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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 172 (4-16)

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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 wee bit of everything from the world of independent radio production.

Episode 172 (4-16) includes Life Stories - Friendship...Delta State from Spike Gillespie "Modest Mouse"...Life Stories - Jobs: Teaching (Educating Esme)...Thelonious Monk...Survival of an Island...Through a Chink Too Wide

Life Stories - Friendship

From Jay Allison | Part of the The Life Stories Collection series | 59:05

Five stories of friends

Lifestories These are public radio stories made over many years, by producer Jay Allison -- working together with Christina Egloff, and friends, colleagues, neighbors, strangers and whoever would take the loan of one of his tape recorders. They are are stories about life as we find it, and record it. HOST: Alex Chadwick In this hour: Baseball, Church, Kids (4:42) You're supposed to be pals with your kids. That means taking them places and doing things together, right? Carolyn: A Portrait of Race in Boston (27:05) A story about co-existing with other people, even when it's hard. It's told by Carolyn Wren Shannon from Charlestown, Massachusetts. NOTE: This piece contains the "N-word". The use is important, not trivial, and ties to the central ideas about racism in the piece. Produced with Cecilia Vaisman and WGBH Boston. Fire and Ice Cream (9:40) In 1991, when Brent was 14, he was badly burned and ended up in Children's National Medical Center's Burn Unit in Washington, DC. Ten years later he talks about love and pain. Produced with Brent Runyon The Vietnam Tapes of Lance Cpl. Michael Baronowski (20:40) In 1966, a 19-year-old marine took a reel-to reel tape recorder with him into the Vietnam War. For two months, until he was killed in action, Lance Corporal Michael Baronowski made 3-inch open reel tapes of his friends, of life in foxholes, of combat. Thirty-four years later, his friend and comrade Tim Duffie found those tapes. Produced for Lost & Found Sound. Lead producer, Christina Egloff.

Life Stories - Jobs: Teaching ("Educating Esme')

From Jay Allison | Part of the The Life Stories Collection series | 59:03

The Diary of a First Year Teacher, "Educating Esme." One hour of a five-hour series of first-person portraits.

Lifestories These are public radio stories made over many years, by producer Jay Allison -- working together with Christina Egloff, and friends, colleagues, neighbors, strangers and whoever would take the loan of one of his tape recorders. They are are stories about life as we find it, and record it. HOST: Alex Chadwick In this hour: "Educating Esme" - A teacher's diary. During her first year teaching fifth grade in a Chicago public school, Esme kept a journal, from which this program is made. Produced with Esme Codell and WBEZ Chicago. ============= WEB RESOURCES: Here's link to the Amazon pages for the book which arose from this radio piece. Photos are available here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1565122798/qid=1069422332/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_2/002-2452291-4346418?v=glance&n=507846 The piece itself can be downloaded from Audible.com http://www.audible.com/adbl/store/CJProduct.jsp?productID=RT_JAYA_000002&AID=10273919&PID=1377218 Esme Codell has written other books since, like a guide Children's literature, all of which can be found at online bookstores, etc. Googling her name will turn up other stuff, like this interview from Teacher's net: http://teachers.net/archive/codell.html

Thelonious Monk

From KUT | Part of the KUTX Liner Notes series | 02:30

Thelonious Monk was an original voice in the shaping the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue to confound and resound decades after their inception. In this short feature, Rabbi, historian and jazz musician Neil Blumofe explores how the idiosyncratic nature, presence and genius of Thelonious Monk can influence our perspective on how to develop and maintain creativity and authenticity amidst the unique challenges of our time.

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Imagesmonk_small Thelonious Monk was an original voice in the shaping the sound of American music. Both his compositions and his inimitable piano playing continue to confound and resound decades after their inception. In this short feature, Rabbi, historian and jazz musician Neil Blumofe explores how the idiosyncratic nature, presence and genius of Thelonious Monk can influence our perspective on how to develop and maintain creativity and authenticity amidst the unique challenges of our time.

Survival of an Island

From Documentary on One - RTE, Ireland | 39:35

On Arranmore - one of the few inhabited islands off the Donegal coast - fishing has sustained a population for generations. Now, as the fishing industry there collapses under EU and Irish fishing laws, with it goes the life and community of the island.

Survival_of_an_island_small On Arranmore - one of the few inhabited islands off the Donegal coast - fishing has sustained a population for generations. Now, as the fishing industry there collapses under EU and Irish fishing laws, with it goes the life and community of the island.