Should we be maintaining and preserving Indigenous languages? There have been ongoing discussions on whether or not Indigenous language should be taught in schools…but which language and who would teach it?
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/counterpoint/indigenous-languages/4652826
Matt Novak is a paleofuturist (quite possibly one of a kind) and he describes himself as an ‘accidental expert on past visions of the future’. His popular blog is like an online library of historic predictions.
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/futuretense/stories/2010/3067988.htm
At age 23, Andrew Forsthoefel, set out to walk across America, 4000 miles, with a sign on him that said, "Walking to Listen." It’s an epic journey, a coming of age story, and a portrait of this country. Co-produced with Jay Allison.
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The Tin Sheds were a hothouse of art, music, ideas and politics. They were one of the most radical and memorable ‘alternative art spaces’ in Australia during their heyday from the late 1960s to the end of the 1970s. A group of dilapidated corrugated iron sheds across a busy city road from the University of Sydney were a place where — for a time — it seemed anything was possible.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/hindsight/the-hothouse/4162158
A good cartoon combines visual art, written ideas, jokes and stories. Whether they’re commenting on politics, religion or just everyday life, cartoons can cut through to the core of an issue with the simplest of strokes.
Here are two men at the top of their trade.
West coast-based radio production duo, the Kitchen Sisters (Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva) have developed one of the most distinctive signatures in broadcasting. They’re one-off features and ambitious series projects - such as the Twin Towers Sonic Memorial Project, Lost and Found Sound and Hidden Kitchens - have become part of the regular diet on NPR’s All Things Considered and in countless syndicated forms.
Part one of this two-part series brings urbane Davia and motherly Nikki out from behind their microphones for a self-penned radio portrait that offers a rare glimpse into the world of the Kitchen Sisters.
http://www.fallingtree.co.uk/listen/whats_cooking_a_portrait_of_the_kitchen_sisters___part_one
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What happened when two writers, three radio producers, a bunch of musicians, a stage, some fake snow, a telephone, two pairs of roller-skates, a writers’ festival and a documentary radio show all came together one night in September?
The Radio Hour, of course … An hour (okay, over an hour) of non-fiction storytelling presented on stage for a one night only radio spectacular. This was a first-of-its-kind event for the Melbourne Writers Festival. Over 250 people filed into the Fairfax Theatre for a moving and memorable night of documentary radio like it’s never been seen before. Stories on the theme Do You Read Me were narrated live, with live musical scoring, and the kind of visual wonder that rarely comes with a ripping radio yarn.
The night was recorded live by ABC Radio National and debuts here on 360documentaries. in two parts.
Part 1: Telling stories on the theme Do You Read Me:
Festival fly-in, writer and essayist Pico Iyer; Podcasts darlings Jon Tjhia and Jessie Borrelle of Paper Radio; Melbourne writer Chloe Hooper; and The Radio Hour’s host Jaye Kranz.
http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/360/the-radio-hour-part-one/4275608
Brian Cox and Robin Ince are joined by mathematician Marcus Du Sautoy, biologist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford and graphic novelist Alan Moore to discuss all things symmetrical.
In the summer of the London riots, a new documentary from Delaney Hall on the New York riots of 1977 and their impact on hip-hop music.
http://www.rte.ie/radio1/doconone/the-curious-ear-doconone-riots.html
Regrettably, we have discovered that one of our most popular episodes was partially fabricated. This week, we devote the entire hour to detailing the errors in "Mr. Daisey Goes to the Apple Factory," Mike Daisey’s story about visiting Foxconn, an Apple supplier factory in China. Rob Schmitz, a reporter for Marketplace, raises doubts on much of Daisey’s story.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/460/retraction
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