Midi Age Productions
Radio Productions
FEATURE STORY
"Appreciating Fire Workers"
Fort Garland
"Dead Man Walking, Adams State College"
"Perinatal Hospice"
OTHER PRODUCTIONS
"Tough Kitty"
by Miles Eddy
"Unofficial Dump"
by Mary Van Pelt
Voices of our Community
"Sitka Alaska"
Mr. and Mrs. Van Pelt
OTHER PRODUCERS
Mary Van Pelt
Michelle Le Blanc
Paula Brooke
Victoria McCauley
Community Radio
Independent Producer
Miles Eddy
"Supporting local producers in a world market"
The only financial support is through your CD orders!
(719) 379-0308
Broadcast Versions available on the
Public Radio Exchange (PRX)
Email: mileseddy@mileseddy.com
FEATURES
Appreciating Fire Workers
On June 16th, 2006, lighting started the Mato Vega Fire ten miles from the small, rural town of Fort Garland, Colorado. The appreciation of resident's overwhelmed the 500+ fire workers who have never experienced such an outpouring.
Photo by Miles Eddy.
Appreciating Fire Workers
- Listen to summary "Appreciating Fire Workers" (4:05)
Audio Postcard from San Luis Valley residence to fire workers of the Mato Vega Fire. - Listen to show "Mato Vega Fire" (28:30)
Half hour show about the fire near Fort Garland.
Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project
Adams State College, Alamosa
This community radio report covers the impact of the ASC Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project in rural Alamosa, Colorado and reactions from the play’s cast, crew, and community members about the death penalty. Available as a summary or half hour show.
PHOTO: Sister Helen Prejean with cast after opening performance of Adams State College production of "Dead Man Walking". Photo by Adams State College/Sean Weaver.
Dead Man Walking, ASC
"Perinatal Hospice"
There are few subjects that challenge the human experience more than life-and-death issues, especially when parents have to make those decisions for their infants. Independent producer Miles Eddy recently spoke with some parents who got devastating news about their pregnancy, and to the medical professionals who try to help them get through it.
PHOTO: Enhanced photo of Krae, born with a fatal heart defect.
Perinatal Hospice
- Learn more...
- Listen to show "Intersect: Perinatal Hospice" (28:30)
Half hour show, in four parts, about perinatal hospice.
RELATED SHOWS: Life, Death, After-Life
- Listen to show "Intersect: Alamosa Hospice" (28:30)
Half hour show with Alamosa Hospice Director, and grandmother of Krae, Lous Booth. - Listen to Ron Wooten-Green "When the Dying Speak" (28:30)
People who are dying often see and hear things that the living do not. Frequently, however, these encounters are either ignored or misunderstood by the people surrounding the dying. Ronald Wooten-Green seeks to decipher the metaphorical language of the dying and stresses the importance of listening to and learning from those at the end of their earthly journeys. Interview by Mary Van Pelt. -
Listen to Victoria McCauley "Life Transition Changes" (28:30)
An interview by Mary Van Pelt telling how Victoria McCauley came to do the work at The River House.
"Single Payer Healthcare"
In this six part series of short interviews, rural doctor Rocky White, hospital CEO Russ Johnson, and emergency room doctor Beth Kinney speak out from three different perspectives why the current healthcare system is broken, why it is the problem of everyone including those with good insurance, and why a single-payer healthcare system would fix a lot of the problems.
Single Payer Healthcare
ESSAYS
Tough Kitty
I was totally unprepared for the depth of emotion I experience when I took a kitten I have know for less than a week to the San Luis Valley Animal Welfare Society. I new I would feel sad when the time came, maybe even cry a bit, having gotten attached to the little guy. I didn’t know I would be sobbing even before I put him in the cage. This essay introduces a short interview with the Animal Welfare Society.
Tough Kitty
- Listen to "Tough Kitty" Essay (3:57)
- Transcript of "Tough Kitty" Essay
- Listen to Voices of our Community "SLV Animal Welfare Society" (0:58)
Unofficial Dump (by Mary Van Pelt)
Mary Van Pelt first started producing community radio productions with Midi Age Productions in 2004. She is a mental health activist, covering social justice issues. "Unofficial Dump" is an original essay and metaphor.
Unofficial Dump
- Listen to "Unofficial Dump" (3:41)
An original essay by Mary Van Pelt. - More productions from Mary Van Pelt...
Several features, essays, and short pieces by Mary Van Pelt. - More about Mary Van Pelt
Visit Mary's home page.
Reality Changes the Plan
- Listen to "Reality Changes the Plan" (4:00) - A thought provoking poem created and recorded in one night by not thinking about it too much. Sitting in a business class at the local college, Miles let the creative writing be directed from phrases and fragments heard in the lecture. With original music, this is one of the newest creative endeavors of the artist.
Star Party
- Listen to "Star Party" (6:20)
A visit to the monthly "Star Party" in Del Norte, Colorado to view planets, stars, and satellites in the San Luis Valley.
Technology Simplifies Everything (by Mary Van Pelt)
- Listen to "Technology Simplifies Everything" (3:06)
Does it really?
Wagon Train (by Michelle Le Blanc)
- Listen to "Wagon Train" by Michelle Le Blanc, edited by Miles Eddy (4:01)
An audio postcard by Michelle Le Blanc on an old fashion wagon train trip.
Paula Brooke, Independent Producer
- Listen to "Disarmament" by Paula Brooke (5:44)
An original essay by Paula Brooke about the effect of war on children in Iraq. - Listen to "Poor Boy Running" by Paula Brooke (11:58)
An original essay by Paula Brooke based on her reading of the book "Dead Man Walking" about the death penalty.
NEWS SUMMARY
Kids On Campus
Students 5th through 12th grade learn "Real Media Productions" as part of the Kids on Campus event June 13th through the 24th. Learning how to use video, photography, audio, and digital editing, they create stories of your own choosing, including coverage of other Kids on Campus events for Radio and other media outlets.
Photo by Adams State College/Sean Weaver.
Kids On Campus
- Listen to "Kids on Campus Part 1" (7:30)
Profile students 5th through 12th grade learning "Real Media Productions" - Listen to "Kids on Campus Part 2" (9:28)
Coverage of other Kids on Campus classes while students learn media productions.
Alternatives 2004 Mental Health Conference, Denver
- Listen to "David Oaks" at Alternatives 2004 (7:00)
David Oaks speaks at a consumer mental health conference in Denver, Colorado. - Listen to show "Alternatives 2004" (28:30)
Half hour show about the 2004 consumer mental health conference in Denver, Colorado.
Colorado State University in the San Luis Valley
- Listen to "Colorado State University in the San Luis Valley" (5:54)
CSU does more in the San Luis Valley than you might think!
VOICES OF OUR COMMUNITY
One Minute Stories About Community!
- SLV Animal Welfare Society (0:58)
- 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, "Radio in Sitka" (0:58)
- Sebastian Miles Eddy, "Juggler" (0:58)
- Jewels of the Nile, "Belly Dancers" (0:58)
- Mary Susan Eldredge, "Children" (0:58)
- Richard Morgan, "Costumes" (0:58)
- Richard Morgan, "Letter Writing" (0:58)
- Gene Luark, "Outhouse" (0:58)
- Victoria McCauley, "Life Transitions" (0:58)
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