What You’re Handed
What You’re Handed
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Music: Live at Bazillus by Aidan Baker • Hotel Denalian by Bravo, Max! • Whatever Comes My Way by Vienna Ditto • Too Young by Runaway Dorothy • Last Chance for Love by Black Rebel Motorcycle Club • A Finer Line by Jason Tyler Burton
Music provided by Mevio’s Music Alley, Free Music Archive and Diaries‘ listener Jason Tyler Burton.
Tales of Terror Vol. 5
Tales of Terror Vol. 5
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/174637383″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”true” /]Ghost stories. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, ghost stories have a way of seeping into your mind. And, if they’re really good, suddenly, that soft rapping on the window or the flickering lights become more ominous–like we’ve primed out minds to seek another explanation. In part, that’s the fun of ghost stories. But how do we explain those things we had no intention of seeing? Our Tales of Terror winners, Justin Gero and Melina Coogan, present tales of seeing something they really, really didn’t want to.
Music: Spider Vanish by Night’s Bright Colors • Darkness Falls by Sam Haynes • Strung Out by Dead Poets Society • Gradations by A Single VoiceThe Forest by Sam Haynes • Through the Eyes of Man by emFRIK • Healing for the Hopeless by emFRIK
Music provided by Mevio’s Music Alley.
The Shorts — Hooch
Hooch
[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/171414388″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”true” /]”It’s never encouraging to be awoken in a tent by headlights. I wanted to play possum–roll over, and pretend to sleep until they left,” writes David Hanson. “But this was exactly why I was here, a few hundred miles into a 500-mile canoe float down Georgia’s Chattahoochee. I came here to see the river, but I really came here to see its people. And here they were.”
Today, we bring you David’s story of discovering a culture at once foreign and strangely familiar–and all within a day’s drive of the place where he grew up.
David recently returned to the Chattahoochee to create a documentary, Who Owns Water, that chronicles a tri-state water war that threatens the river and the communities that depend on it.
Music: Requiem for Radio by The Cassettes • Flat Black by Drop Top Lincoln • Plantation by Jason Shaw • Baby, Please Don’t Go by Big Bill Broonzy • Road to Godavari by Denise Casey
Music provided by Mevio’s Music Alley, Free Music Archive and Diaries’ Listener Denise Casey.
The Shorts — 5 Steps to Bailing
5 Steps to Bailing
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We figured with that kind of experience, Dean could teach us a thing or two. Today, Dean presents another Lifestyle Tip for the Committed, with his five step guide to convinving your climbing partner to rig a retreat.
Find more of Dean’s words + photos at California Climber Magazine.
Music: Veiled Beauty, Dark Magic by Secret Archives of the Vatican • We All Fall Down by Lorenzo’s Music • Like Eating Glass by Bloc Party
Music provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive.
The Shorts — Go For It!
Go For It!
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We rely on our friends, mentors and coaches to push us past our own self-doubt–help us realize what we’re capable of. And yet, we never actually know what someone is capable of ahead of time. Today, we bring you a story on searching for the line between pushing someone to succeed, and pushing them too far.
You can hear more of Tom’s stories if you visit him at The Olive Branch in El Chorro, Spain–a family run hostel for adventurers of all kinds–where he works as a chef.
You can find Paul’s music here.
Music: Mince Meat by Dangerdoom • The Hag’s Spree by Wood Spider • 000 by Frinko
Music provided by Mevio’s Music Alley and Free Music Archive.
