Soundings

This special episode features three documentary stories about the ways in which, as the old saying goes, "you are what you eat." The modern industry of food, the ritual of eating, and the politics of agricultural production. You'll hear about how long a twinkie can last, and about whether or not the US government puts its money where its mouth is, regarding what it tells us to eat, compared to what it subsidizes through the farm bill. What we eat - and how we eat it - reveals the workings of our societies.

Host: Bonnie SwiftProducers: Micah Cratty and Jonah WillihnganzFeatured: Bonnie Swift, Jessica Schaefer, Mozzi Etemadi, Katherine Wells, Sherrie Chung, Micah Cratty Music: David Chilsolm, John Serna, Taylormayd

Video Podcast: Pie from Scratch by Matt Harnack

Producer: Micah Cratty

Featuring: Walter Falcon

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/127-episode-104.html

Sometimes the normal words just don't work, and we need to figure out an entirely new way of talking. This episode presents a story on Esperanto, the international language that could-have-been-and-might-yet-still-become, followed by a short story by Suzanne Rivecca.

Producers: Micah Cratty Producers: Bonnie Swift and Jonah Willihnganz Featuring: Micah Cratty, Ben Savage, David Heyman, Nate Solon, Suzanne Rivecca Music: Kissing Johnny, DJ Danny Glover, Julian Wass

URL: Storytelling Project's interview with Suzanne Rivecca

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/139-episode-105.html

Inspired by a 200 year old design for a more efficient prison called the panopticon, this show explores just a few of the ways we experience surveillance in society today, and how we respond to it. A story by Andrew Altschul about phones and loss, an interview with the founder of a site that uses cell phones to fight street harassment, and a speech about the joys of Facebook.

Producer: Charlie Mintz

Featuring: Eli Edwards and Hollaback

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/113-episode-106.html

Stories about the faithful in conflict with society, their families, and themselves. First, two Stanford students (one who is gay and another who is a conservative Christian) map out the battlefield between gay marriage and Christianity. Second, a story about how the ‘divine divide’ in America entered into one student’s relationships with his parents and his girlfriend. And third, Will Rogers faces the same ‘divine divide’ in himself and is able to bridge part of it by posting videos online.

Host: Micah CrattyProducers: Micah Cratty Featured: Vinni Intersimone, Matt Buchanan, Drew Jacoby-Senghor Music: Amboy Kelso, Dave Chisolm, Hunt Alcott, Jennifer Lindsay, Kissing Johnny

Producers: Vinni Intersimone, Matt Buchanan

Featuring: Richard Barbour, Rev. Scotty McLennan

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/149-episode-107.html

Stories of the education system struggling, and sometimes failing, to adjust. First, a look at how some high schools are responding to the increasing presence of gangs, and how their policies are often backfiring. Second, we assess the progress of schools in fulfilling their educational mission while facing increasing numbers of minority students. And third, English lecturer Adam Johnson tells a true story involving a bloody murder, police detectives, and a fiction writing class.

Host: Micah CrattyProducers: Bonnie Swift, Elizabeth Bradfield, Tom Freeland, Christina Ho, Danielle Spoor, and Lily Kornbluth Featured: Micah Cratty, Molly Roberts, Britton Caillouette, Richard Norte, Adam Johnson, Lee Konstantinou Music: Supergreen JellyBean, Zach Katagiri, Taylor Murchison, Kissing Johnny

Producer: Lee Konstantinou

Featuring: Adam Johnson

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/119-episode-108.html

A Valentine's Day special. The unlikely story of Saint Valentine, but as it turns out, most good love stories seem just as improbable. Second, we stood in Stanford's White Plaza and asked passersby about just who - or what - they love. You'll hear their strange replies, followed by a story about the risky and rewarding world of online dating. But that's not all: four splendid love poems are dispersed throughout this episode.

Host: Rachel HamburgProducers: Bonnie Swift, Elizabeth Bradfield, Tom Freeland, Christina Ho, Danielle Spoor, and Lily Kornbluth Featured: people passing through White Plaza Music: Side by Side (Maxine Tang, Michelle Goldring, Deri Kusuma, Madalyn Radlauer, Alison Herson, Jose Araneta, and Michael Hsueh), Talisman, Matt Anderson

SSP producers brave the bicycles of White Plaza to record stories of love from passersby. Featuring music from Side by Side.

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/151-episode-109.html

Remakes are all around us. This week's show is made up of stories of remaking sound-- through instruments, living organisms, and other means. First, an experimental instrument designer brings joy to our ears with some of his wackier creations. Then we speak with some innovative inhabitants of Stanford's Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, who have turned old junk into something truly exquisite. And, stay tuned, tomatoes sing...

Host: Daniel MacDougall

Producers: Charlie Mintz, Noah Burbank, Daniel MacDougall

Featured: Bart Hopkin, Sasha Leitman, Jen Carlile, Chris Chafe Music: Johnny Hwin, Bart Hopkin

Producer: Daniel MacDougall

Featuring: Jade Wang, Karen Warner, Hannah Krakauer, Shelly Ni

Creative organologist Bart Hopkin remakes the sounds of the world. He is the founder of Experimental Musical Instruments, an organization that explores the acoustic potential of metals, woods, string, tubes, and anything else that makes a sound.

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/159-episode-110.html

Campaigns are about getting people to vote for your candidate, and today's show is about the missteps that can happen along the way. First, we tell the story of the musical jingles that help put people in (and keep others out) of office. Second, we answer the question you’ve always wondered: why is there so much negativity in most campaigns? And last, one student goes door-to-door and the people who answer either don't vote, or won't vote, for her candidate.

Host: Micah Cratty Producer: Micah Cratty Featured: Gabe Winant, Kalani Leifer, Jonah Berger, Elissa Morales, Wesley Lim, Monica Uddin, Jeremy Newman, and Omair Saddat Music: Brad Wolfe, Taylor Murchison, Rego Sen, and Kissing Johnny

Producer: Micah Cratty Featuring: Gabe Winant and Kalani Leifer

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/101-episode-111.html

Today's show is about the different ways we experience time. In our first story, we explore the evolution of nostalgia and how it has become a way for us to cope with our rapidly changing lives. Then, we interview families about how one particular kind of time, 'the time of grieving,' has been changed radically by advances in medicine. Finally, we hear the story of how two people decided to make the time of their own personal lives synchronize with major historical events.

Host: Micah Cratty Producer: Micah Cratty Featured: Aaron Zarraga, Hanna Michelsen, Rachel Dowling, Daniel MacDougall, Tom Wiltzius, Nadja Blagojevic, Kirstin Ganz, Sam Tanzer, Amy Freedman, Chris Noxon, the Dowling family, the Vantrain family Music: Chris Ayer, Brad Wolfe and Dave Chisolm

Featuring: Rachel Dowling, Daniel MacDougall, and Tom Wiltzius

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/121-episode-112.html

We usually think of mind control as part of the realm of fantasy, with witches and alien species as its perpetrators. But actually, mind control is all around us, in almost every area of our lives, and the consequences of ignoring its power range from failed pick-up-lines to genocide. In this episode, you'll hear stories of Stanford students who tried to out the calculated techniques of a famous pick-up artist at a campus party, poet Elizabeth Bradfield discuss how being a tour guide in Alaska involves mind control, and some of her and Emily Dickinson’s exquisite poetry. You'll also hear about mind control taken to its most extreme, from controlling the minds of whole cultures through fairy tales, to controlling only your own mind through lucid dreaming.

Host: Rachel Hamburg Producers: Elizabeth Bradfield and Noah Burbank Featuring: Joshua Landy, Lanier Anderson, Fred Burbank, James Fearon, James Sheehan, William Dement, Christopher Collette, Ellora Karmarkar, Amber Davis and Lea Yelverton

Producers: Noah Burbank, Ellora Karmarkar and Amber Davis Featuring: Joshua Landy, Lanier Anderson, Fred Burbank, James Fearon, James Sheehan

More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/103-episode-113.html