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
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Animals play strange roles in our lives. Often, critters captivate those of us in the of the so-called dominant species. Our debut show includes four stories and a poem. Students search for salamanders in Stanford's Lake Lagunita. A scientist hatches a plan to "Re-wild" North America with endangered predators from Africa. Cats and Dogs inflict drama on couples who try to co-own them. Elephants may or may not have rescued tourists in Thailand, and Fireflies illuminate the soul in a poem by Troy Jollimore. Will animals captivate you this week?
Host: Bonnie SwiftProducers: Bonnie Swift and Jonah Willihnganz
Featuring: Rebecca Jacobs and Kalani Leifer, Kate Youngman and Tom James, Tracy Shepard, Hilton Obenzinger, Troy Jollimore.
Music: Hunt Alcott, Ambika, Cem Durouz
URL's: Hilton Obenzinger, Troy Jollimore.
Featuring: Hilton Obenzinger
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/155-episode-101.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
More stories about the ways that animals shape our lives. A tour of Stanford's Animal Research Facility, and a short story about one father's strange relationship with the family dog.
Producers: Steven Tagle and James Madson
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/111-episode-102.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
This special episode features three documentary stories about the ways in which, as the old saying goes, "you are what you eat." The modern industry of food, the ritual of eating, and the politics of agricultural production. You'll hear about how long a twinkie can last, and about whether or not the US government puts its money where its mouth is, regarding what it tells us to eat, compared to what it subsidizes through the farm bill. What we eat - and how we eat it - reveals the workings of our societies.
Host: Bonnie SwiftProducers: Micah Cratty and Jonah WillihnganzFeatured: Bonnie Swift, Jessica Schaefer, Mozzi Etemadi, Katherine Wells, Sherrie Chung, Micah Cratty Music: David Chilsolm, John Serna, Taylormayd
Video Podcast: Pie from Scratch by Matt Harnack
Producer: Micah Cratty
Featuring: Walter Falcon
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/127-episode-104.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
How do different groups approach Africa? Stories about media coverage of Africa, a student who taught poetry at a Zambian refugee camp, and how Ghana influenced Martin Luther King Jr.
Host: Micah Cratty
Producers: Micah Cratty and Jonah Willihnganz
Featuring: Chrissie Coxon, Stefanie Garcia, William Loel Von Hoene, Clayborne Carson
Music: Grant Newsome, Kissing Johnny
Producer: Micah Cratty
Featuring: William Loel Von Hoene
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/143-episode-103.html