Julie Shapiro

And so she sort of took on the role of helping people living in that environment talk about what they were hearing on a daily basis.

I think one of the miracles of what AudioFlux gets to is that there's so many ways to tell stories.

I mean, these were two different circuits with two different starting points, but yet they have in common this idea of silence and some manifestation of silence or lack thereof.

And, you know, one thing you find and what's really fascinating is how sometimes the flux works will talk to each other within a circuit or across circuits.

And, you know, ultimately, you know, we've had 300 plus flux works made across the six circuits.

And it's just there's such a boundless possibility for storytelling, even in this short duration.

So you take, you know, two producers who have done a lot of other work, each approaching this three minute challenge or exercise together.

And, you know, we learn a lot about Talia through how she tells that story.

We learn a lot about Gregory through what he reveals about his wife.

But, you know, they're very different in form, different in style, but I think memorable, equally memorable, but just for very different reasons.

All right.

So I have another flux work ready for you.

This one is from Circuit Four.

The theme was firsts or first times.

Our partner was Jason Reynolds, who had written a young adult novel about a very special first time.

And so we drew from that topic and invite people to tell us about first things or first times.

And this is The Ghost on Side B by Caitlin Hale Wood and Alan Gafinski.

I often have to breathe a little bit after it ends before I can really talk.

Yeah, this one, well, I'm actually curious, what's your first impression coming out of it?

Yeah, I can really appreciate that sort of the wonder of it all, like that actually the stars aligned for her to discover this for Caitlin.