Julie Shapiro
Listening! A lot, always.
Also: @audioflux.bsky.social
Also: @thehorsethread.bsky.social
Previously: Radiotopia/PRX, Ear Hustle, ABC (down under),Third Coast Int'l Audio Festival, many record stores...
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroHundreds of people spelled out the distress signal "SOS" on Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis on Friday, Jan. 30. 📷️ Provided by Jeff Schad
- Very, very now.
- So pleased to be joining @airmedia.bsky.social's Board! Especially now, when community, solidarity, and appreciating each other feels so important.Very ready to get to work.
- Excited to announce AIR’s 2026 Board! A mix of returning + new leaders join after the 2nd largest nomination pool in history. Keisha TK Dutes, Indiv Member (3rd term) Julie Shapiro, Indiv Member Twila Dang + Joni Deutsch, Org Members Terms start Mar '26: ow.ly/36oW50Y4Yp6
- Accurate.
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroPodcasts don't have to be long-form documentary style stories that hold you over on long commutes. In fact, they can be so much more. Audio Flux is showing exactly how. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts now 👉 bit.ly/4sQ4zyz
- Reposted by Julie Shapiro🟨 Big big big thanks to @99pi.org and @romanmars.bsky.social for featuring Audio Flux in this week's episode! An honor, a fab mix of fluxworks from across circuits, and very fun to yak about all of them. 🟨 99percentinvisible.org/episode/6xx-...
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroAlways down, never out.
- I’d say it’s going pretty well over here. (Besides the paper towel shredding incident yesterday.)
- Def embracing the NEW in new year, over here 🙌
- New year, new communication platform 🎉 We're trying something a little more interactive, proactive, active-active, and fun, with Audio Flux communications this year. Come along, ok? audioflux.substack.com/p/new-year-n...
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroNew year, new communication platform 🎉 We're trying something a little more interactive, proactive, active-active, and fun, with Audio Flux communications this year. Come along, ok? audioflux.substack.com/p/new-year-n...
- Srsly how am I supposed to get anything done with this guy around now? #timtam #coworkers 😍
- New! Friend! Alert! Meet TimTam. Yes, like the best Australian cookie.
- A small good thing today: receiving two separate pieces of Real Mail sporting stamps designed by Chris Ware. 📫
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroI can't believe I'm posting this video - but we actually have to have a conversation about the real world implications of America going to war over Greenland. Let me walk you through it. It doesn't turn out well for us.
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroMy Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: niemanstoryboard.org/2026/01/09/p...
- Sometime you can't find the word and sometimes you find the perfect word. www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/h...
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroMake it viral.
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroBoston stands with the people of Minneapolis.
- Dec 31 / A new universal birthday song in cahoots with the Jolly Green Giant is perfect for bringing this 2025 daily listening ritual to a close. AMEN 🙌 365. Fred Waring & the Pennsylvanians- Fo Fum Fi Fee and New Happy Birthday Song ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 30 / "Ahhh would you burn me a slim one?" Banger of a German ad for lady cigarettes in this, our penultimate track of the year 💅 364. Swing A Little, Kim A Little [3:02] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 29 / WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? Growling Bollywood bebbop? First thing on the last Monday of 2025... I like it. 363. Sonik Omi - Ree Baba Ree Baba [2:52] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroI just think it’s so much cooler and more interesting to try to be the best audio show rather than the shittiest television show
- December 28 / Faux 3.5yo baby girl voice howling about Jesus = the sonic equivalent of jamming forks into eyeballs. Pairs decently with Yellow Swan's "Drift" however, if you please. 362. Baby Lu-Lu - Jesus Loves Me [2:56] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 27 / Holy Skipper! Synecdoche, semiotics, microcosms, self-reflexism: @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social episode or performative gender deconstruction of Gilligan's Island? 361. Excerpt from "Soundings" - Week of April 2 1989 ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 26 / All hail Stephen Sondheim's alma mater, the Quaker boarding school responsible for this groovy mythological metaphor / hippie ballad. 360. The George School - Journey Of Persephone/High Hoppers/Sweet Honey [13:42] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 25 / Christmas Day home recordings from back then (1947) basically sound a lot like Christmas Day voice memos from now (202X). Chaotic, out of tune, each family's own signature dynamic. 359. Christmas Gathering 1947 [6:32] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 24 / A gem of an adaptation here, for all the rockhounds out there. Charming, in fact! 🪨💎 358. Edna F. Pauli (San Fernando Valley, California, Mineral & Gem Society) - The Night Before Christmas [2:55] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 23 / No Xmas is complete without a happy-holidays- Elvis / happy-birthday-jesus song by a nine year old from Nashville. 357. Michele Cody - Merry Christmas Elvis [2:34] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Dec 22 / Early cultural imprint <chipmunk voice inclusive> from the man eventually responsible for signing Elton John, Neil Diamond and Barry White to UNI Records/MCA. 356. Dudley Dogg, Jr. - The Christmas Puppy [2:40] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 21 / I can say with confidence this is the first recording I've heard that starts with a 3 minute rhyming poem from the perspective of... HEROIN. 355. Gloria Kirkpatrick - Miss Heroin / Joe Lee Kirkpatrick - Testimony [9:48] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 20 / Maybe take some drugs and then enjoy this Christmas radio drama / electricity propaganda. I mean, it's not a *terrible* idea to equip Santa with an electric blanket. 🤔⚡⚡🤔 354. REMC - A Wise Elf Saves Christmas [10:14] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 19 / From the opening notes, just what you need on the Friday before Christmas to get you in the mood for whatever chaos awaits. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... BLAST OFF 🚀 353. Kristy & Jimmy McNichol - Hot Tunes [3:46] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Reposted by Julie Shapiroall the elements had combined to rot a thing that hung so idly
- December 18 / Long live local radio promotion (via song)! And here's something, finally, for all of your favorite people in Duluth. 352. Claire Stewart - Duluth, My Home Town / Cast Of Thousands - This is WEBC [4:36] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Dec 17 / Something to get yr blood pumping this morning! Especially on top of the Dirty Projectors' "Song of the Earth" (instrumental) version 🕺 🪩🕺 351. Discorobics - Hokey Pokey Disco (Cues), Hokey Pokey Disco (Music Only) [6:33] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroDaniel Kwan of the Daniels just announced the creators coalition on AI www.creatorscoalitionai.com
- Dec 16 / Especially this week am pleased to hear an Australian arts champion telling it like it is. But mostly am charmed by the tap dancing (presumably) foley mid-way through. 🎩 350. Robyn Archer - Dicks Don't Grow On Trees [1:49] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #Listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 15 / I did not see the plot twist coming! Nor did Sesame Street, apparently, considering the hubbub this song inspired in 1975. For good reason. 😳 349. A Little Girl (Marilyn Sokol) - I Want a Monster to Be My Friend [2:12] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 14 / Blah blah and more blah. 👎 347. Guy W. Ballard / Godfre' Ray King / Lotus Ray King - Invocation / Great Divine Director / Invocation II / Love Star [13:19] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Dec 13 / Plz somebody, a Slim Goodbody / Slim Shady mash-up...? #gloopglopglunkgunk 347. Slim Goodbody - Slim Goodbody Anthem / Hail Nutrition! / The Gobbler / Gloop Glop Glunk Gunk / Your Mouth Is A House / Lubba Dubba [12:57] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- ....the number of times a day I read a "breaking news" headline and utter THOSE FUCKERS out loud, to the cat... 🫠
- History and memoir are stitched together powerfully in just three minutes here. Months after hearing this, I can still picture the girl's jeans, pocket torn away, so vividly. Big respect to Lisa and her co-creators. And that beautiful response bird! 🙌
- Our next Circuit 06: Creative Tension fluxwork: "Very Fine People"(white) by @blackwomenstitch.bsky.social "There are very fine people at the quilt retreat." Response tension bird in homage to Gee's Bend quilts by Lorna Hamilton-Brown. Listen, fume, appreciate: www.audioflux.org/circuit06/li...
- You'll be singing this (stunning) one for miles after just one listen, I promise.
- Our final fluxwork from Circuit 06: Creative Tension elevates a simple household object to new levels. Here's "Rubber Bands" (most commonly beige) by Joyce de Badts & Frederik De Clercq. Simply: "All things tensed." Musical, playful, astute, memorable, 3 min: www.audioflux.org/circuit06/jo...
- December 12 / Just a "he said / she said" Polish romance nostalgia ballad here, with ample accordion driving the action and a compelling Elvis Presley reference dropped around 2:34. 🤔 346. Polka Drifters - Courtship Memories [3:58] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 11 / To be honest, this is unlistenable. For me. But I appreciate the handmade quality and cool to discover an earnest cassette label from the late 80's! Very NOW by the way. 345. Dan Fioretti - Be My Loud Valentine [9:02] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 10 / Not to be confused with the wondrous LYNDA Carter... here's an early, unapologetic, mediocre drag musical/comedy routine with, I suspect, audience sfx mixed poorly beneath the show. 344. Mr. Lynn Carter - She's A He (excerpt) [10:06] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Dec 9 / Rejoice! It's the "different breed of cat," organ-sounding-but-not-really-an-organ electonic J.S. Bach / Batman theme mash-up we've all been waiting for [but didn't know it.] 343. The Explorer - Mr. Bach Meets Batman [3:10] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Dec 8 / Finally, something you can share with that trumpet enthusiast in your life, and a "musical message for floundering American youth," no less! 🎺 342. The Sound Generation - Generation Theme / Treat for Trumpet [2:58] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Dec 7 / Somehow both an anti-war AND a pro-war plea at once, set to a lilting/plodding piano melody 🤔 Worth clicking the link below to admire the architecture of Naomi's hairdo. 341. Sego Brothers and Naomi - Nineteen Candles [4:09] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Dec 6 / Spoken word erotica smothered in multi-color painter metaphors & scored with with bongo-heavy free jazz and dramatic weather? Right this way. 340. Ardy, the Painter of Love - Pregnant Rainbows For Colourblind Dreamers [6:09] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #365DaysProject #ubuweb
- December 5 / It's like those babysitting bird videos for cats, or train videos for toddlers, but instead: audio musings for plants! I could listen to this florASMR all the livelong day 🪴🪴🪴 339. Molly Roth - Plant Talk [3:05] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 4 / An earnest, off-key singer who covered 80's hits for her public access TV station. What could go wrong? 😬 338. Sondra Prill - Addicted To Love / Saving All My Love For You / Just A Smile [11:54] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Hearing true anger in narrative audio is not that common, you realize, once you hear some. Powerful stuff! 👇
- Making year-end lists is great and all, but we've got fluxworks to share! Here's "Nobody Told Me" (white) by Colette Kinsella, from Circuit 06: Creative Tension. Response tension bird by Lorna Hamilton-Brown. Three minutes that will make you FEEL things! Promise. www.audioflux.org/circuit06/co...
- December 3 / Did highly produced, croony musical anthems sell cars better than Darth Vader-inspired Super Bowl commercials? Only Volkswagen knows for sure. 🤨 337. Volkswagen '79 - Beetle Love / Lookin' To You [3:52] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- December 2 / Frenchfry(s) have feelings too, you know. 🥔🍟 336. The Real Don Steele - Cecil The Unwanted Frenchfry [3:30] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroHoly flux, we’re ON THE LIST!! 🙌
- What a list! What an affirmation of sound + story! And what an honor to be in the mix, amongst friends and heroes. Am humbled, verklempt, speechless... and very effin' delighted.
- Big thanks to @asarahlarson.bsky.social for not only including us in this list of top 10 pods of 2025 (!) amongst some of our favorite shows (!!) but for also offering salient context surrounding AF & listing us with fellow audioers @signalhillfm.bsky.social (!!!) www.newyorker.com/culture/2025...
- Reposted by Julie ShapiroNext up from Circuit 06: Creative Tension: "Sharing is Complicated" (blue) by Mo Isu & FayFay Odudu. What do you love? What do you share? Response tension bird by Lorna Hamilton-Brown 💙 complete with lyrics you can tuck behind a wing ✨ Listen 🎾 & relate 🎾 here: www.audioflux.org/circuit06/mo...
- December 1 / With apologies to Glenn Gould, here we have The Idea of North, but documenting young women groupies from the 1970s, rather than the far reaches, psyche and culture of northern Canada. In stereo. 335. The Groupies [2:30] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- November 30 / For yr holy day: swinging psalms complete with sax solos & a beat you can snap along to. God is... groovy? 334. Frank Weir and his Concert Orch with the Peter Knight Singers - Introit from 20th Century Folk Mass [4:20] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- November 29 / Still digesting from the holiday? Perhaps this semantically probing, seasonally appropriate homage to marital fidelity will help settle your stomach. Or maybe not. 🥜🎃 333. Joy Allan-Wilsher - Nut Pumpkin [2:16] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- November 28 / Of all of the Stagger Lee covers out there, this is not my favorite. Very Florida. 332. Billy Glenn and Shelley Taylor - Stagger Lee [3:14] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
- November 27 / Just a friendly reminder to support your local movie house 📽️ 🍿 🎞️ 🎟️ 😭 331. Badger Theatre Movie Phone - Snow White / The Secret Garden / Weekend at Bernie's II [4:59] ubuweb.com/outsiders/36... #listeninging #ubuweb #365DaysProject
