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One wild Mardi Gras night, James played an obscure piece of 20th century music that was intended to bring about the end of the world. Then his world - and ours - changed forever.
This audio documentary is produced by Pilar Timpane.
Pilar Timpane is a filmmaker and producer based in Durham, North Carolina. In 2018, She co-directed and produced Santuario, winner of the Tribeca Film Institute IF/Then Shorts American South Pitch and the Jury Prize for Best Documentary Short at the New Orleans Film Festival. She has been an invited speaker at universities and festivals around the country. Her work has focused on women’s stories, immigration, and religious communities, with the aim of using storytelling for social change.
The image is from artist Elena Megalos.
Learn more about their work: pilartimpane.com elenamegalos.com
"the pine needle" is produced by Sarah Holtz. It is an excerpt from "transience // permanence: a collection of real and imagined keepsakes."
This audio excerpt comes from a story about a box of objects. The story reflects upon a growing personal belief in the fluidity of love, gender, and memory through the lens of seven seemingly worthless keepsakes. More specifically, it traces Sarah’s ongoing connection to her first love, Z. The full written piece will be published in Juked Magazine in Summer 2020.
Sarah Holtz is an independent radio producer based in New Orleans. Her stories have aired on New Orleans Public Radio, Houston Public Media, and PRX Remix, among other places. Her oral history work has been exhibited at the Historic New Orleans Collection. You can find more of her stories at www.sarahholtz.com.
Doris tell us the story of how a small-town girl from Vermont ended up moving to Nigeria in 1955 on the eve of its independence.
This tape is excerpted from a much longer interview done for research. It began raining in the middle of our interview and you will hear the rain thudding on the corrugated roof in the tape. It was recorded on an old microphone of mine that was good for my oral history interviews and bad for professional radio production. But I love this tape and Doris so dearly, it felt appropriate to share anyway.
Katie visits the Hat and Hare pub in the basement of the Magic Castle and remembers a magical moment from the night of her 21st birthday. She talks to Mike Pisciotta, the bartender there and one of the best close-up magicians in the world. This was produced as part of KCRW's 24-hour radio race, part of the independent producers project.