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Playlist: Vox Pops (J Term)

Compiled By: Allison Swaim

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I Wish

From Samantha Broun | 07:31

"I Wish" is an audio collage of people's aspirations and longings.

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I Wish
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I_wish_small I Wish. Last June I made a deal with myself – to stop talking about my interest in audio pieces and to start making them. “I Wish” is my first audio piece. “I Wish” is part audio, part mail art. It was inspired by a call for a mail art show a friend of mine put together, the theme of which was “Wishing Machine.” My idea was to collaborate with people - through the mail – by asking them to record responses to the question, “What do you wish for?” I started by making five pieces of mail art, each of which included a mini disc, an invitation to collect wishes and a small card with prompts on it. I sent these “I Wish” packets out to five people - who I knew to varying degrees - across the country. Three out of the five people sent their mini discs back to me filled with the wishes they had gathered. I used their wishes, along with those I had collected, to create “I Wish” - an audio collage of aspirations and longings. The music. I used three different pieces of music to accompany the wishes. The first piece, “Deep Purple,” is from an obscure album called “Travelin Light – Cookin’ with Frank and Sam.” It’s an album of tuba and guitar duets. Who would have known? I like the mood it sets. The second piece, called “A Wish,” is by Nubian artist Hamza El Din. The song is his wish for the return of his childhood village which was submerged - for political reasons - under water. The last piece of music is the great Aretha Franklin singing, “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.” This recording is from her “First 12 Sides” album. She was barely eighteen years old when she recorded it.
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Pink

From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 05:13

Pink. We loved it. We hated it. We love it again.

Default-piece-image-0 Pink. We loved it. We hated it. We love it again. The color pink is reclaimed!. Stories of women, men, and the color pink.

What We Wish We Could Tell Our Parents

From april winbun | 01:31

Mom, Dad: About That Bullet Hole in the Basement...

Cyr_small Through this vox-pop, the entire world gets to hear the secrets that teenagers will never reveal to their parents. Some samples: "I sell porn to students" "Mom, I love Dad more" "I want to be a writer" "I joined the Marines" "Sorry, Mom, but my sister smokes pot on a daily basis" "Every time I said I was at the library, I was actually..."

Just Another Fish Story

From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 08:28

A small town in rural Maine recalls the impact of a beached whale on their community.

Default-piece-image-1 Ten years ago, a whale washed ashore on the beach of Lubec in the poorest county in Maine. The people in town had to make a decision quickly—how would they get rid of a 60-ton dead whale?

Why We Wear Baggy Pants

From Curie Youth Radio | 01:52

A vox pop of teen points of view about baggy pants.

Images_small In the past year, states from Connecticut to Texas have proposed bans on low-hanging pants, mostly for public school students. Students at Curie Youth Radio in Chicago asked their classmates to explain what they think of baggy pants, or why their own pants hang so low.

Nothing To Cheer About

From Salt Institute for Documentary Studies | 07:34

A town is divided when presented with the idea of changing the school mascot.

Radioill112008__2046_-_version_2_small Louis Sockalexis from the Penobscot tribe in Maine was the first Native American baseball player to make it to the big leagues. In fact, the Cleveland Indians are named in his honor.  A century later, however, sports teams across the country are considering whether it’s appropriate to use Native Americans as mascots. Allison Swaim brings us the story of a high school in Old Town, Maine—the home of the Penobscot tribe.