A Day and a Life in the Ghetto
I choose the audio composition called “Ghetto Life 101” about LeAlan Jones, thirteen, and Lloyd Newman, fourteen, collaborated with public radio producer David Isay to create the radio documentary Ghetto Life 101, their audio diaries of life on Chicago’s South…
Strange Fruit- Voices of a Lynching
The audio story I listened to is centered around the famous blues song Strange Fruit, written by Abel Meeropol and sung by Billie Holiday. This song was inspired by the most famous lynching photo, featuring two African American males hanging…
Sisters Bonded by Blood
The audio story I listened to was about two sisters, Kai Leigh Harriott and Aja David. When Kai was three and Aja was fourteen, Kai was shot in the back. Now, Kai is fourteen and she has been paralyzed from…
Overcoming a Life Without Sight
The audio story I tuned in for was a wonderful story about the three blind triplets Leo, Nick, and Steven Argel, who, along with their single mother, struggled greatly in the early years of their life due to their lack…
An Unexpected Perspective
This audio followed the lives of two boys living in the South Side of Chicago, which is the poorest section of the city. These boys are 13 and 14 years old. They were given an audio set, which they took…
The Old Mountaineer
Jimmy Weekley, a 70 year old man is the only one still living on Pigeonroost Hollow, a West Virginia mountain top rich in coal reserves. Arch Coal bough out every one of Jimmy’s neighbors except for him. Over all the…
Beating Homelessness
While browsing the collection of audio logs on storycorps.com, one in particular caught my eye with the title “I can’t even begin to tell you the misery of rain.” In this story, George Hill recaps his life of being homeless…
A Wounded Spirit
I came across this story on StoryCorps and I was moved by the photo attached to it. The two people had a great deal of pain written on their faces. In the story, the parents of Marine Corporal Jeff Lucey open…
An Audible Change – Cristal’s Diary
An Audible Change – Cristal’s Diary Cristal’s radio diary begins in the middle of her complicated story. There is no music throughout the entire piece, only voices. The narrator describes to her audience her experience in prison. The audience has…
14-year-old Blind Triplets: Growing Up
This is a very interesting audio composition right off the bat, because the title (14-year-old triplets Leo, Nick, and Steven Argel tell Ollie Cantos about growing up) accompanied with the picture of three blind boys.makes you want to learn more….
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