Earshot
My father, kamikaze
Kawano only survived because he was scheduled to fly out the day after the surrender. 'I felt like I failed to die,' Kawano explained. 'It was like coming second in a race, I was so disappointed and ashamed. The gods had allowed me to live. I had to find a way to comfort the souls of my fellow dead pilots.'
Recommended complementary listening: the Earshot episode 'Kamikaze Daughter'
Is Australia Ready for the Multilingual Mindset? (Tongue Tied & Fluent, Part 1)
This is the first episode of a five-part documentary series exploring what it means to be multilingual in Australia. The series presents the perspectives of multilingual people from multiple communities in Australia as they discuss their experiences with language preservation, learning and loss in this country.
Easy Love
There’s so much to admire about Easy Love – the whimsical beginning, the evocative music, the precise measure of the ambient recordings and acoustic textures, the circular structure…but most of all, I want you to focus on producer Jaye Kranz’s narration style. It’s unintrusive, concise, and the tone is pitched just so. Jaye’s confidence in her craft makes this story feel effortless, but I know a lot of thinking went into making this sound so organically elegant. And if you need evidence of this, just peruse Jaye’s Behind the Scenes interview with Third Coast Audio Festival in Chicago.
(Photo by Warren Kirk)