Midi Age Productions

Mary Van Pelt

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• Essays
• Voices of Our Community

Behind the Mask

Audio - KRZA radio news director, Kate Byrd talks with Alamosa artists Mary Van Pelt, Ray Jones and David Toth about their art on display at Milagros Coffee House. (13:49)

"Self-Disclosure in the Workplace"

OTHER PRODUCTIONS

"Unofficial Dump"

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Mary Van Pelt

Mary Van Pelt began producing community radio with Midi Age Productions in the spring of 2004. She advocates for the rights of people diagnosed with mental illness.

Mental Health Activist
Broadcast Versions available via Miles Eddy on the
Public Radio Exchange (PRX)
Email: mary@maryvanpelt.com

FEATURES

Mary Van Pelt speaks about mental health issues.

Photo by Ruth Heide, Valley Courier

Mental Health Interviews

• Listen to "Self-Disclosure in the Workplace" (7:01)
  KRZA Radio News Director Kate Perdoni speaks with Mary Van Pelt about recovery, choices, and self-disclosure in the work place.
• Listen to "Another Rung!" (5:55)
  Mental health services need another rung on the ladder. Miles Eddy interviews Mary Van Pelt about limits in the system.
• Listen to "David Oaks" at Alternatives 2004 (7:00)
  David Oaks speaks at a mental health conference in Denver, Colorado.
• Listen to show "Alternatives 2004" (28:30)
  A mental health conference held in Denver, Colorado.

Richard "Dad" Morgan

Richard Morgan, affectionately know as "Dad" Morgan, taught history at Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, Colorado. He was known for coming to class in costume and organizing the annual southwest field trip.

PHOTO: Richard "Dad" Morgan

Richard "Dad" Morgan

• Listen to "Southwest Field Trip" (5:34)
• Listen to "Lewis and Clark" (7:44)
• "Costumes" (0:58)
• "Letter Writing" (0:58)

ESSAYS AND INTERVIEWS

Unofficial Dump (by Mary Van Pelt)

• Listen to "Unofficial Dump" (3:41)
  After I wrote The Unofficial Dump I realized that it was also a metaphor for my life. I’ve dealt with mental illness in my life for more than thirty years, and although I now appear healthy and well on the surface, I deal with a significant amount of inner turmoil on a daily basis – like the unofficial dump, junk has been moved underground.
• Transcript of Unofficial Dump.
  

  © Copyright 2006, Mary Van Pelt. For individual use. For permission to reprint please contact the author at mary@maryvanpelt.com.

Technology Simplifies Everything

• Listen to "Technology Simplifies Everything" (3:06)
  Does it really?

History of Radio and TV

• Listen to "History of Radio and TV" (7:44)
  Mary and Peter Van Pelt talk about the history of media.

Mira St. Sava

• Listen to "Mira St. Sava" (6:36)
  Born in 1946, Mira St. Sava is an adult child of World War II concentration camp survivors. She tells her story.

Yvonne Beauchamp Nichols

• Listen to "Yvonne Beauchamp Nichols" (5:50)
  Born in a rural Kansas farm house in 1926, Yvonne Beauchamp Nichols remembers growing up.

VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY

• Austin and Mary Van Pelt, "Painting the Radio Station" (0:58)
• Elenor Van Pelt, "Letter Writing" (0:58)
• Austin Van Pelt, "Statue of Liberty" (0:58)
• Peter and Mary Van Pelt, "Wireless Phones" (0:58)
• Mary Van Pelt, "KSEW in Sitka" (0:58)
• Richard Morgan, "Costumes" (0:58)
• Richard Morgan, "Letter Writing" (0:58)
• Gene Luark, "Outhouse" (0:58)

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