People and their Places
Series produced by Terrascope Radio
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Short pieces, each about one person and a special place.
As an introduction to radio production, students are asked to create a short piece about a person and a place that is special to that person. Students are allowed to interpret the assignment freely, as you can hear in some of the pieces.
30 Pieces
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Victoria Gunning re-calls some childhood memories skiing in Bogus Basin, Idaho.
- Added: May 12, 2014
- Length: 02:30
For some students it's not just the grades they are worried about, there's a whole other force driving them to get up before the crack of dawn.
- Added: Apr 24, 2009
- Length: 03:37
What happens when your fun becomes your responsibility?
- Added: Apr 24, 2009
- Length: 03:10
One MIT swimmer interviews another.
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 02:54
At MIT, students' lives are dominated by numbers...
- Added: May 05, 2009
- Length: 02:31
People come from all kinds of places to go to MIT, but many maintain strong feelings for the place they still call home.
- Added: May 06, 2009
- Length: 02:16
Sometimes the most difficult part about college isn't the coursework, it's finding your next meal.
- Added: May 07, 2009
- Length: 03:54
Isn't it interesting that we all sleep, but all our beds are different?
- Added: May 12, 2009
- Length: 03:12
Overcaffeinated and stressed, MIT students rush down the "infinite corridor." But a few steps away is all it takes to make a calming, peaceful moment.
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 01:57
It's just a simple office, but for some students it's like a home, complete with an "adoptive mother." It's a routine place made special.
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 02:27
Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 02:36
You hear about it all the time, but how many people truly know what diversity is all about? Can a traffic light teach us?
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:30
For Joe, the best part of playing the piano is doing it where no one’s listening.
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:29
Since he was three years old, Obasi Onuoha has been in love with computers. really. To him, they're way more than just machines....
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:30
What do you use your camera for? For Andrei, it's a tool for shaping his world.
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:24
What is a home? Come take a look at the concept of “home” from a different perspective.
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:32
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:39
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A college student sends an audio postcard to her classmates about her experience in California with MIT's track and field team.
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:22
Collage of people talking about where they are from.
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:23
A sound collage of a few events from spring break in Arizona.
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:14
