Ann Heppermann

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  • Username: annheppermann
  • Founder of The Sarah Awards
  • Role: Listener

Recent Pieces from Ann Heppermann

Caption: Robert Kennedy with migrant workers

HV035- 1968: Summer of Hate (54:00)
From: Hearing Voices

It's another presidential election year; the American people are deeply divided and deeply entrenched in another unpopular war. The topic is not 2008, but 1968. If 1967 was ...
Caption: Mexico - Railroad scenes: Train crossing bridge at Crucitas, Credit: Photo by W.H. Jackson

HV043- Go By Train (54:00)
From: Hearing Voices

Musician Calvin Johnson (Beat Happening, K Records) hosts train tales: An existential interaction with an automated Amtrak voice. The Kronos Quartet plays Steve Reich's ...
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Serendipity: The Winners of the First Annual Sarah Awards (59:00)
From: KCRW's Independent Producer Project

KCRW presents a special one-hour edition of Serendipity, the podcast of the Sarah Lawrence College International Audio Fiction Awards. This broadcast celebrates the winners ...
Caption: Merry Pranksters on the bus; photo from Zane Kesey, Credit: Zane Kesey

HV113- Hippies (54:00)
From: Hearing Voices

Tuned in and turned on: Interviews with Merry Pranksters (Carolyn Garcia and George Walker). The Beautiful People remixes Jimi Hendrix. Johhny Depp conjures Hunter S ...
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99% Invisible #117- Clean Trains (Standard 4:30 version) (04:29)
From: Roman Mars

There's still graffiti on the New York City subway. We can't see it.
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Barry White on Making Love (05:15)
From: Blank on Blank

"When a man's making love, the last thing he thinks about is war" - Barry White. A lost interview with Joe Smith. April 3, 1987, Los Angeles. Recorded during the writing of ...
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Princess Grace on JFK (06:21)
From: Blank on Blank

"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you’re wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President! However did you know?'"
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The Price of Admission: A Musical Biography of Florence Beatrice Price (59:00)
From: WQXR

Florence Beatrice Price wrote more than 300 musical compositions. Some of her works have been lost, others are unpublished, and some of piano and vocal music is still being ...
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HV030- Nine to Five (54:00)
From: Hearing Voices

For Labor Day: The work we do, from Wall Street traders to taxi cab drivers. People who work with brassieres, with dead bodies, and off-the-books in an underground economy. A ...