Southern Slices: Summer Institute Stories from CDS

From: Center for Documentary Studies
Length: 00:53:57

A collection of student pieces from CDS "audio camp," 2003 - 2007. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Radio-making isn't just for professionals. Every summer, several dozen people from across the country converge on the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University to learn the skills of audio documentary work -- recording, shaping and crafting a piece, and mixing it on the computer. They get guidance and inspiration from seasoned producers. (They also tend to eat good barbecue and see a Durham Bulls baseball game.) This show pulls together seven of the best works made by those students -- many of them first-time producers. "Southern Slices" is hosted by CDS audio program director John Biewen.

Broadcast History

Debut. Commissioned by PRX for Reversioning Project. A shortened version of Katie Mingle's piece, The Dead Can't Do You Nothin', aired on NPR's Weekend All Things Considered, 10/28/07.

Timing and Cues

00:00 - 1:00 Run Billboard:
1:00 - 6:00 NPR news hole
06:00 - 59:00 Program
Contains built-in break and one-minute music bed at 25:17 (31:17 from top of hour)

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length Find on Amazon
Orange Blossom Special Dr. Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys Live at McCabe's Guitar Shop. DCN 2002 00:00 find now
Joy Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Universal 1998 00:00 find now
Jackson Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Universal 1998 00:00 find now
Can't Let Go Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road. Universal 1998 00:00 find now
The Pull Microphones It Was Hot We Stayed in the Water. K. Records 2000 00:00 find now
#41 Dave Matthews Band Crash. RCA 1996 00:00 find now
The Same Thing Muddy Waters Electric Mud. Chess 1968 00:00 find now