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This is our last episode of the 2018-2019 school year. We know, the school year actually ended just over a week ago. Maybe we’re huge procrastinators, or maybe we’re just prolonging the inevitable goodbye. That’s our theme this week: Goodbye. It’s fitting that this week’s episode features pieces from three of us seniors -- or, I guess, recent graduates -- as we say goodbye to our time as students at IU. You’ll hear from Emily Miles, Pealer Bryniarski, and host Sheila Raghavendran, plus contributing senior Naomi Farahan.
Directions take us where we need to go. Yet direction is such a versatile word. Whether it’s a physical place we’re going or an emotional journey, our directions in life can shape who we are as well as our next step in life. Max Sandefer is your guide for this episode, featuring pieces from Pealer Bryniarski, Emily Miles and Thanmayee Maddipati.
Host Sophia Muston walks us through the ASR moral alignment chart, including memes, skunks demons and so much more.
Producing this episode: Kat Spence, James Keys, Emily Miles, Sophia Muston, Jack Bassett, Sheila Raghavendran, Max Sandefer, and Pealer Bryniarski
We at ASR want to welcome you to spring! Here in the Midwest, it’s muggy and loud and perfect for some radio shorts about heat. We have pieces about the season, cooking, warm memories and the microwave oven. Also! A production staff game of hot seat.
We grow attached, and we separate. Our minds, our bodies, resentment, possessions, loved ones and love itself. Here's a little trip through all of that with guides Pealer Bryniarski and Noura Ahmed.
Buckle up. Host James Keys is about to take us on a metaphysical ride. We’re going to dig deep into truths, lies, self-identity, and all things imposter. In this episode: Sophia Muston's game of BS, Emily Miles's interview with Jesus at Drag Queen Story Hour, Jack Bassett's trip to the barber shop, James's reflection on memories of his dad, and Noura Ahmed's dive into the reality unseen on one woman's Instagram.
Kat Spence hosts this episode all about Cheddar, Moolah, Benjamins, Fat stacks, Cake and Buckaroos. That’s right. This episode is all about money, money, money -- and the power structures that accompany.
Put on your rose-tinted glasses, because we are talking about love. In this episode, we're exploring ideas about romantic love, self love, and so much more.
We promise this is not just 30 minutes of awkward silence. This week, we have a couple fiction pieces from Jack Bassett and Pealer Bryniarski, a tampon vox pop from Sheila Raghavendran, and two perspectives on awkward comedy -- one from new producer Max Sandefer and the other from ASR alum Carter Barrett.
ASR 2.0 turns three years old today! In celebration, we bring you some of our favorite pieces ever: Naked Man Crash, Matt Tries to Talk to the Dead, Of the Blood, Mindful Madness, and Dinuguan.
We have sounds so warm, you might think you’re wearing earmuffs. Just a few days from the winter solstice, this is the time of celebration and togetherness, burning fires and harvesting frosty pine trees. Also of gift-giving, chilly air, scary stories and grandmas.
This episode, we turn the mic on ourselves and invite a couple new producers to join us in the old art on the personal essay. We have stories about the struggle for peace and mindfulness, a few moments on top of Mount Sneffels, the loss of a dear friend, a siblinghood of secrets, and more.
This episode is all about flavor. Through food, wine and coffee, we explore the friendship, controversy and exploitation that can hide in our taste buds.
In this episode, we get a little scary. From murder and death to spirits and hauntings, we have your Halloween needs covered.
This week, six of our producers set out to record and edit four stories in 24 hours or less. The result was pumpkins, politics, an ASMR broadcast gone awry, and an exclusive interview.
In this episode, we explore togetherness as music, as love, as skin. In doing so, we take a trip into the archives and bring together ASR's generations of producers.
What do you get when you put four graduating audio producers in a voicing booth? Probably something like this.
Thanks Emily Miles for remixing our final tracking session!
In our last show of the spring 2018 semester, ASR presents 16 pieces in 28 minutes. Each is only a minute long, including campus controversies, a roommate intervention, dispatches from abroad and a performance art piece about hummus.
Each year, ASR producers team up to find, report and produce a piece in 24 hours. This year, inspired by fortune cookies, two groups headed out and came back with stories from the great outdoors and the insides of clothing racks.
On this episode, our producers do something that we were told to avoid at all costs: talk to strangers. You’ll hear stories about dead zoo animals, a vox pop about favorite body parts, the sounds of the Irish countryside, and complicated issues of race and heritage -- all ideas that were pitched by strangers.
This week our producers were challenged to use the five senses to their fullest. In this episode we get on a Bloomington bus, explore silence in Peru, try to solve the mystery of beat in the night and more.
For the show producers decided to just listen. Over Thanksgiving Break, we recorded conversations with friends, grandparents, aunts, and parents for what we’re calling American Student Radio’s Thanksgiving Listen.
On this week's show hosted by Jenna Jankowski, we’re exploring the divide between what we imagine in our minds and ill-fated reality. Whether it’s training for the little 500, getting your PHD, going on a tinder date, or grabbing a bite at a food truck, there is no way to predict the outcome.
CIA mind control, odd conspiracy theories, the man behind a popular Bloomington meme page, and so much more in this week’s show, “Unexplained.”
These are stories of attempts to communicate gone awry, but also of people trying to communicate and simply finding it to be damn hard. Stories of language barriers, of meanings hidden or lost-in-translation, of meanings multiplied and far-reaching.
You’ll hear from a millennial whose choice to get a tattoo conflicts with her parents, Bloomington community members confronting modern white supremacy, and cross-cultural romance in Morocco.
Angelo Bautista hosts this week's episode of American Student Radio, "In Between." We are neither here, nor there, but somewhere in between. Between two pieces of bread. Between a rock and a hard place. Between the liminal space of high school and college.
This week, our show is all about obsolescence or as some like to call it the obsolete. You’ll hear stories about old media, unicycles, a personal essay, and memories of the old Chocolate Moose.
Emily Miles hosts this week's episode of American Student Radio ,"Up There." We climb up a fire tower, explore the sky, and ask people, just what is up there. Turns out it’s seeds, language and a bunch of stoners.
In our first show of the semester, host Noni Ford explores California as a symbol of dreams, values, and fears.
Maggie Tully hosts this episode about our relationship to food, consumption and Little 5, and bees.
Pealer Bryniarski hosts this episode examining Bloomington as a city separate from and defined by its identity as a college town.
Senior producer Kacey Ross hosts The Human Body, a show about our bodies, inside and out.
Abbie Gipson hostsThe Call, featuring pieces about the call to service, the last call and phone calls.
Five teams of producers set out, pop open some bottled teas and read the quotes in the caps. From there, they have 24 hours to report and produce a story. Here's what they found.
Sheila Raghavendran talked to folk band Edward + Jane, who stopped in Bloomington for their "As Family We Gather" EP tour. http://www.edwardandjanemusic.com/
This week, it's all about blood -- as in that thing in your veins. In cultures and religions, it can spell both life and death. It can mean our identities and the forces that drive us. In this episode you’ll hear about biological blood, fake blood, and blood that makes us friends and strangers to lands we visit and come from.
The world is a confusing, sometimes unexplainable place — maybe believing in some otherworldly force is a source of comfort — or maybe it’s easier to believe in nothing at all. This week, we’re delving into scratch offs, horoscopes, fortune cookies, and so much more.
On today’s show we’re exploring the concept “native.” What does native mean in a national sense? A local sense? What does it mean culturally? And how do people negotiate this identity against the expectations of others?
First-time host Hannah Boomershine takes us through some first experiences - ice skating, going to a protest and trying to talk to the dead.
On Friday, Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States. This episode discusses what comes next for the country and for some of the people in it — we the people.
We’ve chosen our favorite pieces from the 11 amazing episodes we’ve produced this semester, and now we’re going to listen to them all over again. Taylor Haggerty hosts this week’s very special end-of-the-semester Best-Of Extravaganza.
Every week we choose a theme and bring you stories around that theme. So today, we’re exploring the root of it--what ties us to places, what connects us to our past, and how we use all this to create our future. Abbie Gipson hosts our show on the root of it all.
When host Abbie Gipson recently went home to Ohio, she talked with her family about what makes them, after three generations, keep making the same family recipes.
For a lot of people, Thanksgiving means food. But not just any food -- it’s a long-held ritual of turkey, stuffing, cranberry sauce, and cornbread. But for producer Sheila Raghavendran’s family, Thanksgiving dinners are a little more unconventional. In this piece, she brings us into her family’s dining room.
Producer Jessica Smith takes a look at heirloom plants that have their roots not only in the ground but in our past and our future.
At Indiana University, one organization brings together students who share a common love for a particular root vegetable. In our next piece, ASR producer, Angelo Bautista takes us to the roots of Sweet Potato Club.
Sometimes people sample sweet potato pie. Sometimes people collect samples of heirloom seeds. Sometimes people sample other people’s music in their own. Our producer Emily Miles explores sample culture in music.
One kind of root we haven’t talked about are the ones found on your head, your hair roots. Host Abbie Gispson tagged along with producer Sophia Saliby when she got her first haircut away from home.
Noni Ford guides us through a world of folklore, deception, music and magic in this week's episode of American Student Radio.
In this piece, producer Emily Miles takes a look at the meaning of live music. Its magic may be self-contained, but its effects are shockingly human.
ASR producer Hannah Boomershine explored the magic of the occult and how it has influenced popular music for her piece in this week's show.
In our next piece, producers Eli Cantrell and Hayden Sims tell the story of a magician whose greatest illusion of all was his own identity.
Sometimes, magic and folklore intersect with modern technology in unexpected ways. In this next piece, ASR producer Taylor Haggerty looked at how an old superstition affected construction on a national roadway in Ireland.
For most of us our first experience with magic was the Harry Potter book series or the Disney channel original movie Halloweentown. So we decided to dive into that realm of magic, the kind that scares people but also fascinates them at the same time. Producer Kathryn de la Rosa tapped into the world of Internet witchcraft and performed a spell. Music by Podington Bear under Creative Commons.
In our final piece for this Magic show, host Noni Ford interviewed her acting instructor to talk about her brushes with magic on the stage. She also illuminated the process of getting into character and the relationship with the craft of acting that many in her field wrestle with throughout their artistic lives.
ASR Host, Sophia Saliby talks to IU Alum and NPR TV critic, Eric Deggans in a conversation about race in the media, the state of TV, and where the media stands just two days before the election.
Happy Halloweekend, and welcome to our spooky scary Halloween episode! We have a variety of content today, ranging from goofy Halloween fun to genuine terror. Much like a gradient, a gentle sunset or the exposure in “Harry Potter” movies, our pieces today start off light and gradually get darker.
Filipino-American Angelo Bautista produced this next piece about spooky folklore of his family's homeland.
ASR reporter Maggie Tully went on the Folklore and Ethnomusicology Student Association’s annual Ghost Walk to find out more about the spirits among us. Here she is with Noni Ford.
ASR reporter Tristan Fitzpatrick hates watching horror movies. However, he does like talking about them. Here he is reporting on classic horror movies and what they say about the times we lived in.
Our producer Abbie Gipson sat in the situation room of one of the most urgent crises plaguing America’s children and adults every October: picking out a Halloween costume. | The music in this piece is by Podington Bear under a Creative Commons License
ASR executive producer Sophia Saliby talked to drag queen Oriana Perón about the healing power of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.”
Host Carter Barrett takes us from pride to sloth in our show this week about the Seven Deadly Sins.
Producers Abbie Gipson and KAcey Ross take a look at the popular movie, Se7en and how it tackles the seven deadly sins.
The definition of sloth is “a reluctance to work or make an effort.” Unfortunately, for people who struggle with mental illness this is a common stigma, because they often appear unmotivated and apathetic. Our producers Jessica Smith and Hannah Boomershine looked deeper into depression to dispel this misconception.
Gluttony is the overconsumption or indulgence in something. I know that I drink at least one cup of coffee per day. Is that considered an indulgence? Our producers Olivia Fahey and Sheila Raghavendran ooked into the consumption of coffee -- particularly Starbucks coffee, on campus.
So much of envy comes from comparing ourselves to others. ASR reporter Tristan Fitzpatrick examines his own feelings of envy during his senior year.
Lust, a sin characterized by strong sexual desires is all around us. Tindr and Grindr are very popular in in the college environment, but what does that mean for students? And is it necessarily wrong to use these apps? This week our reporters Angelo Bautista and Noni Ford explored how lust is embodied in technology in the 21st century.
The definition of Greed is “intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.” In North Dakota there is a proposed pipeline that is being created that stretches across 1,100 miles. This plan brings in big oil, which means big money. However, it’s location is going through the Sioux tribe Standing Rock Reservation, one of the biggest Native American Reservations in the United States. Over Fall Break a group of five freshmen drove out to North Dakota to help the people staying there protecting the water against the Dakota Access pipeline. ASR Reporter Maggie Tully Brings us the story.
Acting on wrath, or intense anger is generally frowned upon in our society. However, it seems that it can be more acceptable for some groups rather than others to express rage. ASR reporter Blessing Olumoroti asks the question, who is allowed to be angry in today’s society.
So Pride is considered the worst of the Seven Deadly Sins, but is there a good side too? Being self-confident can definitely be a good quality. Producer Carter Barrett looks at how people express pride about their identity, culture, and religion.
Sheila Raghavendran and Emily Miles talk about everything we’re not supposed to talk about, taboo stories, ranging from death to bathing to first date no-nos.
Some taboos just depend on the situation. Like, when you’re kissing someone, it’s in especially poor taste to throw up. To find out about real-life first date taboos, our producer Sophia Saliby hit the streets.
Some taboos are so deeply rooted in a culture, that people go out of their way to stick to them. Growing up as a first-generation Indian-American, Sheila Raghavendran quickly picked up on the dos and don’ts in India. In the next piece, I explore the cultural taboos passed on over generations.
In honor of National Coming Out Day, October 11, our producer Olivia Fahey explored how coming out of the closet can be very taboo, or not. Here she shares the coming out stories of four queer women, including herself.
Sometimes, taboos aren’t rooted in culture or dictated by the people around us. They’re deeply personal. In research for this next piece, Emily Miles discovered three key reasons for personal taboos: insecurity, conflict avoidance and burden sparing. But those mean nothing outside of real experiences shared by three IU students.
Taboos can be cultural, societal, personal -- but can also be derived from fear. Death, with its inevitability, might be the ultimate fear -- and therefore the ultimate taboo. In the next piece, producer Noni Ford delves into the world of death.
Scars, whether they be physical or otherwise, can have an effect on a person. And when that scar is visible, some people feel the need to cover it up to be accepted by the ones around them. Producer Kacey Ross spoke with a girl who did the opposite and embraced her scar, even when people told her not to.
There are some things in society that are considered so taboo that the government makes laws against them. But is all illegal activity considered taboo? Our producers Eli Cantrell and Hayden Sims explore this possibility first-hand.
This week’s episode is about fear. Everybody’s afraid of something, whether that be snakes or heights or clowns. We'll hear stories about fear-mongering, FOMO, and more on this week's episode of ASR hosted by Kacey Ross.
It’s easy to see how fear affects us as individuals, but what happens when fear takes over an entire community? In this next segment, our producers Eli Cantrell and Hayden Sims tackle this very topic.
Beyond mass hysteria is background fear, the kind that operates at a low hum throughout much of society. One of the most common is arachnophobia, the fear of spiders. In this next piece, ASR producer Emily Miles asks students why they can't handle this eight-legged creature.
Social media is a great place to share moments and connect with friends, but at times it can also be a place for fear and anxiety. ASR producer Angelo Bautista brings us a story on the fear of missing out.
Fear is not just something that’s in our personal lives - it’s also a powerful political tool. Perhaps no one knew this better than Senator Joseph McCarthy, who used it to launch a Witch Hunt of alleged Communists in the 1950s. ASR reporter Tristan Fitzpatrick examines the so-called Red Scare and McCarthy’s short career in the U.S. Senate.
ASR producer Noni Ford gives us her perspective of the television show Buffy the Vampire Slayer and her review of what she calls the scariest episodes of the series.
Kathryn de la Rosa spoke to a person who had hair. At the time, it was purple, but who knows what it looks like now in this piece. It’s all about being queer, and how colorful hair can help express that queerness.
Our next piece was put together by ASR producer Blessing Olumoroti, who talked about her experience having natural hair.
We have a discussion on the ins and outs of curly hair in a culture that really values straight, soft hair. Two of our producers, Carter Barrett and Sheila Raghavendran, sat down to talk about the real-life struggles of having curly hair.
Our last piece is all about guys. It comes from our producer Hannah Boomershine. She had some questions she wanted answers to. For example: Why is long hair so uncommon for men?
Last semester, we did a show all about femininity. There was one piece that talked about hair, and our producers got so excited about it, we decided we need a whole episode dedicated to talking about all kinds of hair. All the hair. On all the people. Queer people, people of color, boys and girls and everyone in between. All the hair you can think of.
ASR producer Noni Ford and one of her friends dive into the significance of Chi-Town, an all-male South Asian a cappella group based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Obviously people go to Lotus for world music, but outside the venues you can’t help but notice the local presence of people playing on the street. So, Emily and Abbie stopped to talk to some of them.
ASR hosts Abbie Gipson and Emily Miles have been going to Lotus International Music Festival in Bloomington for four years. This year, Lotus featured 70 activities, 35 performers in 12 venues. They discuss all things Lotus from their favorite performers to the economics of the festival.
Here are some of the artists they mentioned: A-WA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3bjZlmsb4A Movits! :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkz8_d1rUIU The Dhol Foundation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Rh9PP0cz8
What makes a music festival? It’s a sort of vibe nearly indescribable, something composed of people. Sure, it’s the musicians, but it’s also the carefully constructed setting, the volunteers, and every face in the crowd.
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, the second most important factor in sustaining happiness is security, which encompasses the subcategory of shelter. Without the shelter of venues, what would Lotus be? Our first piece today is an inside view of the true debacle the venues committee faced this year.
Some of the most embarrassing moments can happen in front of thousands of people. ASR reporter Kathryn de la Rosa interviewed two students in IU’s theatre program to find out how they handle being embarrassed on-stage. .
ASR reporter Sarah Panfil is studying abroad this year, and she brings us this update about life so far. She apologizes ahead of time for any sound quality issues, and asks you to please blame it on France.
Sometimes the easiest way to get over embarrassment is to laugh at yourself. Stand up comedians spend their time making sure other people are laughing at them too. ASR reporter Carter Barrett interviewed one such comic to find out how you turn an embarrassing moment into a punchline.
Everyone thinks they have embarrassing relatives. Sometimes, however, it’s the relatives that get embarrassed. ASR reporter Sophia Saliby interviewed her mom about ways they’ve made each other in the past.
Today we’re talking about one of our favorite subjects: embarrassment. Everyone has that one moment that stands out in their minds when they’re absolutely mortified. Join host Tristan Fitzpatrick as we talk about stage fright, embarrassing parents, and those horrible old social media posts.
It's our last show of the summer. Sarah Panfil interviews her friend and local musician Joseph Komari about his new EP, and we wrap up the show with some stories about friendship. We'll be back in September will brand new shows and stories.
You can check out Joseph's EP at his Bandcamp: https://josephkomari.bandcamp.com/releases
Hosts Taylor Haggerty and Sophia Saliby revisit our show on what it means to be a woman from its first broadcast in late April.
Women in storytelling often get just a limited number of roles for them to play. In science fiction movies, they’re restricted even further. But this may be changing thanks to newer films like Star Wars: The Force Awakens. ASR producer Tristan Fitzpatrick presents a short history of women in science fiction movies.
It seems like across the board, media is beginning to represent women in new and diverse ways. ASR producers Sarah Panfil and Morgan Burris sat down to chat about some of their favorite feminist media.
Hair plays a massive role in constructing identity. It is personal and social, cultural and global. And it is a huge piece of what it means to be a woman. Producers Sasha Sokolchik and Emily Miles set out to determine what hair means to Bloomington.
Our producers were also very excited about covering one other thing that a lot of women can relate to: Periods. They’re a part of our lives, something we live through once a month, and yet nobody’s talking about them. Producer Kacey Ross set out to deconstruct the menstrual cycle while also dealing with an issue that’s close to IU’s campus.
Our first 'Best Of' show! We asked our producers what stories from our first semester surprised them, changed their perspective, or just sounded really cool. Host Sophia Saliby and producer Taylor Haggerty bring us just some of those stories!
David Crabb, an award winning storyteller, performer, author and actor, paid a visit to WIUX studios for an interview with American Student Radio. Crabb frequently hosts The Moth and teaches people of all backgrounds about the art of narrative, most recently here in Bloomington at the IU Writer's Conference. Listen to hear about Crabb's memoir and his work as a storyteller and educator.
Today we're talking car brakes to breaking bread, Beyonce's Lemonade to Visas and early education. Take a break and listen in with host Alex Daily.
For “Snapshot,” hosted by Kaitlyn Blansett and Morgan Burris all of the stories you are about to hear were reported, written, recorded and produced within 24 hours. The rules were: 1. You have 24 hours. If you started at 4pm on Friday, your story had to be completely done by 4pm Saturday. 2. End of rules.
Paul Yoon and Steven Johnson head to the Bloomington Florist- we'll let them tell you why. This story was edited by Kathryn de la Rosa.
So Little 500 rolled through campus this week and reporter, Taylor Haggerty, took her 24 hours to go ride to the racetrack and talk to biking’s forgotten heroes… the bikes.
The biggest biking event in Bloomington this weekend might have been The Little 500, but The Bloomington Bike project is riding all year round. ASR’s Emily Miles and Sheila Raghavendran report.
ASR producers Sophia Saliby and Abbie Gipson talked to Bloomington doula and henna tattoo artist, Rebeca Greenan, because of her sign that said “Henna tattoos by donation” -they not only got her story, but those of the people Rebecca tattooed.
For “Snapshot,” hosted by Kaitlyn Blansett and Morgan Burris all of the stories you are about to hear were reported, written, recorded and produced within 24 hours. The rules were: 1. You have 24 hours. If you started at 4pm on Friday, your story had to be completely done by 4pm Saturday. 2. End of rules.
This interview didn't make it in Abbie and Sophia's piece, but they were pretty much blown away by this 5th grader with an incredible vocabulary.
This is American Student Radio. The name of this episode is Wannabe. In this show, we talk about career dreams, idols and influence: what we want to be.
Sometimes, what we wannabe is influenced by the people around us. Mary became a ballerina because it was what everyone else wanted her to be, but as she got older, she realized that it wasn’t for her. Taylor Haggerty has the story.
It seems like kids always know what's up. ASR producer Sophia Saliby took to the streets to find out what some kids want to be when grow up.
Our next Ballet story…. Paul Yoon and Carter Barret talked to Colin, a Ballet student in the Jacobs School of Music. Colin talks about the sacrifices he makes in order to chase his dream.
Wannabe’s can come in all shapes, sizes, and even structures. ASR goes live to reporter Matt Buercklin for the almost true history of one of IU’s most prominent landmarks, The Sample Gates.
Everyday monotony gets boring. That’s why people search for that adrenaline rush-they’re able to be something they wanna be, even if they only want to be it for a couple of minutes. American Student Radio producer Kacey Ross took to the streets of Bloomington and asked people one question: “what’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done?”
When ASR reporter Tristan Fitzpatrick was in middle school, he was the film critic for the school newspaper. It was his first job in journalism and his early writings were influenced by popular film critic Roger Ebert. Tristan pays tribute to his idol, Roger Ebert, who helped us understand the magic of the movies and what they mean to us. Ebert passed away three years ago on April 4, 2013, but his reviews and his love of movies still provide valuable insight for readers of all backgrounds.
Many people wannabe the person who saves the day. For one heavy machinery mechanic, and father of producer Emily Miles, His first plan didn’t work out, but as you’ll hear, perhaps it’s best that way.
When I meet successful people, I hope their brilliance and attraction rubs off on me. Like, I absorb their superpowers. It’s an honor and reality check rolled in one. Well, this week, Hutton Honors College brought in Pulitzer Prize winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, personally introducing many people to their idol-many of which are American Student Radio producers. A room full of wannabes attended this event. They wannabe successful writers. Win the Pulitzer. Wannabe talented and recognized for it, because who doesn’t want that? Sheila Raghavendran takes us there right now.
Today we’re taking you to the fringe. You’ll be hearing stories about people, things or ideas that are somehow on the edge. This includes stories from the geographic edge of Bloomington and the fringes of our culture. Stay tuned and enjoy the show.
Welcome to American Student Radio, I’m your host, Sarah Panfil. Today, we’re bringing you stories with a theme of “Under the Influence.”
What does home mean to you? The producers here at ASR have made it our mission to find out. This episode of the podcast hosted by Taylor Haggerty is dedicated to the theme of home, whether you’re leaving it behind for something new or coming back to it after some time away. Our stories will include a missing puppy, a haunted house, homecomings and home-goings, and finally, families, as we explore just what constitutes a home.
For some of us, home isn’t complete without our pets. Just over a year ago, Trampass Walden lost his dog, an 8-year-old beagle mix named Levi. From posting hundreds of fliers to speaking with psychics, Trampass Walden has tried it all to find his missing friend. Even after so long, he’s refusing to give up, because home isn’t right for him without Levi. Emily Miles brings us this story.
This week was spring break for the students here at Indiana University. While some students were begging their parents for the chance to go to exciting and unfamiliar places like Paris, Korea, or Cancun, ASR producer Nyssa Cruz asked her family if she could instead make the trip back home – all the way down in Austin, Texas.
Because we’re focusing on home this week, I thought it made sense to do a story from my own hometown of Walled Lake, Michigan, one of many suburbs outside of Detroit. A childhood friend of mine just started her freshman year of college. Her name is Megan and, like me, she decided to go out of state for her education; while I’m here at Indiana University, she’s having her own adventures up at Purdue. Unlike Nyssa in our last piece, though, she hasn’t started calling her new school “home” just yet.
Don Gaira has been painting almost his whole life. An Indiana University graduate, he went on to work on art for movies such as The Devil Wears Prada. He lived in New York for a few years before moving back to Bloomington, where he could be close to his wife’s family and revisit the school where he got his degree in art. Laura Schulte has the story.
If you’re a student living on or near campus, chances are you’ve found a second home in Bloomington, Indiana. But what would you do if someone else who had once called your lodging “home” refused to leave? Senior, Elizabeth Pappas tells us her story of living in her Bloomington home with all of its residents - but especially the dead one. Morgan Burris brings us this story.
Sometimes “home” can change, even well after you’ve graduated from college and made a family of your own. Kristy Ross had to move in with her mother after being diagnosed with MS. Her daughter, Kacey, talks about how their home has changed along with Kristy’s health.
Is home always just a place? They say home is where the heart is, and for a couple who has been together nearly 63 years, their home is one another. Sarah Panfil brings us this story of her grandparents.
This week’s theme is humor. Today, hosts Joe and Morgan explore all different aspects of humor. We’ve got stories about improv, about women, about late night T.V. --even about burlesque dancers who dress up like Voldermort.
I’m your host, Hannah Boone and today we’ll explore all kinds of leaps: some of them dangerous, others noble...But, I quickly realized, not every leap of faith has a perfect landing.
I’m your host, Hannah Boone and today we’ll explore all kinds of leaps: some of them dangerous, others noble...But, I quickly realized, not every leap of faith has a perfect landing.
I’m your host, Hannah Boone and today we’ll explore all kinds of leaps: some of them dangerous, others noble...But, I quickly realized, not every leap of faith has a perfect landing.
I’m your host, Hannah Boone and today we’ll explore all kinds of leaps: some of them dangerous, others noble...But, I quickly realized, not every leap of faith has a perfect landing.
I’m your host, Hannah Boone and today we’ll explore all kinds of leaps: some of them dangerous, others noble...But, I quickly realized, not every leap of faith has a perfect landing.
I’m your host, Hannah Boone and today we’ll explore all kinds of leaps: some of them dangerous, others noble...But, I quickly realized, not every leap of faith has a perfect landing.
I’m your host, Hannah Boone and today we’ll explore all kinds of leaps: some of them dangerous, others noble...But, I quickly realized, not every leap of faith has a perfect landing.
This week, our stories explore the relationships and emotions involved with language, our most powerful and influential skill.
Pleasure is defined as a feeling of satisfaction, enjoyment, even happiness. We get it from hobbies, from food, from sex. Basically everything we do is in the pursuit of pleasure.
On today's episode we delve into the depths of pleasure - with stories looking into the role it plays in our lives. When to sacrifice it, when to give in to it and how to define it.
Today on American Student Radio, we’re telling stories about the people and things that come into your life and change you. Feelings and all the good stuff included.
From WIUX Radio in Bloomington, it's American Student Radio. I'm Matt Bloom - more stories, coming your way.
American Student Radio presents the first episode of our new weekly show. I’m your host this week, Sophia Saliby. American Student Radio, or ASR for short, has existed since 2011, and this episode celebrates a new chapter in our group’s history with a show dedicated to beginnings. You’ll hear stories from meeting relatives while saying goodbye to a loved one to taking the stage for the first time at a comedy club. I’ll hope you’ll enjoy our show.
Michael Conner is a 19th century leather worker, well, not actually. Conner is a third-person interpreter at the Pioneer Village in Spring Mill State Park located in Mitchell, Indiana. He and other workers represent what life was like during the 1800’s. ASR’s Stephanie Stremplewski reports.
China has the biggest population in the world. In the 1980s, it enacted the one-child policy which was supposed to curb this. ASR producer Haoting Feng is part of the one-child generation, and when she came to US for college, bigger families surprised her. This got her thinking, and she made this audio piece.
Argenta Perón, also known as "The People's Diva" is the emcee for shows at The Back Door in Bloomington. Off stage, Argenta is Patricio Battani, a recent Masters graduate from Indiana University's School Public Health and HIV testing counselor who designs social media outreach for Positive Link here in Bloomington. IU audio student Sophia Saliby sat down with Battani to learn more about Argenta, and produced this audio profile.
Where is your home? Has your answer changed over time?
In this episode – We have a story about a barber who used his passion and experience to create a “home” for others, an artist returning “home” to retire and some interviews with some of YOU. What is HOME? Join us…