Michelle Levy

Venture into the audio archives: an interview with SpokenWeb

By: Kelly Chia, Staff Writer Listening to a story read out loud can engage your emotions. SpokenWeb is a podcast program that presents archival recordings of stories and talks listeners through those feelings.  It’s is a network composed of multiple researchers, institutions, collections, and other community members. They take long forgotten tape recordings from literature readings, conversations, and events. Researchers then analyze them for a contemporary audience. Each episode, released monthly, is about 45 minutes long. The Peak interviewed Judith Burr, project manager and supervising producer for SpokenWeb about what it means to navigate literature through sound.  Burr explains researchers…

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