The Big Shed Podcast
Voices. Stories. Sounds ... a DIY kinda place, Big Shed as been pumping surprising audio documentary work into the podosphere since 2005.
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- Update frequency
- every 14 days
- Average duration
- 13 minutes
- Episodes
- 75
- Years Active
- 2005 - 2012
The ROYGBIV Diet
After a particularly colorful Thanksgiving feast, or was it a a drunken night at the bar (?), Independent Producer Amanda Thieroff and her friend Sean Berman challenged each other to embark on the RO…
00:21:58 |
Wed 09 May 2012
We Fell Asleep but Our Dreams Were Sweet
Stacy Bond's youngest sister died in a nighttime car accident while driving from Mozambique to South Africa. Robbers took her shoes, but left her purse. A year after her death, Stacy met her mother a…
00:29:32 |
Wed 16 Nov 2011
Losing Her Sex Scene Virginity
(Produced by Laura Herberg) Director's Choice! won Director's Choice in , our first-ever audio competition. Laura's story is about her friend Rachel Parsons, an aspiring actress who landed the lead …
00:15:12 |
Wed 06 Jul 2011
Only For My King
Producer Sara Curtis brings us the story of Benuel Esch - an amish man from Lancaster, PA who has lost his family, his home, and his mind. Benuel started questioning his lifestyle 20 years ago. Now h…
Wed 15 Jun 2011
One for the Commandant
The winner of Big Shed's first ever Audio Verite +1 Competition is David Weinberg. The piece is called One for the Commandant, a short story set in downtown Seattle, featuring Edgar, Catfish and Hans…
00:09:28 |
Wed 23 Mar 2011
Cold Concrete Birth by Kelley Libby
Producer Kelley Libby produced a radio story about 13 year-old farmer Colby Perron while at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. This is not that story. But if you listen to Colby's story, you…
00:10:52 |
Wed 15 Dec 2010
Celestial Navigation
Producer Tom Niemisto weaves between an interview with tall-ship captain Samantha Heyman and an astronomer/poet around a bonfire under a broad star-filled sky. The stars are governed by a perfect or…
00:10:46 |
Wed 01 Dec 2010
A Sense of Sanity &/or Fear
Signs like "Take it Down A Notch," "My Political Views Cannot Be Summed Up On A Pithy Sign," and, of course, "God Hates Figs." Sam Greenspan, Big Shed's Correspondent in Washington, DC, attended The …
00:12:26 |
Thu 11 Nov 2010
The Soundscapes of Faith
"The Soundscapes of Faith" is an award-winning series of audio postcards produced by Laura Kwerel for the program Interfaith Voices. Each of the short pieces explores world religions through sound. T…
00:18:34 |
Wed 03 Nov 2010
May Your Days
Ghana sounds like everything you might imagine, and some things you never could.
Producer Julie Shapiro recorded these sounds during a trip to Ghana in January, 2008. Julie was one of the very first …
00:12:34 |
Wed 20 Oct 2010
Deer Diary
This story was originally produced as two separate pieces for the podcast, Natural Maryland, at WYPR 88.1 FM in Baltimore. Part 1 was entitled "The Journalist and the Deer Hunter" and part 2, "Deer …
00:48:57 |
Wed 06 Oct 2010
In
Howdy friendly listener! You can sit back and relax with our next piece from sound artist Erik DeLuca. He describes "In" as an underwater sound composition that collaborates with different ecosystems…
00:20:22 |
Wed 22 Sep 2010
Mind Over Stomach Matter
In the Big Shed, we always say that audio is the most visual medium. And we've even offered some stinky audio before. Thanks to the crafty work of producer Anna Hamilton, prepare for your first aur…
00:12:07 |
Wed 26 May 2010
Rebel Yell
We're thrilled to bring you this story from producer Peter Solomon. It's a gem. We fell for this piece the first time we heard it. The rebel yell. What did it sound like – that battle cry that ter…
00:10:49 |
Wed 12 May 2010
Lillie and Miss Kira
Lillie is a young student who spends time in the community of Westhaven, a mostly African-American, low-income housing development in Charlottesville, VA. Lillie is incredibly assertive. She talked…
00:07:38 |
Wed 28 Apr 2010
Shortwaveology #2
We are so pleased to bring you the second installment in Shortwaveology, a series from producer David Goren. It's as beautiful as the we were able to share with you. Shortwaveology is an occasional …
00:21:37 |
Thu 15 Apr 2010
Max's Story
A year ago, Jesse Straight started a small farm in the urban center of Charlottesville, VA. The farm was a one year experiment and in the course of that year, he found himself talking to people in h…
00:17:19 |
Wed 17 Sep 2008
He Doesn't Know What I Have in My Bag
Don't tell, but we decided to sneak a podcast out of the jar where Jesse Dukes has been keeping us neatly tucked away. Thanks to some help from a veteran Big Shed producer, Emma Rayes, we're secretl…
00:11:04 |
Fri 08 Aug 2008
A Jew Grows in Rockland
(Produced by Rachel Quimby)
Nobody really knows why Rockland, Maine has a rather large population of Jews--legend says a ship was turned aside at Ellis Island and sent up the coast to…
00:18:37 |
Sat 10 May 2008
Next Time, in Valhalla
(Produced by ) In the 1980's, was
a nerdy, Jewish kid--crazy about Richard Wagner--who naively showed up
at a meeting of the Wagner Appreciation Society in Southern
…
00:10:11 |
Mon 31 Mar 2008
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