What is it that makes a story move you? Like really, really move you?
After 15 years of making Radiolab and, more recently, More Perfect, Jad Abumrad found himself standing on a street corner, staring down at a manhole cover and thinking: Indoor plumbing! Of course!
Join Jad as he deconstructs the process of finding and developing stories and creating new, original work. He will unearth the hidden ingredients key to the stories that inspire, change, and connect us all.
Jad Abumrad is a composer, radio producer, performer, and writer, and is best known for having created, produced, and starred in several National Public Radio and American Public Radio series, including Radiolab, More Perfect, and Dolly Parton’s America. His radio work has earned him great public and critical recognition, including the Peabody Award (three times) and a 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. After retiring from Radiolab in 2022, Abumrad joined the faculty at Vanderbilt University.
This Indiana University Patten Lecture is presented in partnership with the College Arts and Humanities Institute and the Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities. This event is free and open to the public. Seating may be limited.
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