Sean Cole: Unorthodox Approaches to Radio Storytelling. Tues. May 15, 7pm

Sean ColeSean Cole discusses unorthodox approaches to non-fiction radio storytelling, and struggling (or at least pretending) to be yourself on the air.

Sean Cole is a producer for the award-winning WNYC program Radiolab. Previously, he was a frequent contributor to American Public Media’s Marketplace, and has reported for numerous public radio outlets including This American Life, All Things Considered, and Studio 360, among others. Sean got his start in radio in 1997 at WBUR in Boston.

Host for Hear Now: Sam Greenspan

RSVP to 202 289-1200 ext 164 or rsvp@washington.goethe.org

Julie Shapiro – Third Coast Listening Room: The Sounds (and Stories) of Protest. Thurs. June 21, 7pm

Protest culture is everywhere, including on your radio! This evening of audio stories about talking back, occupying, resisting, and agitating will range from punk rockers against Putin, to an audio montage/homage to “rabble rousers,” to a feisty Board of Education meeting in Chicago.

Julie Shapiro is artistic director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival. She has been invited to share her radio perspective at gatherings and for publications around the world, including the International Feature Conference and the New York Times Magazine.

Host for Hear Now: Bill Gilcher

Sound Scene, the DC Listening Lounge Extravaganza, Sat. June 2

At the Goethe-Institut Washington.

Details t.b.a. at dclisteninglounge.com

Daniel Zwerdling: Wednesday, April 25th, 7pm at the Goethe-Institut

Daniel ZwerdlingDaniel Zwerdling has reported for NPR since 1980, where his stories have repeatedly attracted national attention and generated national action. His topics range from his 2007 series on the US military’s neglect of serious mental health disorders in their troops to his groundbreaking articles in the early 1970s suggesting that the typical American diet contributed to cancer and heart disease.

Zwerdling has won the most prestigious awards in broadcasting, including the DuPont, Peabody, Polk, Edward R. Murrow, Investigative Reporters and Editors, the Robert F. Kennedy and DART awards for investigative reporting.

Please RSVP to (202) 289-1200, ext. 163; or rsvp@washington.goethe.org.

Coming this fall

Tuesday, September 18, 7 pm – Flawn Williams.

Tuesday, October 16, 7 pm – Roman Mars.

Tuesday, November 20, 7 pm – Neenah Ellis, General Manager, WYSO

 

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