Special Report: 40 Watts from Nowhere (2025)

The Projection Booth Podcast

The Projection Booth

Film Reviews, Film Interviews, Film History, Tv & Film

4.8 • 686 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2025

⏱️ 17 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Pirate radio takes center stage as The Projection Booth tunes into 40 Watts from Nowhere (2025), the riveting true story of an underground FM station broadcasting from the shadows of 1990s Los Angeles. Host Mike White sits down with the film’s director, Sue Franklin, to explore the rebellious spirit behind the airwaves, the challenges of bringing this real-life outlaw operation to the screen, and the cultural impact of independent radio in the pre-internet era.

Catch it at the Slamdance 2025 film festival.

Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Hold your ears, folks. It's showtime.
0:08.6	People pay good money to see this movie.
0:10.9	When they go out to a theater, they want cold sodas, hot popcorn, and no monsters in the projection booth.
0:17.3	Everyone pretend podcasting isn't boring.
0:20.2	Shut it off.
0:25.4	Turn it off.
0:26.8	Turn it off.
0:31.6	Hey, everyone! How do you feel about pirate radio and it's infringement by the FCC?
0:46.1	What I like is that we're able to play whatever we want to play, we're able to say whatever we want to say, and nobody dicks with us.
0:54.8	KV.U.104.7, the best in pirate radio.
1:03.0	It was just like a weird urban legend, and then you'd hear it and realize it was real.
1:08.0	Kind of this, like, mysterious thing that existed.
1:11.5	People knew there was an illegal radio station, so we're like, nobody knew where it was.
1:15.9	KVLT, a pirate radio station, blasted their eight-wark signal across five entire city blocks.
1:24.1	My message for those pirates out there that are saying that we're going to get away with
1:27.8	this is don't get too comfortable.
1:37.1	Hey folks.
1:38.0	Welcome to a special episode of the projection booth.
1:40.0	I'm your host, Mike White.
1:41.1	On this episode, I'm talking with Sue Carpenter.
1:44.0	She is the writer and
1:45.4	director of the new documentary 40 watts from nowhere that is playing over at the slam dance film
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Projection Booth, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Projection Booth and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.