Behind the Scenes with Conference session presenters Jad Abumrad (2005) and Gregory Whitehead (2002)

Jad Abumrad is the host and producer of WNYC's Radio Lab, an award-winning radio series that explores big ideas in science and beyond through conversation, sound and storytelling. Prior to joining WNYC, Jad worked as an independent reporter, producer and documentarian for a variety of local and national programs. He was also a member of the team that launched PRI's The Next Big Thing and has been a teacher-mentor for WNYC's Radio Rookies. Prior to radio, Jad wrote music for films and studied music composition and creative writing at Oberlin College.





Gregory Whitehead has been immersed in audio production and play from early childhood, and has since founded a number of spurious research centers, including the Paul Broca Memorial Institute for Schizophonic Behavior, the International Institute for Screamscape Studies and the Laboratory for Innovation and Acoustic Research (LIAR). His efforts have yielded a wide variety of responses, including awards such as the BBC Award, Prix Futura and the Prix Italia, which he was relieved to discover was not a formula racing car event.

Music: A Force for Good (and Sometimes Evil)
Presented by Jad Abumrad
Full Audio Clips and Links:
1. Radio Lab "Emergence"
2. Radio Lab "Stress"
3. This American Life "Getting and Spending", John Hodgman’s "Mall Rat"
4. Pejk Malinovski's Thirteen Ways
5. Restaurant Scene from the Godfather, Walter Murch:
Walter Murch on Transom
6. Tony Schwartz: Lost and Found Sound Theme
Tony Schwartz Archive
7. The Ring and I
8. Radio Lab “The History of Background Music”



Rocks, Riptides and Buoys: Radio in the Play of the Airwaves
Presented by Gregory Whitehead
Links:
Gregory Whitehead homepage
Third Coast Behind the Scenes with Gregory Whitehead
Radio France
ABC's Listening Room
BBC Radio 3