- Playing
- The Voice in Her Head
- From
- KUOW
Elizabeth Kenny is friendly, outgoing and quick to laugh at herself. About 10 years ago, she was even more ebullient, described by her mother as "ridiculously optimistic." Back then, she was in her early 30s, working as a bartender and generally happy. Then, one night she woke to something that sounded like radio static. She ignored it, but the sound kept up for weeks, until one night she also heard a voice: 'Elizabeth. Elizabeth!' She held out for a few more weeks before she talked back to the voice. Elizabeth shares how a series of doctors, a long list of medications and a concerned family helped her navigate the most harrowing 18 months of her life. Elizabeth Kenny talks with KUOW's Jeremy Richards.
More from KUOW
Post Trauma And The Role Of Sexual Harassment
(00:07:12)
From: KUOW
The third and final part of our series examines military sexual post truama and the role that sexual harrasment plays in miltary sex crime.
Commanding Responsibility
(00:06:47)
From: KUOW
The second part of our series examines the challanges victims face after being sexually assaulted in the military.
Renewed Efforts, Mixed Results
(00:06:23)
From: KUOW
The first segment of our series examines the challenges that military leaders face in implementing new policies aimed at reducing sex crimes in the military.
Father John Fergueson On Accepting His Darkside And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
(00:11:52)
From: KUOW
Father John Fergueson talks about becoming a priest and accepting who he was as a soldier in order to manage his post–traumatic stress disorder.
The Crane and the Straitjacket
(00:08:36)
From: KUOW
A struggling magician, struck with crippling osteoarthritis, decides to risk everything for the stunt of his life--escaping from a straitjacket while hanging from a crane ...
New Efforts To Treat Pain
(00:06:31)
From: KUOW
For troops in Iraq and Afghanistan, chronic orthopedic injuries are on the increase. They are associated with the heavy loads that soldiers are expected to carry. In the ...
Protection vs. Mobility
(00:06:21)
From: KUOW
A two-part series on the physiological effects on soldiers stemming from the heavy loads they are required to carry while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Mary Dispenza! The Gift Of Secrecy
(00:14:37)
From: KUOW
In 1992, Mary Dispenza came out of the closet. She was 56 at the time and headed the Pastoral Life Services program at the Archdiocese of Seattle. And she'd lived her life as ...
Michelle Alexander: Mass Incarceration Is The New Jim Crow
(00:49:27)
From: KUOW
More African Americans are incarcerated, on probation or on parole than were enslaved in 1850. Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander argues the mass incarceration of African ...
A Conversation with Norman Corwin: Renowned Writer and Director from Radio’s Golden Age
(00:50:01)
From: KUOW
You’re probably familiar with Jack Benny and Orsen Wells - but do you know Norman Corwin? The widely acclaimed writer, director, and producer from radio’s Golden Age turned ...
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Elizabeth Kenny is friendly, outgoing and quick to laugh at herself. About 10 years ago, she was even more ebullient, described by her mother as "ridiculously optimistic." Back then, she was in her early 30s, working as a bartender and generally happy. Then, one night she woke to something that sounded like radio static. She ignored it, but the sound kept up for weeks, until one night she also heard a voice: 'Elizabeth. Elizabeth!' She held out for a few more weeks before she talked back to the voice. Elizabeth shares how a series of doctors, a long list of medications and a concerned family helped her navigate the most harrowing 18 months of her life. Elizabeth Kenny talks with KUOW's Jeremy Richards.
Of 1 purchasers of this piece...
- 1 also bought:Letter from the Dead (00:03:19)
- 1 also bought:
Life Stories - Families: Women and Children (00:59:04) - 1 also bought:
Porkchop (00:00:30) - 1 also bought:
How to Sing the Star-Spangled Banner (00:01:32) - 1 also bought:
The Hula Lesson (00:57:26)
