The Hitchhiking Stories Project #2: Feeling depressed and with family problems at home, Darlene thinks the solution is to visit a drug house in Amsterdam. But she has to get there first… [5mins] https://soundcloud.com/seanrasmussen/hitchhiking-to-amsterdam
Veteran food writer Marion Kane tells the story of the first recipe she learned to make. It’s a touching coming of age story about growing up Jewish in London in the 50s and 60s… Recorded in my kitchen last month. https://soundcloud.com/seanrasmussen/identity-and-cheesecake
In the 80s my friends and I (young teens 13-18) used to go on hitchhiking adventures. Don’t ask me what our parents were thinking. Maybe they didn’t know. Anyway, we had pretty great experiences hitching. I’m still friends with those guys and some of them now have kids that are in the age range that…
Two of my oldest friends find a stack of what appears to be brand new copies of Fifty Shades of Gray just sitting on the sidewalk. This is their story. Recorded on a vintage reporter’s mic from the 70s. 6mins 48secs. The Fifty Shades Caper
Just a quick heads up. Episode 4 of Happy, the podcast is out! This episode is about people trying to develop a healthier relationship to the media in their lives. Technical note: I used a different technique for recording my narration this time. Instead of recording it and bringing it into the editor afterwards, I…
The Canadian Sound and Story Workshop held its first beginners’ class last week. I co-hosted the session with JP Davidson. Getting Started: Telling Stories in Sound walked through the whole process of making a radio documentary. From story planning to recording and mixing. We played clips from This American Life, Radiolab, Jay Allison, and more….
Just published a new episode of the podcast that I produce, Happy. The bulk of the episode is a segment by radio producer JP Davidson about a visit he made to a Laughter Yoga Club. Started in the mid-90s there are now 8000 Laughter Yoga Clubs around the world. I interview him for a bit…
This August 15th would have been Julia Child’s 100th birthday and there’s a buzz about it in the food world. There have been a few radio/podcast pieces about it, too. Here are some from Canada: Canadian Food Journalist Marion Kane’s series on Julia Child. Part one features biographer Bob Spitz, Julia’s long time friend and…
CriticsAtLarge.ca publishes daily arts reviews, written by a diverse team of critics. They’re getting into the media game now with a new semi-regular podcast. I had the pleasure to help them produce their first episode. Critics Kevin Courier and David Churchill discuss HBO’s “Hemingway and Gellhorn” (11mins). Listen Now: Kevin Courier and David Churchill both have…