Signal Hill
Episodes
Editors' Note: Issue Two
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dear listener, it's really nice to meet you all, at last. I’ll call you if I need anything.Support the showSignal Hill is a listener-funded non...
ESSAY | The Snail
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
My brain, I discovered, is like a mouth that demands something to chew. If I don't give it chewables, it starts eating itself.Andrew Leland is th...
STYLE | Push-Up Contest
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Zoe’s dad designed a bra that changed the world. Can it change her life?Zoe Kurland is a writer and audio documentarian based in Marfa, Texas. This ...
SCIENCE | Ghost Forests
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jackie tries to see the most underappreciated trees in her neighborhood—before they’re all gone. This story was produced in partnership with High ...
FEATURE | The Learning Play
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If at last you could change the world, what would make you too good to do so? Featuring an interview with Silvia Federici.Rachel James is a poet, arti...
POETRY | Voice Lessons
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the middle of Amelia’s family, there’s a silence. She wants to crack it open, so she starts learning to sing. Amelia Schonbek writes, edits, a...
FEATURE | Unknown Unknowns
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How to make a life-changing decision when all you have is the sparse and noisy data of an uncertain world? First, try posting on Lex. Lio Wong is a w...
FEATURE | Cotton King
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Omar’s grandfather ran the biggest cotton company in Egypt. It was a workman’s paradise, owned by the people of Egypt. At least, that’s the stor...
DISPATCH | Making Utopia
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
First it was the Shakers. Then, other people started coming to the mountain. All in the hopes of starting their own little utopias. Mitra Kaboli is a...
Issue Two Credits
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Signal Hill is edited by Omar Etman, Jackson Roach, Annie Rosenthal, Lio Wong and Liza Yeager. Jackson and Liza are the editors in chief.The stories i...
Coming Soon: Issue Two
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Signal Hill, Issue Two comes out on November 3rd.(Art by Aidan Koch)Support the showSignal Hill is a listener-funded nonprofit. Help us continue doing...
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21 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Signal Hill is a listener-powered publication, and we're running our first-ever membership drive right now. If you can, sign up to support us. W...
Editors' Note: Issue One
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The first transatlantic radio signal ever received hit an antenna attached to a kite attached to a wire attached to a tower on top of Signal Hill, St....
DISPATCH | Fishing the Sky
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Every spring since 2020, people from all over LA have come to a windy downtown park to make and fly kites at The Community & Unity People's K...
ESSAY | Desperado
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neena Pathak conquers her senses at hot yoga. Kind of. Neena Pathak is a writer and audio maker based in Los Angeles.This story was written and produ...
PROFILE | Pie Down Here
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Robin D. G. Kelley listens back to the oral histories that became his groundbreaking book Hammer and Hoe. Music in this piece is by Nathan Bowles.Cono...
FEATURE | A Porous Place
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hannah Sassoon went to southern France to work on a sheep farm. Then she learned about the military camp.Hannah Sassoon is a writer living in New York...
OLD TAPE | Red House, Blue House
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An amateur documentarian, a neighborhood historian, and the story no one tells about San Francisco’s Sunset District. Ian Lewis is a filmmaker and ...
FEATURE | Caterpillar Roadshow
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Annie’s mom, an esteemed entomologist, knows a lot about bugs. Her ten-year-old Japanese pen pal might know more. Annie Rosenthal is an editor at S...
FEATURE | My Movement Summer
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over four sticky months, Cheryl Rivera went to protests, and meetings, and hung out with her friends. She brought a microphone with her. Cheryl River...
CALL-IN | On the Family Group Chat
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We return to the goo goo ga ga psychobabble of our first selves.Hannah Kingsley-Ma is a writer and audio producer living in Brooklyn.This story was re...
THE PLEA | A Very Special and Real Offer
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Signal Hill is supported by the sun, the air, food, water, and your tax-deductible donations.We depend on listeners to make Signal Hill possible. Sign...
Issue One Credits
17 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Signal Hill is edited by Omar Etman, Jackson Roach, Annie Rosenthal, Lio Wong and Liza Yeager. Jackson and Liza are the editors in chief.The stories i...
Coming Soon: Issue One
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Signal Hill is a new audio magazine. The first issue comes out on February 17th. Find out more at signalhill.fmSupport the showSignal Hill is a listen...