Reality Radio: Telling True Stories in Sound
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Over the last few decades, the radio documentary has developed into a strikingly vibrant form of creative expression. This volume celebrates today's best audio documentary work by bringing together some of the most influential and innovative practitioners from the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Australia. In these 19 essays, documentary makers tell relate how they make radio the way they do, and why.Includes essays from Ira Glass, the Kitchen Sisters, Rick Moody, and producer Joe Richman, among others.
Foreword Rick Moody ixIntroduction John Biewen 1Are We On The Air? Chris Brookes 15That Jackie Kennedy Moment Scott Carrier 27Talking To Strangers The Kitchen Sisters 36No Holes Were Drilled in the Heads of Animals In The Making Of This Radio Show Jad Abumrad 44Harnessing Luck as an Industrial Product Ira Glass 54Covering Home Katie Davis 67What Did She Just Say? damali ayo 76Out There Sherre DeLys 86Cigarettes and Dance Steps Alan Hall 96Unreality Radio Natalie Kestecher 108Finding the Poetry Dmae Roberts 116Diaries and Detritus: One Perfectionist's Search For Imperfection Joe Richman 128Living History Stephen Smith 135The Voice and the Place Sandy Tolan 147Crossing Borders Maria Martin 157Adventurers in Sound Karen Michel 165Dressy Girls Lena Eckert-Erdheim 171Salt is flavor and Other Tips Learned While Cooking Emily Botein 176Afterword: Listen Jay Allison 183About the Contributors 197Editor's Note: Hearing the Documentaries 205Acknowledgments 207
