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 Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
E'Jazz Mason was a straight-A student from New Orleans when life threw him a curve ball he couldn't catch. This is a story is about adversity, breaking the rules, and finding your way.
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
Wednesday Dec 20, 2023
In the spring of 2020, Stanford University made the decision to cut 11 of their varsity teams due to financial issues and lack of success. This episode follows the men’s wrestling team and their coaches in the months following the decision to cut their team as they navigate the challenges of fighting for their spot back.
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Food insecurity and other environmental issues disproportionately impact low-income, disinvested neighborhoods, but urban agriculture has the potential to promote equity, green space, and food access in these areas. The story of the NYC-based urban agriculture initiative "the Green Bronx Machine," will show us how.
This episode was written and produced by Sophia Manolis and Lisiane Nemlin with support from Laura Joyce Davis and the Stanford Storytelling Project's course "Stories to Save Our Planet." Complete show notes can be found at www.storytelling.stanford.edu.
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Friday Jun 30, 2023
Whether we want to believe it or not, we are inextricably bound to our food systems. Thousands of miles away from the continental US, the story in Guam ultimately teaches us how embracing traditional Indigenous values may heal our relationships with people, place, and power. Join us in unraveling the history of Guam's food Systems and learn how the island community came together to organize for food sovereignty.
This episode was produced by Natasha Zia Charfauros and Lizbeth Luevano with support from Laura Joyce Davis and the Stanford Storytelling Project's course "Stories to Save Our Planet." Complete show notes can be found at www.storytelling.stanford.edu.