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- Sarah Zabel
- Username: szabel272
- Location: Brownsburg, Indiana
- Joined PRX: Jul 14, 2010
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- "Designing Above 50 Million Gallons of Water"
- Summary: A tour around a newly undergrounded reservoir with Mark Brands, the landscape architect who designed the park to be built above it.
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"Designing Above..." Review
Sarah Zabel
Posted on September 11, 2010 at 04:40 PM
Excellent! This radio piece was a breath of fresh air. Molly certainly understands radio, and the necessary elements of a radio piece. The background noise immediately draws listeners into the story, hiking around the reservoir in Seattle with Molly. The narration and quotes are balanced: neither one is monopolizing the radio piece. I also love how Molly drew connections to her childhood experiences with “The Magic School Bus,” tying those episodes to her experience exploring the reservoir. She explained how the reservoir being underground has numerous benefits: it makes the water safer and provides an opportunity for open green space on the earth above. The piece is great. No criticism here!