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 Jan 17, 2017
Tuesday Jan 17, 2017
A body, a feeling, or an object—it’s possible to bury nearly anything. Sometimes, we bury because we want to forget. Other times, we want to remember. In this episode, we consider what it means to bury--and what happens when we fail.
"Burying" from State of the Human: https://soundcloud.com/stateofthehuman/sets/burying
Friday Jan 13, 2017
Friday Jan 13, 2017
After I retired I thought… what do I do next?” We all the know the rags to riches story of immigration and the American dream – but what happens next? The East and West have clashing views of what it means to age, and each person has to define for themselves what it means to grow old in a country that’s not their own. This piece tells the stories of immigrants learning to grow old in America, and how they have found their homes in each other during that process.
Produced by: Annabel Chen
Featuring: Tei Decus, Ann Jordan, Nori Kobayakawa, Jean Yih, Gwen Yeo, Ousha Pancholi, Kusam Patel
Music: Fragile, do not drop (Podington Bear, Tender); Gentle Chase (Podington Bear, Background), CSM (Podington Bear, Neoclassical), Triste (Podington Bear, Solo Instruments), Wilt (Podington Bear, Duets)
Friday Jan 13, 2017
Friday Jan 13, 2017
In the rural Himalayas healers called dhami have used local plants and mantras to treat the sick for thousands of years. However, westernized medicine is now coming into the area and rendering the traditional ways obsolete. The tension between between the two healing practices plays itself out in a surprising way.
Produced by: Christopher LeBoa
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
Class Project
Freshman Seminar History 50
Part 1: Crime, Victim and Suspects