LISTENER AND STATION FEEDBACK ON HEARING VOICES FROM NPR® WEEKLY SERIES
Listener email: “I have really enjoyed listening to the Hearing Voices podcasts. It is like the radio equivalent of someone making a collage from a mix of elements of your own life, our shared history & the events, feelings and histories of people who become essentially intimate strangers.”
Blog post: “My new favorite big people’s podcast is called Hearing Voices, because it’s an hour of people’s stories. Do you know what a driveway moment is? Many radio are so amazing, drivers will arrive home and sit in their cars — often in the driveway — until the report is finished. Hearing Voices is all about driveway moments. These are not stories you play in the background while you’re busy doing something else (although I highly recommend listening to them while taking a nice long walk). You’ll want to hear every word of these reports.”
iTunes podcast reviews: “This is the MOST amazing piece of radio production. Elegant, inspired, soulful!” ~ “I heard this on my local member station. As and avid NPR listener, I always love stumbling across something new or different. The ‘driveway moments connected by a common theme’ description is *very* appropriate. And who doesn’t love those stories that grab you and make you sit in your car with the engine off, just to hear the conclusion?!” ~ “I Love this podcast. I got an A+++ on my science report.” Continue Reading »
Thank you to all who stopped by our booth during the 2008 PRPD in Los Angeles. It was great to be able to talk to you. If you did not have a chance to stop by, hopefully you held on to our Program Guide.
An interview with Sandra about the new book can be found here.
The Loh Down on Science is a fun way to get your daily dose of science in less than two minutes. The program explains the world of science to you with a dash of humor. Each week day, Sandra Tsing Loh, the humorist, pub-radio star (Marketplace, This American Life) and Caltech alumna (BS, Physics) gives us her unique take on important science stories.
For more information about The Loh Down on Science, visit the website. Order CDs of The Loh Down on Science.
Kathy Gronau is featured on Scanning the Dial with Marty Ronish discussing the state of classical music on radio while looking toward its future on emerging technologies.
What classical music radio needs most at this time?
How do you increase audience size and involvement?
What will be the impact of the Sirius-XM merger?
Creative PR is alive and kicking after Tuesday’s earthquake in Los Angeles. There were no problems; besides the phone line’s “all circuits busy” for about an hour and the rattled nerves of our smallest four-legged employees. To mark this special news, take a listen to some of the SPECIALS that are now available. Schedule them today!
The Story of Lata - A 54 minute radio special that examines a culture reviving ancient traditions as possible solutions to sustain its communities. The forgotten arts of sailing and navigation may be the answer to rising fuel costs for Solomon Islanders in a remote corner of the South Pacific.
Saving the Sierra- A richly produced one-hour special about how unlikely allies are coming together to preserve rural culture from rapid residential growth, sustain local economies as recreation developments boom, and protect clean water and open space for future generations.
What’s the Word? : Hispanic Heritage Month - For Hispanic Heritage Month (15 Sept. - 15 Oct.), the smart, engaging, and highly produced literary series from the Modern Language Association, presents two half-hour programs celebrating Puerto Rican and Latin American literature.
Hearing Voices is being picked up on stations throughout the country. In the four short months since Hearing Voices became a weekly series, its carriage has grown from 12 stations to over 82 am/fm stations, 3 HD stations, 54 translators, and 1 reading service! Some of the stations airing Hearing Voices include WNYC 820 AM in New York, New Jersey Public Radio, KXOT 91.7 FM in Seattle, KUT HD 90.5 in Austin, WDUQ 90.5 FM in Pittsburgh, KCPW 88.3 FM in Salt Lake City, Iowa Public Radio, and nationally on Sirius Satellite Radio on Channel 134.
A complete list of stations and air times can be found here.
For More information about Hearing Voices check out the website.
We were shocked and saddened over the weekend to learn of the untimely death July 10, 2008 (from breast cancer) of our friend and client, Johanna Cooper, whose radio specials (Chanukah: A Time For Schtick, Passover: A Time To Cross Over, One People, Many Stories, to name a few) for the Jewish holidays were unfailingly popular. She was a joy to work with, and had a huge following of friends and admirers, both social and professional. She lived in the L.A. area and we enjoyed her occasional visits to drop off cds or brainstorm ideas. Had we not known of her condition, we never would have guessed it from her always-present cheerfulness and energy. We will miss her.
Now available on the WGBH Forum Network as a webcast and MP3 download, LINER NOTES - War and Place. Visit LINER NOTES - War and Placehere. LINER NOTES is an eight-part literary/travel series. Aboard Queen Mary 2, host and raconteur Paul Holdengräber helms roundtable gatherings exploring the many meanings of Place with notable and knowledgeable guests. Each program is appropriate to a holiday or a season, yet evergreen. Shipboard conversations are supplemented with special features recorded ashore. LINER NOTES is created by veteran public radio producers Jon Kalish and Marty Goldensohn, and underwritten by Cunard. Continue Reading »
Now available on the WGBH Forum Network as a webcast and MP3 download, LINER NOTES - War and Place. Visit LINER NOTES - War and Place 