Slate comes to public radio

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Two of our favorite podcasts, the Slate Political Gabfest and the Slate Culture Gabfest are being packaged into a radio-friendly version for WNYC, and now they will be broadcast on PRX Remix. We are very excited to have them on board! It’s a simple idea, get three smart people together talking about politics or pop culture and record the result. Stay tuned to PRX Remix for Gabfest Radio and I highly recommend you subscribe to the podcast.

Here’s the latest episode on PRX

Here are the full versions from the podcasts

Long-lost radio interview with David Foster Wallace, animated!

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013 | Uncategorized | No Comments

A long-lost radio interview with David Foster Wallace from Blank on Blank.

Life of the Law

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

Life of the Law “explores the relationship of law to the experience and meaning of American society and culture,” and the last few episodes have been especially riveting: a rare look inside death row, redesigning for a more humane court, and life inside the “felony factory” in Chicago.

Short shows rule!

Love + Radio: Jack and Ellen

Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 | Uncategorized | No Comments

This episode of Love + Radio is not for kids and is not going on the radio. It is challenging and deals with extremely uncomfortable material, but it is also riveting and masterfully constructed and sound designed, so I really want to share it. Prepare to think about it for a long time after, and again, not for sensitive listeners. You know who you are.

The Signature Series with Paolo Pietropaolo

Friday, December 7th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Paolo Pietropaolo is one of my favorite producers in the world. He was one of the geniuses behind (the life-changing) The Wire: The Impact of Electricity on Music and he has this incredibly charming series from the CBC called The Signature Series, that asks the question, “If a musical key was a person, who would s/he be?” Have a listen, to the Swashbucking, Master of the Universe, E-flat Major:

I’ve listened to this twice in the last nine hours

Thursday, December 6th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No Comments

From HowSound. Now on Remix.

Two radio geniuses talk about radio they love

Monday, December 3rd, 2012 | Uncategorized | No Comments

This year’s Third Coast International Audio Festival Conference was book-ended by two talks from the greatest producers of radio working today: Ira Glass and Jad Abumrad.

Ira kicked off the festival with a late night talk about the new distribution methods and business models that are allowing audio makers to connect with audiences in exciting ways.

Jad gave the “Favorite Things” benediction, with examples from Radiolab and beyond to illustrate the “little s#@t” that makes audio storytelling so compelling.

Go listen!

The History of Controlling the Weather and other gems from BackStory

Thursday, June 28th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No Comments

We just started adding pieces from BackStory with the American History Guys to the mix. With great stories and lively discussion, the History Guys connect our history to the present day. They’ll also help you win your next argument about the causes of the War of 1812. Be prepared. This happens.

The Internet in Sepia and Other Short Docs

Friday, May 4th, 2012 | Uncategorized | No Comments

Helena De Groot lives in Brussels and makes great radio like The Internet in Sepia, a composition which Helena submitted to this year’s Third Coast Festival Short Docs competition. In the piece, Helena meditates on distance in two dimensions: space, and time. Her narrative clips are supported by music composed by friends’ of hers, which you can find here.

The Third Coast Festival curates audio storytelling, and hosts an annual audio conference and competition. Every year they give a “short docs” challenge, inviting producers of all kinds to explore sound within a few paremeters. Here was this year’s prompt:

Produce a short audio story (2 -3 minutes) that features at least two of your neighbors, includes a color in the title, and contains three consecutive seconds of narrative silence. Stories of all styles are welcome – from documentary to drama – and everything in between.

Remix has a number of Third Coast’s Short Doc sumbissions in our mix. Have a listen:

Welcome to the Metal

Friday, April 13th, 2012 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I heard this story last year on UnFictional and thoroughly enjoyed it. The power of radio and the power of metal.

Full description:

Nowadays she’s a working mom who just bought her first home, but back in college, Angie was better known for her alter ego – Ivy, the Mistress of Metal. Most of the students at her small liberal arts college couldn’t have cared less about Angie’s weekly heavy metal radio show. But at the nearby prison, she was a legend.

UnFictional is one of the new additions to Remix from the inimitable KCRW in LA. Keep an ear out for The Guest DJ Project and the forthcoming Strangers.