Re:sound 2008 Archive

This audio art lament asks the question, "What happens when false care and concern land on the ears of someone truly in need? Produced by Carma Jolly for TCF / Steppenwolf Theatre Company, USA, 2008

This hour: the work of producer Sean Hurley, a writer and musician who lives on top of a mountain in New Hampshire and has an alter-ego, Sherwin Sleeves, who's become central to Sean's radio storytelling. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ, USA, 2008

This hour: foxes, rabbits, snakes, whales, birds, lambs, and dogs. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ, USA, 2008

This hour: an all-woman Led Zeppelin cover band and metal-loving children. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ, USA, 2008

This hour: the BBC's groundbreaking Radio Ballads, produced between 1958 and 1964, which wove sounds, voices, and music into dense sonic tapestries that explored everything from the lives of coal miners to the lives of teenagers, focusing mainly on communities that weren't often heard from on the radio. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: one boy leaves home and never returns, another leaves and returns forever changed. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: people living in the in-betweens. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: we're diving into the archives and rewinding our way to the 1970s and 80s, sampling some of the fascinating, strange, and hilarious work that was produced when public radio was a medium without a real template. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: a Japanese blues singer, an aging opera fan, and homemade recordings of a rural children's choir. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: a disappearing lake, a luxury liner on the Adriatic Sea, and more. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: a radio station dedicates five days of air-time to a live reading of Tolstoy's War and Peace. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: earworms, mantras, and stories told again and again. Produced by Various for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: phone solicitors, bottle evangelists, a mysterious cassette tape unearthed in the attic, and more. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: a visit to a pauper's graveyard, three very short (but very big) questions, and more. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: the wild and wonderful results of the Third Coast Festival's 2007 Audio Challenge: Dollar Storeys. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: girls, boys, and sleepover reconnaissance. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: an isolated village experiences rapid cultural change, a "border blaster" transmits totally unregulated radio programs from Mexico into the U.S., and a tiny frog causes trouble. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: we celebrate ten years of Outfront, a groundbreaking show on the Canadian Broadcasting Corportation that invited listeners to tell their own stories. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: a young patient escapes his hospital bed through flights of imagination, a musician documents a city under siege, and more. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008

This hour: a man transformed by illness, a house full of paintings left behind by an old friend, and a surprisingly complex story of old people in love. Produced by Various producers for TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA, 2008