Love + Radio Season 3 Release Party @ Union Docs, Saturday May 26th, 7:30pm

BIG NEWS!

For the past several months I’ve been working on an a podcast called Love + Radio with my friend and co-producer, Nick van der Kolk. Love + Radio features intimate interviews with an eclectic range of subjects from the seedy to the sublime, permeated by music and unusual production and sound design. (Imagine an Errol Morris documentary combined with Radiolab-esque audio production–except completely different.) Last year we won the top prize at the 2011 Third Coast Festival Competition, often described as “the Sundance of public radio.”

This week we inked a deal with Chicago Public Media to license six new episodes of the show; we’re a bona-fide WBEZ podcast! (But don’t worry, NYC friends, I’m producing it remotely.) And as luck would have it, this happens to coincide with the release of our hour-long season 3 premiere, “Fix:”

A crusader for truth, or, as Karl Rove called him “a nut with internet access?” Jason Leopold always wanted to be a part of something big. We follow Jason’s labyrinthine misadventure through record industry decadence, threatening mafioso, long-distance love, and an unlikely career in investigative journalism.

When was the last time you heard about glam metal, the mafia, and Karl Rove all in the SAME radio story?

Come celebrate with us at Union Docs on Saturday, May 26th at 7:30 pm with a mind-blowing full-length audio screening of “Fix,” followed by Q+A and ample celebration. I’ll be there, along with co-producers Nick vdK and Sarah Lu via video conference from a simultaneous listening party in Chicago!

What: LOVE + RADIO SEASON 3 RELEASE PARTY

IN NEW YORK CITY
Where: Union Docs, 322 Union Ave. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
When: Saturday May 26th, 7:30 pm – 10:30 pm

IN CHICAGO
Where: High Concept Labratories, 220 E. Chicago Avenue
When: Saturday May 26th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Hope to see you there! And if you can’t make it to the party, please be sure to subscribe to the podcast via iTunes (or the podcast tool of your choice).

OH HEY! We’re also planning a social media blitz when the episode drops next Wednesday and would really appreciate your help spreading the word. Follow us on Twitter @loveandradio for the latest info! (And why not “like” us on Facebook while you’re at it?)

Lotsa love,

– Brendan