The Wordshaker

The Wordshaker

His real name is Alissandru Francesco Caldiero, born into the old world on the island of Sicily, he came to the U.S. on a boat when he was nine years old, sailing past the Statue of Liberty. When I first met him, nearly 30 years later, he was screaming a Dada poem at a sandstone wall in southern Utah—repeating the same line, “This is not it,” over and over, faster and faster in a near epileptic seizure. In that moment our lives became intertwined.I think of this story as a song, a lament for not fitting in and feeling like you can’t make sense of the world around you, which is how I’ve been feeling lately. The story was originally broadcast on NPR’s Day to Day in 2003, right around the time we went to war in Iraq.To learn more about Alex Caldiero, check out this excellent documentary, The Sonosopher. Photos by Ashley Thalman. Donate

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End of Season One: A Walk On the Beach

End of Season One: A Walk On the Beach

I need to take a break so let's call this the end of season one. And I'd like to play the second story I produced for the show, an interview with Alex Chadwick. Thank you very much for your support. I'm going to turn off the subscription service (Pay Pal), but you can still donate and buy tee-shirts, tote bags, and patches. I hope to be back soon. Music: Slow Bicycle by Mum.

8 Mai 20180s

Rumble Strip: It's a Podcast

Rumble Strip: It's a Podcast

Erica Heilman produces Rumble Strip from her home in Calais, Vermont. I like it because I never know what she's going to do next. This is a satire about modern life in America. Donate

27 Apr 20180s

Lick the Crickets by Larry Massett

Lick the Crickets by Larry Massett

Collage by Charles Hope From following the news lately I feel like I don't know who to believe or who to trust, like I don't know what's going on or why and things are only going to get worse and there's nothing I can do about it. In times like this maybe surrealistic poetry and Dada make more sense than realism. Donate Collage by Charles Hope

18 Apr 20180s

Bear's Ears, Part Six: Industrial Tourism

Bear's Ears, Part Six: Industrial Tourism

Which is worse--a campground or an oil well?  Donate

31 Mar 20180s

Bear's Ears, Part Five: Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Bear's Ears, Part Five: Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Firewood in Monument Valley, collected on Cedar Mesa to heat Navajo homes. A story about the origin of the Bear's Ears proposal. Round River Conservation Studies website Donate

15 Mar 20180s

Bear's Ears, Part Four: The Hopi Way

Bear's Ears, Part Four: The Hopi Way

Comb Wash A conversation with Leigh Kuwanwisiwma, Hopi elder.  Donate

28 Feb 20180s

Bear's Ears, Part Three: The Sand Island Petroglyphs

Bear's Ears, Part Three: The Sand Island Petroglyphs

From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak Donate From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak From "Early Rock Art on the San Juan River" by Joe Pachak

13 Feb 20180s

Bear's Ears, Part Two

Bear's Ears, Part Two

Bear Ears Buttes in the background. Looking north from the top of Cedar Mesa, San Juan County, Utah. Elevation 7000 feet. A conversation with author Terry Tempest Williams about the source of the problem in the battle over public lands in southern Utah.Click here for a link to some of Terry's work.Music by Glenn Gould playing Bach's Goldberg Variations. Donate Bears Ears from the west. In the foreground is one of the many sandstone canyons draining Cedar Mesa. Elevation 5000 feet. The bridge over the Colorado River where it becomes Lake Powell, Hite Crossing. Elevation 4000 feet.

30 Jan 20180s

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