For KCRW's Radio Race 2021. The theme was "Won't you be my neighbor?"

Producers Vera Blossom & Nessa Concepcion go to the Las Vegas Strip — just 1 mile from their apartment — to ask tourists if they want to live here. Then, they ask each other if they want to continue living here.

Won't you be my neighbor?

T​EAM CRANKY QUEERS: ​"Won't You Be My Neighbor? No."
(2021 Radio Race)

This is a story about being a begrudging neighbor.

This piece was produced by Team Cranky Queers as part of the 24 hour Radio Race from KCRW’s Independent Producer Project. Recorded and produced in Vermont.

CREDITS:
Interviewee: Sarah Mell.
Music: Jackson F. Smith - Cantina Rag [Free Music Archive]

TEAM CRANK QUEERS:
DJ Llu (Editor/Producer), Kate Van Wagner (Interviewer/Producer), Sam Mulvaney (3 1/2 year old foley artist)

Recording gear provided by the Media Factory, a community media center located in Burlington, VT: MediaFactory.org.

Radio Race 2021 - Won't You Be My Neighbor? No. - Team Cranky Queers

Produced for the KCRW Radio Race 2021. 
The theme was Won't You Be My Neighbour?

THUMP THUMP THUMP

The Neighborhoods of San Francisco's SROs

High Street Radio Submission for 2018 KCRW 24 Hour Radio Race. Produced and edited by Rae Solomon and Josh Mattison. Written by Rae Solomon. Sound Design by Josh Mattison.

Heidi and Pearl and Heidi

With the widening age gap between parents and their kids, children brace for a new era of elder care. The "Sandwich Generation" was coined for adults whose responsibilities include taking care of their parents and children. Matt Livadary explores this dynamic with his aging father. Is taking care of our parents at younger and younger ages the new normal?

-- Produced by Matt Livadary for KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producer Project.

THE SANDWICH GENERATION: THE NEW NORMAL - KCRW 24 HOUR RADIO RACE - BY MATT LIVADARY

Life Cycles

Ravens and crows aren't the only creatures attracted to shiny things. Hear the story of the Campbell-Stokes Sunshine Recorder at Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory: a crystal ball so useful that it's helping to build a record of long-term climate change in New England, but so irresistible that it was once stolen by an acrobatic climber.

This piece was produced by Wade Roush on August 25-26, 2018, as part of the 24 Hour Radio Race from KCRW's Independent Producers Project. 

Music by Titlecard Music and Sound, used by permission. Special thanks to Don McCasland, Peter Volpe, Julia Simonds, Kaitlin Geagan, and the entire staff of the Blue Hill Observatory & Science Center in Canton, MA (www.bluehill.org).

Stealing The Sun

This piece was produced by Anne Pope and @KekaMarzagao for KCRW's 24-Hour Radio Race 2018. 
Art by @KekaMarzagao.

Music: 

"Start As You Mean to Go On" by Daniel Birch (www.danielbirchmusic.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

"Welcome to the Club" by Anne Pope (www.annepope.com)

"Set Me Free" by Ryan Andersen (www.ryan-andersen.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Welcome to the Club

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Last year, a survey indicated that 30% of American children want to become YouTubers someday—nearly three times as many who want to become astronauts. Should we be worried? I talked to a handful of kids and U. of Georgia professor of education Jay Rojewski about children's career aspirations.

This story aired on WHYY's health and science show The Pulse, in their 2020 program "The Future of Work." (https://whyy.org/episodes/the-future-of-work/)

When I Grow Up | WHYY's The Pulse | Sept. 4, 2020

Sonja Swanson

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