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The best sounds and stories from veteran producers straying off the beaten path and new producers coming into their own.
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Available Episodes (59)
Don't tell, but we decided to sneak a podcast out of the jar where Jesse Dukes has been keeping us neatly tucked away. Thanks to some help from a veteran Big Shed producer, Emma Rayes,...
Published: Friday, 08 August 2008 20:16:00
Duration: 00:09:12
Size: 10.13 MB
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(Producer: Rachel Quimby) Nobody really knows why Rockland, Maine has a rather large population of Jews--legend says a ship was turned aside at Ellis Island and sent up the coast to...
Published: Friday, 02 May 2008 06:41:00
Duration: 00:15:29
Size: 17.04 MB
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(Produced by Amy O'Leary) In the 1980's, Danny Felsenfeld was a nerdy, Jewish kid--crazy about Richard Wagner--who naively showed up at a meeting of the Wagner Appreciation Society
Published: Monday, 31 March 2008 15:33:00
Duration: 00:08:28
Size: 9.32 MB
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(Produced by Jesse Dukes) Last summer, Philadelphia rock band The Extraordinaires tried their hands at musical theater. Producing a musical might be the last thing you'd expect from...
Published: Saturday, 22 March 2008 11:48:00
Duration: 00:13:52
Size: 12.7 MB
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(Produced by Tim Telkamp) Come along for a ride on the rails with this audio postcard from the New Hope Valley Railway. This postcard is a companion piece to Tim Telkamp's photo-essay...
Published: Friday, 16 November 2007 18:03:00
Duration: 00:08:53
Size: 9.78 MB
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(Produced by Love Radio) We'll it's time for our annual pilgrimage to chi-town to the beloved Third Coast International Audio Festival. So we thought it would be appropriate to bring...
Published: Thursday, 01 November 2007 05:22:00
Duration: 00:13:15
Size: 14.58 MB
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(Produced by David Goren) We've got a big new idea at Big Shed ... returning series!!! In the coming year, we're going to offer a few returning series from amazing and innovative audio...
Published: Friday, 19 October 2007 14:46:00
Duration: 00:18:26
Size: 20.28 MB
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(Produced by Rebecca Sheir) David Traver, Alaska's reigning Mr. Fur Face, is the president of the Southcentral Alaska Beard Mustache Club, and his belly-length whiskers won him a...
Published: Saturday, 21 July 2007 20:15:00
Duration: 00:10:31
Size: 11.57 MB
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(Produced by Amara Hark-Weber) We're back! And this week, we're listening to three short pieces from Ghana--Storytime, Sweeping with Simone and Daniel in the Market--sent to us by our...
Published: Friday, 11 May 2007 20:32:00
Duration: 00:11:33
Size: 12.71 MB
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(Produced by Jennifer Deer) Like a traveling medicine man peddling a homeopathic remedy for the mass media slogans of the day, the Mantra Trailer focuses attention on the personal and...
Published: Thursday, 22 March 2007 14:20:00
Duration: 00:13:28
Size: 14.83 MB
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(Produced by Jesse Dukes) Drive west from Portland, Maine on US 302 and youâll pass a giant mechanical television repairman on the left. The repairman was built by Al Hawkes years ago...
Published: Tuesday, 06 March 2007 02:53:00
Duration: 00:09:47
Size: 10.78 MB
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(Produced by Katie Mingle) Looking to get more experience with the dead and ghosts, producer Katie Mingle spent some time in a pauper's graveyard. She narrates her experiences there....
Published: Saturday, 24 February 2007 23:42:00
Duration: 00:13:13
Size: 14.55 MB
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(Produced by Emma Raynes) Meet Ruana, the world's cutest 6-year-old Portugese teacher. This languange lesson comes to us from our friend and Producer Emma Raynes. Emma recently ran
Published: Wednesday, 31 January 2007 13:54:00
Duration: 00:07:03
Size: 7.77 MB
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(Produced by Jill Summers and David Whitcomb ... aka Stray Dog Recording Company) A tragic turn of events at the worldâs smallest circus. Les Petits Tristes is an excerpt from Transfixed:...
Published: Monday, 22 January 2007 06:53:00
Duration: 00:06:11
Size: 6.8 MB
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(Produced by John Biewen + Jennifer Deer) Merry Christmas from Big Shed!! Producer John Biewen (seen here in his own japanese manga) dropped by with some great recordings of bedtime...
Published: Friday, 22 December 2006 18:11:00
Duration: 00:15:30
Size: 17.06 MB
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(Produced by Owen Agnew) (Photo: Allison Lucas) Happy Thanksgiving at Big Shed!! This holiday we're thankful for everyone who's been so supportive of Big Shed. We're feeling the love....
Published: Thursday, 23 November 2006 14:11:00
Duration: 00:07:26
Size: 8.19 MB
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(Produced by Zak Rosen) Here's the next episode in our series live from the Third Coast International Audio Festival, where we're bringing you a little good, clean audio fun with Zak Rosen....
Published: Thursday, 16 November 2006 16:16:00
Duration: 00:15:40
Size: 17.24 MB
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(Photo by John Barth of PRX ... thanks for being a shutterbug) (Produced by Jennifer Deer) Last week, Jennifer and I joined 350-ish other audiophiles in Chicago (well, Evanston, IL)...
Published: Saturday, 04 November 2006 19:07:00
Duration: 00:08:52
Size: 9.76 MB
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(Produced by David Sommerstein) A few weeks ago, Shea was visiting beautiful SUNY Potsdam in upstate NY to make a presentation about audio documentaries to students at the school, an...
Published: Wednesday, 25 October 2006 11:18:00
Duration: 00:14:07
Size: 15.53 MB
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(Produced by Layne Garrett) About this week's piece, Layne says: this piece is made entirely of samples from a winter camping trip in Feb.06 to Smarts Mountain in New Hampshire, plus...
Published: Tuesday, 10 October 2006 03:39:00
Duration: 00:06:33
Size: 7.22 MB
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(Produced by Shea Shackelford) There's nothing I can say to you that will prepare you for this. - Matt Largey Thanks to Matt and TK for dropping by the Big Shed. Hope the stars at...
Published: Monday, 25 September 2006 17:42:00
Duration: 00:10:18
Size: 11.35 MB
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(Produced by David Engen) Get your dancin' shoes on. This piece from Minnesota producer Dave Engen is a treat for your audio feet. We first met Dave a year ago at a Duke Center for
Published: Friday, 15 September 2006 04:33:00
Duration: 00:08:32
Size: 9.4 MB
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(Produced by Nic Beery) L o o k d e e p l y I n t o o u r e a r s . . . (it's okay, we used q-tips)Oddly, this turned out to be a nice follow-up to our last podcast, Hello. Nic
Published: Tuesday, 29 August 2006 19:53:00
Duration: 00:04:48
Size: 5.28 MB
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(Produced by Jennifer Deer) We're taking our own medicine this week, and damn it tastes good. For your listening pleasure, Jen re-cut this piece, which she originally produced a few...
Published: Tuesday, 01 August 2006 12:07:00
Duration: 00:04:56
Size: 5.44 MB
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(Produced by Jennifer Deer) You've waited for it, and here it is ... another Budget Buddies!!! Don't worry, we didn't sort out all of our financial or personal issues since the last...
Published: Sunday, 23 July 2006 03:20:00
Duration: 00:15:11
Size: 16.71 MB
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(Produced by Nikki Brown and Kavanah Ramsier) Can a cup of tea a day keep the doctor away? North Carolina native Annie Melvin continues the tradition of keeping her medicine chest in the...
Published: Thursday, 29 June 2006 16:32:00
Duration: 00:09:00
Size: 9.91 MB
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(Produced by Todd Tinkham) When a severe thunderstorm chases two independent filmmakers off of a North Carolina beach, the director decides to interview the cinematographer while waiting...
Published: Friday, 23 June 2006 11:32:00
Duration: 00:14:26
Size: 15.89 MB
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(Producer Laura Kwerel) Less a band than an experiment in sound, The Books, create an emotional collage of music, found sound, and documentary. Much of their work is stitched together...
Published: Thursday, 15 June 2006 03:47:00
Duration: 00:12:16
Size: 13.51 MB
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(Producer: Jennifer Deer) That's right, it's round four of Big Shed's financial soap opera. In this exciting edition, Shea gets a bait and switch on his capers and pasta, and Jenn adds...
Published: Saturday, 15 April 2006 17:25:00
Duration: 00:20:09
Size: 22.18 MB
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(Produced by Amara Hark-Weber) Playing for X is the story about an unexpected birthday gift from an old friend. It tells how the friendship has changed over time, and why this specific...
Published: Saturday, 25 March 2006 16:39:00
Duration: 00:06:35
Size: 7.25 MB
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(Producers: Jennifer Deer + Shea Shackelford) Here's round two in our personal documentary soap opera. What bills to pay ... what foods to eat (or not eat) when shopping on a budget...
Published: Monday, 27 February 2006 19:41:00
Duration: 00:12:27
Size: 13.71 MB
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(Producers: Vige Millington + Andrew Starner) One afternoon, we talked about Skyâs experiences growing up as a child in Istanbul, Turkey, a landscape that exists now only in his memories....
Published: Wednesday, 22 February 2006 16:36:00
Duration: 00:05:05
Size: 5.6 MB
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(Producer: Jennifer Deer) Here's a new idea in our efforts to keep you knee deep in fresh content ... and echoing Jen's closing words in this piece, for god's sake please send us more...
Published: Saturday, 28 January 2006 08:48:00
Duration: 00:27:29
Size: 30.25 MB
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(Producer: Shea Shackelford) Happy 2006! Thanks for subscribing. We're looking forward to a year full of great sound + stories for you. One of our New Years resolutions here at Big...
Published: Monday, 16 January 2006 19:17:00
Duration: 00:03:08
Size: 3.46 MB
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(Producer: Julia Cooksey) Fork is a superfun vox pop piece from producer Julia Cooksey, exploring important questions of cutlery. If you're spending the holidays with family or friends,...
Published: Saturday, 24 December 2005 21:13:00
Duration: 00:10:35
Size: 11.64 MB
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It's a video ... enjoy!
Published: Wednesday, 21 December 2005 16:45:00
Duration: 00:14:32
Size: 16.0 MB
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(Producer: Emma Raynes) Roller derby was a popular sport in the 1960's, airing on T.V. and drawing crowds to see teams like the Bay City Bombers. The sport lost steam in the 70's,...
Published: Wednesday, 21 December 2005 16:25:00
Duration: 00:08:04
Size: 8.88 MB
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(Producer: David Schulman) Every March, close to 500,000 Sandhill Cranes break their long migration with a stop along the Platte River in central Nebraska. For two or three weeks, they...
Published: Tuesday, 08 November 2005 02:02:00
Duration: 00:07:51
Size: 8.64 MB
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(Producers: Jennifer Deer + Shea Shackelford) This is our first attempt at a remote report. So ... consider it a learning experience. Shea headed to Chicago for the always amazing...
Published: Tuesday, 25 October 2005 17:05:00
Duration: 00:11:46
Size: 12.95 MB
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(Producer: Eve Abrams) Eve interviewed kids entering junior high school about their excitement and anxiety. I can't get over how serious they are. I love the kid who reflects how...
Published: Monday, 17 October 2005 16:52:00
Duration: 00:04:25
Size: 4.87 MB
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(Producer: Liz Lindsey) For me this story began with a phone call from a stranger. I was at work readying a photographic exhibit to travel to the mountains of Lenoir, North Carolina....
Published: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 17:37:00
Duration: 00:09:22
Size: 10.31 MB
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(Producer: Jennifer Deer + Shea Shackelford) Joe Thompson, an 86-year-old native of Mebane, NC, is perhaps the last African-American fiddler playing square dance music who actually
Published: Wednesday, 28 September 2005 16:34:00
Duration: 00:26:29
Size: 29.15 MB
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(Producer: Allyn Meredith) I interviewed Sherri Wood for my thesis project about the creative re-use of items that would otherwise be trashed, such as the material that Sherri works...
Published: Wednesday, 14 September 2005 16:33:00
Duration: 00:08:31
Size: 9.37 MB
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(Producer: Shea Shackelford + Jennifer Deer) We hope you enjoy our second piece from the Appalachian String Band Festival in Clifftop, West Virginia. This piece was a fun experiment...
Published: Wednesday, 17 August 2005 16:30:00
Duration: 00:08:56
Size: 9.83 MB
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(Producer: Paul Overton) Producer Paul Overton sent us this inspired audio shout out. We loved it and had to share it with you. Keep on rockin', Paul. We're giving you the devil
Published: Monday, 15 August 2005 02:29:00
Duration: 00:02:33
Size: 2.81 MB
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(Producer: Laura Kwerel) When I heard that Steve, one of my supervisors at the coffee shop I work at, was leaving, I knew I had to do something. So I went around recording everyone...
Published: Wednesday, 10 August 2005 16:26:00
Duration: 00:05:17
Size: 5.82 MB
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(Producer: Jennifer Deer) HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAPNICK!!! This piece is a birthday shout out to my brother ... here's a musical snapshot from Clifftop, home of this year's Appalachian
Published: Tuesday, 09 August 2005 16:24:00
Duration: 00:10:10
Size: 11.18 MB
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(Producer: Jennifer Deer*) *This original tape came to us from Melanie Hammet. It was recorded by her sister Marcy. âFound Tape.â? A family recording: Marcy valiantly attempts to...
Published: Friday, 29 July 2005 16:21:00
Duration: 00:06:33
Size: 7.22 MB
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(Producer: Sarah Elzas) Cathy is 16. She loves listening to Outkast. She thinks she wants to be an accountant. Cathy is also still a freshman in high school because she is the mother...
Published: Friday, 22 July 2005 16:20:00
Duration: 00:06:49
Size: 7.5 MB
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(Producer: Thomas Hausen) A soundscape made entirely from tweeked sounds made by a clothes washing machine.
Published: Thursday, 14 July 2005 16:18:00
Duration: 00:04:42
Size: 5.17 MB
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(Producer: Jennifer Deer) Experimental Personal Narrative. Special thanks to Jim Lee. This piece was produced as a final project for his class at Duke in 2003.
Published: Thursday, 07 July 2005 02:14:00
Duration: 00:13:06
Size: 14.41 MB
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(Producer: Scott Gurian) This piece is a montage of participants--including my father--at karaoke night at Nicola's Italian Restaurant in Hawthorne, New Jersey. After a version of this...
Published: Wednesday, 06 July 2005 16:12:00
Duration: 00:04:47
Size: 5.27 MB
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(Producer: Emma Raynes) Artist Notes: While I was doing research in Gurung villages, I had go back and forth between Pokhara (a hill town) and Kathmandu (the capital of Nepal). The...
Published: Thursday, 30 June 2005 16:22:00
Duration: 00:03:56
Size: 4.34 MB
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(Producer: Shea Shackelford) This interview happened while I was interviewing Susan and Eric about trips with their families for a game of audio tag we were playing at radiopie.org....
Published: Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:17:00
Duration: 00:06:12
Size: 6.83 MB
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(Producer: Julie Shapiro) Here's an homage in sound to Chicago's 524 (last count) public parks, and the ubiquity of the ice cream truck within them. All sound was gathered in twelve...
Published: Thursday, 23 June 2005 22:14:00
Duration: 00:15:36
Size: 17.18 MB
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(Producer: Paul Overton) Trains are, by nature, rythmic. None more so than the trains of the New York City Subway system. Over the course of three days, I set out to capture the sonic...
Published: Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:08:00
Duration: 00:02:18
Size: 2.54 MB
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(Producer: TK McGuirt) "My garb, so to speak, is a t-shirt and velvet pant, some people object to that but I like to be comfortable when I play." That is Yvonne Adams, she has been...
Published: Thursday, 16 June 2005 16:04:00
Duration: 00:06:58
Size: 7.67 MB
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(Shea Shackelford) What's not to love about subway sounds? How shy do I sound, recording on that platform?
Published: Sunday, 12 June 2005 12:29:00
Duration: 00:01:17
Size: 1.43 MB
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(Jennifer Deer) We both seem to have chosen transportation themes for our promos. Though this one has the distinction of being both our first podcast in a moving vehicle and the first...
Published: Wednesday, 01 June 2005 16:25:00
Duration: 00:00:27
Size: 0.51 MB
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