Piece made for KCRW's 24 2020 Radio Race.Team Name: Fadio FaceMatthew Schneeman - I submitted before adding my team matesJamie Lerner - not registeredNathan Miller - not registeredEmily Scott - not registeredSubjects:Marvin MutchPaul

8 : ALiEN

Apr 25th, 2020 21m 11s

The confluence of Spoons poetry, philosophy, and life all come together in this final episode. Spoon and his brother Abe both talk about how their dad effected them and how they've moved on. Matthew spends six months with a moving company coll

7 : ODE TO THE FLY

Apr 22nd, 2020 21m 36s

The penultimate episode.This one is one of my favorites. Not just because it features my favorite poem Spoon wrote but because Spoon does a great job laying down some of his philosophy. It was supposed to be a lighter episode, but by letting

6.5 : iN LOVE iN PRiSON

Apr 17th, 2020 13m 6s

This mini episode starts with Spoon talking about all the famous people he's met and worked with: Samuel Beckett, John Goodman, Gloria Steinem. After we get all that name dropping out of the way we dive into the meat of the episode. Relationshi

6 : FORGiVE (UPDATED)

Apr 16th, 2020 24m 59s

This episode is about forgiveness ... well, not really. Is it?Sure, but it's also about the balance of nature. in this episode we talk to someone who saves pigeons from cowboy hats, I hunt a flock of pigeons in Brooklyn, Spoon talks all about

5 : BiRDS

Apr 9th, 2020 21m 35s

A sick snowy owl at Rikers Island, a friendly family of geese at Lancaster State Prison, and the song birds at my grandmas nursing home -- this episode is all about birds.Spoon tells some charming stories about the birds he has met in prison

4.5 : SPOON AND THE ViRUS (UPDATE)

Apr 7th, 2020 9m 23s

Mini Episode(This episode has been updated to include an excerpt from a draft for an article Spoon is writing on the coronavirus.)If you're a fan of this show you're probably worried about Spoon. Why? Because a level two prison is a terribl

4 : STAR TREK

Apr 6th, 2020 21m 25s

One thing I didn't didn't understand about prison is that so many things can be taken from you. Not just physical things or obviously freedoms, but also things I take for granted: education programs, visiting rights, the kind of food they serve

3 : REAL

Apr 5th, 2020 22m 42s

This episode features Spoons collaborations, both willing and unwilling.The willing ones are beautiful and inspiring. The unwilling one is a weird story and also inspiring, but for different reasons. It involves Jamie Foxx and a 30 year old po

2.5 : QUESTiONS FOR SPOON

Apr 3rd, 2020 13m 25s

This episode is brief detour in our eight part journey.Spoon answers questions from fans like: What's your schedule like? Is it hard not being in a gang? One question I don't have tape of, but I was curious about, is: What tv do people watch i

2 : PAWS FOR LiFE

Apr 2nd, 2020 20m 44s

This second episode is all about dogs.From Spoon hanging out with Common to me hanging out at a dog spa this episode wrestles with the domestication of dogs. The featured work is an excerpt from a play Spoon wrote. It's a speech from the pers

1 : FAT KiNG

Mar 30th, 2020 21m 31s

This first episode is about growing up. Instead of hitting you over the head with Spoons famous collaborations (Ani DiFranco, Jamie Foxx...) we thought it'd be better to set the scene with where Spoon comes from: Barstow CA, the desert.Spoon

iNTRODUCiNG AT NiGHT I FLY

Mar 30th, 2020 4m 20s

Introducting AT NiGHT I FLY. An eight-part series with Spoon Jackson about his life and poetry. In this series we dive intro the complicated nature of being locked up and yet still growing. We then dive into the same themes but on the outside -

GOODBYE YOUR EULOGY

Mar 29th, 2020 2m 28s

YOUR EULOGY IS DONEBut a new show called At Night I Fly is coming next. It's a great show about poet, prison, people, plants, and even non-alliterative nouns!

pitches

Oct 25th, 2019 6m 39s

After abandoning Your Eulogy (not really, It's ok for shows to end) I've been pitching to other big-time-wonderful shows that I admire. These are random chunks of text from around 90 different story ideas and a couple actual pitches.

What I've Been Up To: Tall Butt Tall Butt

Sep 12th, 2019 6m 35s

Your Eulogy is no more!I'm in NYC doing journalism. I've had some luck and some discouragement. Overall I've been quite lucky and have received much kindness and help from almost everyone I reach out to. Here's a nice little song with a very l

PRESENTS: Ski The Baby Down

Aug 12th, 2019 3m 15s

matthew schneeman, nathan miller, spencer brown KCRW 2019 submission.

PRESENTS: FAKE CHILDREN, REAL RENT: The Story of MN's Largest Tenant Class Action.

Jun 28th, 2019 54m 5s

Here's a radio doc I made about a Minneapolis property management company. In 2016 the tenants of two different buildings sued their landlord Steven Frenz over poor living conditions. In a rash move he tried to manipulate their standing to su

BREAK! (plus a dope song.)

Jun 3rd, 2019 2m 39s

I'm taking a break. I am working on a radio doc plus I'm moving to NYC with my love in about a month so i've got a lot to do before then. PeAcE! Email me at youreulogymail@gmail.com to let me know how you like the show. I was thinking about s

47 - Aiai Lin: Funnest Interview

May 28th, 2019 23m 21s

Aiai Lin is a friend and gave, hands down, the funn-est interview to date. But the interview is also very serious and sincere. Like, don't pollute! Don't kid shame people! Aiai is a teacher at a chinese emersion school and from Taiwan. She's

46 - John Gebretatose: Comedian

May 14th, 2019 26m 16s

John Gebretatose is a comedian and so I asked him to talk about a bunch of stuff that ISN'T funny! But he still made it fun. Wait ... maybe that's just what comedy is anyway?He tells us about growing up with one parent with schizophrenia and

45 - My Eulogy: Boats?

May 7th, 2019 2m 55s

My Eulogy.

44 - Carolyn: Dad, Dog, Alzheimer's, and Facebook.

May 7th, 2019 24m 55s

I met Carolyn in S. Korea. We were both ESL teachers. After leaving, as it generally happens, we returned to very different lives. But what she returned to was, in time, her dad's diagnosis of early onset alzheimer's disease.Carolyn talks abo

43- Big Moe

Apr 29th, 2019 24m 13s

Big Moe, or Moses Hubert, is a jolly charming man. This interview took some time to set up because his life's rather busy right now. Nothing but hustling 24/7 it seems. But he made some time for me so we met at the central library in downtown M

42 - Katey DeCelle: Special Needs Radio

Apr 22nd, 2019 18m 6s

Katey DeCelle is a co-director for 94.1FM WFNU, a community radio station for Frogtown St. Paul, Minnesota. Along with programming and running a radio station she works with developmentally disable people to make radio segments. She's my ne