Braden Storytelling Grant

A Perfect Storm: Broadcasting Rhythms from the South Bronx to the East of Havana by Nya Hughes

From the rhyming styles of breakbeat poets and Bronx backyard jams of the 1980s, hip-hop sprang forth from the heart of urban black culture to give voice to the silenced narratives of black communities. The rhythm of resistance. Uncontainable, the sound waves traveled much farther than the national border. In the 1990s, young Cubans living in the barrio of Alamar resonated with the rhythms and attitude in the music and adopted the art form as their own. Moving through this rich oral history and into the present, we will hear the way hip-hop brought these two cultures together in a perfect storm.
Producer: Nya Hughes
 
Thank you to Luna Gallegos, Laura Cantana, Rolando Almirante, Dr. Cecil Brown, Jeff Chang, “The Wizard”/ “El Brujo,” Yulier, La Rafa El Individuo, and Alejandra Zamora for your honesty and warmth throughout the interview process.
Music:The Message – Grandmaster FlashGet By – Talib KweliLatino & Proud – DJ RaffTengo – Hermanos De CausaMi Raza - El Individuo1981 SPECIAL REPORT: “SOUTH BRONX”(www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLSDY8jPRds)The Bronx in The 1980's PART 1 (Original)(www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgUsEVwXch0)CHUPI CHUPI – Osmani Garcia
Photo by Nya Hughes

Whose Language? Afrikaans in Post-apartheid South Africa by Isaac Goldstein

Explore the ties between language and identity in South Africa with two women who see Afrikaans as the language of reconciliation.
Two women in South Africa are currently challenging the assumption that Afrikaans is solely the language of the oppressor. One is a poet. The other runs a community radio station. Through a retelling of the true history of the language and the people who created the language, words arise that begin to break down the ties between language and identity over 20 years post-apartheid: “you can’t blame a language for what a group of people did with it.”
Producer: Isaac GoldsteinMusic: The last offering, SunhiilowNo sudden movements, RuiMagic Torquoise, SunhiilowButterfly Lullaby, Possimiste

We Are Still Here: Stories of the Tinggian by Ethan Chua

In Abra, a province of the northern Philippines, members of several indigenous communities - collectively called the Tinggian - are fighting to protect their histories. Listen to the stories of an elder charged with upholding a centuries-old peace pact; a pastor whose ancestors fought as revolutionaries; a mayor who evaded assassination to build a school in his hometown; and a weaver who’s made it her mission to revive a tradition of ritual and weaving.
Producer: Ethan Chua
Featuring:Elder Bansilan SawadanElder Johnny GuinabanPastor RubenElder Norma Mina
With thanks to:Ate Minda GuinabanRaffy TejeroThe Center for Community Transformation (CCT)My parents, Ronald and Anabelle Chua
MusicPodington Bear

No Hay Pelo Malo by Alyssa Vann

This podcast explores the burgeoning natural hair movement in the Dominican Republic, where the vast majority of women prefer to straighten their hair. In doing so, it explores the intersections of race, gender, and history in the country’s capital.
Producer: Alyssa Vann
Music: All music recorded in the plaza in the Colonial District of Santo Domingo, or in salons.

Una Isu: a Ñuu Savi Warrior Resisting Through Hip Hop by Jackie Botts

As indigenous people from Mexico migrate to California, their languages and cultures are threatened. One indigenous trilingual rapper based in Fresno is fighting back.
“We are taught that we're not valuable, we are taught that we have no history, we are ignorant, we don’t have richness of culture…. I’m trying to turn everything around.”
Miguel Villegas Ventura came to the US at age 7 speaking only Mixteco, an indigenous language spoken by the Ñuu Savi nation in the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Guerrero and Puebla. He came of age in Fresno, California, amidst poverty, bullying and the constant pressure to hide his roots.
But when Miguel learned the history of Una Isu, a 12th century Mixteco warrior, everything changed.
Today Miguel demands respect and dignity through trilingual hip hop. Like Una Isu, he seeks to unite indigenous Mexicans who have found a new home in the United States.
Producer: Jackie Botts
Featuring voices of Miguel Villegas, Leoncio Vasquez and Irma Luna
Music:“Mixteco es un Lenguaje” by Una Isu“Intro [Prod. Esteban]” by Una Isu“Quisieron [Prod. Esteban]” by Una Isu“Se que avanzare (Con Mixteko) [Prod. Starbeats]” by Una Isu“Soñadores [Prod. Fenix]” by Una Isu“Cinco años (Con Mixteko) [Prod. Guerrero]” by Una Isu“Asi quiero sanar [Prod. N3w Lment]” by Una Isu“Pop Song” by Johnny Ripper“Lamentos en Aula Remix” by Toiletrolltube“If You Should Lose Me” by Lil Rob“Summer Nights” by Lil Rob
Una Isu complete music at @miguel-villegas-29

Heaven and Hell: Inside the Maternity Ward of Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar by Megan Calfas

After delivering one child, the Head Nurse Nassara turns around, changes her gloves, and delivers another. In Mnazi Mmoja Hospital, Zanzibar, 30-50 babies are born a day. Often, in the maternity ward, there are only 3-4 nurses working at a time. As the largest public hospital in Zanzibar, Mnazi Mmoja faces the island’s high rate of maternal mortality head on, yet, the root of the problem is hard to uncover--it’s tangled up in a much larger system. This piece would not be possible without the Program in Global Health Technologies at Boston University led by Dr. Zaman, the Stanford Storytelling Project, and the kindness of everyone at Mnazi Mmoja Hospital.Producer: Megan CalfasMusic: Rui -- “Caress me to Sleep”, “Selbstheilend”, “No sudden movements”, Johnny Ripper --”Nicolas”, Orbique-- “Simple”, Cuban Cowboys-- “Outro”

Immigration Ban 1.0 by Nisrin Abdelrahman

A touching and honest non-narrated produced portrait of one of the first people to be detained at JFK under the initial Trump travel ban order. Stanford PhD student traveling from Sudan: Nisrin Abdelrahman
Aired on:www.cbc.ca/listen/shows/the-do…ct/segment/13703580www.radioproject.org/2017/09/arriva…l-refugee-ban/kalw.org/post/stanford-grad-s…n-detainees#stream/0
“80s interlude” (Album: Or Up We Fall), by Fanas“Theme 4”, “Sleep”, “Intermission” & “In a Dream” (soundtrack for a film that doesn't exist), by Johnny Ripper“Data” (don't), by Johnny Ripper

Kingdom of Bicycles, Postmortem by Gloria Chua, Alice Fang

Mao Zedong’s 1950s China was the world’s bicycle production capital. In the 90’s, when the economy opened up, bicycle manufacturing was commoditized and anyone could start a bicycle factory, right in their backyards. We immerse ourselves in the rural town of Wangqingtuo, one of the towns that transformed itself from a backwater agricultural village, to a bustling center of bicycle production. What did bicycles do for this town, and the people in it? Listen on for a tale of their hustle, of inspired imitation, and how bikes changed the lives of the people in this town.
Featuring:
Chinese: Yu Heyong, Cao Jianqin, Liu Xinnian, Zhu ShaoboVoiceover: Jay Huang, Jake Warga, Dennis Chang, Mike D’Andreas, Rachel Ren, Albert Chen, Jackson Roach, Daniel Hu, Claire Schoen
Producer(s): Gloria Chua, Alice Fang
Music:
● "百花魁~綠萼梅" by 史志有, 楊秀蘭 & 歐陽謙 (YouTube), Standard YouTube License, link here● "Destiny Day" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License● "Odyssey" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License● "Thinking Music" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License● “Fringe” Topher Mohr and Alex Elena (YouTube Free Music), No attribution required
Image: Man riding a bicycle, Photo by Alice Fang, Link here
Production date: Dec 12, 2016

Depression, One-Two-Three by Sarah Jiang, Eileen Williams

Living with mental illness means living with the mysterious and mundane. Caretakers of loved ones with depression, anxiety or psychosis must come to grips with both sides, and resist the tug of their own demons in the process. This is an ongoing story about a mom, her daughter and the everyday work of love.
Producer(s): Sarah Jiang, Eileen WilliamsMusic: Podington Bear, “Undersea Garden”, “Love Sprouts”, Live Recording Patti Page “Tennessee Waltz”,Image: “San Valentin 14”, Milan Rubio, ballpoint pen and ink