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
Wednesday Apr 20, 2016
Wednesday Apr 20, 2016
In an isolated fishing village in Papua New Guinea, a linguist sets out to write the first dictionary of the Ende language. Not long after she begins, she finds that one word was more difficult to translate: mokwang, Ende’s word for love, which also means survival.
In this story, we’ll hear how Ende women define what it means to love in Limol, Papua New Guinea.
Featuring: Grace Maher, Lois Sadua (translator), Musato Giwo (translator), Joshua Dobola, Robai Reend, Donai Kurupel, Manaleato Kolea, Jenny Dobola, Pingam Uziag, Loni Garaiyi, Sandra Dikai, Merol Kwe, Wagiba Geser
Writer: Kate L. Lindsey
Producers: Kate L. Lindsey, with help from Claire Schoen
Music: Women from Limol
Image caption: Kate Lindsey listening to Limol women
Image photographer: Grace Maher
Production date: April 16th, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Sunday Apr 03, 2016
Carolyn and Corina survived abuse, illness, addiction, crime, and prison. What ways have they found to successfully reintegrate into the world? This is a story of how we heal ourselves against the specters of our pasts.
Featuring: Corina Shortall, Carolyn Crowley
Producer: Chuong Phan, with help from Will Rogers
Image: Meltwater Via flickr
https://www.flickr.com/photos/meltwater/578304919/
Friday Feb 19, 2016
Friday Feb 19, 2016
What is Rondon? What does it mean to be Creole in Nicaragua? In a world that increasingly seems to strive for uniformity, afro-descendant Creole people on the eastern coast of Nicaragua seek to hold on to their unique culture through their food. Join us as we travel between the farm, the lagoon and the city to explore how Creole food is changing due to outside pressures.
"Why we appreciate Rondon, it is the strongest food in our gastronomy. And it comes from Africa. I have met many Africans and they cook rondon just like us. It’s a cultural thing. That makes me proud to be black. I'm proud of my Rondon." - Ms. Gay Sterling
Featuring: Connie Tinoko, Kenneth Fox, Edward (Daha) Fox, Gay Sterling
Producer: Maria Doerr
Music: Take Dis Five, Run-Down Orchestra Bluefield Sound System 2009
Zion-O, Run-Down Orchestra, Bluefield Sound System 2009
Friday Feb 12, 2016
Friday Feb 12, 2016
Braden Grant Recipient Reade Levinson travels to Mongolia in hopes of witnessing a practice known as sky burial, in which the bodies of the dead are prepared for the afterlife. But as Reade learns on her journey, in Mongolia the forces of urbanization, modernization and environmental change may be threatening this sacred ritual. “The scene would be not very nice, when you look at a dog running around with someone’s hand in his mouth.”
Featuring: Ganbat Namjilsangarav, Christine Murphy, Tsogbadrakh and Tuya Banzragch, and Dr. Keith Bildstein.
Producer: Reade Levinson
Special Thanks: Christy Hartman, Jake Warga, and Generation Anthropocene
Music: All ambient recorded by Reade Levinson, sound effects downloaded from FreeSound.
Image via thinkstockphotos: http://www.thinkstockphotos.com/image/stock-photo-mongolian-vultures-in-the-wild/469839700