Remaking The World We Live In

Remakes are all around us. This week’s show is made up of stories of remaking sound– through instruments, living organisms, and other means. First, an experimental instrument designer brings joy to our ears with some of his wackier creations. Then we speak with some innovative inhabitants of Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics, who have turned old junk into something truly exquisite. And, stay tuned, tomatoes sing…

Host: Daniel MacDougall
Producers: Charlie Mintz, Noah Burbank, Daniel MacDougall
Featured: Bart Hopkin, Sasha Leitman, Jen Carlile, Chris Chafe
Music: Johnny Hwin, Bart Hopkin

Release Date: 3 March 2008

Story 1: Is Anything Truly Original?

We ask a few friends how they’re remaking the world. Along the way we encounter a question about the nature of creativity, and some insights about Lindsay Lohan, I-beams, and hip hop.

Producer: Daniel MacDougall
Featuring: Jade Wang, Karen Warner, Hannah Krakauer, Shelly Ni

Story 2: Instrument Remade

Creative organologist Bart Hopkin remakes the sounds of the world. He is the founder of Experimental Musical Instruments, an organization that explores the acoustic potential of metals, woods, string, tubes, and anything else that makes a sound.

Producers: Charlie Mintz
Featuring: Bart Hopkin

Story 3: Bicycle Battle Station, Breathing Tomatoes and Snapping Shrimp

Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics is one of the foremost sites for exploration of the digital potential of music. We are taken on a tour of some of the center’s more unusual creations.

Producer: Noah Burbank
Featuring: Sasha Leitman, Jen Carlile

Story 4: Punishment Remade

Everyone, at some point, has to deal with angry parents. Usually you deal with it alone, or with your brothers and sisters. But when you happen to record your father’s tirade, then you can share the experience with your entire school.

Producer: Charlie Mintz


Saint Valentine’s Day Special

A Valentine’s Day special. The unlikely story of Saint Valentine, but as it turns out, most good love stories seem just as improbable. Second, we stood in Stanford’s White Plaza and asked passersby about just who – or what – they love. You’ll hear their strange replies, followed by a story about the risky and rewarding world of online dating. But that’s not all: four splendid love poems are dispersed throughout this episode.

Host: Rachel Hamburg
Producers: Bonnie Swift, Elizabeth Bradfield, Tom Freeland, Christina Ho, Danielle Spoor, and Lily Kornbluth
Featured: people passing through White Plaza
Music: Side by Side (Maxine Tang, Michelle Goldring, Deri Kusuma, Madalyn Radlauer, Alison Herson, Jose Araneta, and Michael Hsueh), Talisman, Matt Anderson

Release Date: 11 February 2008

Listen to the Full Show:

Story 1: Love in White Plaza

SSP producers brave the bicycles of White Plaza to record stories of love from passersby. Featuring music from Side by Side.

Producer: Bonnie Swift

Story 2: Endurance

Elizabeth Bradfield, Stegner Poet, reads an original poem describing one woman’s harrowing journey of love.

Story 3: Love at First Site

Stanford students explore the world of online dating and discover more than a few surprises about deception, chemistry, and fairytales.

Producers: Christina Ho, Danielle Spoor, and Lily Kornbluth

Story 4: Two Poems

Tom Freeland reads “I knew a woman” by Theodore Roethke and “Love One Another” by Khalil Gibran.

Story 5: Sonnet 138

To close the episode, Tom Freeland reads Sonnet 138 by William Shakespeare.

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Getting Schooled

Stories of the education system struggling, and sometimes failing, to adjust. First, a look at how some high schools are responding to the increasing presence of gangs, and how their policies are often backfiring. Second, we assess the progress of schools in fulfilling their educational mission while facing increasing numbers of minority students. And third, English lecturer Adam Johnson tells a true story involving a bloody murder, police detectives, and a fiction writing class.

Host: Micah Cratty
Producers: Bonnie Swift, Elizabeth Bradfield, Tom Freeland, Christina Ho, Danielle Spoor, and Lily Kornbluth
Featured: Micah Cratty, Molly Roberts, Britton Caillouette, Richard Norte, Adam Johnson, Lee Konstantinou
Music: Supergreen JellyBean, Zach Katagiri, Taylor Murchison, Kissing Johnny

Release Date: 4 February 2008

 

Story 1: From the Schools to the Street

A look at how some schools are responding to the increasing presence of gangs, and how school policies are often backfiring.

Producer: Molly Roberts

 

Story 2: A Closed Gate

We assess the progress of schools in fulfilling their educational mission while facing increasing numbers of minority students.

Producers: Britton Callouette and Richard Norte

 

Story 3: Killer Fiction

A true story involving a bloody murder and a fiction writing class.

Producer: Lee Konstantinou
Featuring: Adam Johnson

 

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