The Organist
The Organist Holiday Special 2016
A special holiday presentation of The Organist, featuring some of the show’s best stories.
By Andrew Leland • • 57m ListenA special holiday presentation of The Organist, featuring some of the show’s best stories.
In this episode
4 storiesRadio Free
Toni Morrison once said that good writing shouldn't be "harangue passing off as art"—but she hadn’t heard Free Black Press Radio. Find the original episode here . Produced by Myke Dodge Weiskopf . Written by Niela Orr .
Read the story17 minThe Metaphysics of Dub
The Nigerian-Jamaican-American writer Louis Chude-Sokei on black cyborgs, black blackface, and the intersections of race, technology, and robotics. Find the original episode here . Produced by Mickey Capper. Interview by Ben Bush.
Read the story23 minWish You Were Here
An interview with a thoughtful android who lives with her caretaker in a cabin in rural Vermont. Find the original episode here . Produced by Jenny Ament with Lois Parshley.
Read the story12 minA New Career in a New Town
David J, the bassist from Bauhaus and Love and Rockets, recounts an uncanny encounter with David Bowie, where a single harmonica line spans the ages, from a jukebox in 1971 into the afterlife. Find the original episode here . Produced by Jenny Ament with Tyler Morris .
Read the story6 min