Radio Tale #26: Waking Up in Grad School

This personal narrative explores my journey throughout graduate school, and how my lived experience alongside my performance in radio and my musical soundtrack have paved the way for me to find the answers to key life questions - answers that bring a deeper understanding to music and words as portals into memory, identity and self advocacy.

References

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Fogerty, J. (1971). Have you ever seen the rain? [Recorded by Creedence Clearwater Revival]. On Pendulum [LP]. San Francisco, CA: Fantasy.   

Gilmour, D., & Waters, R. (1979). Comfortably numb. [Recorded by Pink Floyd]. On The wall [LP]. London, UK; New York, NY: Harvest/Columbia.

John, E., & Taupin, B. (1972). Mona Lisas and mad hatters. [Recorded by Elton John]. On Honky chateau [LP]. Château d'Hérouville, Paris, FR: DJM/ Uni.

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Morissette, A. (2007). Not as we. [Recorded by Alanis Morissette]. On Flavors of entanglement [CD]. CAN.: Maverick/Warner Bros.

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Steinberg, B., & Kelly, T. (1983). Alone. [Recorded by Heart]. On Bad animals [CD]. Hollywood, CA; New York, NY; Canoga Park, CA; Tarzana CA: Capitol.

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