The Reporter's Mixtape is a journey into the sound -- and soul -- of America through a reporter's lens. Produced to debut at Carrie Mae Weems' The Shape of Things (December 2021). 

Executive producer and reporter: Farai Chideya
Senior Producer and Archivist: Emily J. Daly
Sound designers: William N. Lowe and Padra Crisafulli
special thanks to Tyler Fields

The Reporter's Mixtape

This is the 2010 radio documentary produced by Pop and Politics, Farai Chideya, WNYC, PRI, and funded by the Ford and Knight Foundations. 

It has a lot of relevance to the 2016 election. Take a listen.

Arizona Pop & Politics -- Billboard

Ohio native Paula Puhak gives an insider's look on the state's politics.

Paula Puhak on Ohio politics

A little audiodiary from Dec 6, the morning after the blizzard, at Oceti Sakowin Camp at Standing Rock. By Farai Chideya

SR59 BlizzardAudioDiary

Che Jim, Giovanni Sanchez, and Xo Jim speak about movement building, connecting indiginious communities and issues, healing, and the role of the arts at Standing Rock. Xo and Che work on movement building via the organization Healing Arrows. Taped at Benji Buffalo's snow fort on Dec 5 in the blizzard at Oceti Sakowin Camp.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Attribute material  to: Farai Chideya
Taped at Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock, near Cannonball, North Dakota, Dec 5, 2016.

SR0052 Interview Che Jim/Giovanni Sanchez/Xo Jim

Che Jim and Giovanni Sanchez perform (abt 4.5 of 9 minutes), then speak about Standing Rock's broader importance. Che works on movement building via the organization Healing Arrows. Taped at Benji Buffalo's snow fort on Dec 5 in the blizzard at Oceti Sakowin Camp.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Attribute material to: Farai Chideya
Taped at Oceti Sakowin Camp, Standing Rock, near Cannon Ball, North Dakota
December 5, 2016

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