Constellation Prize: Nightwalking

The Kitchen Sisters Present

The Kitchen Sisters & Radiotopia

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🗓️ 5 November 2024

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

It is Tuesday, November 5, 2024, the day when millions of Americans go to the polls to vote for who will lead their towns, their states, the nation. Souls to the polls today across the country, and so much hangs in the balance.

On this fraught and tender Tuesday, when all our nerves are frayed, we offer a moment of respite and contemplation — an episode of the podcast Constellation Prize from radio producer and filmmaker Bianca Giaever, featuring writer, poet and activist Terry Tempest Williams.

Constellation Prize is a podcast from The Believer Magazine. This story is Episode 1 of a 4 part series. You can hear the whole Nightwalking series and more episodes of Constellation Prize wherever you find your podcasts.

Our thanks to Bianca, The Believer, and the poet laureate of nightwalking, Terry Tempest Williams, for allowing us to share this story.

The music in Nightwalking is by Ishmael Ensemble, John Carroll Kirby and Elori Saxl. Our theme music is "Day of the Dead" by Ted Savarese.

We’re dropping this podcast on Tuesday, November 5. If you’re hearing it today and haven’t already voted we hope you’re headed to the polls for a little night voting.

The Kitchen Sisters Present... is part of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent podcasts that widen your world.

Thanks for listening.

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0:00.0	Radio Topia. Welcome to the Kitchen Sisters present.
0:04.0	From PRX. We're the Kitchen Sisters, Davia Nelson, and Nikki Silva.
0:09.8	Before we get started, we want to tell you some exciting news from our friend and fellow Radiotopian, Nate DeMayo.
0:16.2	For 15 years, Nate has been telling incredible stories about the past on his podcast, The Memory Palace.
0:22.8	Each episode, though short, only about 15 to 20 minutes long, finds beauty and meaning in history's
0:30.0	dustier corners. This is a favorite show of the Kitchen Sisters. It's been a finalist for a Peabody
0:36.2	award. Nate's been the artist in residence at the
0:39.2	Metropolitan Museum of Art, and now he's releasing his first book, The Memory Palace, true
0:45.1	short stories of the past. It collects for the first time beloved stories from the show,
0:50.9	photographs, gorgeous illustrations, and dozens of magical little stories. With the holidays
0:57.0	coming up, this book would make the perfect gift for the book lovers on your list or the person
1:01.5	who is impossible to shop for. It's available for presale now, and on November 19th, wherever you
1:07.1	buy your books, including Radiotopia.fm. Congratulations to our friend Nate. Go buy his book
1:13.3	now. It's a beauty. It is Tuesday, November 5th, 2004. The day when millions of Americans go to the
1:24.6	polls to vote for who will lead their towns, their states, the nation.
1:30.6	Souls to the polls today across the country, and so much hangs in the balance.
1:36.9	On this fraught and tender Tuesday, when all our nerves are frayed, we offer a moment of respite
1:43.0	and contemplation. An episode of the podcast's
1:47.5	Constellation Prize from radio producer and filmmaker Bianca Gaver featuring writer, poet, and activist Terry Tempest Wurlooms.
1:58.1	Today, the Kitchen Sisters present Nightwalking.
2:05.5	I once walked into a horse in a dark.
2:14.7	In Norway, can be very dark in a fall.
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