Stories That Matter
Culture
"Stories that Matter" is a brand new radio program and podcast hosted by Matt Shedd and presented by the Peabody Awards in cooperation with WUGA-FM. Each installment will shine a spotlight on one of our 90,000 pieces of media in the Peabody Awards Collection at the UGA Libraries. In addition to excerpts from the pieces of media, episodes will feature commentary from the content creator, scholar, or media critic. Short episodes will air once a month during Morning Edition on WUGA-FM and associated episodes of our full-length podcast interviews will be available here.
Location:
Athens, GA
Description:
"Stories that Matter" is a brand new radio program and podcast hosted by Matt Shedd and presented by the Peabody Awards in cooperation with WUGA-FM. Each installment will shine a spotlight on one of our 90,000 pieces of media in the Peabody Awards Collection at the UGA Libraries. In addition to excerpts from the pieces of media, episodes will feature commentary from the content creator, scholar, or media critic. Short episodes will air once a month during Morning Edition on WUGA-FM and associated episodes of our full-length podcast interviews will be available here.
Twitter:
@PeabodyAwards
Language:
English
Website:
http://peabody.uga.edu/
Email:
mshedd@uga.edu
Episodes
Alex Gibney
2/2/2015
Alex Gibney, director of the Peabody Award-winning documentaries Taxi to the Dark Side and Mea Maxima Culpa, spoke with us about his role in documenting the abuses of institutional power.
Transcription Notes
Welcome to Stories That Matter, presented by the Peabody Awards. I'm your host, Matt Shedd. In each episode of this show, we talk to writers, creators and producers about their Peabody winning work, and why they felt those stories needed to be told.
In this installment I talk to...
Duration:00:36:51
Larry Wilmore
1/15/2015
Creator of the Peabody Award-winning The Bernie Mac Show Larry Wilmore spoke with us about his history of writing for variety and sitcom programs, and the new direction his career is taking with the launch of The Nightly Show on Comedy Central.
Transcription Notes
This is Stories That Matter, a Peabody Awards Production and I'm Matt Shedd. In each episode of this show, I talk with creators, writers and producers about how they made their Peabody Award winning work.
My guest for this show...
Duration:00:30:01
David Chase
10/30/2014
Creator of The Sopranos David Chase spoke with us for an hour about what it took to make one of the most revered TV shows of all time. Chase reflects on The Sopranos 15 years after it premiered in 1999 and sparked a renaissance in TV programming.
Transcription Notes
Matt Shedd: Thanks so much for taking the time to do this.
David Chase: My pleasure.
MS: So I just want to start off, in light of James Garner's recent passing, I was wondering if you wouldn't mind sharing what it was like...
Duration:01:05:32