Shows
The SOF/Heyman BookshelfThe Unplugged Soul: A Conference on the Podcast: "Disrupting Story"Jeff Emtman (Here Be Monsters), “The Cult of the Story”
Bethany Jo Denton (Here Be Monsters), “A Case for the Minimalist Narrator”
Jonathan Hirsch (ARRVLS), “Storytelling vs Stenography: Truth and Narrative in the Age of Alternative Facts”
A series of unprecedented freedoms – on demand software, discrete audiences, portable devices, cheap production costs, the bypassing of broadcast infrastructure and with it content restrictions – liberates the podcast from mass media's customary limitations, and podcasters are now making the most of their new territory. This conference ranges wide in its exploration of what amounts to a burgeoning new art form captivating listeners worldwide: the "impact bar"...
2017-04-121h 19
ARRVLSConspiracy Not The CrimeThis is the first person account of a fugitive. He knew he was in trouble – big trouble. So he ran – for 31 years. Until finally, he realized, he didn’t want to run anymore.The story was produced by Max Miller in collaboration with KCRW's Unfictional, where Nick White, Carla Green, and Bob Carlson help edit and produce this story. Editorial support and sound design from Jonathan Hirsch. Nick White mixed the show. Illustration by Steph Tan.
2017-03-1828 min
ARRVLSRefugeIn 1915, thousands of Armenian christians were forced by the Ottoman government to march to their death into the deserts of modern-day Syria. A man named Stepan survived this march with the help of a muslim sheikh. Nearly a century later, his granddaughter returned to Syria to retrace his path to America, and to thank the family of the man who saved her grandfather's life.
2017-03-1217 min
ARRVLSPoeta En Las Lomas"You were the angriest against injustice, and you were the hungriest for something new".
From drive-by shootings and drug addiction in the ganglands of the San Gabriel Valley to a life dedicated to poetry and community service: the story of Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis Rodriguez this week on ARRVLS.
2017-01-1232 min
ARRVLSThe Adventures of Joe Lumbroso - Part 2Part Two of our series on the life and remarkable times of Joe Lumbroso:
The Children of God, or The Family as it's sometimes called, was founded in California in the late 1960's. The Family is a fringe religious group with a worldwide following. Their leader referred to himself as a prophet, as moses, as a king. The group has become infamous for many of their practices, including the use of sex as a missionary tool.
Rarely do we have the opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at life in groups like the Children of God. In this...
2016-12-2127 min
ARRVLSThe Adventures of Joe Lumbroso – Part 1The Children of God, or The Family as it's sometimes called, was founded in California in the late 1960's. The Family is a fringe religious group with a worldwide following. Their leader referred to himself as a prophet, as moses, as a king. The group has become infamous for many of their practices, including the use of sex as a missionary tool.
Rarely do we have the opportunity to get a behind the scenes look at life in groups like the Children of God. In this week's episode and next, we are fortunate to bring you a two part series...
2016-10-2737 min
ARRVLSForty BlinksOne brisk autumn morning in Brooklyn, Katie decided to go for a bike ride. Little did she know that the gruesome events to follow would nearly cost Katie her life, and forever change how she looked at the world.
2016-10-1324 min
ARRVLSDisillusionmentHe's been a womanizing petty criminal. A revolutionary marxist. An ex-con bank robber. A spiritual teacher. This week on ARRVLS, we go on a journey through the many lives of John Sherman.
Find out more about John & Carla Sherman's organization Just One Look, by visiting their website.
ARRVLS is a proud member of The Heard. Check out fellow member Erica Heilman's program Rumble Strip Vermont.
Producer Hans Anderson & Jonathan Hirsch
Editor Jonathan Hirsch
Sound Design Jonathan Hirsch
Episode Art Steph Tan
2016-09-2930 min
ARRVLSAgentCatie's dad joined the FBI after serving in Vietnam. Despite the popular portrayals of FBI agents in the media, Catie's dad was a dressed-down family man with a day job that happened to be highly classified. But things changed dramatically in Catie's life when her dad became very ill, and the mystery of her dad's illness would haunt her for years. Then one day, she went to the movies.
Producer & Sound Designer by Jonathan I. Hirsch
Associate Producer Nora Linde
Additional Music by Hakan Erikkson & Martin Landh
Episode Art by Steph Tan
Original compositions in today's episode are by Jonathan...
2016-09-1528 min
ARRVLSAgentCatie's dad joined the FBI after serving in Vietnam. Despite the popular portrayals of FBI agents in the media, Catie's dad was a dressed-down family man with a day job that happened to be highly classified. But things changed dramatically in Catie's life when her dad became very ill, and the mystery of her dad's illness would haunt her for years.
Then one day, she went to the movies.
Producer & Sound Designer by Jonathan I. HirschAssociate Producer Nora LindeAdditional Music by Hakan Erikkson & Martin LandhEpisode Art by Steph Tan
Original compositions in today's episode are by Jonathan Hirsch and Shani Av...
2016-09-1528 min
ARRVLSOrthodoxWhat happens when your religious faith and sexual identity directly contradict one another? Josh Tranen lived with this contradiction for years. Even while studying in an orthodox Yeshiva in Israel, Tranen struggled to reconcile his beliefs with his identity. But when attitudes towards marriage in the US shifted, Trannen found his relationship to his religion changing as well.
Producer Phoebe Petrovic Editor Jonathan I HirschSound Designer Jonathan I. Hirsch Associate Producer Nora Linde Episode Art by Steph Tan
Music by Gunnar Johnsén, Anders Ekengren, Måns Billner, Jack Elphick, & Gavin Luke
2016-09-0120 min
ARRVLSOrthodoxWhat happens when your religious faith and sexual identity directly contradict one another? Josh Tranen lived with this contradiction for years. Even while studying in an orthodox Yeshiva in Israel, Tranen struggled to reconcile his beliefs with his identity. But when attitudes towards marriage in the US shifted, Tranen found his relationship to his religion changing as well.
Producer Phoebe Petrovic
Editor Jonathan I Hirsch
Sound Designer Jonathan I. Hirsch
Associate Producer Nora Linde
Episode Art by Steph Tan
Music by Gunnar Johnsén, Anders Ekengren, Måns Billner, Jack Elphick, & Gavin Luke
2016-09-0120 min
ARRVLSJerry CurlJerry Curl takes us into her world: growing up gay in the projects on the east side of El Paso, coming out to her parents, and eventually becoming a drag performer.
2016-08-0521 min
ARRVLSJerry CurlJerry Curl takes us into her world: growing up gay in the projects on the east side of El Paso, coming out to her parents, and eventually becoming a drag performer.
2016-08-0521 min
ARRVLSMy Carnie FamilyWhat's it like to be a traveling salesperson? Sarah Barrett takes us inside the mind and world of Canada's finest pitchmen.
2016-07-1428 min
ARRVLSConversionA collaboration between ARRVLS and Borders Radio, this episode tells the story of one man's journey from redemption to loss of faith as a Mormon missionary in the Fijian Islands.
Produced by Caitlin Pierce and Jonathan Hirsch Sound Design by Jonathan Hirsch Edited by Caitlin Pierce
2016-06-3024 min
ARRVLSConversionA collaboration between ARRVLS and Borders Radio, this episode tells the story of one man's journey from redemption to loss of faith as a Mormon missionary in the Fijian Islands.
For more info, visit our website:
http://www.arrvls.com
2016-06-3024 min
Borders RadioConversionNick Perritt converted to atheism during his successful Mormon mission trip.
This episode is a special collaboration with the ARRVLS podcast (arrvls.com) and was sound designed by Jonathan Hirsch.
See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
2016-06-3000 min
ARRVLSBONUS: "Norman's House" SoundscapeThis is a new special bonus feature available exclusively to Acast+ subscribers of ARRVLS.
Our first installment: an extended original soundscape from our episode "Norman's House"
2016-06-1000 min
ARRVLSMaybe I'm Not VanillaMichal documents her journey of sexual self-discovery, and finds out that she may not, in fact, be "vanilla" after all.
2016-06-1028 min
ARRVLSBorder JunkieScott Comar was a truck driver from Hartford. In the late 90s, he discovered the borderland region that includes El Paso, Texas and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. His growing dependency on hard drugs drew him to the lawless streets where the cost of living was cheap and the dope was even cheaper.
Production & Sound Design Jonathan Hirsch Associate Producer Nora Linde Illustrations Steph Tan
2016-05-1919 min
ARRVLSBorder JunkieScott Comar was a truck driver from Hartford. In the late 90s, he discovered the borderland region that includes El Paso, Texas and Cuidad Juarez, Mexico. His growing dependency on hard drugs drew him to the lawless streets where the cost of living was cheap and the dope was even cheaper.
2016-05-1919 min
ARRVLSCosmic WindWhat's it like to experience total memory loss? Oyevind Aamot experienced the unimaginable. After traveling the world for years, we awoke from a fall while hiking in the Himalayas not knowing who he was, how he got there, or even his own name. This is his story.
Producer Jonathan Hirsch Associate Producer Nora Linde Illustrations Steph Tan
2016-04-2820 min
ARRVLSCosmic WindWhat's it like to experience total memory loss? Oyevind Aamot experienced the unimaginable. After traveling the world for years, we awoke from a fall while hiking in the Himalayas not knowing who he was, how he got there, or even his own name. This is his story.
2016-04-2820 min
ARRVLSSacred OperatorI guess you could say that ARRVLS is a show about the future. Or at least, what each of us thinks our own future might be. And from that vantage point this episode is really interesting, because it’s about those among us who believe that the future can be known. Before it actually happens. And it all starts with a deck of intricately designed cards called..the Tarot.
Producers Karen Robbins & Jonathan Hirsch
Associate Producer Nora Linde
Episode Art Steph Tan
2016-04-0716 min
ARRVLSSacred OperatorI guess you could say that ARRVLS is a show about the future. Or at least, what each of us thinks our own future might be. And from that vantage point this episode is really interesting, because it’s about those among us who believe that the future can be known. Before it actually happens. And it all starts with a deck of intricately designed cards called..the Tarot.
Producers Karen Robins & Jonathan HirschAssociate Producer Nora LindeEpisode Art Steph Tan
2016-04-0716 min
ARRVLSNorman's HouseThere are a lot of stories about friendship, community, and survival that have been born from AIDS. There are plays and movies that underscore the anger and the activism, and music that defines the tragedy. But for every song and every movie, there is a person. There is a community. There are friends that must embrace the bittersweet realities of life and of death. There are loved ones buried too early.
Today on ARRVLS: the story of three friends, a disease, and the opera.
2016-03-2425 min
ARRVLSNorman's HouseThere are a lot of stories about friendship, community, and survival that have been born from AIDS. There are plays and movies that underscore the anger and the activism, and music that defines the tragedy. But for every song and every movie, there is a person. There is a community. There are friends that must embrace the bittersweet realities of life and of death. There are loved ones buried too early.
Today on ARRVLS: the story of three friends, a disease, and the opera.
Produced by Benjamin Riskin & Jonathan Hirsch Associate Producer Nora Linde Editorial Assistance Sara Brooke CurtisEngineering & Sound Design...
2016-03-2426 min
ARRVLSJunjiIt’s been five years since a 9.0 earthquake rocked Japan, but the images from that time are indelible: the wall of water devouring parts of the Japanese coastline. Cars lifted over walls and tumbling into the sides of buildings.
Then there’s all the fear and uncertainty that followed. When the Tsunami caused the meltdown of a nuclear power plant, the whole world was watching. And it’s in this climate of uncertainty that Junji Nishihata and his family found themselves. Not quite foreigners, and in many ways not quite Japanese either.
What does it feel like to be an outsid...
2016-03-1028 min
ARRVLSJunjiIt’s been five years since a 9.0 earthquake rocked Japan, but the images from that time are indelible: the wall of water devouring parts of the Japanese coastline. Cars lifted over walls and tumbling into the sides of buildings.
Then there’s all the fear and uncertainty that followed. When the Tsunami caused the meltdown of a nuclear power plant, the whole world was watching. And it’s in this climate of uncertainty that Junji Nishihata and his family found themselves. Not quite foreigners, and in many ways not quite Japanese either.
What does it feel like to be an outsid...
2016-03-1028 min
ARRVLSMovementsIn the new year, I decided to pack up my life and move across the country, leaving my old home in Brooklyn for my new home in Los Angeles. At the same time, producer Sara Brooke Curtis was leaving her home in San Francisco for the northeast.
We decided to keep track of our changing cities and changing lives through sound, through observation of the world around us. We wrote down our thoughts. We pressed record as things happened. We tucked away our favorite moments. And when we’d arrived at our destinations, we took our two stories and made th...
2016-02-2527 min
ARRVLSMovementsIn the new year, I decided to pack up my life and move across the country, leaving my old home in Brooklyn for my new home in Los Angeles. At the same time, producer Sara Brooke Curtis was leaving her home in San Francisco for the northeast.
We decided to keep track of our changing cities and changing lives through sound, through observation of the world around us. We wrote down our thoughts. We pressed record as things happened. We tucked away our favorite moments. And when we’d arrived at our destinations, we took our two stories and made th...
2016-02-2526 min
ARRVLSRefusenik LoveDuring the 1970's hundreds of thousands of Russian nationals migrated from the country. Many left in protest to the policies of the soviet regime: the antisemitism, the curbing of civil liberties, the jailing of political dissidents. And while it was possible to exit the country, it was for a long time, almost impossible to return. Refugees from this era in Russian history are sometimes referred to as Refuseniks; a nod to their refusal to live under the authoritarian conditions of the time.
Today, Valentine's day, this episode is coming to you a little bit early. It's the story of once su...
2016-02-1420 min
ARRVLSRefusenik LoveDuring the 1970's hundreds of thousands of Russian nationals migrated from the country. Many left in protest to the policies of the soviet regime: the antisemitism, the curbing of civil liberties, the jailing of political dissidents. And while it was possible to exit the country, it was for a long time, almost impossible to return. Refugees from this era in Russian history are sometimes referred to as Refuseniks; a nod to their refusal to live under the authoritarian conditions of the time.
Today, Valentine's day, this episode is coming to you a little bit early. It's the story of once...
2016-02-1420 min
ARRVLSPromiseJax Beach is a small, scruffy seaside town in Jacksonville Florida. It's not what I expected from Florida, to be honest, having visited other beach towns in Florida like Tampa, Daytona, and Miami. Jax Beach isn't like those towns.
Really it feels more like Venice Beach in California, replete with yoga studios, head shops, and vegetarian restaurants. Sun drenched surfers still wet from the ocean, walk back barefoot onto the main drag that hugs the shoreline. Skateboarders in tie die shirts ollie off the curbs of streets lined with cozy bungalows.I'm here to meet Trey Thompson. Trey and his wif...
2016-02-0426 min
ARRVLSPromiseJax Beach is a small, scruffy seaside town in Jacksonville Florida. It's not what I expected from Florida, to be honest, having visited other beach towns in Florida like Tampa, Daytona, and Miami. Jax Beach isn't like those towns.
Really it feels more like Venice Beach in California, replete with yoga studios, head shops, and vegetarian restaurants. Sun drenched surfers still wet from the ocean, walk back barefoot onto the main drag that hugs the shoreline. Skateboarders in tie die shirts ollie off the curbs of streets lined with cozy bungalows.
I'm here to meet Trey Thompson. Trey and his...
2016-02-0426 min
ARRVLSJanuary 1, 1982Jerry McGill (Jerome) and Dalton Conley grew up next to one another in a tough area of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1980's. Dalton's family lived in public subsidized housing, which sat in the middle of a block of project housing, where Jerry lived. The two became friends.
On January 1, 1982 a random and senseless act would transform both of their lives. This is their story.
Producer Jonathan Hirsch & Emma JacobsAssociate Producer Nora LindeEditor Jonathan Hirsch Sound Design by Jonathan Hirsch Additional Music
2016-01-0125 min
ARRVLSJanuary 1, 1982Jerry McGill (Jerome) and Dalton Conley grew up next to one another in a tough area of the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the 1980's. Dalton's family lived in public subsidized housing, which sat in the middle of a block of project housing, where Jerry lived. The two became friends.
On January 1, 1982 a random and senseless act would transform both of their lives. This is their story.
2016-01-0125 min
ARRVLSGringa SisA 17 year old Chilean girl decides to travel to the US as an exchange student. Her host family lives in Minnesota. When she arrives, she quickly becomes fast friends with a girl her age in the house.
But not long after she arrives, the exchange student finds out that she's pregnant. She gives birth to her daughter in the US, and returns to Chile.
She has another child, named Guido. And growing up, Guido develops a fascination for American culture. He becomes an exceptional English speaker by meticulously studying movies, tv, and reading english language websites.
In 2010, an 8.8 earthquake hit chi...
2015-12-1030 min
ARRVLSGringa SisA 17 year old Chilean girl decides to travel to the US as an exchange student. Her host family lives in Minnesota. When she arrives, she quickly becomes fast friends with a girl her age in the house.
But not long after she arrives, the exchange student finds out that she's pregnant. She gives birth to her daughter in the US, and returns to Chile.
She has another child, named Guido. And growing up, Guido develops a fascination for American culture. He becomes an exceptional English speaker by meticulously studying movies, tv, and reading english language websites.
In 2010, an 8.8 earthquake hit...
2015-12-1030 min
ARRVLSThis Moment is Worth ItWhen Thanksgiving arrived in 2008, Robert found himself struggling with a tangled mess of emotions. The economic crisis in the U.S., big changes at home, and the challenges of the workplace all conspired to make it difficult for Robert to keep his head above water. Despite these challenges, he and his family decided to make the long drive from St. Paul to Lafayette, Indiana. And what he discovered there changed Robert's point of view in a way he never would have expected.
Producer Jonathan I. Hirsch Assistant Producers Nora Linde & Emma Jacobs Sound Design & Score Jonathan I. Hirsch Additional Music Se...
2015-11-2631 min
ARRVLSAlpha-1If our bodies are maps, it is our parents who provide the ink. Their genetic code draws out the boundaries of our personal geography.
And we all know that this map like every map, changes over time. Continents grow smaller, oceans wider..our shape changing in a solution to the equation of gravity over age. But for some that ink is the kind that disappears.
We all live with the knowledge of our own mortality, but what about those who know more, how do you chart a course through the world when the end is a known entity? Today on ARRV...
2015-11-0622 min
The White WhaleOffbeat: What Is Alpha 1?What is Alpha-1? was originally produced in the Spring of 2015 for the Third Coast International Audio Festival ShortDocs Challenge. The story was trying to provide a small glimpse at the personal experience of the disease, which is still widely unknown to the masses. It is being released via The White Whale in prep for a collaborative episode with the podcast ARRVLS that will go further in depth with the experience of living with the genetics. Look for the ARRVLS episode next week. Find the original post in the Third Coast library: http://www.thirdcoastfestival.org/library/1711-what-is-alpha-1 Aplha-1 is...
2015-10-2200 min
ARRVLSManhattan MilongueroOn September 11th, 2001, Ney Melo watched from the window of his office at Lehman Brothers as the first tower of the World Trade Center burned. The event stirred an already brewing sense deep within that he needed to make a change in his life. And it is this sense that took Ney on an inspiring journey of self-discovery from the stock market trading floor, to the milongas (or tango clubs) of Buenos Aires.
2015-09-1126 min
ARRVLSThank You, White School ChildrenFor our recent episode "Felix The Different", Felix Neals chronicles his journey from being a quiet child in a small subdivision bordering the everglade swamp on the outskirts of Miami in the 1930's, to dodging harassment from the KKK while in college in Pocatello, Idaho.
I met up with felix after our interview, at the Hudson River Park in Manhattan, and he shared with me a piece of writing that he hesitated to call a poem, but rather called it "reflections on a tin mirror".
Listen to Felix's story here:
www.arrvls.com/arrvls-podcast/2015/8/27/felix-the-different
2015-09-0305 min
ARRVLSFelix The DifferentFelix Neals is an 86 year old retired administrative judge. He is gentle and deliberate in his manner of speaking, and stands a towering 6 foot 6 inches tall. You wouldn't know it by talking to him, but Felix hardly spoke for the first 14 years of his life. He knew that he was different from most people. And across many states and decades, from a small subdivision on the border of the Everglade swamp to a rural college town in Idaho, Felix was in search of answers. Today on ARRVLS, a man's search for a name.
2015-08-2720 min
ARRVLSFelix the DifferentFelix Neals is an 86 year old retired administrative judge. He is gentle and deliberate in his manner of speaking, and stands a towering 6 foot 6 inches tall. You wouldn't know it by talking to him, but Felix hardly spoke for the first 14 years of his life. He knew that he was different from most people. And across many states and decades, from a small subdivision on the border of the Everglade swamp to a rural college town in Idaho, Felix was in search of answers. Today on ARRVLS, a man's search for a name.
Guest Felix NealsProducer Jonathan Hirsch, Nora LindeSound De...
2015-08-2720 min
ARRVLSWhat Version Of Human Are You?For our recent episode "Mama I'm A Girl", Marlo Mack of the podcast How To Be A Girl, tells the story of raising her transgender daughter.
At the end of our conversation, we wanted to know how Marlo has grown through the process of discovery of her child's identity, how her daughter has transformed her way of looking at the world, and whether or not she has advice for parents with children like hers.
Listen to the ARRVLS episode "Mama, I'm A Girl":
http://www.arrvls.com/arrvls-podcast/2015/8/12/mama-im-a-girl
2015-08-2006 min
ARRVLSMama, I'm A GirlWe'd like to believe that culture is something that evolves. That the current generation learns from the mistakes of the ones that came before them, and that we move, albeit in fits and starts, towards a more just, inclusive, and equitable society. But somewhere in the midst of this daily march forward, are the stories of our own complicated lives. And for some the most essential part of their identity remains misunderstood to most people. Today on the show: how one child taught their parent, who they really were.
"Mommy, something went wrong in your tummy. Put me back so...
2015-08-1423 min
2015-08-0904 min
ARRVLSIn The Left Pocket, By My HeartThis episode is a story about the transformative power of loss. How one tiny life can become so large, that you begin to see it everywhere and in everything that you do.
Our first contributor piece comes to us from independent producer and storyteller Sara Curtis, who traces the loss of her and her husband Ryan's child over the course of a year.
Sara is a freelance radio producer, writer and photographer based in the Bay Area. Her radio stories have aired on KCRWʼs UnFictional, State of the Re:Union, KALWʼs Audiograph and PRX Remix. She is currently an...
2015-08-0320 min
ARRVLSSurviving LoveLarry kept his sexuality a secret for fear of being rejected by his family, jailed by the government of Cameroon or subjected to mob violence. Even so, there were times he couldn’t avoid trouble from people who found out. He became estranged from his younger brother, was attacked by someone he met online and extorted by a group that broke into his hotel room. Larry and his boyfriend now live in New York, where he can for the first time be open about who he is without the threat of recrimination.
Producer Jonathan Hirsch
Associate Producers Nora Linde & Gabrielle Le...
2015-08-0320 min
ARRVLSThe Sea RoomAndrew Field channeled his love for surfing and good food into a popular sea-side restaurant in Rockaway Beach, NY. When Hurricane Sandy threatened to destroy his hard work, he was forced to think fast and face realities that come with living in an increasingly unpredictable environment.
2015-08-0310 min
ARRVLSFinal VowsKaz Smith was unlike anybody Niva had ever met. He was sharp, positive, and independent. Their relationship built slowly, which at times was difficult. "He was measured in everything" Niva said. "I wanted to hang out more. I wanted to see him more than just on the weekends. But he set the pace."
After weeks of escalating symptoms, an MRI showed that Kaz had developed a rare form of brain cancer, and that his diagnosis was terminal. The premiere of Season Two of ARRVLS tells the story of Kaz and Niva, whose love was larger than the illness they fought...
2015-08-0321 min
How to Be a GirlEpisode VII: THE FACTS (about transgender kids)
When my "son" first started saying that "he" was actually a "she," I went looking for information. I wanted hard numbers. I wanted data. I wanted science to tell me to do. This is what I discovered. If you'd like to watch a condensed, 5-minute animated version of this episode, check this out:
Music credits: "Arboles" by Podington Bear; "Outside the Terminal" by Blue Dot Sessions; "March of the Mind," "Oppressive Gloom," and "Unseen Horrors" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com); animation scored byJonathan Hirsch (www.arrvls.com).
2015-07-0128 min
ARRVLSFinal VowsKaz Smith was unlike anybody Niva had ever met. He was sharp, positive, and independent. Their relationship built slowly, which at times was difficult. "He was measured in everything" Niva said. "I wanted to hang out more. I wanted to see him more than just on the weekends. But he set the pace."
After weeks of escalating symptoms, an MRI showed that Kaz had developed a rare form of brain cancer, and that his diagnosis was terminal. The premiere of Season Two of ARRVLS tells the story of Kaz and Niva, whose love was larger than the illness they fought...
2015-06-1921 min
Anxious MachineAll My Days Have Been Guns (S2: E2)Bernard did not get along with his father, who expected him to work like a full-time employee in the family gas station starting when Bernard was just eight years old. But then Bernard went off to the army, and when he came home, an incident with a gun changed his relationship to his father, to society, and to himself.
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2015-06-1531 min
ARRVLSThey're Here and They're My KidsOur final Stand By episode of Season 1 features the production magic of Garrett Tiedemann, as he remixes episode three of ARRVLS....Ricochet. Garrett Tiedemann is a composer, filmmaker, and writer for twenty years with radio and podcast production added in last few. He produces The White Whale from the confines of his production company CyNar Pictures and is lead producer on a number of podcasts for the oral history project SisterStory.
Producer Garrett Tiedemann Editor Jonathan HirschMusic & Sound Design Garrett TiedemannTheme Music Jascha Hoffman & Leo Sidran
2015-06-0411 min
The Podcast DigestTPD 40 - Jonathan Hirsch from ArrvlsArrvls, a story-telling podcast has some of the most amazing content you'll hear! In between their first and second season, host and creator Jonathan Hirsch and I sit down to discuss the history of his podcast, the production process, future plans and how his unique signature closing came to be! It's a great listen from an intriguing host!
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Check out the previous episodes for more great interviews and show recommendations! And read blog entries and see my guest appearance list at thepodcastdigest.info
2015-05-241h 01
En RouteMeeting Ethan
When he was 15 years old, Jonathan Hirsch met a met in a superhero costume on a train. 15 years later, he found him again. Ethan's side of the story can be hear in episode 1 of ARRVLS: "The Blazing Echidna" at:http://www.arrvls.com Hosted by Gabrielle Lewis Produced by Gabrielle Lewis & Jonathan Hirsch Edited by Gabrielle Lewis & Jakob Lewis Sound Design by Jonathan Hirsch
2015-05-2100 min
ARRVLSReturn To Woodlawn CemeteryIn between seasons 1 and 2 of ARRVLS, we've asked sound designers, composers, and producers to take their favorite episodes of the show, and to re-imagine them in their style, and their voice. It's the storytelling podcast version of a "remix". We're calling it Stand By.
For the second installment in this series, Danish composer Anders Pederson takes us back to Woodlawn Cemetery and to the story of Black Herman.
Producer: Anders Pederson & Jonathan Hirsch Editor: Jonathan Hirsch Music & Sound Design: Anders PedersonTheme Music: Jascha Hoffman & Leo Sidran
2015-05-2110 min
ARRVLSAnother Side of The Blazing EchidnaSeason 2 of ARRVLS starts on June 18th, but in the meantime we're bringing you a very special segment we're calling STAND BY. In between departures, we've asked producers, sound designers, and composers to reimagine their favorite ARRVLS episodes in their style and their voice. Our first installment features the work of producer Brian Garcia.
Brian Garcia is a freelance audio producer based in Brooklyn by way of Detroit. He produces a fiction storytelling podcast called Aural Regions that's part modern radio drama and part internal monologue reimagined. His previous podcast, Hate Your Answering Machine, appeared weekly on Vocalo.org. To...
2015-05-0712 min
ARRVLSAnother Side of The Blazing EchidnaANOTHER SIDE OF THE BLAZING ECHIDNASeason 2 of ARRVLS starts on June 18th, but in the meantime we're bringing you a very special segment we're calling STAND BY. In between departures, we've asked producers, sound designers, and composers to reimagine their favorite ARRVLS episodes in their style and their voice. Our first installment features the work of producer Brian Garcia.
Brian Garcia is a freelance audio producer based in Brooklyn by way of Detroit. He produces a fiction storytelling podcast called Aural Regions that's part modern radio drama and part internal monologue reimagined. His previous podcast, Hate Your Answering Machine, appeared weekly...
2015-05-0712 minPodcastPicks.comNorjak | ARRVLS | 20 min"On Thanksgiving Eve 1971, a man hijacked a commercial flight traveling from Portland to Seattle. His demands were simple: 200 thousand dollars in negotiable American currency, four parachutes, and a refueled plane. For the season finale of ARRVLS, we explore the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history, the mysterious case of D.B. Cooper. A case the FBI refers to, as NORJAK."
2015-04-2400 min
ARRVLSNorjakOn Thanksgiving Eve 1971, a man hijacked a commercial flight traveling from Portland to Seattle. His demands were simple: 200 thousand dollars in negotiable American currency, four parachutes, and a refueled plane. For the season finale of ARRVLS, we explore the only unsolved hijacking in U.S. history, the mysterious case of D.B. Cooper.
A case the FBI refers to, as NORJAK.
Written & Produced by Jonathan Hirsch & Gabrielle Lewis Sound Design by Ben Kruse & Jonathan Hirsch Theme Music by Jascha Hoffman & Leo SidranAdditional Music by Ben Kruse & Jonathan Hirsch
2015-04-2320 min
ARRVLSKing Rickey & The Knights Of The PlayaKING RICKEY &THE KNIGHTS OF THE PLAYA
Falling in love isn’t something we can will into existence. It just happens. You feel it and the rest unfolds from that moment. And looking back, we know more about ourselves, who we were at the time we fell for another, and who we’ve become, than we could ever know at the time. It is the biggest kind of ARRVLS story. Not just because loving someone else is the defining moment in many of our lives, but because learning to love lasts as long as we do, and while we are not l...
2015-03-1213 min
ARRVLSTwo DovesJulie had never planned to be a mother. When her partner of ten years suffered a near fatal stroke and moved back home with his family, she found herself alone and reeling from the shock of recent months. It was then that she met and fell in love with Aaron. Their connection was instantaneous, and shortly after they met they married in a civil ceremony in San Francisco. But Aaron and Julie weren't the only ones who got married that day. Episode 5 of ARRVLS is a story of finding love after heartbreak in ways you least expect to find it.
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2015-02-2710 min
NeighborsA Ritual of HospitalityThis is a story about a ritual. A Chinese tea ceremony. It's used as a means to connect — with the past, with people, with another land. Joshua Drake Wu invited me into his home to experience the joy of Chinese tea. I learned a lot of surprising things about tea, hospitality, and my neighbor. Make yourself a cup of your favorite leaf and listen. Also in this episode are the rituals of two of my podcasting colleagues, Jonathan Hirsch of ARRVLS and Vannessa Lowe of Nocturne. They are two great shows you should check out. Special thanks to Jason Go...
2015-02-2100 min
ARRVLSRicochetOn christmas day, the propellor on a four-seater Cessna died, along with the engine. Robin Holleran and her brother-in-law found themselves floating in the air outside Atlanta nowhere near a landing strip. Episode 3 of ARRVLS is a story about how a brush with death, can turn into a new lease on life. Featuring music from the Seattle-based Grand Hallway. Their front man, Tomo Nakayama, has a new album called "Fog On The Lens", which you should definitely check out. Robin Holleran is co-editing a new anthology of plane crash survivor stories, which will be released by Skyhorse Publishing at the...
2015-01-2911 min
ARRVLSFresh OutEpisode 2 of ARRVLS tells the story of Joshua Levie, whose first job out of college was a lot more than he bargained for. Working at a day placement facility for adults with violent tendencies brought out the best, and the worst in him. Josh's story provided the inspiration to launch this program.Written & Produced by Jonathan I. Hirsch Mixing & Sound Design Benjamin Kruse Original Score by Jonathan Hirsch & Benjamin KruseAdditional Music by Yesway
2015-01-1511 min
ARRVLSThe Blazing EchidnaEpisode 1 of ARRVLS tells the story of Ethan Hughes. When Ethan was 29 years old, he gave away a one-hundred thousand dollar inheritance. He then convinced a group of friends to dress up as superheroes and bike across America. It's a story of love, heartbreak, and the superhuman strength it takes to live with both.
You can find out more about Ethan Hughes and Still Waters Sanctuary through his interview on The Permaculture Podcast.
Written & Produced by Jonathan I. Hirsch Mixing & Sound Design by Benjamin Kruse Original Score by Jonathan I. Hirsch & Benjamin Kruse Additional Music by Gordon Hartin Artwork by Ethan Hughe
2015-01-0110 minEn RouteEn Route, Episode 38, Day 30: Saturn Returns "Saturn Returns", the final episode of the month long mini series "Saturn" is available through the link in the bio, at arrvls.com . Check it out! #podcast #storytelling #saturn #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 30, 2014 at 10:09am PST
2014-12-3001 minEn RouteDay 29: Budapest Metro The last episode of #saturn is tomorrow. 30 shows in 30 days. All before my 30th birthday on Wednesday. It's been a wild ride. Thanks for listening. You can catch them all through the link in the bio. Saturns by @kristiprokopiak . #podcast #migration #transformation #change #enroute #storytelling #documentary #life A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 29, 2014 at 3:37pm PST
2014-12-2901 minEn RouteDay 28: Albanian Dreams "Bad things will happen, but we must learn to embrace them." Day 28 of the month-long series Saturn, which chronicles my #Arrvls story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #migration #transformation #change #documentary A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 28, 2014 at 7:34am PST
2014-12-2901 minEn RouteDay 27: I Heart Paris "I heart Paris" day 27 of the month-long series Saturn, which chronicles my #Arrvls story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 27, 2014 at 7:28pm PST
2014-12-2701 minEn RouteDay 26: Leaving San Francisco "Leaving San Francisco". Day 26 of the month-long series Saturn, which chronicles the first 30 years of my life for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #storytelling #migration #transformation #change #sf #vanishingsf #moving A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 26, 2014 at 7:00am PST
2014-12-2701 minEn RouteDay 24: Choir of Saturday Night "We waited in restless lines, the stain of wine covering our teeth" day 24 of the month-long series Saturn is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #ARRVLS #story #migration #transformation #change #storytelling #sanfrancisco #tenderloin A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 24, 2014 at 8:24am PST
2014-12-2400 minEn RouteDay 23: Jonathan Ikkyu Hirsch "Jonathan Ikkyu Hirsch was born on December 31st, 1984" day 23 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds a day, is now available through the link in the bio. #regram from @iantuttle, from our last day in the #tenderloin. #sf #podcast #poetry #documentary #story #love #lovestory A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 23, 2014 at 9:32am PST
2014-12-2300 minEn RouteDay 22: Valerie Loreen Chavez "Valerie Loreen Chavez was born in the city of El Paso." Day 22 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is now available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #story #love #lovestory #poetry #sanfrancisco #sf #elpaso #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 22, 2014 at 8:24am PST
2014-12-2201 minEn RouteDay 21: Recovery "I learned that the driver of the SUV hit three other bicyclists" day 21 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio #podcast #migration #transformation #change #story #survival #sf A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 21, 2014 at 7:50am PST
2014-12-2100 minEn RouteDay 20: Indian Summer "I came to and a woman was kneeling over me." Day 20 of the month-long series "Saturn " which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is now available through the link the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #migration #transformation #change #survival #story #accident A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 20, 2014 at 8:52am PST
2014-12-2000 minEn RouteDay 19: Remarkable People "'I like to think of myself as a remarkable person' China said" Day 19 of the month-long series "Saturn" which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #storytelling #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 19, 2014 at 7:29am PST
2014-12-1901 minEn RouteDay 18: Lonely Teardrops "I let my sadness sleep" day 18 of the month long series is now up and available through the link in the bio.#ARRVLS #podcast #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 18, 2014 at 9:55am PST
2014-12-1901 minEn RouteDay 17: New York Dream "I'm standing on the 7th avenue side of #timessquare " day 17 of month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #ARRVLS story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #migration #transformation #change #enroute #saturn A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 17, 2014 at 12:05pm PST
2014-12-1701 minEn RouteDay 16: Change "One minute I wanted to be a writer, the next a musician, the next a librarian." Day 16 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #arrvls story for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #migration #transformation #change #storytelling A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 16, 2014 at 5:23am PST
2014-12-1601 minEn RouteDay 15: Rebirth "I don't know if it's there in all births, but it was there in yours" day 15 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #arrvls for 90 seconds each day, is available through the link in the bio. #podcast #storytelling #migration #transformation #change #arrvls A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 15, 2014 at 7:31am PST
2014-12-1501 minEn RouteDay 14: I Am God "A part of me is still that 16 year old boy" day 14 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #arrvls story for 90 seconds a day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #migration #transformation #change #storytelling #saturn #enroute A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 14, 2014 at 9:54am PST
2014-12-1401 minEn RouteDay 13: What Love Is "Isn't that what love is?" Day 13 of the month-long series "Saturn", Christmas chronicling my #arrvls story 90 seconds a day, is available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #migration #transformation #change #podcast #regram from: @mayalucia1 A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 13, 2014 at 9:38am PST
2014-12-1300 minEn RouteDay 12: Darshan "We were all falling in love: men, women, and children." Day 12 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up and available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #podcast #documentary #storytelling #arrvls #enroute #saturn #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 12, 2014 at 5:50am PST
2014-12-1201 minEn RouteDay 11: Illusion "How can you speak with authority, about one who claims authority over you?" Day 11 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up! Click on the link in the bio to listen. #arrvls #enroute #saturn #migration #transformation #change #podcast A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 11, 2014 at 6:04am PST
2014-12-1101 minEn RouteDay 10: Charisma "Charisma is real. It can shuttle a person into your heart." Day 10 of the month-long series Saturn is now up and available through the link in the bio. Check it out! A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 10, 2014 at 6:00am PST
2014-12-1000 minEn RouteDay 9: Am I The Universe? "I find myself grappling with the causes and mysterious ways of the universe itself." Day 9 of the month-long series "Saturn", chronicling my arrvls story for 90 seconds a day, is up via the link in the bio. Check it out! #enroute #saturn #podcast #migration #transformation #change #storytelling A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 9, 2014 at 6:01am PST
2014-12-0900 minEn RouteDay 8: My Vocabulary Did This To Me "I have wished at many times to replace my words with more common ones" day 8 of the month-long series chronicling my #arrvls story is now live and available through the link in the bio. #enroute #saturn #migration #transformation #change #podcast A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 8, 2014 at 8:41am PST
2014-12-0800 minEn RouteDay 7: Sundays "I never said a word about my sundays" day 7 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up and available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #Arrvls #enroute #migration #transformation #change #podcast #storytelling A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 7, 2014 at 6:06am PST
2014-12-0701 minEn RouteDay 6: Home "We moved 17 times in 18 years when I was a kid." Day 6 of the month-long series "Saturn", which chronicles my #Arrvls story for 90 seconds a day, is up and available through the link in the bio.#enroute #saturn #podcast #migration #transformation #change #sf A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 6, 2014 at 7:31am PST
2014-12-0600 minEn RouteDay 5: A New Master "You're born. You live. You die. There must be more than this." Day 5 of the month long series chronicling my #Arrvls story is entitled "A New Master", and is now available through the link in the bio. Check it out! #migration #transformation #change #podcast #saturn #storytelling A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 5, 2014 at 5:43am PST
2014-12-0500 minEn RouteDay 4: Birth "How can you tell when the fruit falls off the tree?" Day 4 of the month-long series Saturn, chronicling my #arrvls story is available through the link in the bio. #migration #transformation #change #birth #podcast #snow #enroute A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 4, 2014 at 5:30am PST
2014-12-0401 minEn RouteDay 3: Migration "On behalf of my friends, who have taken part, in the Hungarian Revolution." Day 3 of the month-long series "Saturn" is up on the link in the bio. This episode is entitled "Migration", and is dedicated to my father. #Saturn #storytelling #ARRVLS #enroute #migration #transformation #change #podcast A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 3, 2014 at 4:32am PST
2014-12-0301 minEn RouteDay 2: Awake "There is only black light. Between the stars." Day 2 of the month-long series "Saturn" chronicling my #ARRVLS story is live. #enroute #podcast #storytelling #kathmandu #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 2, 2014 at 6:00am PST
2014-12-0201 minEn RouteDay 1: Saturn "What happens when a thirty year orbit comes to completion? Will I wander in the desert for 40 days? Will I come back a wise man?" My #Arrvls story for 90 seconds everyday leading up to my 30th birthday on New Year's Eve, and the official release of The show on January 1st, starts today. Visit the link in the profile for more! #en route #Saturn #podcast #migration #transformation #change A photo posted by ARRVLS (@arrvls) on Dec 1, 2014 at 1:22am PST
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