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Playlist: Summertime

Compiled By: PRX Editors

Curated Playlist

Listen in the sun.

Below are picks chosen by PRX editorial staff. You can see all potential summertime pieces by using our search.

For summer-themed pieces from great youth producers, check out Sounds of Summer: Youth Radio.

Hour (49:00-1:00:00)

Music Mountain 2017 Concerts (Series)

Produced by Music Mountain

A series of 16 concerts performed in 2017 at Music Mountain in Falls Village Connecticut.

Most recent piece in this series:

Music Mountain 2017 #16

From Music Mountain | Part of the Music Mountain 2017 Concerts series | 01:55:57

Default-piece-image-2 Peter Serkin and Anna Polonsky, in a concert of chamber music for piano 4 hands:

-Bach: Chorale preludes In Dir Ist Freude (BWV 615)in G major followed by Wenn Wir In Hochsten Noten Sein (BWV 641) in G major [8:12]
-Beethoven: 3 Marches, Op. 45: March No.1 in C Major, March No.2 in E flat major, and March No.3 in D major.  [17:39]
-Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52a [25:42]
-Schubert: Allegro in A Minor (“Lebensstürme”), D. 947 
 and Schubert: Andantino varié in B Minor, D. 823 [13:47]
-Schubert: Rondo in A Major, D. 951 [11:48]
-FIRST HISTORIC ENCORE: Mendelssohn String Quartet in A Major Opus 13 Performed by The Da Ponte String Quartet  [29:51]
-SECOND HISTORIC ENCORE: Schumann: String Quartet in A Minor, Opus 41 #1 Performed by The Da Ponte String Quartet  (partial) [9:00]

Nerdette's Summer Homework Special

From WBEZ | Part of the Nerdette series | 54:00

School may be out for the summer, but the overambitious among us still like to accomplish tasks. That’s where we come in, with a homework-filled special holiday episode. Guests on Nerdette always assign listeners homework, and we’ve compiled the BEST OF THE BEST into this hour-long Nerdette summer homework special. Megastar Tom Hanks, "Jane the Virgin's" Jaime Camil, and inspirational yoga instructor Jessamyn Stanley stop by for chats, and fun homework assignments.

** FULL SHOW POSTS JUNE 26, 2017 - GOOD FOR HOLIDAY, OR ANYTIME DURING HE SUMMER **

Nerdette_hw_special_logo-1000_width_small School may be out for the summer, but the overambitious among us still like to accomplish tasks. That’s where we come in, with a homework-filled special holiday episode.

Guests on Nerdette always assign listeners homework, and we’ve compiled the BEST OF THE BEST into this hour-long Nerdette summer homework special. Actor Tom Hanks talks typewriters, Jane the Virgin actor Jaime Camil recommends a show about aliens, and Jessamyn Stanley explains why yoga is meant for all body types. We’ll also hear from Wait Wait … Don’t Tell Me’s Peter Sagal, space doctor Sheyna Gifford and astronomer Jill Tarter. Do your homework!

FULL SHOW AVAILABLE NOW -- GOOD FOR JULY 4 HOLIDAY, OR ANYTIME DURING THE SUMMER 

2017 Re:sound Specials from the Third Coast Audio Festival (Series)

Produced by Third Coast International Audio Festival

Presenting! Season 4 of Re:sound from the sonic hunter-gatherers at Third Coast International Audio Festival.

Most recent piece in this series:

Re:sound — The Sonic Wanders Show

From Third Coast International Audio Festival | Part of the 2017 Re:sound Specials from the Third Coast Audio Festival series | 59:00

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This hour we're going on three soundwalks that meander at the pace of real life.

4700 Liberty Heights Avenue [EXCERPT] by Aaron Henkin & Wendel Patrick (Out of the BlocksWYPR, 2015) 
The 4700 block of Liberty Heights Avenue is a portrait of survival and adaptability. It's a self-governed, informal economy where the currency is respect. Space is shared by merchants, churches, longtime residents, and drug dealers. Immigrants from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, West Africa, and Korea have set up shops alongside a dwindling number of African American-owned businesses. Trust is earned here, not given lightly.

Meet Me At the Cemetery Gates [EXCERPT] by Susanna Grant & Jo Morris (Shuffle Festival, 2015) 
Neglected for years, Tower Hamlets Cemetery Park is a registered charity mainly run by volunteers. Originally one of London’s Magnificent Seven cemeteries, it stretches for 31 acres and is the city's largest urban woodland. From cemetery to nature reserve, the park mirrors the East End’s long history of providing a refuge and haven for (im)migrants. We meet those who played there long ago, Serbian foragers, bird-watchers and to children who visit the park now, who all create a portrait of this bewitching space.

Shaktoolik Soundwalk [EXCERPT] by Josie Holtzman, Isaac Kestenbaum & Joaqlin Estus (Frontier of Change for KNBA and Localore: Finding America from AIR Media, 2016) 
The village of Shaktoolik, Alaska, is 400 miles from Anchorage, on a spit of land between the Bering Sea and the Tagoomenik River. Climate change threatens to wash the village away within the next few decades. But what's it like to live there? This immersive audio tour will transport you to Shaktloolik. You'll walk the length of the village, go into homes, and meet a few of the people who live there.

This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk

Southern Slices: Summer Institute Stories from CDS

From The Center for Documentary Studies | 54:00

Radio-making isn't just for professionals. Every summer, several dozen people from across the country converge on the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University to learn the skills of audio documentary work -- recording, shaping and crafting a piece, and mixing it on the computer. From Center for Documentary Studies.

P1020775_small Radio-making isn't just for professionals. Every summer, several dozen people from across the country converge on the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University to learn the skills of audio documentary work -- recording, shaping and crafting a piece, and mixing it on the computer. They get guidance and inspiration from seasoned producers. (They also tend to eat good barbecue and see a Durham Bulls baseball game.) This show pulls together seven of the best works made by those students -- many of them first-time producers. "Southern Slices" is hosted by CDS audio program director John Biewen.

Walking Across America ~ Advice for a Young Man

From Atlantic Public Media | Part of the The Transom Radio Specials series | 53:57

Andrew Forsthoefel set out at age 23 to walk across America, East to West, 4000 miles, with a sign on him that said, "Walking to Listen". This hour, co-produced with Jay Allison, tracks his epic journey. It's a coming of age story, and a portrait of this country - big-hearted, wild, innocent, and wise.

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From Andrew Forsthoefel:

I decided to walk across the country for several reasons. Producing an hour-long radio essay about it was not one of them. When I left home, I had no idea what would become of the tape I hoped to record.

At the beginning of the walk, I thought it would be a good idea to have a focus question for the interviews. The question was about transformation. What does it mean to you and when have you experienced it? I was at a transformative time in my own life, so that question seemed right.

I quickly abandoned the idea, though. It seemed too contrived or constraining. Instead, I just started talking to people about their lives and, sometimes, what their lives had taught them. I’d ask people about the idea of home, aloneness, family, love, death; all sorts of stuff.

I thought people would be resistant to being interviewed. Not so. The vast majority wanted to be heard, and they didn’t mind the recorder. Nearly every time, they had something they wanted to share.  I was wearing a sign that said “Walking to Listen,” and there was no shortage of people to listen to.

Support for this work comes from National Endowment for the Arts and the Transom Donor Fund:


                                                 

Sound Opinions Presents: 1967 – Rock & Roll Comes of Age

From Sound Opinions | Part of the Sound Opinions Specials series | 59:00

Free to all stations. This summer marks 45 years since the Monterey International Pop Festival (June 16-18) -- a coming out party for Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, and Otis Redding.

Join Sound Opinions hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot as they remember the festival and explore landmark releases by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Love, and the Velvet Underground.

1967_logo_square_small If rock and roll was born in the 1950s, then by 1967-for better or worse-it had grown up. Sound Opinions celebrates this influential year in a one hour special: 1967: Rock & Roll Comes of Age.  Perhaps no year saw more pivotal changes that continue to resonate today. 1967 was the year that the recording studio as an instrument changed the way music is created; that the album as a united concept changed the way it is heard; that the festival experience remade the way music is celebrated live. Pop music became big business.

Tune in as Sound Opinions hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot explore landmark releases by The Beatles, Pink Floyd, Love and the Velvet Underground. Out went the teen-driven single...in came the album as art. They also look back at the historic Monterey International Pop Festival-a coming out party for Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Otis Redding that said to the world, "Rock and roll is here to stay." It's two renowned critics talking about one of the most important years in music. Guests include Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman, British invasion producer Joe Boyd and Monterey historian Harvey Kubernick.

So whether you are a casual music fan who remembers this era fondly, or an underground maven who wants to understand where it all started, join us for 1967: Rock & Roll Comes of Age.

This Sound Opinions EVERGREEN special is available free to all stations with current PRX memberships, even if they aren't signed up to get the show weekly. Learn how to get the show weekly at prx.org/soundopinions.


Fastest On Earth Hour Long Program

From Spectrum Radio | Part of the Fastest On Earth series | 59:03

In time for the summer Olympics, Spectrum Radio takes listeners around the globe to find the fastest things on earth.

Ieee Olympic Gold Medal winner and world record holder Usain "Lightning" Bolt is the fastest human on Earth, but what's the fastest fish?  Fastest car?  Fastest train? As a prelude to this summer's Olympic Games, IEEE Spectrum Radio takes your listeners around the globe to find the fastest on earth.

WVR - Show 342 (One Hour) - Vacation Getaway Special

From World Vision Report | Part of the World Vision Report - Weekly One Hour series | 58:59

Summer tourism with a twist. In Nepal, we follow a street vendor who sells an exotic musical instrument to support his wife and four children. If you’re in Shanghai this summer be sure to go see “Peasant DaVincis.” That’s an art exhibit of robots made by farmers.
And we discuss “poverty tourism” -- tours through slums to see and experience how people live in much of the developing world.

Wvus_podcast_logo_300x300-upd-font_small 0:00 - 0:59 - Billboard
1:00 - 5:59 - No Audio
6:00 - 6:29 - Music Bed

Segment A
6:30 - Sarangi Seller
10:12 - Peasant DaVincis
14:51 - Poverty Tourism

19:00 - 19:59 - Music Bed

Segment B
20:00 - Poverty Tourism (continued)
29:46 - Sterotypes
33:14 - Ackee and Saltfish

39:00 - 39:59 - Music Bed

Segment C
40:00 - No More Water
46:50 - Global Guru
49:39 - New Delhi Tour Guide
55:56 - Buying a Camel

58:59 - End

HV011- Road Trip

From Hearing Voices | Part of the Hearing Voices series | 54:00

Host Larry Massett spends a "Long Day on the Road" with ex-KGB in the Republic of Georgia. Scott Carrier starts in Salt Lake and ends on the Atlantic in this cross-country "Hitchhike." Lemon Jelly adds beats to the life of a "Ramblin' Man." The band Richmond Fontaine sends musical postcards from the flight of "Walter On the Lam." And Mark Allen tells a tale of a tryst with a "Kinko's Crackhead. From Hearing Voices.

011roadtrip200_small This is an episode in the series Hearing Voices from NPR now being offered as a standalone special.

Host: Larry Massett of Hearing Voices

Summary: Host Larry Massett spends a "Long Day on the Road" with ex-KGB in the Republic of Georgia. Scott Carrier starts in Salt Lake and ends on the Atlantic in this cross-country "Hitchhike." Lemon Jelly adds beats to the life of a "Ramblin' Man." The band Richmond Fontaine sends musical postcards from the flight of "Walter On the Lam." And Mark Allen tells a tale of a tryst with a "Kinko's Crackhead."

Listener info and links:
http://hearingvoices.com/news/2009/05/hv011-road-trip/

0:15 On-Air Promo Text: This week on Hearing Voices: "Road Trip," Travelers’ Tales, it's a Road Trip, with ex-KGB in the Republic of Georgia, and a cross-county hitchhike.


Half-Hour (24:00-30:00)

The Bike Ride of '76

From Hugh Duncan | 27:45

Two young children and their dad try to bike across the country before the Fourth of July.

The_bike_ride_of_76_small Midway through his career, a college professor decided to act on his lifelong desire to take a grand adventure.  His plans became more complex when his two young children joined him.  While trying to meet a summer deadline, they discovered some interesting things about family, freedom and the Fourth of July.

Summer Camp

From Helen Borten | Part of the A Sense of Place series | 29:03

From the mouths of kids and the memories of grownups comes a rambunctious portrait of a peculiarly American institution. From Helen Borten.

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Fly Fishing in Montana

From Helen Borten | Part of the A Sense of Place series | 30:01

The producer takes lessons from one of Montana's legendary fly fishers and in the process visits the towns, streams, history and indoor watering places (saloons), hears whopping fish stories and catches a trout in the Land of the Big Sky. From Helen Borten.

Helen_s_portrait_small The producer takes lessons from one of Montana's legendary fly fishers and in the process visits the towns, streams, history and indoor watering places (saloons), hears whopping fish stories and catches a trout in the Land of the Big Sky.

The piece is 29:00 with a minute of silence on the end that can be removed for air.


Segments (9:00-23:59)

Mini-sode 3: Dr. Thaller Helps You Prep for The Eclipse

From PRX | Part of the Orbital Path series | 11:16

The big one is coming! That is, the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21. Dr. Thaller shares her wisdom on how best to view the eclipse and its larger implications for science.

Orbitalpath-500_small The big one is coming! That is, the total solar eclipse of Aug. 21. Dr. Thaller shares her wisdom on how best to view the eclipse and its larger implications for science.

21: Mortified's Summer Camp Spectacular!

From The Mortified Podcast | 22:30

In honor of Independence Day, this special episode features two tales of kids getting their first taste of freedom from mom and dad at sleepaway camp.

21_mortified_s_summer_camp_spectacular_thumb_prx_small In honor of Independence Day, this special episode features two tales of kids getting their first taste of freedom from mom and dad at sleepaway camp.  Learn more about Mortified at getmortified.com.  Proud member of Radiotopia from PRX.

B-Side: Summer Fun

From B-Side Radio | 23:00

A cure for the dog days of summer, this edition of B-Side bring you the best of the season of watermelon and warm nights. From B-Side Radio.

Rob_vacation_small Nothing says summer like a daytime baseball game in the middle of the week. On this edition of B-Side, Tamara Keith goes to an A's game with friends. We explore summer love, summer camp, the air conditioner repair business and one very long road trip. Liner Notes "Summer Lovin'" Shawn Wen: You've seen it in a million teen movies and TV specials. In fact, you've probably been there before. A few times. Now, B-Side Producer Shawn Wen takes a look back. As far back as the 8th grade. To tell the story of her string of summer romances. "Camp Winnarainbow" Tamara Keith: Wavy Gravy famously said at Woodstock: ?What we have in mind is breakfast in bed for 400,000!" He was also the guy who warned Woodstock attendees not to use the brown acid because it was bad. Has been operating a summer camp called camp Winnarainbow since 1974. "AC Repairman" Rene Gutel: Next we have a story about the unsung heroes of summer. We're talking about air conditioner repairmen. You don't think of them until your A/C unit breaks and the temperature in your house keeps on rising. The hottest city in the country to be an A/C tech has to be Phoenix, Arizona. B-Side's Rene Gutel went out the rounds one recent morning with an A/C serviceman to learn more about the job. "Cross Country in a Minivan" Tamara Keith: This story is about the ultimate family vacation ? a cross-country drive in a minivan. When Tamara Keith was 15 her family drove thousands of miles, through 32 states ? on a quest to discover America. At the time, Tamara was a columnist for the local newspaper in the small California farm town where they lived.

The Loneliest Creature on Earth

From Lilly Sullivan | 11:41

Whales are highly social and usually travel in groups. So when scientists discovered a whale that seems to swim alone, they were surprised. The whale calls out regularly. And, to our knowledge, no other whales respond. Some people have taken to calling him “the loneliest creature on earth.” Scientists call him “52 Hertz.” Lilly Sullivan produced this piece as part of the Transom Story Workshop.

Tumblr_m8geldtn1o1ra496po3_1280_copy_small In 1989, Naval stations on the Pacific coast picked up unidentifiable sounds in the ocean. At first they thought it might be a submarine. Listening more closely, they realized it was a whale. This whale’s song, however, was completely different from any other whale song they’d ever heard. This whale vocalized at a different frequency altogether. Whales are highly social creatures, and they use sound to communicate. But when this whale calls out, he never gets a response. Scientists theorize that he’s unable to hear, or be heard by, other whales.

Year after year, he swims alone. To a whale, sound is everything. They use it to navigate, find food, and communicate. While most species follow a predictable path with their pods, this whale’s path changes each season. He always seems to be alone, but he continues to call out regularly. Great whales live almost 100 years, so people call him “the loneliest creature on the earth.

Joseph George was part of the team that tracked this whale for thirteen years. Just recently, Joe has decided to start looking for the whale again.

Lilly Sullivan produced this piece as part of the Transom Story Workshop.


Cutaways (5:00-8:59)

Too Colored for Cancer?

From Syracuse University Broadcast Journalism | 05:27

This piece dives into the stigma that black people can not get skin cancer due to the melanin in their skin. This stigma has caused the death rate to increase for minority melanoma patients because of late detection. There is now more research and awareness being put out about colored skin to ensure people of color can enjoy the sun and be safe this summer.

Default-piece-image-2 This piece dives into the stigma that black people can not get skin cancer due to the melanin in their skin. This stigma has caused the death rate to increase for minority melanoma patients because of late detection. There is now more research and awareness being put out about colored skin to ensure people of color can enjoy the sun and be safe this summer.

A Canadian Vacation

From Justin Bull | 08:56

If the United States were embroiled in a third world war and the American public learned that Barack Obama were taking eight days off in the middle of the crisis to fish for Northern Pike in rural Ontario, we might be a bit taken aback, no?

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Seventy-two years ago – in the middle of World War II – President Franklin Delano Roosevelt traveled to the Canadian side of Lake Huron for an eight-day fishing trip. 

From a contextual perspective, the timing of Roosevelt’s vacation is curious on first glance. In August 1943, the Allied forces were one month into their first invasion of European Axis territory. Adolf Hitler was diverting forces from his attack on Kursk to defend Sicily and the Italian mainland from British General Bernard Montgomery and American Lieutenant General George Patton.

Graeme S. Mount, a retired professor of history at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, was commissioned to investigate the President’s vacation in 1999. Why? Because one of his former students had heard rumors: rumors that this was no ordinary fishing trip, rumors that Roosevelt was actually visiting Winston Churchill, rumors that Roosevelt was actually visiting his mistress with an assist from the Canucks. 

Graeme explains what he found in his investigation. And we learn why a few more trips to the Great White North might have helped Roosevelt see the end of World War II. 

The Potato Ball Caper

From Long Haul Productions | 07:46

On August 31, 1987, one of baseball's most peculiar plays took place in the minor leagues in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was a variation of the age-old hidden ball trick, except it involved a hidden potato. In this story, we hear from the man responsible for the play and two people who witnessed it.

Potatoball_small On August 31, 1987, one of baseball's most peculiar plays took place in the minor leagues in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. It was a variation of the age-old hidden ball trick, except it involved a hidden potato. In this story, from producer Dan Collison, we hear from the man responsible for the play and two people who witnessed it. The Potato Ball Caper was orignially broadcast in 2002.

Rennies

From Julia Barton | 05:00

Renaissance festivals are olden, but they're also getting old. Many of the velvet-costumed, jousting, and sword-wielding performers at these festivals are now pushing 50. What happens as they get older? Producer Julia Barton, the daughter of "Rennies" herself, visits a Ren Faire outside Dallas to find out.

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Funtown

From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 06:50

Funtown/Splashtown USA is the largest family-run amusement park in the Northeast. Half a million people visit the park in Saco, Maine every summer.

Dsc_8754_small But it's only a select few that see behind the scenes after the park closes.

Boredom

From KBOO Youth Collective | 07:15

A summer day gone wrong.

Default-piece-image-1 Braodcast on the "Summer" themed show of The Underground, the KBOO youth collective's monthly public affairs show. Broadcast initailly August 25, 2004, on KBOO Portland OR.

Mud

From Hans Anderson | 08:47

Jake and Camille search the mud for lost treasure every day each summer until a life-changing moment. From Hans Anderson.

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Mockumentary1s_small Jake and Camille search the mud for lost treasure every day each summer until a life-changing moment.


Drop-Ins (2:00-4:59)

The Man You Can't Ignore

From A. Randall Wenner | 02:47

He survives by his ability to entertain you -- a profile of a longtime weight-guesser along the boardwalk at Ocean City, Maryland.

Oceancity_small This audio-rich, trackless piece brings back the memories of walking the boardwalk on vacation. Around every corner there's someone who is trying to entice you to let him or her guess your weight. To draw a crowd, they have to entertain -- but to stay in business, they have to be good at what they do. This longtime boardwalk weight guesser tells us what it's like to do his job -- and it's harder than you might think.

Be Whatever You Want

From Sara Brooke Curtis | 05:00

On a hot summer afternoon three ten year old kids push around a soccer ball style sorbet maker and concoct elaborate stories to make their mundane task more interesting. Immerse yourself in the playful, imaginative, and humorous logic of young friends.

Img_1211_small On a hot summer afternoon three ten year old kids push around a soccer ball style sorbet maker and concoct elaborate stories to make their mundane task more interesting. Immerse yourself in the playful, imaginative, and humorous logic of young friends.

Record Bin Roulette - The Long Hot Summer

From John Kessler | 03:41

A weekly musical excavation of rarities, classics & oddities, this week it's songs about Summertime with Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Baz Luhrman and a special appearance by Mrs. Miller.

Flipflop_small A weekly musical excavation of rarities, classics & oddities, this week it's songs about Summertime with Marilyn Monroe, Janis Joplin, Baz Luhrman and a special appearance by Mrs. Miller.

Baking Christmas in August

From Sarah Elzas | 03:39

Explore the pastry kitchens of the Grande Epicerie de Paris in August, where — with the help of giant industrial freezers — pastry chefs prepare Christmas pastries in the heat of summer.

Christmaspastries_square_small Walk into any pastry shop in Paris in August (if you can find one open!), and you will see fresh summer fruit tarts. But behind the scenes, the chefs are thinking ahead to the busy Christmas season. This piece explores the pastry kitchens of the Grande Epicerie de Paris in August, where - with the help of giant industrial freezers - pastry chefs prepare Christmas pastries in the heat of summer.

Summer With Kara and the Swing

From Dmae Lo Roberts | 04:04

A courageous grandmother near Witchita, Kansas, with humor and sensitivity goes in quest of a swing set so her severely disabled eight-year-old granddaughter can enjoy the outdoors. From Dmae Roberts.

Kara_small A courageous grandmother near Witchita, Kansas, with humor and sensitivity goes in quest of a swing set so her severely disabled eight-year-old granddaughter can enjoy the outdoors. This piece is written and told by Gayle Montanez for Stories1st.org.

Dead of Summer and other poems.

From Marjorie Van Halteren | 09:15

A poem about summer from Marjorie Van Halteren.

Columbus_circle_2_small This is actually a series of short poems, written and produced by Marjorie Van Halteren with Louis Giansante and NY IPS.

They range in length from 2 minutes to 2:40.

They may be licensed separately. 

Summer Jobs

From Alaska Teen Media Institute | 02:41

One teen looks into options for summer jobs. From Alaska Teen Media Institute.

Default-piece-image-0 ATMI reporter Sara Perman got to wonder how other kids get their summer jobs. She soon found out it's often who you know rather than what you know, even when you're a teenager.

Hip Hop Hamlet at 75th season of OSF

From Dmae Lo Roberts | 04:55

Oregon Shakespeare Festival kicks off its 75th season with a fresh take on Hamlet.

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One of the largest regional theatres in the country is located in a small college town. The Tony-award-winning Oregon Shakespeare Festival started off as outdoor summer theatre back in 1935. Now its budget hovers around $27 million dollars. And while nonprofit theatres struggle in hard times, OSF finished last season in the black. Dmae Roberts talked with Artistic Director Bill Rauch, Actor Anthony Heald, Exeuctive Director Paul Nicholson and several theatre-goers about what makes this theatre company a success. This piece features a modern "Hamlet" with a hip hop beat.

This 5 minute piece originally aired on NPR's Sunday Edition. 

Hip-Hop Summer Camp

From Next Generation Radio | Part of the NPR's Next Generation Radio series | 04:08

Jenee Darden reports on the hip-hop leadership camp, which is a free summer program where kids learn the business side of the hip-hop industry. From Next Generation Radio.

Jenee_small Jenee Darden reports on the hip-hop leadership camp, which is a free summer program where kids learn the business side of the hip-hop industry.


Interstitials (Under 2:00)

American Robin Babies Afoot

From Bird Note | 01:45

After hatching, baby robins spend up to 15 days in the nest. By July, many young American Robins have left the nest, or fledged. But they aren't ready to make it entirely on their own yet, and follow their parents around, learning to fend for themselves. Outside of the breeding season, robins tend to form large flocks, often feeding on berries and fruits.

American-robin-baby-carmen-elliott-285_small Written by Frances Wood

This is BirdNote!

[American Robin summer song]

We’ve been hearing this cheery song since spring, sometimes as early as 4AM. It’s the American Robin.  [American Robin song]

The brick-red breast and brown back are a familiar sight, as the robin sings from the top of a tree or searches for worms on the lawn. But have you recently noticed a similar-sized bird with a boldly spotted breast, hopping along with the robins? Most likely this, too, is a robin — a juvenile bird.

Baby robins hatch blind, featherless, and helpless. They spend up to fifteen days in the nest gaining size, growing feathers, and preparing for the world outside the nest. By July, many young robins have left the nest, or fledged. But they aren’t ready to make it entirely on their own, so they follow their parents around while they learn to fend for themselves. At this time of year, you might see a parent robin yank a worm from the grass, hop over, and feed it to the juvenile.

The young birds aren’t singing yet, but the American Robin parents still find time to fill the air with their cheery song. [American Robin song]

This sound and others are provided by The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. I’m Mary McCann.

Summer on 64th

From Curie Youth Radio | 01:58

Tonette sends an audio postcard from her favorite Chicago block: we eavesdrop on the guys at the corner, see Ms. P come out onto her porch, and hear the birds announce summer's arrival. From Curie Youth Radio.

Default-piece-image-2 Tonette shows us snapshots of the neighborhood, from the new "spying cameras" on the streetlamps to the guys on the corner, guarding a vacant lot. This is one of Tonette's favorite places to hang out during the summer. This piece was broadcast on "Eight Forty-Eight" on WBEZ 91.5 on July 5, 2005.