Megapolis in the Boston Phoenix, 4.22.09

“When NPR first started, in the early ’70s, they had no idea what the sound would be,” says Van der Kolk. “All Things Considered gave the whole show over once to this artist Max Neuhaus, and he just went crazy. He would create all these weird sounds from callers through different feedback systems, and they’d be like, ‘Hey I’m on NPR! Ahhhh!’ I can’t imagine public radio doing that now.” “That’s what this is about,” says Grotelueschen. “Assembling a whole bunch of people who have really fantastic approaches and really think about the craft of what they do, who have ideas that just can’t be pitched to anyone in radio.”