Soundings
Soundings is the sandbox for all student work from the Stanford Storytelling Project (SSP). SSP is an arts program at Stanford University that explores how we live in and through stories and how we can use them to change our lives. Our mission is to promote the transformative nature of traditional and modern oral storytelling, from Lakota tales to Radiolab, and empower students to create and perform their own stories. The project sponsors courses, workshops, live events, and grants, along with its radio show State of the Human.
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Episodes
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
Tuesday Jun 09, 2020
What are you supposed to do after a noose is found on your campus? Stanford’s answer to that question was, in part, to invite The Experience Sankofa Project, a living museum on black history to campus. This story details what the Project can teach us about racism, activism, and (maybe most importantly), community.
Producer: Adesuwa Agbonile
Featuring: Venus Morris, Dereca Blackmon, Mizan Alkebulan-Abakah, Sizwe Andrews-Abakah, Frank Omowale Satterwhite, Jeanette Smith-Laws, Persis Drell
Music: “Multiple Crystal Bowl Rhythm - Freesound.org - Geerose
“All the Answers” - Lee Rosevere
“It’s a Mystery” - Lee Rosevere
“You’re Enough Version C” - Lee Rosevere
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Producer: Ethan Lo
What’s the point of all of this? It’s a question we've all asked ourselves. For child-refugees who’ve come to America (and their descendants), attempting to answer this question is inevitably tied with wondering why fate, God, or whatever higher power they believe in has given them opportunities that those who came before them did not have.If you’ve ever asked yourself what it is that you need to be doing in life, this story is for you. You don’t have to come from a refugee background to relate. It’s simply the story of a young man who’s beginning to seriously question his lot in life, intertwining it with his family background, and coming to terms with the nature of it all. By exploring the three lives of a now-reintegrated middle-aged man who was sentenced to prison at 15, a college student who once couldn’t dream, and a high school student balancing what she owes to her mother and to herself; Ethan hopes to answer one question: what am I here for, if anything?
Featured voices: Ethan Lo, Choy, Paw, Neesha
Music:
Opening Credits, Johnny Ripper
Rain, Aaron Ximm
Night Caves, Lee Rosevere
Ominous Beat, Setuniman freesound.org/people/Setuniman/
Harmonious Ending, Setuniman freesound.org/people/Setuniman/
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Producer: Daniel Helena Alexander
In the summer of 2019, I fly to Israel with a single goal in mind. I want to play a song. But not just any song. I want to play a Klezmer song. This podcast follows my journey meeting Jewish musicians and dealing with family tragedy to compose a personal song. “Music doesn’t lie.” You'll agree when you hear how beautiful, haunting, and inspiring Klezmer music can be.
Music:
“Miter Der Lerrer” by Di Gasn Trio
“Schwartz Doina and Al’s Dances” by Daniel Hoffman
“San Diego” by Blink-182
“Bagopolier Freylekhs” by Klezmer Israel
“Hora de Concert” by Emil Aybinder
“In Your Arms” by Forestt
“Music for Bows and Feet” by Daniel Hoffman
“Festival Excerpts” by HaBalkania
“Hora Mittsibeles” by Alicia Svigels
“Excerpts” by HaBalkania
“Niggun” by Gal Klein
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Thursday Dec 19, 2019
Producer: Sophie McNulty
In her late thirties, Lanie, Sophie’s mom, became a born again Christian. Christianity gave her life meaning and happiness. When Lanie found God, “All the heaviness was just lifted.” Sophie, an atheist, struggles to find purpose in her own life. In this story, Sophie sets out to determine if what saved her mother could save her, too.
Music:
The Healing (Sergey Cheremisinov)
Precisamos de um plano (rui)
Valantis (Blue Dot Sessions)
Waves (Pictures of the Floating World)
Multiverse (Ketsa)
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