The Shorts — Squalls
Squalls
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Today, we bring you the story of Kim’s first sailing trip, of horizontal masts and lightning strikes and, in her words, a “kernel of confidence that bloomed over the years.”
You can find more of Kim’s writing at: http://blog.kimzyn.com/
Music: Drop of Water in the Ocean by Broke for Free • Past The Sun by The Cassettes • Cue Me by Chiwawa • Chain by Harmonica Lewinsky • (The tragic life and brutal death of) Seamus McSweeny by The Naxalites
Tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley, Free Music Archive and Amy Stolzenbach.
Beyond the Lines
Beyond the Lines
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Maps. We’ve all studied them. Stuffed them into backpacks or the seatback pocket of our car. Maybe we’ve even been led astray by a map. But have you ever thought about the person who made that map? Or how that person might influence your initial impression of a landscape?
“A map is not a perfect representation of a landscape. It’s an abstract representation,” says cartographer Marty Schnure. Today, we have a story about a mapmaker, Patagonia Park, and the process Marty uses to create a map–a map that she hopes will connect you to a place.
Music: Road that Burned My Boots by Jahzzar • Asuncion and Dayanara by Health&Beauty • Neo Zen by Ketsa • Quasi Motion by Kevin MacLeod • Wake Me Up by Publish the Quest • Gone by Noush Skaugen
Most tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive
Additional music by Amy Stolzenbach
The Shorts — The Hourglass
The Hourglass
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You can find more of Niki’s work at: TheMilesTickAway.squarespace.com. And you can listen to her previous Short, “By Slim Chance.”
Music: The Departure by nisei23 • Strings Break by The Union Trade • Blossom by Carina Nebula • Then You Were There by Ketsa • Stop by Vienna Ditto
Additional music by Amy Stolzenbach.
Most tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive.
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700
700
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Today, we bring you “700,” the story of Clay Shank’s ambitious goal to find a new way of life and his unlikely method: skateboarding 700-miles through the state of California, hiking the 210-mile John Muir Trail, climbing Mt. Whitney and Half Dome and, all the while, capturing a video portrait of the people living in California. But, first, Clay had to learn to talk to strangers.
You can find Clay’s videos, including his newest film “Up To Us” and the trailer for his feature-length film “700 Miles” on his website http://www.clayshank.com/
Music: Violent City by The Devil’s Cut • All of the Time by adcBicycle • Run by The Ghosts of Vegas • Your Pulse by Little Glass Men • Beneath a Crescent Moon by Bryan Dunn • Never Lost by The Cassettes
Tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive.
The Shorts–Painkillers and Perspective
Painkillers and Perspective
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“All of my friends kayaked. All of the trips we went on were kayaking trips. When not kayaking, we talked about kayaking,” writes Sarah Paul. In the four years since she left home, Sarah had constructed her whole identity around whitewater kayaking. Then, on the first day of a whitewater rafting guide course, she felt something inside her shoulder shift. In a bad way. As her recovery dragged on, Sarah had to figure out who she was- other than a kayaker.
Music: Deliver It by The Henchman of School Shooting • Pretty Lights by Fog Lake • Original Score by Amy Stolzenbach • Conscience by Ketsa • Bloom by Benny No-Good
Tracks provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive
