Good Things by Amy Pearl

The first time I heard one of Amy Pearl’s Good Things, it was sandwiched in a morning of news featuring politics, pandemics, and climate change. I’m pretty sure it was the Dog for a Day episode, and I nearly adopted a dog that afternoon. Most striking is the sheer delight of these pieces. Each has a sense of adventure as we’re invited to relish in the small joys of a big city. They are rich in ambiance and offer a window into a unique time in NYC during the pandemic, a time when many people spoke about the death of New York City. Though short, each of these pieces is mighty, and each reflects the expertise that Pearl brings to the craft. For nearly 30 years Amy Pearl’s work appeared all over WNYC’s airwaves and podcasts. Her credits include the beloved 10 Things That Scare Me and basically every major show at WNYC: The Brian Lehrer Show, Radiolab, On The Media, Soundcheck, and Studio 360. And you can hear the editorial precision of her daily news training in Good Things. Just the good, ma’am. Indeed, as overly-written shows have proliferated at the hands of cash-strapped studios, Pearl’s work gives us something we desperately need: TAPE. She takes listeners out into the world. She quietly and powerfully delivers the sound of New York. For the record, I’m aware of how many of these are about dogs. But is any Thing more Good than a good dog? A little listening tip: sprinkle these throughout your day or week, listening all at once may cause a toothache.

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  Snow and Ice

  May 12, 202654 minS0

  <p>Host: Barrett Golding<br><br>“Sledding Party” (21:08 / 1987) Alex Chadwick<br>NPR Alex Chadwick invites America to share their stories of Flexible Flyers and downhill runs in a cross-USA audio Sledding Party, produced by Katie Davis. (Music: “Come to the Meadow” Roger Kellaway Cello Quartet (1974).)<br><br>“Avalanche” (19:29 / 1993) Scott Carrier<br>Seven skiers go into the back-country, only six return; the story from the perspective of the survivors: Dave Carter, Dwight Butler, Alan Murphy, Chris Larson, and Larry Olson; in memory of Greg McIntyre.<br><br>“Olympic Speed-Skaters” (7:59 / 1991) Barrett Golding<br>A training day in the life of three women at the U.S. High...

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  About Aging

  May 12, 202652 minS0

  <p>Host David Greenberger of Duplex Planet presents glorious moments and observations from people in the last years of their lives:<br><br>Dave Alvin discusses the song he wrote about his dying father, “Man in the Bed,” from the Western Folklife Center’s What’s in a Song? series.<br><br>Comedians Bob & Ray are “The Whirleys”.<br><br>From StoryCorps comes a remembrance from Richard Craig of his days as a dance host on cruise ships.<br><br>In Sound Portraits “The Ground We Live On” journalist Adrian Nicole LeBlanc faces mortality in recordings she made during her father’s last mo...

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  Desert Air

  May 12, 202653 minS0

  <p>Hot & dry stories and soundscapes (see Dave’s Deserts for photos from the American West):<br><br>Coyotes, owls, frogs and songbirds are part of Desert Solitudes, recorded by Bernie Krause and Ruth Happel in the Sonoran and Chihuauan deserts, part of New Mexico’s panhandle.<br><br>Host Ben Adair heads down to the ghost towns, Opera Houses, century-old abandoned mines, and billion-year old boulders along Death Valley’s “Mojave Road.”<br><br>Kraut-rockers Faust dial in “Long Distance Calls in the Desert,” from their album Rien.<br><br>The Quiet American (Aaron Ximm) sound-captures the forbidding warning signs rattling...

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  Nine to Five

  May 12, 202653 minS0

  <p>"The work we do, from Wall Street traders to taxi cab drivers. People who work with brassieres, dead bodies, lost golf balls, and off-the-books in an underground economy:<br><br>Meryn Cadell fills out a “Job Application” (1992 Angel Food for Thought).<br><br>In the 1950s Tony Schwartz conversed with The New York Taxi Driver about “A Temporary Job.” (This 1959 LP is on The Library of Congress National Recording Registry).<br><br>Steve Fisk recites some “Government Figures” (1980 Over and Thru the Night).<br><br>Grief and guts fill the work day of Aftermath, Inc: Specialists in Crime Scene and Tragedy...

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  This Car to the Ballpark (1988)

  Apr 8, 202615 minS0

  <p>A quadraphonic audio arcade produced from oral histories, archival recordings, and sound manipulations.<br><br>Dr. Charles Hardy III, Professor of History at West Chester University (Pennsylvania), is a pioneer in oral history and new media. Dr. Hardy has decades of experience producing radio, video, and web-based documentaries. He has been awarded numerous honours, including the prestigious Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital History. </p>

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