Soundings

John_LewisRyan

Intro
Hook: Cascade of 911 What’s Your Emergency sound bites.
If you ever call 911, you’re probably in a bit of a panic, and don’t really care who answers as long as they answer quickly
Ambient noise from police HQ
Menlo Park Police this is John. (1. 05:00)
When a call comes in, John answers.
My name is John Murphy. I work for the Menlo Park Police Department. I am a dispatcher here. I have been in this field for 28 years. (1. 00:00)
Ambient noise from Police HQ.
Act I: Spring Romantic ideal
Call comes in: Language/Stress
Music/Hum of John and Office.
He takes the call. If necessary, he uses a 10-code language to dispatch patrolman. I have no idea what’s going on, but John explains,
There is a whole 10 code 11 code. He said 1186 means he is making a traffic stop in the 800 block of Sharron Park Drive. She recorded the location and told him to go to the licence plate. That is what he did and he gave a color of the vehicle he stopped. That officer just said I’m 10-8 I’ll be in route to Robert 50. 10-8 means I am done with what I’m doing and he is going to the other officer to help out. (1. 03:00)
Even when John’s not on a call, he is always “on”. His shift is always one call away from someone’s crisis.
You just don’t know what’s going to happen next. (2. 29.18)

Eddie_Matt

Final Script - Matt Klein
START
Its been pretty active with home burglaries and stuff like that - so we are going to do some supression, make contacts, stuff like that - do some traffic enforcement - {pause} see what happens
Eddie’s an officer with the menlo park police department- We start the day by going to a recent hotspot for crime. We park and idle in a shady spot near an intersection and eddie begins to size up each car that drives by. He’s looking for suspicious vehicles and probable cause to pull them over.
We pull over a chevy impala for having excessively tinted windows. Eddie tells me to stay in the cruiser so I watch him slowly approach the car- he waves and smiles at the grandma in the back seat, talks to the driver of the car for a couple of minutes-
Suddenly he runs back to the cruiser, jumps in and we zoom off

Eddie had seen a suspicious SUV fly by us with tinted windows and no license plates, so he gave the first vehicle a warning, and we chase after the SUV
We pull them over, but It turns out that they had just hadn't put their license plates on, so eddie gives them a warning and we head back out on the road

I've worked at menlo park since 2013 - i was a community service officer first - then the position opened up for a police officer - went through the academy - and i've been on patrol as a menlo park police officer for almost two years now
Eddie’s a young cop, but his instincts and reactions are quick and almost veteran like. I asked him how they trained him for that and he said they didn't. His training officer just threw him into it.
Alright you want to swim? Okay no lessons you are going straight into the water. And you kind of learn that way.

River Roots

Summer is Missouri means humid air, fresh blackberries and lazy rivers. With my grandfather's 1971 river log in hand, I'm headed back to the Gasconade River in southern Missouri to recreate a portion of one of his long canoe trips. Can the river teach me things about my family’s Missouri heritage? By exploring the river, its history, and my grandfather's connection to it, I endeavor to better understand myself.
Featuring: Maria Doerr, Cyrille Jourdain, Christine Doerr, Karen Doerr Hiatt, John Bradbury
Producer: Maria Doerr
Special Thanks: Claire Schoen
Music:
“Down in the River to Pray” Jean Banwarth, 2016
“Ebeneezer” Black Twig Pickers, 2012
“Aces and Twos” The Devil Makes Three, 2009
“Thought Soup” Doctor Turtle, 2016
“King of the Road” Roger Miller
“Mid Day Blues” Tate Peterson, 2015

Slip/Slam

Two years after the death of one of Canada’s most beloved slam poets, Zaccheus Jackson is remembered for the work he did in mentoring the next generation of poets, showing pride in his Indigenous heritage, and building a vibrant, creative community. A poet, an arts educator, an artist, and a friend offer their thoughts on his legacy, then and now, as a former mentee travels to the places that started it all.
Featuring: Zaccheus Jackson, Johnny Macrae, Marie Wustner, and Jillian Christmas
Producer: Eva Louise Grant (evagrant@stanford.edu)
Music: Dry Air - Poddington Bear
Recorded samples of music (with artist's permission)
Original compositions
Grandfather Song - Mob Bounce
Peace Era - Mob Bounce