Terrascope Radio

  • Location: 77 Mass. Ave., MA

Terrascope Radio is a class developed collaboratively by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Terrascope program and the MIT program in Comparative Media Studies (CMS). It is an exploration of radio as a medium of expression and communication, particularly communication about complex environmental issues. As part of the class, teams of students produce radio programs about a place they have been studying all year.

In Terrascope, MIT freshmen study complex environmental problems in a team-based, project-oriented setting. In the fall they focus on understanding, and proposing solutions for, a particular problem. In the spring they explore ways of communicating the knowledge they have gained.

Terrascope Radio is led by Dr. Ari Epstein; teaching assistants Joellen Easton and Rekha Murthy, who played key roles in developing and teaching the class, are CMS graduate students with extensive experience in public radio.

People who work with Terrascope Radio

Joellen Easton public insight analyst, producer Long Beach, MA
Ari Epstein (Admin) Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Anna Jaffe Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Garrett Marino Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Helene Moorman Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Lisa Song Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: PRX default User image Orit Kuritsky Boston, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Siamrut Patanavanich Independent Producer Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Aubrey Samost student Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Tracey Hayse (Admin) Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Adam Bockelie (Admin) Sandy, UT
Caption: PRX default User image Yan Huang Cambridge, MA
Caption: PRX default User image Beverly Mire Assistant Director, Education Cambridge, MA
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Caption: PRX default User image Ashley Brown Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Caption: PRX default User image John Lim Cambridge, Massachusetts
Caption: PRX default User image Elise Hens Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Pieces

Credit: Stephen Rudolph
A light-hearted but serious exploration of how water is used, conserved and transported in Arizona.

Bought by YouthCast


  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 00:22:09
  • Licenses: 1
Credit: Stephen Rudolph
Tucson, Arizona, lives on water from the Colorado River, which is hundreds of miles away and half a mile downhill. This is the story of how it gets...

  • Added: Jun 08, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:36
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A postcard from Elise showing the variety of people she came across on her trip to Arizona.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:36
  • Licenses: 1
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Isn't it interesting that we all sleep, but all our beds are different?

  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:12
Reflection on the changes the desert landscape has undergone as urban expansion has leaked into the scenery.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:40
  • Licenses: 1
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Sometimes the most difficult part about college isn't the coursework, it's finding your next meal.

  • Added: May 07, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:54
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Sometimes it only takes a few sounds to convey a message.

  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:01:21
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Ashley sends an audio postcard to her classmates about her spring break in Arizona.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:16
  • Licenses: 1
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People come from all kinds of places to go to MIT, but many maintain strong feelings for the place they still call home.

  • Added: May 06, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:16
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At MIT, students' lives are dominated by numbers...

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:31
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One MIT swimmer interviews another.

  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:54
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A sound collage of a few events from spring break in Arizona.

  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:14
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Collage of people talking about where they are from.

  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:23
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A college student sends an audio postcard to her classmates about her experience in California with MIT's track and field team.

  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:22
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It's good to be home.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 00:02:39
  • Licenses: 1
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What happens when your fun becomes your responsibility?

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:10
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For some students it's not just the grades they are worried about, there's a whole other force driving them to get up before the crack of dawn.

  • Added: Apr 24, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:37
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Swinging- what could be a better way to just get away as a child?

Bought by WAMC


  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:14
  • Licenses: 1
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A college student recalls a story from her childhood in Indonesia in which a small event led to a deeper understanding of the social divisions in h...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:01
Explores deep connections among the Icelandic culture, landscape and fisheries

  • Added: Sep 16, 2008
  • Length: 00:27:28