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
Sunday Dec 18, 2016
Wednesday Jun 29, 2016
Wednesday Jun 29, 2016
“It was a makeshift circle in the tent and someone suggested that we play spin the bottle…” What is it about a first kiss that makes it so interesting? Everyone has a story to tell even if it isn’t romantic or mint flavored. This week, the Stanford Storytelling Project asked you to tell us about your first kiss.
Featuring: Voices from Stanford University
Producers: Sienna White, Rachel Lam, Christy Hartman, Jake Warga, Claudia Heymach, Yue Li, Dustin Dienhart, Christine Chen, Eileen Williams, Alec Glassford, Hadley Reid, Kate Nelson, Jackson Roach, Tia Schwab, Max Pienkny, Claire Schoen, Andrea Lim, Rosie La Puma, Jack Alexander Herrera
Music: Pretty Build, Chrom, Lola, Whiplash Sting Swell, Podington Bear http://www.soundofpicture.com/download/
Image via flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lynnfriedman/8859836877
Thursday May 12, 2016
Thursday May 12, 2016
“For women, then, poetry is not a luxury. It is a vital necessity of our existence. It forms the quality of the light within which we predicate our hopes and dreams toward survival and change, first made into language, then into idea, then into more tangible action. Poetry is the way we help give name to the nameless so it can be thought. The farthest horizons of our hopes and fears are cobbled by our poems, carved from the rock experiences of our daily lives.”- Audre Lorde
Featuring: Alfalfa Brown, Queens D. Light, Ericka Huggins, narrated by Natasha Mmonatau
Producer(s): Natasha Mmonatau and the Braden Storytelling Department (storytelling.stanford.edu)
Tuesday May 03, 2016
Tuesday May 03, 2016
A Neglected Story - Hatred in Yemen highlights the story of Shoshanna Shechter, a 30-year-old Jewish woman who escaped Yemen at age 14. She speaks of physical abuse, verbal abuse, rape, murder, and kidnapping against herself and all Jews in Yemen. More symbolically, she brings to light the reasoning as to why we never hear about this silent war against Jews occurring in Yemen – escapees fear that if they share their story, the Yemeni government will kill them. As a result, they flee the country, and never look back at their past again. This podcast aims to share this silent story, and to teach us that the anti-semitic war still exists today.
Narrated by Ariela Safira
Producer(s): Ariela Safira and the Braden Storytelling Department (storytelling.stanford.edu)