Re:sound

This hour, we're bringing you a favorite from our archive... to-do lists, compulsive lists, data lists, lists in literature and a list of firsts!

To find out what these producers have been up to since we first aired the show, visit ThirdCoastFestival.org

The List

by Sean Cole, Ashley Ahearn and Nick van der Kolk (Love & Radio, 2011)

A man sets out to finish an unfinished list.

World's Longest Diary

by David Isay (Morning Edition, 1994)

An all-consuming list of every single little thing.

The Feltron Annual Report

by Roman Mars and Nate Berg (99% Invisible, 2011)

Anaylizing the data of life's minutiae.

They Didn't Get Along

by Rick Moody and Michael Hearst (Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge/Re:sound, 2006)

A list of things that clash.

First Love and 27 Other Firsts

by Whitney Jones (Cowbird.com, 2012)

A love story, in the form of a list.

This episode of Re:sound was produced originally by Katie Mingle, and updated by Isabel Vázquez.

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This hour, we're bringing you a favorite from our archive... Chicago. Hogbutcher to the world, jewel of the Midwest, and everything in-between.

Wild Onion by Gwen Macsai.

Chicago, as all Chicagoans know, means wild onion. Wild, as in feral, unpredictable, fierce, blustery, lunatic. Onion, as in layered, spicy, sometimes stinky, sometimes sweet, and always tear-inducing.

The Chicago Sound Drops:

• Couple Two Tree by Sean Cole
• Studs and Jimmy by Alan Hall
• Riding Through the Summer by Katie Mingle,
• Elevated (Grand Chicago) by Aaron Ximm
• Chicago's Gangster by Heather Radke
• Beat Street by Chris Sewell
• The Big City by Sean Hurley
• I've Never Lived in Chicago by Jonathan Mitchell

Tripping the Light Fantastic with Abraham Levitan by Delaney Hall and Jacob Anderson.

A visit to Chicago musician Abraham Levitan's apartment, in which he explains the process he goes through to write songs with just a few minutes of preparation.

To find out what these producers have been up to since we first aired the show, visit ThirdCoastFestival.org

This episode of Re:sound was produced by originally produced Delaney Hall and updated by Isabel Vázquez.

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This hour, we're bringing you a favorite from our archive... the Rockettes, the opera, congress, and other spectacles!

To find out what these producers have been up to since we first aired the show, visit ThirdCoastFestival.org

Backstage With the Rockettes

by Dean Olsher and Emily Botein (The Next Big Thing, 2004)

Manhattan has plenty of icons: the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty, the Broadway marquee. But come December, there's really only one show in town: the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, featuring fireworks, a flying santa, an indoor snowfall, and of course the world-famous Rockettes.

The Tristan Mysteries: The Five-Hour Mystery

by Amy O'Leary and Limor Tomer (WNYC, 2007)

Opera, by its very nature, is synonymous with extravaganza: the huge voices, the sweeping music, the epic story-lines, the performance that lasts hours. Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, a five-hour opera, is no exception and it has one of the most colorful histories around.

Tristan und Isolde Act 1

by Ed Herrmann (2007)

For someone who doesn't like opera, there is nothing worse than sitting through Wagner. For those who just can't take it, here's act one of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in three minutes, plus a summary of the action.

What Brought Down the House

by Brendan Greeley (2004)

In our country, one of the biggest shows around is a constitutionally mandated annual spectacle starring one of the biggest actors around, the President of the United States. Each year he (or she) is required to give a State of the Union address to Congress. In 2004, producer Brendan Greeley decided to do a brief analysis of the address to see what kind of sentiment got what kind of response.

Saturday Night Klein

by Sean Cole (Weekend America, 2007)

One of the hottest tickets to one of the longest running shows in New York is absolutely free. All you have to do is wait in line. Louis Klein usually arrives at the line for standby seats to Saturday Night Live by Friday afternoon. The tickets are given away at 7 AM the next morning. And he's pretty used to the all-night sitting. He's been waiting on the line since the show was popular enough to merit a line.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by originally produced Roman Mars and updated by Isabel Vázquez.

Image by ChrissyJ, music in this hour by Genki The Producer.

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This hour, stories about family ties, love and loss.

The Birth of Solomon

by Leila Day for The Stoop.

He was the perfect little brown baby. His name was Solomon. Thick curly hair, chubby legs and eyes closed with dark black lashes. Solomon's story is one that affects thousands of Black families whose babies are twice as likely to die before reaching the age of one, and Black mothers are up to four times more likely to die from pregnancy related causes. This story goes deep behind the statistic.

The Being Sound

by Stephanie Rowden for ShortCuts from BBC Radio 4.

Over the years, Stephanie Rowden has been chasing after her son's voice. The timbre and cadence always about to slip away, and into something new. She uses the microphone as a kind of butterfly net. If you're lucky, you catch a tiny miracle or two. Or perhaps one big riddle.

Give His Voice Back to Him

by Audrey McGlinchy for KUT.

In 2016, a black teenager was killed by an Austin Police officer. His name was David Joseph. He was 17 years old. A few months later, his cousin Vanessa Bissereth decided to do something about it.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.

Tracklist

“Sentimental” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]

“The adorned fathomless dark creation” Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch (Event Horizon)

“Halo” Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch (Event Horizon)

“Lunar Orbit” Lee Rosevere (Lunar Orbit)

“Airport (no drums version)” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]

Image by grahambones.

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This week, three stories by alumni of the Third Coast Radio Residency.

The making of a Chinese American beauty queen

by Hannah Kingsley-Ma; edited by Jen Chien & mixed by Gabe Grabin for KALW.

Every Lunar New Year, Chinese American women from across the country travel to San Francisco to participate in the Miss Chinatown USA pageant — an ethnic beauty pageant that’s been a national event since the late fifties.

Little Wrist Computer

by James T. Green for Welcome to Macintosh.

The Apple Watch sometimes gets a bad rap. Some people complain about it being useless, a dumb, frivolous toy. But one person thinks differently.

Gargling

by Erisa Apantaku (Re:sound debut).

After moving back in with dad, producer Erisa Apantaku notices a strange sound coming from the house.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.

The 2019 Third Coast Radio Residency begins on May 14. Learn more about this year’s Residents.

Tracklist

“Can You See the Light?” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]

“Pulse” Lee Rosevere and Daniel Birch (Event Horizon, 2019)

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This week, journeys of discovery, from personal identity to mathematical infinity.

Sister, Sister

by Simone Polanen for The Nod from Gimlet Media.

Simone thought she knew her little sister well, until she discovered a major part of her sister’s identity that she knew nothing about. When she confronts her sister, the conversation gets heated.

10 Things That Scare Me

by Starlee Kine for 10 Things That Scare Me from WNYC Studios.

When describing her fears, Starlee Kine finds that the list goes past ten.

The Infinite God

by Joel Werner for Sum Of All Parts from ABC RN

A musician gives up the rock n' roll dream for number theory, and a glimpse of the infinite.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.

TRACKLIST

“Friday lower” Niteffect (the wage of forgetting, 2019)

“Where is my mind?” Horthy Kristóf

“Going with the Wind” Cool Person (The Sarong and Silent Type: An Mmm Sound Compilation, 2019)

“Blue Ant Mosaico” Alan Gesso (The Sarong and Silent Type: An Mmm Sound Compilation, 2019)

“Take Away Again” CyrroN

“dream away” toupie (Creative Commons 2019)

“Farewell” Genki The Producer [Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International]

Image by Shanze1

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This week, two specific points on the map with two very different stories.

Six Stories

by Jenny Casas, Robin Amer and Wilson Sayre for The City from USA Today.

Chicago, 1990. A guy with a loud sweater, manicured nails and connections to some very powerful people idles in a limousine near a vacant lot. A fleet of dump trucks unloads literal tons of busted concrete—and keep coming back. Neighborhood residents take action. The mess becomes much bigger than a six-story pile of rubble.

To hear the rest of the story, listen to Season 1 of The City.

Homeless in Googleville

by David Boyer for The Intersection from KALW.

In the heart of Mountainview, California, where Google’s Silicon Valley headquarters are located, there's a row of parked RVs. Meet the Google employees who live there.

Riding Through the Summer

by Katie Mingle

A sonic journey to the lake by bicycle on a hot Chicago day.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.

Image: "Intersection" by Thomas Hawk.

Music in this episode by Jonas, Hannis Brown, Into Living Void & Broke For Free.

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This hour, a mob of rock fans and an erratic limb.

Disco Demolition Night

by Pat Walters, Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry for Undone from Gimlet Media.

One summer night in 1979, thousands of people gathered at a Chicago baseball stadium to put an end to disco once and for all.

Lefty

by John Roche for Yarn.

John's left leg won't bend to his will.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.

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This hour, family dramas can span across generations ...or just across the hallway.

That You Should Be Happy

by Micaela Blei for Family Ghosts.

Decades after surviving the Holocaust and moving to sunny California, a woman lets her family know exactly what she wants from them. But her granddaughter Micaela has a different idea of what her life will be.

The Sleepers

by Kate Montegue, Mira Burt-Wintonick and Cristal Duhaime for Love Me from the CBC.

A story of love, family and sleep from Australia.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.

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This hour, an unlikely therapeutic duo and a magical journey through the golden age of radio advertising.

Kintsugi Dog

by Natalie Kestecher for Short Cuts from BBC Radio 4.

A bittersweet story about redundancy, an unwanted dog and the Japanese art of repair.

A 700-Foot Mountain of Whipped Cream

by Clive Desmond for The Organist from KCRW and McSweeney's, with executive producers Andrew Leland and Ross Simonini.

From in utero to the studio, producer Clive Desmond provides a tour of the golden age of radio ads, featuring Frank Zappa, Ken Nordine, Linda Ronstadt, and Randy Newman. Here, each jingle becomes a Proustian madeleine.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.

TRACKLIST

Moontone - Old Heroes (Free as Can Be, 2018)

Rrrrrrose Wieck - En attendant demain (Fin de la communication, Monplaisir Loyalty Freak Music, 2019)

Glaciære - Floating on the water (Hammock, Stevia Sphere, 2017)

Image by humberama.

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