The Selects Podcast

Mitra speaks with Sonja Williams, one of the producers of Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was about her career in audio, and in particular her relationship with archival audio and scholarship.  

It’s the first thing you learn as a radio reporter. Check your levels by asking an interview subject the question “what did you have for breakfast?” It’s disarming. But it’s also revealing.  In this piece by Annie Cheney and Jay Allison, the question becomes the story vehicle and we're treated to a story about the complicated relationship between food, eating, family, and friendship. More about Co...

At the end of last month, we lost an audio icon: Larry Massett.  As a sort of tribute, we want to share one of the Four Stories About Travel we just put on the Selects Channel.  This piece originally aired on Hearing Voices.  Larry is a legendary producer and host who describes himself as being present at the inception of public media. It's a trip down memory lane, literally and figuratively, with...

We have got four stories about travel for you. However, these are not your typical travel stories - we've got a story from Outer Voices about nomadic sheep herders in Mongolia, the diary of a foul mouthed teenager on a camping trip read live on Mortified, Producer Larry Massett on traveling with his mother, and an early work by Arlie Adlington featuring a watchmaker considering time travel.  These...

This month we're proud to present one episode of the six-part series Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was (1996), created by PRX and the Smithsonian telling the story of radio’s role in the 20th century transformation of the African American community. ***** Original Series Credits: Black Radio: Telling It Like It Was was a 12-episode radio series hosted by Lou Rawls and produced for the Smithsonia...

We've got a new show available for Selects members!  These four selections of the American Icons series are astounding listens, and made by some of the most influential audio producers working (and not working) today.   You can listen on our Apple Podcasts Channel or by going to Selects.fm

For our inaugural episode of Selects, we're proud to present Sean Cole's piece Call NOW! originally created for Life of the Law.   ****** Original Credits for the Series: Production Credits: Reporter/Producer: Sean Cole Producer: Kaitlin Prest Music: Kyle Kaplan, Todd MacDonald, Matthew Darr Additional Production: Shannon Heffernan, Ashleyanne Krigbaum Additional Music – Andrea Hendrickson Social...