Proud to be…

Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No Comments

American. Independence day is approaching and we’ve got our sparklers, bottle rockets and fountains lined up, just waiting for Monday night.

Keep your ear out for these July 4th favorites, in heavy rotation:

Hans Anderson’s 4th of July Fireworks (login to PRX for the whole shibang)

TEDwalks

Monday, June 20th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No Comments

When your more than full time job is making and listening to radio stories, there’s a real danger that your only source of vitamin D is from fortified breakfast cereal. So, I make an effort to queue up a bunch of podcasts to screen for Remix and go on walks in the sunny afternoon. Since many of these stories are TEDTalks, I’ve taken to calling them “TEDWalks.” Today’s playlist had a story that also invoked my little neologism, so I decided to share it. This talk probably has the best anecdote in the first minute and a half that I’ve heard in recent memory. Check it out.

Proud to be…

Friday, June 17th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No Comments

G! L! B! T! P! Q! S!

June is GLBT Pride month. Even if you missed the parade (or got rained on, like we did in Boston), you can still celebrate with some gorgeous stories about love and self-discovery.

What’s in rotation on Remix:

Dinner Party Download turns 100!

Sunday, June 12th, 2011 | shows | No Comments

Though they’ve been helping us win dinner parties for the past few weeks, we haven’t officially introduced our latest Remix addition, The Dinner Party Download. The show is a fast and funny “booster shot” of news and culture designed to help you dazzle your friends and family at this weekend’s dinner party. In every 15 minute episode you’ll learn a joke…get the week’s major headlines…bone up on some history…drink in a cocktail recipe…meet an artist of note…savor an emerging food trend…and hear your new favorite song. Plus, unconventional wisdom from hosts Rico Gagliano and Brendan Francis Newnam. Maybe “wisdom” should be in quotes there.

It just so happens that this week is DPD’s 100th episode, so in honor of the occasion Rico and Brendan have filled the dinner party with a few “dream guests”, Rico samples a 100 year old egg, and the guys finally ask permission to use to the theme song they’ve already been using for 100 episodes. It’ll be a party for the ages.

Episode #100 is playing on Public Radio Remix all week, but if you just can’t possibly wait, here you go:

Why Remix + KALW = <3

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011 | Uncategorized | No Comments

KALW is a community station in San Francisco with a small local news team. But there’s something special about the stories they produce. It’s not just that they are so well-crafted — it’s that these local stories are captivating no matter where you live.

That’s why we air so many of them on Public Radio Remix.

But with a small staff and a tiny budget, how is KALW pulling it all off? I interviewed Holly Kernan, KALW’s News Director, for a PRX blogpost. Check it out.