Hoe zou je een wereld beschrijven die je nog nooit hebt gezien? Blind Guy Travels nodigt je uit in het leven zonder zicht. Sluit je aan bij presentator Matthew Shifrin terwijl hij een Marx Brothers komedie ervaart, een online datingprofiel aanmaakt, samenwerkt met LEGO om instructies te ontwikkelen voor blinde bouwers, en zich voorbereidt op zijn afstuderen aan de universiteit.
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What really happens when stories about people’s lives are collected, edited, and consumed? Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking,Transformative is a four-part non-fiction series created by Jess Shane, about the nuts and bolts of documentary storytelling, the power dynamics between makers and subjects, and rewriting unwritten rules of the documentary and non-fiction content industry.
Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative is written, hosted and produced by Jess Shane. Sara Nics is the story editor. Sound design, mix/mastering by Michelle Macklem. Production support from Mona Hassan. Cover art is by Justin Broadbent.
Support for this project was provided in part by the International Women’s Media Foundation. Special thanks to Eleanor McDowall and Chioke I’Anson.
For Radiotopia Presents, Yooree Losordo is the managing producer. Audrey Mardavich is the Executive Producer. It’s a production of PRX’s Radiotopia and part of Radiotopia Presents, a podcast feed that debuts limited-run, artist-owned series from new and original voices.
Learn more about Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative at radiotopiapresents.fm and discover more shows from across the Radiotopia network at radiotopia.fm.
From our friends at the LAist —
In 2023, North Hollywood’s Star Garden reopened as the only unionized strip club in the U.S. LAist Producer Emma Alabaster tells us the behind-the-scenes story of the workplace conditions that pushed the dancers into action.
CONTENT WARNING: This episode includes sensitive content about sexual assault.
For sexual assault and harassment support and resources, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-4673, which is a service of RAINN (Rape, Abuse, & Incest National Network).
Here are some resources that informed our reporting:
- Working It: Sex Workers on the Work of Sex (In particular, the essay “White Supremacy in Organizing” by Domino Rey)
- Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry by Siobhan Brooks
- Tits and Sass: Service Journalism by and for Sex Workers
- LA Co-op Lab
- U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives
- 2021 Worker Cooperative State of the Sector Report
- Yes, A Stripper Podcast
For more, visit https://LAist.com/ImperfectParadise
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