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.
Listen on:
Episodes
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Why are we drawn to stories of escape? How do we know when we've escaped or when we’ve been captured? Today’s show features stories of narrow escapes, written and read by the winners of our first story contest. The dangers of professional panty sniffing, a maybe catastrophic encounter with abandoned tires, and a short story recalling a scary chapter in Stanford's past.
Producers: Lee Konstantinou and Charlie Mintz
Host: Lee Konstantinou
Featuring: Amanda Glasser, Erika Harrell, Mandy MacCalla
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-2/133-episode-211.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Although superheroes may seem like two dimensional relics of our childhoods, they can have a significant impact on our lives. Stories of superheroes battling in academia, superheroes living among us, and fictional superheroes fighting real-world battles.
Producers: Micah Cratty, Lee Konstantinou and Matt Larson
Host: Micah Cratty
Featuring: Professor Scott Bukatman and Robert Walker
Music: Kissing Johnny and Noah Burbank
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-2/161-episode-215.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
What is it to be a toy or a tool? What is the difference between work and play, or is there a difference at all? Seriously playful stories from an archaeologist, a designer of toys for disabled children, and circuit-bending musicians. Who is influencing who in the process of design, creation, and the use of toys and tools?
Producers: Hannah Krakauer, Liz Bradfield, Daniel Hirsch
Host: Hannah Krakauer
Featuring: Michael Shanks, Jessica Zarin Kessin, Reed Ghazala, Sridharan Devarajan, Mike Rosenthall, Mike Mellenthin, Heather Roberts
Music: Kissing Johnny, Dubious Ranger, Nimbleweed
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-2/117-episode-214.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
We attempt to come to better terms with our impending doom. This is such a mind-blowing episode that it is in a record eight parts: one short story, one excerpt from a novel, two poems, one interview, one story-booth vignette, one ballad, and a correspondence with our friend Pete, on the other side.
Producers: Jonah Willihnganz, Bonnie Swift, Dan Hirsch, Micah Cratty, Lee Konstantinou, Killeen Hanson, Elizabeth Bradfield, Hannah Krakauer, Jack Wang
Host: Bonnie Swift
Featuring: Daniel Steinbock, Adrienne Chung
Music: Nataly Dawn
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-2/163-episode-216.html