On Our Mind: Producer Picks

Suicide with Gun, Female, 60 years old - Sarah Sudhoff

Picturing Mortality

In our upcoming Minding Mortality show, photographer Sarah Sudhoff and Anne Strainchamps talk about taking a close look at death. You can hear the NEW and EXTENDED conversation here. Take a look, take a listen.

Thanks Studs

The inimitable Studs Terkel would have been 100 years old today. As radio producers, we're great fans of oral histories. As radio producers, we're great fans of Studs. And we've been luck to talk with him twice. Listen back with us!
Oscar Image:aronski Via:Flickr Creative Commons

A Little Gold Man

The first Academy Awards were handed out on May 16, 1929. And we're listening back to this interview with Emanuel Levy on the history and politics of the Academy Awards. Enjoy!
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Road(less) Trip

It's the anniversary of the beginning of the Lewis and Clark expedition. We're marking it with one word and five exclamation points. "Roadtrip!!!!!"
Player Image:Jason Pier in DC Via:Flickr Creative Commons

RIP Donald

Songwriter and bassist Donald "Duck" Dunn died this weekend. A genre chameleon, Dunn was a member of Stax Records' house band, and recorded with Neil Young, Eric Clapton and many others. Want to hear more about Stax? Listen here!
Ear Image:casequin Via:Flickr Creative Commons

Hearing & Listening

National Better Hearing month has got us listening back to this essay from TTBOOK's Technical Director, Caryl Owen, about her love of sound and fear of hearing damage. Take a listen, but watch that volume!
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Momma!

Mothers have a complicated job these days, wading through a sea of expectations and advice. So on this Mothers' Day, we're sharing this interview with Ayelet Waldman, wishing every mother freedom from guilt and expectation!

HBD, Kate

Katharine Hepburn was born on May 12th, 1907 in Hartford, Connecticut. Although Kate died in 2003, her legacy lives on in her movies and in this interview with A. Scott Berg, author of “Kate Remembered.”

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