Blumberg was a radio journalist at “This American Life,” and the co-producer of “Planet Money.” He has also recently launched Gimlet Media, a for-profit podcast network focusing on narrative journalism and story-telling, which has produced several incredibly popular podcasts such as “StartUp,”, “Reply All,” and “Mystery Show”. The lecture is Tuesday, December 1st, 2015

On Friday Dec. 4 from 2-4pm in the Mills Music Library Meeting Room we are pleased to present a session on Sound Archives, featuring a discussion about the sound archives we have on campus/the community and the issues facing sound archivists in the digital age.

On Thursday, February 11, 4:00-5:30pm in Elvehjem L140, Chazen Museum of Art, Jennifer Stoever will give a keynote lecture about her forthcoming book, The Sonic Color-Line: Race and the Cultural Politics of Listening.

On Friday, February 12, from 12:30-2:00pm in the University Club Room 313, Jennifer Stoever, co-founder and editor-in-chief of Sounding Out!, will host an informal brown bag discussion on publishing sound-based research in the digital humanities.

Gene DeAnna, Head of the Recorded Sound Section at the Library of Congress, will hold an informal discussion session about his role at the LOC and one of its key projects, the National Jukebox website.

The symposium brings together librarians, collectors, copyright lawyers, record label owners, folklorists, musicologists, students, and lay people to discuss the contemporary concerns of sound archives: how can we account for and help enable the diverse uses of sound recordings as archives increasingly make these materials available online? How are we progressing on the transition of nearly century-old commercial recordings into the public domain? How do we harness the power and possibility of new dissemination platforms, and are old distribution models – reissues, documentaries, etc. – passé?

Come join us for a special behind-the-scenes conversation with Radiolab's Senior Editor, Soren Wheeler. In this workshop-style event, Soren will discuss the writing and research strategies, audio techniques, and other creative decisions that he and his fellow Radiolab producers make during the production of one of the world’s most popular radio programs.

In this talk, Dr. Ben Aslinger investigates connections between queer talk, audio and communication technologies, and intimacy in queer representations.