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
Sometimes the normal words just don't work, and we need to figure out an entirely new way of talking. This episode presents a story on Esperanto, the international language that could-have-been-and-might-yet-still-become, followed by a short story by Suzanne Rivecca.
Producers: Micah Cratty Producers: Bonnie Swift and Jonah Willihnganz Featuring: Micah Cratty, Ben Savage, David Heyman, Nate Solon, Suzanne Rivecca Music: Kissing Johnny, DJ Danny Glover, Julian Wass
URL: Storytelling Project's interview with Suzanne Rivecca
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/139-episode-105.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Inspired by a 200 year old design for a more efficient prison called the panopticon, this show explores just a few of the ways we experience surveillance in society today, and how we respond to it. A story by Andrew Altschul about phones and loss, an interview with the founder of a site that uses cell phones to fight street harassment, and a speech about the joys of Facebook.
Producer: Charlie Mintz
Featuring: Eli Edwards and Hollaback
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/113-episode-106.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Stories about the faithful in conflict with society, their families, and themselves. First, two Stanford students (one who is gay and another who is a conservative Christian) map out the battlefield between gay marriage and Christianity. Second, a story about how the ‘divine divide’ in America entered into one student’s relationships with his parents and his girlfriend. And third, Will Rogers faces the same ‘divine divide’ in himself and is able to bridge part of it by posting videos online.
Host: Micah CrattyProducers: Micah Cratty Featured: Vinni Intersimone, Matt Buchanan, Drew Jacoby-Senghor Music: Amboy Kelso, Dave Chisolm, Hunt Alcott, Jennifer Lindsay, Kissing Johnny
Producers: Vinni Intersimone, Matt Buchanan
Featuring: Richard Barbour, Rev. Scotty McLennan
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/149-episode-107.html
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Friday Mar 21, 2014
Stories of the education system struggling, and sometimes failing, to adjust. First, a look at how some high schools are responding to the increasing presence of gangs, and how their policies are often backfiring. Second, we assess the progress of schools in fulfilling their educational mission while facing increasing numbers of minority students. And third, English lecturer Adam Johnson tells a true story involving a bloody murder, police detectives, and a fiction writing class.
Host: Micah CrattyProducers: Bonnie Swift, Elizabeth Bradfield, Tom Freeland, Christina Ho, Danielle Spoor, and Lily Kornbluth Featured: Micah Cratty, Molly Roberts, Britton Caillouette, Richard Norte, Adam Johnson, Lee Konstantinou Music: Supergreen JellyBean, Zach Katagiri, Taylor Murchison, Kissing Johnny
Producer: Lee Konstantinou
Featuring: Adam Johnson
More info at:http://web.stanford.edu/group/storytelling/cgi-bin/joomla/index.php/shows/season-1/119-episode-108.html