55: Seeing Red

March 21, 2008 at 6:29pm

In early 2007 StoryCorps launched a nationwide initiative to record the stories of African-Americans. Known as StoryCorps Griot, it's the largest oral history of African-American life since the Works Progress Administration recorded Slave Narratives in the 1930s. The tour started in Atlanta, Georgia and ended last month in Montgomery, Alabama after recording close to 2,000 interviews. Mary Ellen Noone came to StoryCorps Griot in Montgomery, Alabama to remember her great-grandmother Pinky Powell.

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There's way too much audio in the world to catch everything that comes out of your clock radio. Public Radio Redux shines a spotlight on stories that makes you turn and look at your speakers. It's a curated list, a place to make comments, and a blog about making radio. Consider it the espresso in your daily public radio fix.

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Public Radio Redux was started by two friends who bonded over the joys and pain of making radio. Jen Nathan and Erin Mishkin met at the Salt Institute of Documentary Studies and quickly bonded over a shared love of podcasts and bloody marys. Rather than boring their friends with another unrehearsed live re-enactment of their favorite radio shows, they started this blog.

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