Re:sound #269 Lefty Disco

Re:sound #269 Lefty Disco

Author: Third Coast International Audio Festival March 15, 2019 Duration: 56:11

This hour, a mob of rock fans and an erratic limb.


Disco Demolition Night

by Pat Walters, Julia DeWitt and Emanuele Berry for Undone from Gimlet Media.

One summer night in 1979, thousands of people gathered at a Chicago baseball stadium to put an end to disco once and for all.


Lefty

by John Roche for Yarn.

John's left leg won't bend to his will.


This episode of Re:sound was produced by Isabel Vázquez.


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