The Transom Radio Hour - Conversing with Our Elders

Part of Series The Transom Radio Hour Series
Length 53:00
Licensor Atlantic Public Media
Producer(s) Pejk Melinovski with Viki Merrick
Formats Documentary, Interview, Special
Topics Instructional, Media, Senior
Produced July, 2006
Added to PRX July 13, 2006
 

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Summary:

One of 6 hour-long programs on the art and craft of radio with host Jay Allison, creator of the website Transom.org. This hour focuses on talking to our elders with special guest David Greenberger.

Website:

http://www.duplexplanet.com

Additional Credits and Funding:

Producers, Pejk Malinovski with Viki Merrick. Host, Jay Allison. Production assistance from Emily Sapienza and the staff of Atlantic Public Media in Woods Hole Massachusetts, including Helen Woodward and Sydney Lewis. Thanks to the Cape and Island NPR stations. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts which believes that a great nation deserves great art, and by the Ford Foundation.

Tones:

Informational, Thoughtful

Language:

English

Description:

This hour (newscast compatible) has artist David Greenberger (Duplex Planet) in conversation with host Jay Allison discussing the ways of conversing and recording our elders. Works include excerpts from Greenberger's work as well as Transom pieces Jimmy and Jewel produced by Jason Rayles and from WNYC Radio Rookie Katie Bulnes: Esther and Abuelita.

The Transom Radio Hour grows out of the web site Transom.org which is devoted to the art and practise of public radio. It's the first and only stand-alone website ever to win the Peabody Award. It's an open master class for story-telling in sound. Like the site, the radio series has a practical and instructional tone, encouraging people to do it themselves.