Transmissions
Random Tape: Finding Chick Boyd
Random Tape (US 2023)
David Weinberg (US 2023)
9 min
A cabinet of auditory wonders for the 21st century from David Weinberg
The life and music of a reclusive balladeer.
Produced by David Weinberg
Music by Charles Boyd
Phantom Power: The Sound World of Harriet Tubman
Maya Cunningham + Ravi Krishnaswami (US 2023)
Maya Cunningham + Ravi Krishnaswami (US 2023)
41 min Episode 7 of 7
Ethnomusicologist Maya Cunningham reads “The Sound World of Harriet Tubman.” Maya Cunningham is an activist and jazz singer currently completing a Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in Afro-American studies with a concentration in ethnomusicology
She uses field recordings, historical research, and ethnomusicological research to explore the roles of sound and music, and voice in Tubman’s life and leadership. You’re going to hear about the American Christian revival known as the Second Great Awakening, which stirred both Black and white people from the late 1700s to the mid-1800s. You’ll also hear about the Invisible Church, where enslaved African Americans were able to worship secretly and autonomously and through the singing of folk spirituals, which differed greatly from white religious music at the time, but would go on to influence not only gospel music but pretty much every form of popular music we know today. The sounds and music from today’s show can be heard on Maya’s Spotify playlist
Produced for Phantom Power
Written and narrated by Maya Cunningham
Produced by Ravi Krishnaswami
Ministry Of Ideas: Forbidden Fruit
Zachary Davis (US 2018)
Zachary Davis (US 2018)
30 min Episode 11 of 24
Contemporary diet culture is only the latest manifestation of a long history of religious fervor about food. This fasinating essay makes the links between religious cults and diet culture. Guilt, shame, virtousity, sin, emancipation it's all in there.
Ministry of Ideas is a podcast about the ideas that shape our lives. Hosted by Zachary Davis and produced at Harvard Divinity School.
Produced and Hosted by Zachary Davis
Audio Producer: Maria Devlin McNair
Everything, Nothing, Harvey Keitel
Pejk Malinovski (DK/US 2014)
Pejk Malinovski (DK/US 2014)
20 min
Finding inner peace is difficult... especially when you're sitting next to Harvey Keitel. This story was produced by Pejk Malinovski as a Falling Tree production, and originally aired on BBC Radio 3. Featured on the Truth Podcast.
Narrated and Produced by Pejk Malinovski
Selected by guest curator Cristana Marras
This amazing piece by Pejk Malinovski. “Everything, nothing, Harvey Keitel” is a crazy ride inside the head of the author. I love the apparent spontaneity of it all, the understated way of tell the story so that you feel you might as well be in the same room in which Harvey Keitel appears, completely unexpected and out of place. Amusing, compelling, beautifully written. It’s the kind of storytelling that makes me feel like dropping everything I’m doing to go producing something beautiful. :-)
In The Dark: Surveillance
Derick Armah and Ivan d'Avoine (UK 2021)
Derick Armah + Ivan d'Avoine (UK 2021)
9 min
This audio essay is a young Black man’s observations on hyper-visibility in one of the most surveilled cities in the world.
Produced and written by Derick Armah and Ivan d'Avoine for 'The Hidden Part' on Short Cuts BBC Radio 4.
Selected as part of a new producers listening event be In The Dark
In The Dark: Lithium Mania
Alice Boyd and Laura Grace Simpkins (UK 2021)
Alice Boyd + Laura Grace Simpkins (UK 2021)
5 min
Laura was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and prescribed lithium. Here she recounts the beginning of a troubled new relationship with a mysterious drug.
Co-Produced by Laura Grace Simpkins & Alice Boyd
Written and narrated by Laura Grace Simpkins
Music and Sound by Alice Boyd
Commissioned by the Wellcome Collection
Selected as part of a new producers listening event be In The Dark
I Will Not Grow Old Here: A Girl from Alex
Mary-Ann Nobele (SA 2022)
Mary-Ann Nobele / Radio Workshop (SA 2022)
27 min Episode 1 of 3
This story starts with a number: 70%. That's how many young people in South Africa are unemployed. Youth hustle and hope to find success, but how do you make it in a place like Alexandra township in Johannesburg? And how do you get out? In this three-part series, 23-year-old Mary-Ann Nobele brings listeners into her life in Alex and shows us why she's made this promise to herself: I will not grow old here.
Hosted by Lesedi Mogoatlhe, the Radio Workshop is a podcast of the Children’s Radio Foundation. We collaborate with youth reporters and radio stations across Africa to tell stories from places that are often overlooked, in ways that reflect how young people see the continent.
Narrated and Produced by Mary-Ann Nobele
From the Center Out - Archiving Black Dance In The U.S
Laura Marina Boria + Ana Cecilia Calle (US 2021)
Laura Marina Boria + Ana Cecilia Calle (US 2021)
15 min
Gesel, a choreographer living in Austin, Texas, walks us through solos that a hip-hop dancer and an expressionist dancer taught her over 10 years ago. "From the Center Out - archiving Black dance in the U.S." is about how a dancer's body remembers and what those memories sound like. During rehearsal, we're transported to scenes from the solos and we experience the stories and emotions driving them.
As Gesel dances, she talks and through her voice we experience her movement in a visceral sometimes uncomfortable way. If you’ve ever wondered how dance could be represented just through sound, this piece does exactly that.
Submitted to XMTR
Production + Editing by Laura Marina Boria
Production + Sound Design Ana Cecilia Calle
Everyday People Show: Chipata, My Beautiful City ft. Mai Olivia Kamuna
Drc. Jaèy (GHAN 2021)
Drc. Jaèy, for the AMBC (GHAN 2021)
15 min / Episode 18 of 24 (Season 3)
The Everyday People Show is a lifestyle and autobiographical documentary podcast that tends to curate the best of African/Black experiences through stories and sound.
What comes to mind when you hear 'Zambia?' In this episode of the Everyday People Show, Mailesi Olivia Kamuna - Zambia based physiotherapist and Yoga instructor, shares her everyday story. She takes us through a journey of experience and presence of growing up and living in the beautiful city of Chipata, Zambia. She also shares her experiences of living in India for 5 years while studying in college, the culture shocks, the similarities and dissimilarities between the home of Bollywood and home of the Victoria Falls.
Submitted to XMTR
Produced by: Drc. Jaèy, for AMBC