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Playlist: O'Dark 30 episode 13

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O’Dark 30 is an exploration of the world of independent radio production. It airs Sundays at midnight on KUT 90.5 Austin. Every week we present 3 hours of a little bit of everything from the world of independent radio production It's audio that deserves an audience.

Episode 13 pieces include Spring Skiing...The Rocks at Rock Bottom...StoryCorps Griot: Special Program...Linn Roath: Audio Portrait of a Piano Tuner...Don't Drive Like My Brother...lost pigeons...Snap Judgement: Something Ain't Right...Hairdressers of New York City...Snakes...Cemetery Expedition...Gentrification on Logan Circle...StoryCorps Griot: Nzingha Masani...This I Believe--Sarah Adams...Consider Amsu

Spring Skiing

From Hearing Voices | Part of the Scott Carrier stories series | 00:03:58

A day of spring skiing in the Wasatch Range.

The Rocks at Rock Bottom

From Hillary Frank | 00:09:30

The story of a man who hits rock bottom when he's surrounded by a whole lot of rocks -- and how he uses those rocks to get over heartbreak.

StoryCorps Griot: Special Program

From StoryCorps | 00:28:28

StoryCorps Griot records the voices, experiences and life stories of African Americans.

Don't Drive Like My Brother

From Jonathan Menjivar | 00:15:10

The story of one man in desperate need of a job.

lost pigeons

From Nate DiMeo | Part of the the memory palace series | 00:02:54

in which the passenger pigeon dwindles from 5 billion strong in the first quarter of the 19th Century down to one lonely widow in the Cincinnati Zoo in less than a hundred years.

Hairdressers of New York City

From Laura Spero | 00:03:07

Hairdressers in New York City describe how things look from behind the chair

Snakes

From Jay Allison | Part of the Animals and Other Stories series | 00:11:04

The worth, or worthlessness, of the legless reptile

Cemetery Expedition

From Jake Warga | 00:04:04

Walking around a cemetery at night

Gentrification on Logan Circle

From Big Shed Audio | 00:18:56

Profile of a DC neighborhood in transition by 8th grade students and teachers from The Cesar Chavez Public Charter School in Washington, DC.

StoryCorps Griot: Nzingha Masani

From StoryCorps | Part of the StoryCorps series | 00:02:02

Nzingha (in-ZING-ah) Masani (MOE-tee-Sah-la) tells her friend, Noah Hairston, about receiving her name at an African naming ceremony.

This I Believe - Sarah Adams

From This I Believe | 00:03:29

Sarah Adams shares four reasons why she believes it?s good to be cool to the pizza delivery dude.

Consider Amsu

From Imakhu Shekemet | Part of the Wednesday's African Child: Goth Tales of My Black People series | 00:05:00

Imakhu's hilarious version of an ancient Egyptian story about the hapless god named "Amsu."