People and their Places
Series produced by Terrascope Radio
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Short pieces, each about one person and a special place.
As an introduction to radio production, students are asked to create a short piece about a person and a place that is special to that person. Students are allowed to interpret the assignment freely, as you can hear in some of the pieces.
30 Pieces
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A city girl, Sophie finds a tiny gap between her house and the next, wriggles through it and finds herself in a magical, secluded fairyland.
- Added: Dec 21, 2015
- Length: 02:49
A random bike ride leads Eliot to a glorious hidden park. He just has to be sure not to go there too often, so that he never really knows how to ge...
- Added: Dec 21, 2015
- Length: 02:34
She sets 56 alarms every day, which are really good at waking everyone *else* in her dorm....
- Added: Dec 21, 2015
- Length: 02:28
Anni's favorite place growing up was ... the school-bus stop?
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:16
What if everybody ran everywhere, and walking seemed as slow as crawling?
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:30
What separates a collector from a hoarder? What do our rooms, be they messy or neat, say about us and our experiences?
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:20
Classical piano or "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown"--makes no difference, as long as Aleksya can be onstage, performing for an audience.
- Added: Mar 22, 2012
- Length: 02:20
For one Indian classical singer, a crowded little apartment in Queens--or even just the sound of a shruthi box (an Indian-style musical drone)--bri...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 02:36
- Purchases: 1
Swinging- what could be a better way to just get away as a child?
Bought by PRX Remix and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Apr 23, 2009
- Length: 03:14
- Purchases: 2
A college student recalls a story from her childhood in Indonesia in which a small event led to a deeper understanding of the social divisions in h...
- Added: Apr 23, 2009
- Length: 03:01
A sound collage of a few events from spring break in Arizona.
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:14
Collage of people talking about where they are from.
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:23
A college student sends an audio postcard to her classmates about her experience in California with MIT's track and field team.
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:22
- Added: May 04, 2009
- Length: 02:39
- Purchases: 1
What is a home? Come take a look at the concept of “home” from a different perspective.
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:32
What do you use your camera for? For Andrei, it's a tool for shaping his world.
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:24
Since he was three years old, Obasi Onuoha has been in love with computers. really. To him, they're way more than just machines....
- Added: Apr 03, 2014
- Length: 02:30
For Joe, the best part of playing the piano is doing it where no one’s listening.
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:29
You hear about it all the time, but how many people truly know what diversity is all about? Can a traffic light teach us?
- Added: Mar 14, 2013
- Length: 02:30
Mentioning the Thirsty Ear Pub, which used to be in the basement of what was then the MIT graduate dorm Ashdown House, evokes a wide range of emoti...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 02:36
