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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 33

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O’Dark 30 is KUT's wildly misunderstood adventure through the world of independent radio production. Every Sunday at midnight on KUT 90.5 Austin we present 3 hours of a little bit of everything from the world of independent radio production.

Episode 33 includes Edith Piaf Died 46 years ago on October 11, 1963...Once Upon a Unicycle...episode 32 (gigantic)...The Technology of the Tour de France...Alleycat Racing...Growing Up in the System...My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought...Interview with Anthony Bourdain...The Magic Tent: A Celebration of French Language Popular Music...60. A Shocking Discovery

Once upon a unicycle

From Matt Larson | 22:46

A group of 4th and 5th graders prove themselves on the basketball court. On unicycles.

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Mr. Smith was just your average elementary school gym teacher, but in 1977 he decided to try an experiment: he gave a group of 4th and 5th graders a couple of unicycles and offered to stay after school to teach them to ride. Not long after, this group was performing for school assemblies and college basketball half-time shows. The basic skill of riding forward had been augmented with backwards riding, belly riding, and even one-legged riding. A routine was established, and props like teeter totters, balance beams, and hula hoops were added. This is the story of Mr. Smith and the 1800 kids whom he taught to ride.

Gigantic

From Nate DiMeo | Part of the the memory palace series | 06:54

in which we hear the fascinating (and sad) story of the first elephant brought to America. And the man who loved her.

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The technology of the Tour de France

From William S. Hammack | Part of the Stories of Technology series | 02:24

There is no more high tech spots than cycle: From the bikes, to the clothing to the training.

Default-piece-image-1 . I know of no more high tech sport than cycling. To shave seconds the riders turn to high tech. Even though the International Cycling Union rules spells out the type of equipment allowed - to quote: the race "asserts the primacy of man over machine" - there's still room for a great deal of fancy engineering. Engineers help cyclist battle drag - the wind resistance that impedes forward motion. No longer does the help cyclist battle drag - the wind resistance that impedes forward motion. Bike frames are made of aerospace-grade carbon fiber. And where the bike designers still use metal - the gears and the bike chain - they've hollowed out the aluminum crank arms and replaced much of the gears with ultra lightweight titanium. The high tech of the frame doesn't end with the material. Engineers shape the wheels so that air flows over the tire and wheel smoothly without breaking into a turbulent mass that causes drag. And cyclists like Lance Armstrong use a computer-based power meter to measure every aspect of his cycling - track speed, heart rate, incline, cadance, altitude gain and power expended - so that next time his performance can be optimized even more. What's left, you ask, for the cyclist to do? Well, pedal ... so far the rules outlaw motors.

Alleycat Racing

From Next Generation Radio | Part of the NPR's Next Generation Radio series | 04:51

There's more to bike racing than the Tour de France. Some bike messengers organize and compete in their own races called "alley cats." Mac Henry reports

Henry_small There's more to bike racing than the Tour de France. Some bike messengers organize and compete in their own races called "alley cats." They're not sanctioned by the police. They're in live traffic. And they rely on a special blend of speed, navigational skill and humor.

Growing Up in The System

From Radio Rookies | 11:42

WNYC Radio Rookie, Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and having been raised in several foster homes. To avoid being consumed by loss, Shirley tries to make sense of it all.

Shirleydiaz_small Radio Rookie Shirley Diaz's life has been shaped by the tragedy of her mother's murder and the difficulty of growing up in six different foster homes, separated from her six younger siblings. To avoid being consumed by loss, Shirley tries to make sense of these events and find refuge in home and family as she finds them. HOST INTRO: Radio Rookie Shirley Diaz is on the brink of aging out of the foster care system when she turns 21. Many young people face huge challenges when they leave the system. And a disproportionate number of New York City's 17,000 kids in foster care struggle with homelessness at some point in their lives. Braced for adulthood, Shirley whose nickname is Star looks to herself for support.

My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought

From KUFM - Montana Public Radio | Part of the Notes From the Huntley Project series | 29:44

A man recalls the crazy stories his father told him, and within those stories he attempts to explain his father, which requires he explain about the peanut butter torture, discipline by prosthetic arm, and a trustworthy drunk.

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In Notes from the Huntley Projec t, Jay Kettering's comedic and thought-provoking radio series, a middle-aged man reflects on a childhood spent in small-town space-time, where love meets mysticism and adventure meets imagination.

Episode I:  My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought

In this monologue, a man recalls the crazy stories his father told him, and within those stories he attempts to explain his father, which requires he explain about the peanut butter torture, discipline by prosthetic arm, and a trustworthy drunk. After you hear the world's greatest oatmeal salesman tell the story of the turpentine miracle, you may find yourself pondering the stories you remember from your own father. This can be a very philosophical thing to do, because the stories of the father always shed light on the story of the storyteller.

My Dad and Pre-Socratic Thought was written and directed by Jay Kettering

Performed by Bernie O'Connor

Recorded by Beth Anne Austein in the studios of Montana Public Radio

Edited and produced by Chérie Newman

Episode II:  How I Learned To Tell Time

Episode III:  The Church of Pancakes

Interview with Anthony Bourdain

From KUT | 28:43

Interview with author and TV personality Anthony Bourdain on the state of American food and being a celebrity chef.

Bourdain_small After spending thirty years in the heat of the kitchen, Anthony Bourdain became famous almost overnight in 2000 with his book Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly.  Bourdain spent the next ten years eating his way around the world for two different TV shows.  And now he has written a sequel to Kitchen Confidential. It's called Medium Raw: A Bloody Valentine to the World of Food and the People Who Cook.  Anthony Bourdain was in Austin and he sat down with Nathan Bernier.

The Magic Tent. A Celebration of French Language Popular Music

From Charles Spira | 50:59

Prepare to be dazzled by the Music, Voices and Artists in this Whirlwind Tour of French Language Popular Music. This program was specially created for English Speaking Audiences. A great selection for Bastille Day, July 14.

France_departmental_map_small We like to think of French Popular Music as a colorful tent.  In the center stand srong pillars, representing the legendary artists from the 1950's.  A bit further from the center we find the pillars of the next generation of Artists. At the periphery there is constant movement.  Young artists are coming into the tent and immigrants are bringing their traditions, adapting them to the idiom of French Popular Music. You'll take a Grand Tour of this beautiful genre in less than an hour.  The commentary is in English, but you'll be surrounded by beautiful melodies and voices singing in French.  Prepare to be dazzled.  This program is perfect to mark Bastille Day.

If you enjoy this program, then you will  love the "Bonjour Chanson" Series which will bring you many hours of French Language Music.

In this program you'll hear extracts from:

Najoua Belyzel, (France), Au Feminin
Edith Piaf, (France), Cri du Coeur
Georges Brassens, (France), Les Passantes
Charles Aznavour, (France), Emmenez-moi
Jacques Brel, (Belgium), Amsterdam
Mouloudji, (France), Un Jour tu Verras
Barbara, (France), Du Bout des Levres
Charles Trenet, (France), Vous Qui Passez Sans Me Voir
Francis Cabrel, (France), La Robe et L'Echelle
Francoise Hardy, (France), Je Suis Moi
Alain Souchon, (France), Ecoutez d'Ou Ma Peine Vient
Jean-Jacques Goldman, (France), On Ira
Calogero, (France), En Apesanteur
La Grande Sophie, (France), Quelqu'un d'Autre
Renan Luce, (France), Nantes
Clarika, (France), La Venus en Caoutchouc
MC Solaar, (France), Caroline
Olivia Ruiz, (France), La Femme Chocolat
Isabelle Boulay, (Canada), Chanson Pour les Mois d'Hiver
Les Cowboys Fringants, (Canada), Les Etoiles Filantes
Lara Hurni, (Canada), Coeur Assassin
Claude Nougaro, (France), Le Coq et la Pendule

60. A Shocking Discovery

From Fred Flaxman | Part of the Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry series | 02:04

Fred Flaxman's tongue-in-cheek memoir, "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry," concludes when the author discovers he's an old man on a subway in Paris.

Sixtyslicescoverart250pixels_small The "Sixty Slices of Life ... on Wry" series of first-person essays designed for use in radio magazine programs includes only the shortest slices from the forthcoming audiobook. The print edition, put out by Story Book Publishers, is available right now for use as a membership premium for public radio and TV stations. The audiobook will be available as soon as production has been completed.