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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 162 (4-06)

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KUT's O’Dark 30 is now in semi-prime time with more of the very best from the world of independent radio production. Sunday nights at 10 on Austin's KUT 90.5 we present 3 hours of a little bit of everything from the world of independent radio production.

Episode 162 (4-06) includes Dog's Dreams...The Penguin Goes A Courtin'...Sun Tunnels..."Home From Africa"...99% Invisible #58- Purple Reign...Alleged Illegal Searches...The Mikie Show #44, Gordon...the saddest president...KUT's Views and Brews: Duke Ellington and the Art of Invisibility

Dog's Dreams

From Jay Allison | Part of the Animals and Other Stories series | 07:42

The long relationship between man and dog

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Animals Another vintage meditation on the long relationship between man and dog. What are our dreams about each other...and our nightmares? (NOTE TO STATIONS: Be sure to frame this piece as "vintage," produced in the 1980s. While the content holds up fine, you need to note the fact that this story was made about 20 years old, so that you don't unintentionally mislead your listeners into thinking these are contemporary voices.)

The Penguin Goes A Courtin'

From Jonathan Goldstein | 03:55

Two of literature's great umbrella travelers-- The Penguin and Mary Poppins-- have dinner together in Merry Old England.

Default-piece-image-0 Before The Penguin became best known as Batman's archenemy in Gotham City, he was a boozing dandy who lived in London. The Penguin's friends all thought that if he just met the right woman, he might be inclined to settle down and avert the disastrous, alcoholic path his life appeared to be taking. His friends held a dinner party at which he was introduced to a woman they believed would make a perfect mate for him-- a singing nanny named Poppins, who, like him, traveled about by umbrella. Everyone thought the two eccentrics would get on most splendidly. Everyone, of course, was wrong.

Sun Tunnels

From Hearing Voices | Part of the Scott Carrier stories series | 07:39

Marking the solstice with concrete desert art.

Scsuntunnel_small Sun Tunnels in the Utah Desert: The summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere and the official beginning of summer, is makred by an obscure art installation called the Sun Tunnels in a very remote part of the Utah desert. Concrete drain pipes -- are aligned to channel the sun's rays at precise celestial moments.

"Home From Africa"

From Jake Warga | 20:03

A Peace Corps adventure

Painting_small Follow Jenafir into the heart of Africa and the human condition. Mixed interview and sent tapes: hear the symptoms of chronic Peace Corps Withdrawal, what village life is like, and how the hardest culture shock is coming home. Winner: Clarion Award. Society of Professionals in Journalism--MOE. Finalist: Gracie. NFCB Orig. posted Transom.org 12/01 Orig. Aired "Savvy Traveler" 1/02 HearingVoices: Woman's History Month Orig. 34min (better) version available. Contact jakesterw@yahoo.com

99% Invisible #58- Purple Reign (Director's Cut)

From Roman Mars | Part of the 99% Invisible (Director's Cut) series | 14:59

What’s the difference between what the public sees and what an architect sees when they look at a building?

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What’s the difference between what the public sees and what an architect sees when they look at a building?

The hotel on the very prominent corner of Touhy and Kilbourn Avenues in Lincolnwood, Illinois used to be the town’s most famous building: The first Hyatt hotel in all of Chicagoland, premiere accommodations, top-notch restaurant. It was swank! Roberta Flack stayed there. Barry Mannilow stayed there. Perry Como. Michael Jordon stayed there on his first night in Chicago. Every thirteen year old in the area had their bar mitzvah there.

Then, slowly, over time, it became Lincolnwood’s most infamous building. Changed hands, got seedy and run down. It was the home of the Midwest Fetish Fair and Marketplace convention. There were drug-fueled sex parties attended by shady Chicago politicians later convicted of things like extortion. And of course there was the convicted mobster Alan Dorfman, who was gunned down in the parking lot. It’s now dilapidated and empty.

But even if you know nothing about the history, everyone in the area knows this hotel.

Because it’s purple. Really, really purple.  

Gwen Macsai grew up nearby and she always thought it was really, really ugly. Lots of people did. To be fair,lots of people didn’t. But everyone has an opinion about it. 

But Gwen Macsai, host of Re:sound from the Third Coast International Audio Festival, has a secret about the Purple Hotel.

Gwen talks to the original architect of the Purple Hotel, plus WBEZ architecture critic Lee Bey, developer Jack Weiss, and the new architect, Jackie Koo, who’s looking to bring the Purple Hotel back to its former glory.

Alleged Illegal Searches

From HowSound | 21:55

Criminal justice reporter Ailsa Chang on her duPont-Columbia award winning story for WNYC.

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Ailsa Chang is relatively new to reporting and boy-oh-boy did she hit the ground running. A year or so after Ailsa began reporting for WNYC in New York City, she won an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Journalism Award for her two-part series "Alleged Illegal Searches by NYPD May Be Increasing Marijuana Arrests." In fact, Ailsa says the series was her first-ever investigative story.

On this edition of HowSound, Ailsa shares her approach to reporting the criminal justice beat in New York City. In short: make connections,  confirm everything you can, be prepared to sit for long hours in court, make more connections, and report the truth.

By the way, Ailsa recently left WNYC. You may start hearing her voice on signature NPR programs reporting on economics from New York City.

Cheers, Rob

The Mikie Show #44, Gordon

From Michael Carroll | Part of the The Mikie Show series | 28:03

This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundreds of percussion instruments, all mallets (like vibes and marimba) and is an amazing timpanist as well. We get him to bang on some stuff just to prove it. Recording? He’s played on at least 125 albums and hundreds of film scores and commercials. Then there’s the master classes around the world, touring with major orchestras and did we mention teaching at the Julliard School in NYC?
How do I follow that? By coming before it, that’s how! Yes, this episode features much more, for an incredibly low price, and if you call now… wait, where was I? Oh yes, we have a quiz and some news and there’s something going on next door, I think I’m going over there to find out what it is.
So why not click the little play arrow and head off to a land where banging on stuff is encouraged!

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This episode we speak with percussionist extraordinaire, Gordon Gottlieb. He is a world class multi-instrumentalist, and can play literally hundreds of percussion instruments, all mallets (like vibes and marimba) and is an amazing timpanist as well. We get him to bang on some stuff just to prove it. Recording? He’s played on at least 125 albums and hundreds of film scores and commercials. Then there’s the master classes around the world, touring with major orchestras and did we mention teaching at the Julliard School in NYC?

How do I follow that? By coming before it, that’s how! Yes, this episode features much more, for an incredibly low price, and if you call now… wait, where was I? Oh yes, we have a quiz and some news and there’s something going on next door, I think I’m going over there to find out what it is.

So why not click the little play arrow and head off to a land where banging on stuff is encouraged!