It’s crazy to think that four weeks have gone by here at Salt! It seems like this semester is flying by, which, in many ways, is unfortunate. I feel like I could spend four years here and still be learning new things every day. So, I’m determined to make the most of what time I [...]

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This past Friday, I had the distinct pleasure of somewhat surreptitiously attending a session for the radio students, focused on the topic of  “Life After Salt.” 
The discussion contained some great information that applies to folks outside of radio (for example: Salt alums should be your new best friends. Wine them, dine, them, schmooze them up [...]

We are over halfway through our semester here at Salt and I’d say today marks the official start of my personal “crunch time”. Things have been cruising right along thus far: research conducted, stories locked in, the bulk of interviews completed, transcriptions underway.
These have undoubtedly been a busy couple of months, but things were feeling [...]

For those of you lucky enough to have access to IFC, last week featured the six part Monty Python documentary series, Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer’s Cut). As I do not have access to this calibre of cable programming (not to denigrate the quality programming provided by public access stations), I am hoping that [...]

Afternoon light spills in over the colored edge of particle board covering the windows at 660 Congress Street.

At the local pub in Birch Harbor, where we were busy doing some field research, Tom had almost convinced me and Jay to try some Allen’s Coffee Flavored Brandy. Neat. As in, not mixed with anything. Warm and straight up. As I stared at the bottle of dark brown rail liquor, I shuddered at the [...]

it worked well for my story, and also just being creepy around salt.
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Ty mah sheen.

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Here are a couple of radio pieces from Fall 2009! Check out all the radio work from this semester and past ones at PRX (click here).

‘Fiddle-icious’ by Molly Haley

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‘Hide and Seek’ by Amanda Thieroff

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Salt graduation happens the day after the final gallery opening. I can’t tell you exactly what it entails (top secret!), except that each track gets five minutes to represent themselves. This semester, the radio track went all out with a parody of the Saltcast [...]

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A clip from my audio documentary on the naturist community here in Maine. Harry Dixon is an 86-year-old naturist from Lewiston. He told me about his first time going to a nude resort.
I had to let this one go from my final piece because I didn’t know where it would fit… but I knew it [...]

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In honor of Laura and Audrey’s Couch-Warming/Pre-Salt Listening Party, which I am sorry to say I had to miss, I thought I’d post one of my own pre-Salt pieces. If I remember correctly, this is the one I sent in with my application to Salt; as per party regulations. I just listened to it for [...]