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S2E5 POETRY | Voice Lessons
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, and builds community in New York. Amelia reported and…
S2E9 Issue Two Credits
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 in Issue Two were created by Omar Etman, Rachel…
S2E1 Editors' Note: Issue Two
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 nonprofit. Help us continue doing this work by signing up…
S2E2 STYLE | Push-Up Contest
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 story was written and produced by Zoe, and edited…
S2E4 FEATURE | The Learning Play
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, artist, and author of An Eros Encyclopedia (Wendy's…
S2E6 FEATURE | Unknown Unknowns
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 writer and cognitive scientist who lives in San…
S2E7 FEATURE | Cotton King
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 story his family has always told him. Omar Etman is a…
S2E3 SCIENCE | Ghost Forests
Jackie tries to see the most underappreciated trees in her neighborhood—before they’re all gone. This story was produced in partnership with High Country News. Read the companion print feature…
S2E8 DISPATCH | Making Utopia
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 an audio documentarian, sound designer, and artist.…
S2E1 ESSAY | The Snail
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 the 2024-6 Koeppel Fellow in Journalism at Wesleyan…
S2E1 Coming Soon: Issue Two
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 this work by signing up for a monthly…
S1 Hey.
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. We'll send you our special Inspirations Newsletter (with…
S1E1 Editors' Note: Issue One
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. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada on December 12th,…
S1E2 DISPATCH | Fishing the Sky
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 Kite Festival. Jackson Roach is a freelance radio…
S1E3 ESSAY | Desperado
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 produced by Neena, and edited by Lio Wong and Jackson…
S1E4 PROFILE | Pie Down Here
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.Conor Gillies is the audio editor at Jacobin, where…
S1E5 FEATURE | A Porous Place
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.Hannah reported and wrote this story. It was…
S1E6 OLD TAPE | Red House, Blue House
An amateur documentarian, a neighborhood historian, and the story no one tells about San Francisco’s Sunset District. Ian Lewis is a filmmaker and radio producer living in Marfa, Texas.Ian wrote,…
S1E7 FEATURE | Caterpillar Roadshow
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 Signal Hill and the Virginia Spencer Davis fellow at…
S1E8 FEATURE | My Movement Summer
Over four sticky months, Cheryl Rivera went to protests, and meetings, and hung out with her friends. She brought a microphone with her. Cheryl Rivera is an editor at Lux Magazine and culture worker…
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Signal Hill has published 24 episodes since January 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Signal Hill is currently dormant with new episodes hourly. Average episode length is 29m.
