Barbara Bogaev has narrated 18 audiobooks on Listento.it by 11 authors. The most-rated is Changing Spaces: Hampden, Baltimore.
Carving the Coastline
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Coastal communities have a lot to worry about: sea level changes, El Niño, hurricanes, construction, even gardening; all contribute to erosion along the nation’s coasts. None want the fate of the town of Pacifica, California, which started sliding into the ocean in the 1980’s. Producer William Drummond visits homeowners and discusses the reasons for Pacifica’s erosion with geologist Gary Griggs of the University of California at Santa Cruz. How can a community predict the hazards of coastal change? With a mix of airborne technologies, including planes, satellites and infrared detection, scientists can track coastal erosion patterns more easily. NASA investigator Bill Krabill, who revolutionized coastal mapping by combining some of these observing techniques, gives us a bird’s eye view of erosion. Drummond goes up in a small plane with a laser as it maps the North Carolina coast during post-hurricane season and talks to USGS oceanographer Abby Sallenger who pioneered using laser data as a forecasting tool. Lessons learned from the vanishing town of Pacifica reinforce the importance of this research to coastal areas. Carving the Coastline is part of the Soundprint mini-series Exploring Space Science, funded in part by the National Science Foundation. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget.
©2000 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Keysville, GA: Old Dreams, New South
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On January 4, 1988, 63-year-old Emma Gresham became the first black mayor of Keysville, Georgia. She won the election over her opponent by 10 votes. In the town courthouse, on a trailer mounted on cinderblocks, a banner reads: Justice Knows No Boundaries. It's a constant reminder of both the town's troubled history and the dreams the mayor has for the town. In this small, mostly black, southern town, Emma Gresham employed education, patience, and political action, along with her famous biscuits, to realize her dream of a better life for her constituents in Keysville, the town that time forgot. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related Soundprint documentaries: The Bourbons, the Wampum and Boodle Boys, and Stalin's Mortimer Snerd Produced by: Moira Rankin David Duke’s New Profile Produced by: Gary CovinoDavid Duke: The Last Crusade Produced by: Gary CovinoSoundprint Executive Producer: Bill SiemeringProducer: Moira RankinAudio Engineer: Anna Maria de FreitasAssociate Producer: Amy Zeirler
©1988 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Funeral in Irian Jaya
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We travel to one of the most inaccessible parts of Indonesia, the mountainous area of Irian Jaya, which shares a peninsula with Papua, New Guinea. Here development is forcing some of the most rapid cultural, environmental and social changes occurring in any part of the world. As tribal peoples leave the Stone Age and leapfrog into the 20th century, tourist dollars turn tribal rituals into kitsch. To capitalize on vast natural resources, the government is building roads to connect the interior to the coastline. Thousands of immigrants from Indonesia's other islands are crowding in, hoping for a share of the new economic pie. And in the middle of the development, the government is experimenting with a revolutionary program to engage indigenous peoples in the preservation of their land. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related Soundprint documentaries: Missionaries Produced by: Moira RankinWhen the Rainforest Burns I & II Produced by: Cecilia VaismanSoundprint Executive Producer: Bill SiemeringProducer: Moira RankinAudio Engineer: Anna Maria de FreitasAssociate Producer: Debra Morris
©1990 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Three Lives of J. Krishnamurti
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"Truth is a pathless land" said the Indian spiritual leader and iconoclast J. Krishnamurti. He taught pacifism and harmony; he sought freedom through a transformation of the human psyche. People flocked to follow him as he moved across continents and through much of the twentieth century, spreading his word. He never wanted to be called a guru and yet his followers (who included Hollywood film stars) insisted on it. Producer Judith Kampfner traces how a Brahmin boy from Chennai came to speak to world leaders in his Californian orange grove retreat in Ojai. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related documentaries: Children and God Produced by: Richard Paul Conversations in a Black Barbershop Produced by: Askia Muhammad Epiphany Produced by: Richard Paul A Visit to Sedona Produced by: Njemile RollinsSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasManaging Producer: Gemma HooleyAudio Engineer: Thom WoodwardProduction Assistant: Leith WalkerProduction Assistant: Graham Loundermon
©1999 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
24 Hours on the Edge of Ground Zero
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In the weeks and months leading from the 9-11 attack, what was life like around the perimeter of Ground Zero? A snapshot of history, 24 Hours on the Edge of Ground Zero explores the landscape that is disaster area, tourist attraction and shrine. Beginning at 7:00 a.m. on December 12th, 2001, reporters Jad Abumrad and Sesh Kannan collected conversations, stories and sounds between the perimeter and Nino's Restaurant, a 24 hour eatery open only to rescue workers. They discovered two types of people: the tourist and the rescue worker. How do these two groups differ in their experience of Ground Zero? As you travel through the 24 hours, it becomes clear that the situation itself resists summary. The visitors aren't merely "tourists" and the rescue workers aren't just "heroes."The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award-winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget.Here are some related Soundprint documentaries: The Arc of Crisis Bringing Context to Journalism, produced by William Drummond Defending The Future, produced by Steve Roberts, Sesh Kannan, Carol BeachLegacies, produced by SoundprintWe Were on Duty, produced by Richard PaulSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasAudio Engineer: Alexandra GardnerAssociate Producer: Sesh KannanAssistant Producer: Katie GottMultimedia Field Producer: Joe Lloyd
©2002 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Arc of Crisis: Bringing Context to Journalism
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To William Drummond, a veteran reporter and a professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and subsequent war in Afghanistan exposed a weakness in the way news media had been presenting the world to the American public. Drummond had served as a correspondent for the Los Angeles Times in New Delhi and Jerusalem in the seventies and visited Afghanistan on many occasions. Now he felt the public was seeing more, but understanding it less. He decided to change this by teaching a course that would train a new breed of techno savvy journalists to bring more context and meaning in reporting. He titled the course “The Arc of Crisis: from Kabul to Jerusalem.” Over a decade later, this early foray into digital storytelling still resonates. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related documentaries: 24 Hours on the Edge of Ground Zero Produced by: SoundprintDefending The Future Produced by: Steve Roberts, Sesh Kannan and Carol BeachLegacies Produced by: SoundprintWe Were on Duty Produced by: Richard PaulSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasAudio Engineer: Alexandra GardnerAssociate Producer: Sesh KannanProduction Assistant: Katie Gott
©2002 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Kids and Guns
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Two 17-year-old students were gunned down by a fellow 15-year-old student in the hallways of Jefferson High School in Brooklyn, New York. Although unusual at school, it was not an uncommon occurrence in East New York City, an area where families shared their community with drug dealers. The year was 1991. Producer Maria Hinojosa talks to kids who had no protection against the violence that surrounded them, other than toting guns. In this neighborhood, a three block walk to school was deadly. Their stories have an increasing resonance today. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related Soundprint documentaries: The Changing Face of Neighborhood Crime Produced by: Askia MuhammadJapan is a Safer Place to be a Fish Produced by: Mary Beth KirchnerOne More Chance for P.S. 123 Produced by: Steve MencherPeanut King’s Children Produced by: Deborah GeorgeSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasAssociate Producer: Debra MorrisAudio Engineer: Dave Patschke
©1992 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Dream Deferred
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At the turn of this century some 5,000 refugee children arrived in the U.S. every year, penniless and alone, seeking asylum and freedom. A third were locked up - some alongside violent offenders. Until recently, many were deported back to traumatic home situations. The U.S. government does not provide them with lawyers, yet whether they can stay legally is decided in court. Reporter Gillian Karp follows two of these children, Juan Pablo from Honduras and Jimmy from Punjab, India. Why did they leave? What dreams are they chasing? How did they get here and where are they today? Dream Deferred takes a look at the situation of children who have illegally entered the country. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget.
©2003 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Hospice Chronicles:
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In 1967, St. Christopher's Hospice, the first modern hospice, opened in a suburb of London. Since then, millions of people around the world have chosen hospice at the end of their lives, with many patients choosing to receive care in their homes. In Hospice Chronicles: Joe and Roger, producer Dan Collison follows Joe, a volunteer trained in "respite care," giving family members a break from caretaking responsibilities. As Joe, a Buddhist, engages Roger, a devout Christian, in discussions of death and mortality, he finds himself exploring death in a way for which training could not have prepared him. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related Soundprint documentaries: Gramma Elsie Produced by: Gary JohnsonTho’ the Body May Be Frail Produced by: Linda MackUpright Grand Produced by: Tim WilsonSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinAudio Engineer: Jared WeissbrotProduction Assistant: Erica PoonProduction Assistant: Eric Schaffer
©2007 Long Haul Productions (P)2013 SMCI
The Clinic
Summary
South Africa’s approach to HIV/AIDS has dramatically changed in recent years. For more than two decades, a combination of government inaction and controversial public health policies led to the situation that South Africa finds itself in today: home to the largest number of people living with HIV. Now the country is trying to make up for lost time, both in prevention and in treatment. At public health clinics across the country, addressing the science of HIV/AIDS means addressing a litany of social problems, too. Producer Gemma Hooley speaks to scientists, researchers, field workers and patients as South Africa fights to slow the march of the virulent disease. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget.
©2006 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Living History in Colonial Williamsburg
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Step back in time to the eve of the American Revolution, following a woman whose job it is to play an 18th slave character in Colonial Williamsburg; a woman who must learn, in modern day, to interpret and recreate 1770 slave culture for a tourist audience. The story is told through this character's own narration and reflection, her interaction with other historical characters and with the tourist public in Williamsburg, and through documentation of her daily tasks. As she steps in and out of character, we discover what it's like to step in and out of history: re-enacting the mundanities and tensions of 18th century life in the fields and kitchens during the day and negotiating a modern 21st century life after visiting hours. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related documentaries: The Color of Shakespeare Produced by Richard PaulSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasAudio Engineer: Jared WeissbrotAssociate Producer: Katie Gott
©2004 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
AIDS in Haiti
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In the early years of the AIDS epidemic, the CDC identified four risk factors for HIV infection: “homosexuals, hemophiliacs, heroin addicts and Haitians.” Although public health messages have changed to a recognition that behavior, not ethnicity, can lead to infection, stigma stills permeates the Haitian community. Producer Lakshmi Singh visits the immigrant community in the U.S. where the disease remains in the shadows and then travels on to Haiti. She draws a portrait of a country still in turmoil: a mother in a rural countryside already overwhelmed by poverty and disease; sex workers who must decide every night whether to risk condom free sex; and HIV positive family members who still feel a lingering stigma. The prognosis for Haiti's response to the disease remains elusive. Yet, as Singh discovers, doctors firmly believe that the tide is turning on the AIDS battle in Haiti. Haiti's largest health center, in Port-au-Prince, is run by Dr. Jean William Pape who is encouraged by lower rates of infection among newly born infants. Out in the country-side, we visit with Dr. Paul Farmer who is spear-heading work with Partners in Health, a community-based health center.
©2004 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Game Over
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Our story begins within a video game. Producer Chris Brookes takes us on an adventure that explores what video games can tell us about teaching children in school. A psychologist looks at students who play video games and whether they then learn new technologies faster in school. How can video games be structured towards improving knowledge of math, science and social studies? That is what some video game developers and educators are working on. Combining curriculum with state of the art game software, they are testing how games can improve education and student participation in the classroom. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Game Over is part of a Soundprint special series called The Education Connection about the early introduction of technology into the classroom, supported in part by the U.S. Department of Education. Here are some other documentaries in the series: After Graduation: Meeting Special Needs Produced by: Alyne EllisBuilding Blocks Produced by: Judith KampfnerClassroom Cool: Training Teachers to Use Technology Produced by: William Drummond Click Here for College Produced by: Richard Paul Digital Equity Produced by: Kathy BaronMagic Box Produced by: Richard PaulWeb of Letters Produced by: Gemma HooleySoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasManaging Producer: Sesh KannanField Producer: Katie GottAudio Engineer: Jared WeissbrotProduction Assistant: Anu Yadav
©2003 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
High Stakes of Today's Testing
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Standardized tests have been around for years in the United States. What's different now is that schools and teachers are being held accountable for the results of these tests. Add to that new federal legislation, and the stakes are raised even higher, with threats of federal funding being cut off to underachieving school districts. Then there is the question of how and what the children are being tested on. Producer Katie Gott follows the paths of two failing schools, one in Maryland and the other in Virginia, to understand how each state applies its testing policy, and how testing impacts schools, teachers, parents and children. What happens if these schools don't make the grade after the scores are in? The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. “The High Stakes of Today’s Testing” is part of a Soundprint miniseries called The Education Connection, supported in part by the U.S. Department of Education. The series examines the early introduction of technology into the classroom. Here are some other documentaries in the series: “After Graduation: Meeting Special Needs” Produced by Alyne Ellis“Building Blocks” Produced by: Judith Kampfner“Classroom Cool: Training Teachers to Use Technology” Produced by William Drummond“Click Here for College” Produced by: Richard Paul“Digital Equity” Produced by: Kathy Baron“Magic Box” Produced by: Richard Paul“Sneak Out” Produced by: Kathy Baron“Web of Letters” Produced by: Gemma HooleySoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasManaging Producer: Sesh KannanField Producer: Katie GottAudio Engineer: Jared WeissbrotProduction Assistant: Anu Yadav
©2003 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Evolution Boomerang
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Evolution is usually thought of a slow, undetected process, happening over hundreds, even millions of years. But when humans enter the picture, whether they apply new insecticides, over-fish or dump pollutants, evolution accelerates changes in nature ... to the point where humans now must devise ways to stop or reverse the process. Producer Barbara Bogaev presents three cases where just by making one move, we’ve inadvertently produced a counter effect. Joined by noted evolution scientist and marine biologist Steve Palumbi of Stanford University, Evolution Boomerang looks at insecticide resistant cotton boll worms, Atlantic salmon with manipulated genetic traits and promiscuous bacteria that is adapting to toxic PCB’s. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Evolution Boomerang was produced with support from the National Science Foundation. Here are some related Soundprint documentaries: The Neglected Ape Produced by: Neenah EllisPlastics: Here Today, Here Tomorrow Produced by: Howard Kohn and Vicki Monks Surviving Extinction Produced by: Soundprint StaffVavilov’s Ghost Produced by: Neenah EllisSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasAudio Engineer: Jared WeissbrotAssociate Producer: Katie Gott
©2005 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Calling Mr. Marconi
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When Guglielmo Marconi installed a receiving station at St. Johns Newfoundland in November 1901 he probably never realized the full impact of his invention. From that amazing feat that pulled sound across the horizon, radio is now as remarkable as wallpaper. The people of St. Johns are determined to celebrate this most ubiquitous of mediums on the 100th anniversary of the transmission of the first signal across the Atlantic. Producer Chris Brookes from Battery Radio captures the town's enthusiasm as they move through the day. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget.
©2001 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Last Out
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If you are a baseball junkie, this program is for you. Producers Moira Rankin and Dan Collison explore the baseball fan's addiction to the game as they follow two die-hard enthusiasts to see how they endure the off-season. Along the way, they find solace in winter trade news, visit a psychologist, drop in on a support group, and reach nirvana and spring training. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Here are some related Soundprint documentaries: The Baseball Plantation Produced by: Kathy McAnallyChicago: A Rookie Fan’s Love Story Produced by: Judith KampfnerHeavy Petting Produced by: Gemma HooleyHockey Diaries: Ready to Play Produced by: Gemma Hooley and Chris NelsonSoundprint Executive Producer: Bill SiemeringProducer: Moira RankinAudio Engineer: Anna Maria de FreitasAssociate Producer: Debra Morris
©1991 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI
Changing Spaces: Hampden, Baltimore
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Producer Gemma Hooley profiles the neighborhood of Hampden in Baltimore, Maryland. It's a pop culture landscape of pink plastic flamingoes, beehive hairdos, vintage clothing, leopard-skin purses, and cat-eye sunglasses. Then there are the annual festivals like the HonFest competition, and Christmas lights that you'll swear are shining through your radio. It’s not all charming nostalgia though. Join us as we explore the underlying culture of this blue collar community. The Soundprint documentary series features the best work of top radio producers. The award winning documentaries are renowned for drawing the listener into the story with compelling interviews, authentic voices and rich sound. From memoirs to science, health and popular culture, Soundprint creates a powerful experience the listener will not soon forget. Related content: The Changing Face of Neighborhood Crime Produced by: Askia MuhammadPeanut King’s Children by: Deborah GeorgeWatershed 263 by: Katie GottSoundprint Executive Producer: Moira RankinTechnical Director: Anna Maria de FreitasAudio Engineer: Jared WeissbrotAssociate Producer: Sesh KannanProduction Assistant: Katie Gott
©2003 SMCI (P)2013 SMCI