When I discovered there was going to be a total solar eclipse in North America on August 21, I was miserable. Months before, I had planned a trip to Europe, and my flight to London was leaving on that same day. The day before my trip, after much agonizing, I decided instead of going on my flight, I would drive 743 miles from New York to South Carolina with my roommate, to witness the total solar eclipse. I’m not the kind of person who abandon well-laid plans, especially ones that involve hundreds of dollars of nonrefundable airfare, so this was completely out of character for me. But when I asked myself, “Can I wait 7 years to witness another total solar eclipse?” The answer was no. But really, was it worth it?

The Great American Eclipse

Contra dance is a traditional community folk dance,
it looks like a combination of swing dancing and square dancing. 
In recent years, it’s undergoing a resurgence in metropolitan areas. 
The Portland Intown Contra Dance is bringing this tradition to downtown Portland each week.

Dance Church

An audio profile of a visual artist, Mei Selvage, and her journey to discover what it means to be a Chinese immigrant in America.

Chinese/American

Unresloved is a podcast about stories that are baffling. Ideas that are hard to believe, but not easy to dismiss. They pose questions with no easy answers - no question is too big or too small.

It explores a wide range of seemingly disparate topics: from cultural identity and the immigrant experience, to scientific wonders (ie. dark matter) and unsolved mathematical mysteries (ie. The Millennium Prize Problems)... but the through line that ties them all together is this idea of digging into unresolved questions.

Coming Soon: Unresolved Podcast

Caroline Hadilaksono, a new Maine resident, stumbles onto an unlikely story about her new home, that Maine is the site of the earliest mosque in America. She becomes obsessed with finding the muslim community behind that mosque. Who were they? Where are they now? As she digs deeper, she discovers that the roots of her obsession actually hits much closer to home than she realized.

Mosque Is Where the Home Is

Do you have the skills to survive a zombie apocalypse? What does that say about you?

Zombie Apocalypse

A short portrait of Atsuko Fujimoto of Ten Ten Pie.

Ten Ten Pie

For two months out of the year, Old Orchard Beach, a sea-side town in southern Maine, comes alive for the summer. Roland, an 81-year-old Elvis impersonator is a staple of the Old Orchard carnival scene.

This piece was produced with fellow producer Marissa Schneiderman for the NEXT Podcast, by the New England News Collaborative. It aired on local public radio stations around New England.

The King of Old Orchard

Bite-size audio guides that encourage kids (and their grown-ups) to use their imagination as a way to pay attention and transform the world around them.  Because having the ability to see the world through new eyes and imagine different possibilities outside of the world they’re currently in, is the kind of creativity and resilience the next generation needs to enter the workforce and think up new solutions to problems that don’t even exist yet.

Soundscape Riders - Pilot

Designer/Illustrator. Makes pictures, books, & science apps. Loves radio.

Caroline Hadilaksono

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