Miami: The sounds of the city

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Peter White, who was born without sight, takes a tour of Miami, navigating primarily with his ears. Peter joins a new blind friend, George, who takes him on a relaxed stroll around a well-heeled area on a sunny afternoon. Peter talks to Carlos, a homeless man trudging the streets each day looking for work. And, on the outskirts of Miami, Peter meets his first alligator.

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0:00.0	What do I know about Miami? Well, I know it's beaches and its nightclubs of the playground of America,
0:08.0	and I'm standing on South Beach, one of the most popular at the moment that was at the southern tip. I know it's got a
0:15.5	reputation for crime which some people say is undeserved and I know that if it's
0:20.1	southern tip it's about 90 miles from Cuba but I'd like to know a lot more with
0:27.5	just my ears to guide me which is what we do on sounds of the city?
0:33.0	She's local, well, we're both from Los Angeles.
0:36.0	Yeah. But she's local because her mother lives there.
0:38.0	Yeah, no, I was born here.
0:40.0	I haven't lived here since the 70s.
0:42.0	Why would you rather not live here?
0:43.8	Because it's the wild west.
0:45.0	South Beach is the usual mix of trippers, sun worshipers,
0:49.1	salesman, and one lady who's come home pretty unwillingly by the sound of it.
0:54.3	Nobody controls traffic, nobody controls growth, it's corrupt.
0:59.4	It's not a good place to live, it's only a good place to visit.
1:01.9	Right. We're going to visit. Right.
1:04.0	We're going to take the boat tour later.
1:06.0	There's all these art shows that's coming up
1:08.0	all week long.
1:09.0	Actually, it's today.
1:11.0	They're really big on their art shows, aren't they? Yes, very big.
1:15.0	Yeah.
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