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MBL Falmouth Forum: “Story and Community” – Jay Allison, Founder of WCAI
September 20, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Free
Lectures are open to the public for in-person and virtual attendance. Free parking is available in any MBL lot. No registration required for in-person attendance. Doors open at 7:00 PM, lectures start at 7:30 PM.
Lecture Abstract: Stories bring us together and tear us apart. Wherever we live, we are tied to our neighbors by vicinity if not by affinity. In Allison’s work he focuses on bringing the two together. In a divided time, finding ways to listen is one protection against fighting; true narratives defend against false ones; connection is an antidote to polarization. Allison will talk about the hope he has for public media values in radio, on the internet, and in podcasting, using examples from The Moth, WCAI, Transom.org, and his favorite artists and producers.
Jay Allison is the founder, collaborator, host, and producer of The Moth Radio Hour, Atlantic Public Media, Transom.org, PRX.org, This I Believe, Lost & Found Sound, and public radio station WCAI on Cape Cod where he lives. He has created hundreds of documentaries and received most of the broadcasting awards, including the DuPont-Columbia Silver and Gold Batons and six Peabodys.