FREIRAD

Christoph war betroffen von einer Suchterkrankung und erzählt uns von seinem Werdegang.

Er erzählt uns von seiner schweren Zeit mit seiner Drogenabhängigkeit, dass er nicht mehr wusst wie es weiter geht und dass einem das Leben schon Niederbraggen kann…

Man muss nur einmal mehr aufstehen

Sigrid

Local Energy for a Sustainable Future!

15 years ago, a small, local Renewable Energy Co-op was founded in Vermont. Since then, this coop helps the residents of 23 towns with their transition from their almost full dependence on fossil fuels, to affordable renewable energy.

Tracklist:

Cover versions of songs can be brilliant or terrible so this show is dedicated to a selection that can be described as either, you decide! Some of the greatest bands ever get the cover treatment here so be careful if you’re a fan of The Beatles, Rolling Stones, REM, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, The Sex Pistols etc…

Trust by Hernan Diaz

This month‘s novel is Trust by Hernan Diaz, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2023 and was a Sunday Times Top Ten Best-Seller. Hernan Diaz is an Argentinian/American writer. His first novel In The Distance, was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize and the PEN/Faulkner Award. He has won numerous awards and his work has been translated into more than 30 languages.

Wikipedia tells us that, Aside from his writing, Hernan Diaz is the associate director of the Hispanic Institute for Latin American and Iberian Cultures at Columbia University, and serves as the managing editor of the Spanish-language journal Revista Hispánica Moderna. Trust is his second novel.

The publisher’s description of the novel says:

Book recommendations from Reading Circle members

– Caledonian Road by Andrew O’Hagan (2024): An irresistible, unputdownable, state of the nation novel – the story of one man’s epic fall from grace.

– Bourneville by Jonathan Coe (2022): A clever, but also tender and lyrical novel about Britain and Britishness and what we have become. (Google Books)

– There are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak (2024): Sweeping across centuries, this novel depicts a trio of characters living in the shadow of one of the greatest epic poems of all time.

– Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (2024): Set in Dublin and rural Ireland, the novel follows two brothers in the aftermath of their father’s death, and deals with the inner lives of people and the state of their complicated relationships.

– It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis (1935): A dystopian political novel set in a fictionalised version of the USA, following the rise of a politician to become the country’s first outright dictator, and the newspaper editor who becomes his most ardent critic.

– Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer (2013): A nonfiction book about the role of Indigenous knowledge as an alternative or complementary approach to Western mainstream scientific methodologies.

– Childhood, Youth, Dependency by Tove Defletsen (Original written in Danish but now available in English): A fictional autobiography charting one woman’s journey from a troubled childhood in working-class Copenhagen

Music Played

– An American in Paris by George Gerschwin, first recording from 1929 with the Victor Orchestra with George Gerschwin himself on the piano.

– Spring from The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi, with Itztak Perlman on the violin.

Do join us again in May, when we will be introducing Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bronte, first published in 1847. This novel is a timeless literary masterpiece blending romance, Gothic mystery and a deeply personal journey of self-discovery.

In unserer ersten Sendung sprechen wir über unsere Sendereihe: INNside Gender Studies, über unser Studium : Gender Studies und darüber, wie es ist beides miteinander zu vereinen. Unser erster Begriff der Sendung ist Intersektionalität. Darüber tauschen wir, Clara und Maria, uns aus. Aber nicht nur wir kommen zu Wort. Sondern auch unsere Mitstudis*, unsere Studienkoordinatorin Maria Furtner und: Aretha Franklin, Conny, Miley Cyrus, Nura, Nenda und Blond.

Gestaltung der Sendung: Alex Iwanov

In dieser Folge nimmt uns die Künstlerin Aikaterini Gegisian mit auf eine Reise durch ihr künstlerisches Leben und Wirken. Die Musik in dieser Folge stammt von Vicki Bennett aka People Like Us und ihrem aktuellen Album COPIA.In dieser Folge nimmt uns die Künstlerin Aikaterini Gegisian mit auf eine Reise durch ihr künstlerisches Leben und Wirken. Die Musik in dieser Folge stammt von Vicki Bennett aka People Like Us und ihrem aktuellen Album COPIA

Gestaltung der Sendung: Alex Iwanov

In dieser Ausgabe von Kunstraum Innsbruck On Air spricht die experimentelle Filmemacherin, queer-feministische Researcherin und Kuratorin Masha Godovannaya über das Reisen und unterewegs sein, über Migration, über ihre Zeit in New York und in St. Petersburg, übers Filme machen, über Queerness und Solidarität, über Wörter und Sprachen. Begleitet wird sie dabei von der Musik von Perfume Genius.

Gestaltung der Sendung: Alex Iwanov

Nachrichten aus dem Orbit von den beiden Bruchpiloten und Kunstschaffenden Stephan Pirker & Wolfgang Tragseiler. Die Musik dieser Sendung kommt diesmal von Olgas Boris.