Sound Files

Jesse Johnston, Evan Haywood
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Sound Files

Sound Files is a podcast about the preservation of recorded sounds and the people and organizations who preserve them. This podcast is presented by the National Recording Preservation Foundation, an independent nonprofit established by the Library of Congress with the mission to promote and ensure the preservation and public accessibility of recorded sounds. The NRPF fosters preservation and public awareness of recorded sound histories as held in public and nonprofit archives. In this spirit, the Sound Files podcast aims to raise awareness about the work of the NRPF and the people and organizations working to preserve the history of recorded sound.

Episodes

  1. SEP 20

    Native American Sound Recordings, Communities, and the Federal Cylinder Project ft Judith Gray

    In this episode of Sound Files, hosts Jesse Johnston and Evan Haywood discuss the Federal Cylinder Project, a major audio preservation and community engagement project by the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress, with Judith Gray. They interview Judith, who discusses the project’s history, its mission to reconnect Native American communities with historic wax cylinder recordings, and the ethical considerations involved in making these materials accessible to their source communities.

    36 min

  2. JUN 14

    Preserving Alaskan Oral Histories and Native Languages ft Leslie McCartney

    This episode features a conversation with Leslie McCartney, curator of oral history at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, who tells us about oral history work, a rare collection of audio documenting Native Alaskan languages and history recorded in the 1970s, and how oral history captures a unique perspective on the past.

    32 min

  3. MAY 7

    Preserving HBCU Radio Archives ft Jocelyn Robinson

    This episode features a conversation with Jocelyn Robinson, who is working on a project to preserve radio broadcast archives at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. During the conversation, she shares some of the history of these radio stations and their importance to campus life, and her ongoing work to gather resources to survey and preserve the archives of about 30 stations throughout the southeast.

    40 min

  4. APR 12

    Introducing Sound Files

    We are excited to introduce NRPF Sound Files, a podcast that shares insights into the world and work of audio archiving. The first season will feature a series of long-form conversations with audio archivists and collection maintainers who have an inside knowledge of unique, less-well-known sound collections. This episode introduces the podcast, hosts Jesse Johnston and Evan Haywood, and will be the first in the series.

    2 min

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About

Sound Files is a podcast about the preservation of recorded sounds and the people and organizations who preserve them. This podcast is presented by the National Recording Preservation Foundation, an independent nonprofit established by the Library of Congress with the mission to promote and ensure the preservation and public accessibility of recorded sounds. The NRPF fosters preservation and public awareness of recorded sound histories as held in public and nonprofit archives. In this spirit, the Sound Files podcast aims to raise awareness about the work of the NRPF and the people and organizations working to preserve the history of recorded sound.

Information

  • Creator
    Jesse Johnston, Evan Haywood
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    4
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2024 NRPF
  • Show Website
    Sound Files

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