Messages for Soldiers in Iraq
This is a podcast with messages of love. On March 19 in Fayetteville, NC I asked people if they could speak with a US Soldier in Iraq what would they say? Here are their responses.
MP3 9m 5s 4.2MB 64kbps
Drums and Chants by the Marching crowd. Other in-between sounds by Matmos from the song Action At A Distance. Part of the WIRED Creative Commons CD.
March 29th, 2005 at 11:17 am
This is a terrific example of podcasting. And it’s a terrific podcast. Thanks.
March 29th, 2005 at 11:28 am
Thanks Marnie!
March 30th, 2005 at 1:18 pm
Wow, Brian. I just listened to this. It’s quite powerful. This piece spans a really wide range of voices: young and old, veterans and hippies, men and women, different races and classes. Also, I think this is a realization of what you were trying to do with the prochoice project last year.
Great job! More like this! Hurrah!
(Disclaimer: Mine is one of the voices in this podcast.)
March 30th, 2005 at 1:44 pm
Thanks Ruby! Yeah… it’s a style of audio documentary I would love to do more. Bit more time consuming but worth it! I think the length of the peice is good too.
The diversity of voices is do to the *real* diversity of the March 19 event. I consciously searched out different people, but it wasn’t hard. Lots of great people at this event. Lots of love and concern filled the air.
April 7th, 2005 at 1:38 pm
Great piece, Brian. Enjoyed it and hope it gets out there.
I was ambivalent about the rally though I’m against the war and want a peaceful solution. I couldn’t come to see for myself how the event went so it’s great to hear some perspectives from the rally. Coming from a military family, I know the hard position that soldiers and their families are in. My empathy is for all workers in the world who have a bad boss and a job that they don’t feel that they can leave.