VOICES Radio Hour

VOICES Radio Hour | a collaboration with Creative Archeology

2nd Friday of The Month, 6-7pm on KDNK Radio

VOICES Radio Hour is a response to our intrinsic need to share stories, coupled with Creative Archeology’s mission to preserve memories and stories as the sacred archeology of our loved ones. The collaboration brings about collected stories under different themes and voices from all walks of our community in the monthly VOICES Radio Hour. We hope this serves to preserve our oral history of who we are, where we come from, and who we aspire to be, through the tradition of storytelling.

Where To Listen

1. Tune into KDNK at 88.1FM in Carbondale or 88.3FM in Aspen

2. Stream the program live at kdnk.org

3. Or listen below!

Episode 24. Revisiting Newcomers Think of Home

January 10, 2025

As we head into 2025, with much uncertainty, we at VOICES Radio Hour feel a call. Our beautiful Valley has always been made up of a diverse community of native born citizens and immigrants - it is a huge part of what makes living here so special. And in the late summer of 2023, our community was joined by nearly 80 unhoused immigrants, who were found to be living under the bridge at Highway 82. Our community responded and stepped up to the task in a variety of ways, and we were fortunate enough to spend some time with some of the newcomers and get to know them on a personal level. 

None of us know what the future holds in terms of immigration. What we do know is that now is the time to remember the human beings at the center of this debate - who traverse through terrain and circumstances most of us can scarcely fathom, in search of a better life. 

We present to you a re-airing of our March 2024 episode, Newcomers Think of Home. And we ask you to listen to the Voices of those who made their way to our town, were welcomed into our community, and left a lasting mark on those who they met.

Episode 23. A VOICES Radio Hour Retrospective

December 20, 2024

Just like that, VOICES Radio Hour is ready for its third season in 2025. The total of 23 episodes to date are a celebration of all the voices integral to our community. They are voices and stories of our sages, our youth, our teachers, students, moms and dads, neighbors, newcomers, men, women and queer. They come from all walks of life and all parts of the community.  How fortunate we are to be invited into each other’s storyline. So for this December episode we will be looking back, and featuring stories from past episodes, including: “What We Look Forward To”; “Singlehood”; “Theater Magic”; “Authenticity”; “Where I Am From”; and many more. The storytellers include Joan Lamont, Brian Colley, Gabrielle Bailes, Elsa Cordero, Lindsay Gurley, Lucas DeCesco and Zoë Rom.

A special space in our heart is saved for Joan Lamont, who left the earth earlier this year and whose humor, love, bright spirit and voice is deeply missed. You can hear her in both The Things We Left Behind in the February 2023 episode and What We Look Forward To in the January 2024 episode.

Past Episodes

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