A Discussion and World Premiere — Radiotopia Presents: My Mother Made Me w Jason Reynolds, Jad Abumrad
Radiotopia Presents: We're Doing the Wiz
Radiotopia
4.3 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 28 September 2022
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
We were delighted to premiere Radiotopia Presents: My Mother Made Me at the 2022 Tribeca Festival. And today we’re sharing a recording of that premiere — a discussion with creator Jason Reynolds and audio trailblazer Jad Abumrad. Recorded live on June 18, 2022 at SVA Theatre in New York City.
Special thanks to Davy Gardner, Julie Shapiro, David Cotrone, Candace McManus, and Elena Giovinazzo for making this event possible.
My Mother Made Me is a production of Radiotopia Presents, and is written and narrated by Jason Reynolds with his mother, Isabell Reynolds. The series is produced by Mark Pagán and edited by Julie Shapiro, with production support from Yooree Losordo. Julie Shapiro and Audrey Mardavich are Executive Producers for Radiotopia Presents. Cover art by Jason Griffin. Theme song by Christian Reynolds. Mixing, sound design and additional original music is by Ian Coss.
Radiotopia Presents debuts limited-run, artist-owned series, from new and original voices. For more information, visit Radiotopiapresents.fm.
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| 1:45.0 | We hope you've listened to all four episodes and enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed making |
| 1:49.4 | it. |
| 1:50.4 | And we've got something special for you today. A conversation with author and my mother made me creator, |
| 1:55.4 | Jason Reynolds, and the creator of Radio Lab, Jad Abamrod. You'll get some insights into the show's creation, |
| 2:02.3 | Jason's process, the challenges in |
| 2:04.8 | writing for audio versus books, it's a really lovely discussion with two very |
| 2:09.4 | bright creative minds. This conversation was recorded live in front of an audience during the week of |
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