You Are Here: 2013 ShortDocs Challenge -Appetite-
You Are Here loves a challenge. This week, five you are here reporters compete with other public radio stations, audio producers, and independent lovers of sound in the 2013 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge. The Third Coast International audio festival collects stories and shares them from their home base in Chicago to listeners all around the [...]
The State of the Unions
Unions help workers get better wages and fight to ensure they receive fair treatment. But meeting the demands of a union has also a common source of conflict. And as conflicts continue to rise here in the U.S., union membership continues to decline. Unions were at their peak in America in the 1950s, but where [...]
The Postal Ties that Bond
In this hour we explore The Postal Ties That Bond: Tales of the Post Office. Recently, post offices nationally joined the list of the country’s ‘11 most endangered historic places’. In just the first half of this year, USPS lost 6.5 billion dollars — a number more than double than that of the first two [...]
Socialize
Serenata de Amor Brings Cape Verde to Emerson
Serenata de Amor, a musical theater project spearheaded by visual media arts associate professor Claire Andrade-Watkins, was brought to Emerson this past year. The project is a tribute to the morna of Cape Verde and Brava set in the 1940s. Andrade-Watkins worked with a team of faculty and staff members from Emerson to bring Serenata [...]
-
May 25
Boston Calling
-
June 8
The XX / Grizzly Bear
-
June 12
The Postal Service
Recent Comments