Periodic Triumphs (Craig Eley)

Archival research into a 1964 album of found office sounds reveals previously unheard voices.

Craig Eley is an audio producer and cultural historian who primarily works on the music podcast Song Exploder. He also produced the first two seasons of Human Powered from Wisconsin Humanities, and previously worked on the Wisconsin Public Radio show To the Best of Our Knowledge. He has held research appointments and fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Penn State Institute of Arts of Humanities.

Team:
Theo Balcomb: story consultant
Marc Bianchi: music
Cecilia Peterson: archivist
Michael Raphael: mixing engineer
Dave Walker: archival digitization
With special thanks to William Griffin and Folkways Records

Periodic Triumphs was chosen as a Circuit Select for Circuit 05: In 3D.

Periodic Triumphs was inspired by this photo from the Circuit 05 prompt images.