American Soundscapes Project
Announcing the American Soundscapes Project, where you can hear the work of some of the best sound recordists in the world and contribute sounds that are significant to you.read more
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Passover Dreams
Passover Dreams (11:05) We subtitled this program “The Seder at the End of the Universe”, and you’ll get a clue why from this excerpt – the first eleven minutes of Passover Dreams. What a treat to work with Theo Bikel, who’s records I used to listen to as a kid. Listen for the voice of academy award winner Melissa Leo playing Aunt Sonya. The sounds of the opening banter are real...read more
Poppa
Poppa (14:25) Poppa’s Letter Poppa was broadcast on All Things Considered on Father’s Day, 1988. It’s a portrait of my grandfather, Isodore Silverman, who lived with my family when I was growing up. Right out of high school, I interviewed Poppa on my tape recorder – a hand-me-down reel-to-reel Sony. Those tapes languished in a cigar box almost twenty years,...read more
National Geographic Online
From Morocco, Cuba and around the world, JMP created a suite of multi-media features for National Geographic Online. It was a great partnership, with NGO adding their signature maps and a perfect context for our material. They very kindly have allowed us to include a number of these evergreen stories on pulseplanet.com. Check out the Pulse of the Planet’s Pulse Picks...read more