HV Series Sampler
Hearing Voices is now a new Weekly Series–
The Best of Public Radio. Coming in March 2008.
Award-winning producers Barrett Golding, Ann Hepperman Scott Carrier, Kara Oehler, and Larry Massett bring you a weekly hour of the best current and classic stories by the best established and emerging producers: pieces by Sarah Vowell, StoryCorps, Kitchen Sisters, Joe Frank, Nancy Updike, Radio Diaires, and many, many more.
John Dankosky, ND, WNPR Hartford CT: “Hearing Voices is what Public Radio’s all about. As a system, we need to take time and really listen to high-quality, unusual story-telling. It freshens our view. Hearing Voices does this.”
Hearing Voices hours are a succession of “Driveway moments” – you just have to listen. This series is based on our Peabody Award winning Hearing Voices Specials.
Jo Anne Wallace, GM, KQED San Francisco CA: “Thanks for your great work! Your specials are a real treat for our audience.” Ron Jones, VP, WBEZ Chicago IL: “Hearing Voices specials are timely and thought provoking, taking listeners on an unexpected journey through the creative use of sound & storytelling.”
Each week a guest host helps select and present the pieces. Here's some samples from our past HV hours…
1 Crossing Borders 1:00 intro w/ host Marcos Martinez (KUNM-Albuquerque). A Tale of Two Countries: from Mexico to US, across the desert; stories of immigrants and the border patrol who await them (2007 Peabody Award winner).
2 Stars & Bars 5:15 excerpt w/ host Larry Massett (Hearing Voices). For Independence Day: celebrating summertime in America with flags and festivals, w/ a Hearing Voices “Pledge.”.
3 Wordshakers 1:00 intro w/ host Andrei Codrescu (NPR & The Exquisite Corpse). For Poetry Month: an hour of recorded poetry, from Tennyson to Ginsburg, with lots of found-poems, slam-poets, street poets, and beat poets.
4 John Ono Lennon 6:55 excerpt w/ host Lynn Neary (NPR). On the 65th anniversary of his birthday and the 25th anniversary of his death: a public-radio memorial and celebration. Lennon in his own words and music.
5 Love’s Labors 1:00 intro w/ host Amy Dickinson (Chicago Tribune & NPR). For Valentine’s Day: affairs of the heart, love lost & found, presented by NPR commentator and author of the syndicated advice column “Ask Amy.”
6 For the Fallen 4:01 excerpt w/ host Major Robert Schaefer, U.S. Army Special Forces. For Memorial Day: the voices of veterans and their families; a glimpse into military life, with its realities of combat, death, and grief.
7 Circus Blood 1:00 intro w/ host John Dankosky (WNPR- Connecticut Public Radio). Tales from the Big Top: running away to join the circus, told by a world-class troupe of audio daredevils and media magicians.
8 Heat 10:51 excerpt w/ host Scott Carrier (Hearing Voices). It’s not the heat, it’s the humanity: stories for those lazy, crazy, hazy days of Summer, w/ “Dead of Summer” by Marjorie van Halteren and “Desert Heat” by Jeff Rice.
9 The Earth Sings 0:30 promo w/ host Dmae Roberts (Stories1st.org). For Earth Day: sounds for and from Mother Earth.
10 Old School 7:55 excerpt w/ host Katie Davis (Neighborhood Stories). A Back-to-School Special: audio diaries of rural and urban education, w/ “Quiet Kids” by Hillary Frank and poems by Meryn Cadell & Jelani.
11 State of Union 0:30 promo w/ host Jay Allison (This I Believe). A public radio accompaniment to the President’s Congressional Address: the stars of the show are Americans, expressing their opinions, participating in our democratic discussion.
12 Soapbox 5:57 excerpt w/ host Sarah Vowell (This American Life). For Election and Primary season: a sampling of 20th Century political speech, w/ WMD Waltz” by Jesse Boggs and “totally Whatever” by Taylor Mali.
Betty Luse, PD, WHRV/WHRO Norfolk VA: “Can’t wait to hear what’s coming up next. You do such interesting and slightly off center stuff. It’s exactly what I, both as a listener and program manager, like the best – and it helps with our target audience as well.” Michael Marsolek, PD, KUFM Missoula MT: “Hearing Voices specials are part of that wonderful magic that is on public radio. They are provocative, quirky and the kind of forward programming that create driveway moments.”
For more info, please contact:
Kathy Gronau at Creative PR 888-233-5650 Kathy@creativepr.org