Taking Risks in Radio
Producing "outside the box" is a challenge to the formulaic landscape of public radio, whether you're producing a sound art parody or poetic essay or a show bent on surprising its listeners.
Producing "outside the box" is a challenge to the formulaic landscape of public radio, whether you're producing a sound art parody or poetic essay or a show bent on surprising its listeners.
This panel, moderated by Joan Schuman, asks: What are the repercussions of doing things differently? How to inspire experimentation? What is the role of radio in presenting unconventional work? Why take a risk, anyway?
Featuring
Priya Ramu is formerly the senior producer of Metro Morning, CBC Toronto's award-winning local morning program.
Scott Carrier (@ScottCarrier57) is a writer, photographer, and Peabody-award winning radio producer. He now produces his own podcast, Home of the Brave .
Joan Schuman's audiophilia whispers into the radio's ear. Documentaries and poetic narratives have aired in the States, Canada, the UK, Europe and Australia in sound art festivals and all kinds of radio spaces.