http://www.youneverknowradio.com feeds for thought Sat, 08 Nov 2008 22:12:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My entry for the Third Coast Festival's ShortDocs Radio Ephemera Audio Challenge: Telepathic Trees The idea behind the challenge is to create an audio story from two books archived from the Prelinger Library and include the voice of a stranger. I ended up combining these two books: Trees as Good Citizens ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/radio-ephemera/92 Monumental Movement in Brooklyn Every year, men from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn hoist a four-ton, 68-foot statue called the Giglio into the air and move it six blocks while dancing 'the Giglio' under the sweltering sun. The event commemorates the San Paolino de Nola Feast, which ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/the-dance-of-the-giglio-on-weekend-america/62 Radio Diaries Produced by Joe Richman June 15 | 7 pm Suggested Donation $8/ students $5 The award winning Radio Diaries empowers people to "become reporters of their own lives"--then airs their stories on National Public Radio. Finding voices that often go unheard- teenagers, prisoners, AIDS patients- Radio Diaries trains people to share their ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/radio-diaries-joe-richman/78 Here is an event I am curating at UnionDocs as part of their Documentary Bodega Series: Will the Real NPR Please Stand Up? Neighborhood Public Radio Monday April 14 | 8 pm @UnionDocs $5 suggested admission. Meet the new NPR on the block: Neighborhood Public Radio. An artist run radio project now broadcasting live from a ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/neighborhood-public-radio/66 I just got a job at UnionDocs. UnionDocs a documentary arts collective and studio space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (and in fact only blocks from my place!). They also run a residency program, six documentarians live upstairs and collaborate in curating screenings every week of feature length documentaries, with the director ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/uniondocs/33 I just finished up an amazing internship at The Brian Lehrer Show at WNYC in New York City. The Brian Lehrer Show is a live, daily, two-hour long call in show that covers issues and news in New York and beyond. Working in live radio was an exciting challenge and ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/the-brian-lehrer-show/31 My friends Ann and Kara make great radio. I recently got the opportunity to help them out on two radio docs: one about refugees living in America for Weekend America, and the other about the Berlin Philharmonic for WNYC. You can listen to them here: One Thing: From Burma To Indianapolis Inside The ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/making-great-radio-with-ann-and-kara/29 Here's a piece I did for the news about the most recent threat to Internet radio: Internet_Radio The Copyright Royalty Board has decided to raise royalty rates --webcasters will have to pay up to a 300% increase in royalty fees on a per-song basis. The consequences of this could signal the end ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/save-internet-radio/27 Here are a few reports I produced for a Pacifica National Special about the United States Social Forum, which grew out the World Social Forum. Nearly 10,000 people gathered from many social movements in the U.S. and around the world. The Forum workshops and events revolved around several issues: labor rights, ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/united-states-social-forum-2007/26 The Coney Island Mermaid parade last weekend was maybe the best ever--the costumes, the weather, the beach...my friends and I were even in the parade!!! Here is a news piece I did for WBAI Sunday News about the changes happening to Coney Island and the rumor that this was the last ... http://www.youneverknowradio.com/coney-islands-last-stand/25