Thursday’s Poem: “Welcome Home, Children” by David Shumate from The Floating Bridge. Thursday’s Literary Notes: It was on this day in 2001 that Apple released the iPod. The first iPod had a hard drive of five gigabytes, and when it was released, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced that the little device could put “1,000 songs in your pocket.” It’s the birthday of Augusten Burroughs, born Christopher Robison in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1965). He’s the author of the best-selling memoir Running with…
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.
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.