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  • The Port Podcast 10: A Hollywood Story

    11/04/2014 Duration: 10min

    Beginning with a speculative letter written aged 12 to actress Lillian Gish for a school project – the star of The Wind (1928) and frequent muse of controversial film director D.B.Griffith – Austin and Howard Mutti-Mewse embarked on a stream of correspondence with Hollywood’s vanguard that would continue for the next 30 years. Here they share the story of how two boys from Surrey ended up befriending Hollywood's elite, and embarking on a journey that would taking them to LA...

  • The Port Podcast 11: A Journey Through Gender

    10/04/2014 Duration: 19min

    28 May 2014 For many of us, gender is something that we think of in black and white terms, a binary of male and female. In the womb, we are prescribed gender identities, before the nucleus of our personalities are even formed. But gender is something more than anatomy: it is something more than physicality. It is beyond the simple, limited terms of 'male' and 'female'. What happens when we challenge these judgements placed upon us? What happens when we take a journey into gender, of our own accord, discovering along the way who we really are, rather than who we are told we should be? In this podcast, we meet Jake, Felix and Matt, three trans-people who are undertaking this very journey. We also talk with activity and professor of equality law, Stephen Whittle OBE, about his experience overcoming the UK's discriminatory laws. Produced by Barney Rowntree Production assistance Betty Wood Music Antony & The Johnsons Special thanks to Professor Stephen Whittle OBE, Jake, Matt, Felix and Jay.

  • The Port Podcast 09: Letter From New Orleans – Playing Cops and Cops

    27/02/2014 Duration: 06min

    27 February 2014 In his hometown, author Nathaniel Rich takes a murder mystery tour where the cops are the bad guys... Written and read by Nathaniel Rich Edited & produced by Barney Rowntree

  • The Port Podcast 08 – Letters From New Orleans: A Toxic Treat

    28/11/2013 Duration: 06min

    What's the best thing about Louisiana's finest city? The jazz? Nope. It's the bread made with love, care and a whole lot of contamination. Nathaniel Rich reveals the secret of sandwiches in our second 'Letter from New Orleans' by the celebrated author. Read by Nathaniel Rich Edited & produced by Barney Rowntree

  • The Port Podcast 07: Letters from New Orleans – A City of People Unnoticed

    28/11/2013 Duration: 08min

    Port regular Nathaniel Rich introduces the first of his Letters From New Orleans collection, serialised in Port. In this first letter, written for our inaugural issue, Nathaniel takes us to post-Katrina New Orleans where life may have changed, but the attitude towards it remains resolute…

  • The Port Podcast: 06 – Predicting the Future

    23/10/2013 Duration: 10min

    The last issue of Port considered the future of the printed magazine, talking to the editors of longstanding publications like the New York Times Magazine and Vanity Fair. Magazines are coming to terms today with how print and digital complement each other, but in the online world, is the role of the editor under threat? Do we now live in an algo-world shaped by the intelligence of anonymous processes rather than the emotional decisions of humans? Will algorithms play a role in how we write and consume news? Part One: Kevin Slavin, Assistant Professor and founder of Playful Systems Group at MIT explains how, increasingly, modern life is affected by algorithms and computations that leave no signature on our conscious, and why, some writers are no longer writing with a human reader in mind… Part two: Frederick Fischer, CEO of Tame explains that social media has managed to separate content from the news brands, and how the power has shifted from editors to the developers, changing the role of the modern journa

  • The Port Podcast – 05: Dan Budnik's Decisive Moment

    30/09/2013 Duration: 12min

    In 1963, photographer Dan Budnik sat behind Martin Luther King Jr. as he delivered his most famous speech. 50 years later, he sat down with Port’s Barney Rowntree to discuss the stories behind his images documenting the American Civil Rights struggle, including the pivotal Selma to Montgomery march of 1965, which will be included in his Kickstarter book project Marching To The Freedom Dream, to be published by Trolley. Click for more information on the project, or visit www.danbudnik.com Audio produced & edited Barney Rowntree Music Artist: Mahalia Jackson Title: ‘Trouble of the World’ Label: Couch and Mason Partners Artist: J.B. Lenoir Title: ‘Alabama March Blues’ Label: L+R Records Artist: J.B. Lenoir Title: ‘Alabama March’ Label: L+R Records Artist: CFCF Track: Exercise 4 Label: Dummy recordings

  • The Port Podcast 04: Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane

    30/07/2013 Duration: 13min

    31 July 2013 Prologue: Senior editor Matt Willey introduces this month's podcast on Willard Asylum for the Chronic Insane, opened in 1869 on Seneca Lake, New York State. It's mission, to "Treat the chronically insane with gentleness and understanding". Nearly 50'000 patients lived at Willard during its 127 year history and roughly half died there. When it closed its doors in 1995, workers stumbled upon a discovery that shed an unknown light on the lives of Willard's patients... Karen Miller, a psychiatrist and poet who's spent the last several years researching the histories of Willard's former patients, talks to former employees Sally Dawley and Peg Ellsworth, who started working at Willard's in 1948. Miller explains how Willard, the first psychiatric hospital in New York, was home to more than 4'000 patients at one time during the 1920s and 30s, and the cultural attitude to mental illness at the time. We also meet photographer Jon Crispin has been tasked with documenting the suitcases of patients, found

  • The Port Podcast 03: Les Grand Doubleurs

    28/05/2013 Duration: 15min

    1 June 2013 Prologue: Senior editor Matt Willey introduces this week’s theme – dubbing in French cinema. Since the 1930s, France has remained one of several European countries that choose to dub foreign films with the voices of their own, French-speaking actors. It might get bad press here in the UK, but in France, dubbing is considered an art form… Part One: The French Bruce Willis. When the French see Bruce Willis onscreen, they hear Patrick Poivey. From Moonlighting to Die Hard, Patrick has dubbed the action hero for almost 30 years. He explains how his career as one of the most recognised voices in France grew from idle days spent in Paris… Part Two: Francoise Cadol is the French Angelina. As the voice of Lara Croft Francoise’s work voicing other actresses has attracted fame in its own right. With her own fan club, Francoise explains the phenomenon of having people turn around to ask for your autograph when ordering a coffee… Part Three:In Paris, where acting schools thrive, so too do dubbing schools.

  • The Port Podcast: 02 Resolution in Film Music

    23/04/2013 Duration: 08min

    8 May 2013 Prologue: Port senior producer Matt Willey introduces the second Port Podcast on the theme of Resolution in Film. Part One: Neil Brand is a London based pianist composer and writer. Best known as an accompanist for silent film, he talked to us about the importance of resolution for film music... Credits: Produced by Barney Rowntree Port opening credits by Jean-Gabriel Becker, Sounds And Sons Music credits: Artist: Brambles Title: Such Owls as You Album: Charcoal Label: Serein Artist: Bernard Herrmann Title: Main Title Album: Sisters OST Label: Southern Cross

  • The Port Podcast: 01 Silence in Films

    08/04/2013 Duration: 13min

    10 April 2013 Prologue: Senior editor Matt Willey introduces the first Port podcast on the role of silence in films. Part One: Silence is a vital element within film, but one which we rarely give thought to. We hear from writer George Michelson Foy on how the noisy experience of modern living led him in search of the acoustic dream – absolute silence. Part Two: Acclaimed sound designer and editor Paul Davies explains how he conducts tension using near silence, room tone and drones rather than a traditional musical cue in his films, which include Steve McQueen's "Hunger" and Lynne Ramsey's "We Need To Talk About Kevin". Credits: Produced by Barney Rowntree Port opening credits by Jean-Gabriel Becker, Sounds And Sons Music credits: Song: Jamais Artist: Charlotte Gainsbourg  Label: Because Music  Song: Cube Artist: Hauschka Label: Fat Cat Records Song: Dreams of Stairs Artist: Taylor Deupree Label: 12K Song: In the Androgynous Dark  Artist: Brambles Label: Serein Song: Side A Artist: David Lynch