We Are What We Speak - Toko Shiiki - Part 1

Tue, 10/31/2023 - 10:56am

Today in conversation with Toko Shiiki - award-winning filmmaker and photographer - about discovering filmmaking as a communication tool, memorable language experiences in the U.S. and Japan, and what our handwriting say may say about us. Host: Aliyah Mitchell; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

We Are What We Speak - Frieda Ekotto - Part 2

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 9:02am

Part two with Frieda Ekotto – Francophone novelist, literary critic, professor at the University of Michigan, filmmaker, and 2023-2024 President of the Modern Languages Association – about goals as current Modern Languages Association president, the function of legal discourse, and power of translating.

Hosts: Aliyah Mitchell and Juan D. Freitez; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

Featured “A Rap on Race” (1971).

We Are What We Speak - Frieda Ekotto - Part 1

Wed, 10/25/2023 - 9:00am

Today in conversation with Frieda Ekotto – Francophone novelist, literary critic, professor at the University of Michigan, filmmaker, and 2023-2024 President of the Modern Languages Association – about formative language experiences, and grappling with language and identity.

Hosts: Aliyah Mitchell and Juan D. Freitez; Editor: Aliyah Mitchell; Produced in partnership with Ann Arbor District Library and recorded at Fifth Avenue Studios.

Featured “African Cinema: Filming Against All Odds” (1983).

Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #59 - Malice Domestic

Mon, 10/23/2023 - 1:27pm

Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, there's some arsenic poisoning going on in the home of Carl and Annette Borden. But who is the poisoner and who is the victim? Then, it's Downhill from there.

We Are What We Speak - Season 1 Trailer (Short)

Mon, 10/23/2023 - 12:00am

We Are What We Speak is an upcoming podcast that unpacks the complex human experience by talking how language and linguistics is deeply connected to our lives and everyday experiences.

We Are What We Speak - Season 1 Trailer (Long)

Mon, 10/23/2023 - 12:00am

We Are What We Speak is an upcoming podcast that unpacks the complex human experience by talking how language and linguistics is deeply connected to our lives and everyday experiences.

Groundcover | Volume 14 | Issue 21

Wed, 10/18/2023 - 4:01pm

How can our Washtenaw County community move towards justice? This episode discusses reparations, public energy ownership and shelter systems — all reporting from the ground up. 

What Scares Us - Episode 14: The Prowler

Fri, 10/13/2023 - 12:19pm

Join us for a deep dive into The Prowler, the 1981 slasher directed by Joseph Zito. In this episode: We listen to some sweet flute music with Otto (a strange fellow), connect this movie to the Hanna Barbara universe, and take life advice from a 78-year-old victorian house owner.

If you like what you heard today and want to let us know you can email us at WhatScaresUs@aadl.org.

And for more episodes check out https://aadl.org/whatscaresus.

Groundcover | Volume 14 | Issue 20

Thu, 10/05/2023 - 9:26pm

This issue contains 100% vendor writing: solutions-based reporting on guaranteed basic income, houses of hospitality, financial empowerment, and more. 

Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents #58 - A Bottle of Wine

Tue, 09/26/2023 - 2:26pm

Presenting Alfred Hitchcock Presents is a podcast dedicated to examining each episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" television series, show by show in chronological order. In this installment, the Judge invites young Wallace, who is running off with the Judge's wife, to share a bottle of wine, which he just may have poisoned. In stories pitting young and old rivals, one or the other invariably comes to a tragic end. But which one in this story?