Philadelphia-based First Person Arts is an organization that highlights the stories of real life people, in their own words through storytelling events, digital media, and training to help people tell their own stories in theater, memoir, and documentary formats. The bimonthly #Us podcast from First Person Arts features a mix of new stories and stories […]
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Diving Board: Woodmere Art Museum tells the story of Philadelphia’s Art and Artists
The Diving Board podcast is produced by Woodmere Art Museum Director and CEO Bill Valerio and Stephanie Marudas of Kouvenda Media, and starting in 2020 I’ve been helping out with mixing and audio restoration. The podcast dives into the stories of Philadelphia area artists, but also the issues they explore in their work and the […]
Resolved: Resolve Philly’s podcast about Collaborative Solutions Journalism
At a time when newsrooms across the country are shrinking and trust in news is declining, news organizations and other partners in Philadelphia have been collaborating on reporting initiatives like The Reentry Project and Broke in Philly. That partnership is due to the work of Resolve Philly, a non-profit focused on collaborative solutions journalism. The […]
Mid-Americana: Stories From a Changing Midwest (podcast)
The Mid-Americana podcast is a series exploring the history and identity of the Midwest region through the stories of people in the region. Season one was released in 2019, and is titled “Homecoming,” and features the stories of eight native Iowans who moved away from the Midwest and then came back to stay. Season 2 […]
At the Core of Care (podcast)
At the Core of Care is a podcast series that examines key issues in healthcare and the important role nursing plays by looking at the experiences of patients, families, and communities and creative efforts of nurses and their partners to better meet the needs of the people they serve. The podcast series from the Pennsylvania […]
A future without Prisons (WPPM radio story)
For the latest episode of the Philly Breakdown for WPPM, we peered into the future — with stories on the future of community media (which is threatened at the moment), imagining a future of walkable cities, and more. After meeting some of the organizers at Philadelphia’s Youth Art & Empowerment Project (YASP) recently, I had a […]