwrittenlogo_small Welcome to that place that stands between us and sleep. Another in a series of brief dramatic works originally composed in a small black notebook with a fountain pen. Wry and enigmatic, playful and thought-provoking, "Handwritten Theatre" is a series of brief dramatic works that began in the notebook of an award winning dramatist. Writer-Director Joseph Dougherty won an Emmy for his work on the groundbreaking series "thirtysomething." His plays have been produced by Manhattan Theater Club and at Lincoln Center. In the detailed miniatures of "Handwritten Theatre" he's found a stimulating new way to tinker with language and perception. Produced in Los Angeles with a pool of gifted actors, each "Handwritten Theatre" episode is self-contained and produced with royalty-free original music. Programmable anywhere, they're perfect for shows surveying the performing arts scene, or as a challenging treat for late night audiences.

Stories from the Heart of the Land V - Dreams of Paradise

From Atlantic Public Media | Part of the Stories from the Heart of the Land series | 55:29

Hour-long program about the intersection of people and the natural world.

Shllogo_small In this hour we hear stories of people living out dreams of paradise... and sometimes waking up to a nightmare. Sam Hurst and Dean Olsher discover the pain of loving land that gives you nothing but trouble. Natalie Edwards faces a personal chamber of horrors at Brooklyn's Prospect Park. And a few sleepless Hawaiians plot the extinction of a noisy nocturnal nuisance: the Coqui Frog. Pieces by Long Haul Productions (Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister), Dean Olsher, Natalie Edwards, Bill McKibben and Carmen Delzell. 1. Worldwide frog populations are dropping at an alarming rate - but not fast enough, say some sleepless Hawaiians. 2. Up in the Berkshires, there is an old house on a little plot of wetlands. Dean Olsher took one look at it and knew it was home. Unfortunately, so did the beavers. 3. Natalie Edwards likes cement. And she hates grass, bugs, dirt, and trees. Listen in as Natalie attempts her own self-described "intervention" in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. 4. Walking home after a storm, through the "hemlock woods on the edge of Otter Creek", writer Bill McKibben finds paradise in his own landscape, close to home. 5. Sam Hurst wanted to bring the Buffalo back to the Great Plains. But, as it turned out, the Great Plains didn't welcome Sam Hurst. 6. Carmen Delzell, a U.S. expatriate based in rural Mexico, reflects on what sent her "back to the land" and what keeps her there. Original Music for the series was composed and performed by Bill Frisell NB: ALL PROMOS INTERCHANGEABLE ( even those with titles) you can pick and choose. :15 promos need "...Join host Jay Allison for Stories from the heart of the Land" tag. Funding: Supported by The Nature Conservancy and Visa. Media Contact: Deborah Blakeley - blakeley@pclink.com 612-377-1207