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Free Association


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Free Association


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Free Association is a free-form radio program and podcast hosted and produced by Brian Carpenter and broadcast out of WZBC 90.3FM Boston College. On WZBC, Carpenter hosted Free Association weekly from 2001-2006 as a part of the long-running No Commercial Potential weeknight series. Since 2010, he has produced radio documentaries on Raymond Scott, Sam Rivers, and sound design in horror films, and sporadically hosted shows with special guests. The Free Association podcast began in 2015 and includes three of the documentaries.

For archived interviews and documentaries, subscribe to the Free Association podcast on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

You can hear selected previous shows in their entirety on MixCloud.

 



 

radio documentaries

The Sound of Horror: A Study of Sound Design in Horror and Science-Fiction Film (2010)

The Sound of Horror: A Study of Sound Design in Horror and Science-Fiction Film (2010)

Rivers and Rhythms: A Sam Rivers Retrospective (2012)

Rivers and Rhythms: A Sam Rivers Retrospective (2012)

Imagination and Innovation: The World of Raymond Scott (2012)

Imagination and Innovation: The World of Raymond Scott (2012)

Ennio Morricone: Magician of Sound

Ennio Morricone: Magician of Sound (2020)

conversations

Michael Gira
August 2023

J. G. Thirlwell
July 2023

David Harrington
February 2022

Alan Licht
January 2022

Joan As Police Woman
December 2021

Marissa Nadler
November 2021

Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores Oct 2018

Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores
Oct 2018

Judith Berkson
October 2021

E (Gavin McCarthy, Thalia Zedek, Jason Sanford)  August 2020

E (Gavin McCarthy, Thalia Zedek, Jason Sanford)
August 2020

Glenn Jones May 2017

Glenn Jones
May 2017

Russ Gershon February 2017

Russ Gershon
February 2017

Matthias Bossi and Carla Kihlstedt August 2015

Matthias Bossi and Carla Kihlstedt
August 2015

Alloy Orchestra March 2016

Alloy Orchestra
March 2016

John Vanderslice July 2021

John Vanderslice
July 2021

Damon and Naomi October 2021

Damon and Naomi
October 2021

Ryan H Walsh Jan 2019

Ryan H Walsh
Jan 2019

Thalia Zedek Sept 2018

Thalia Zedek
Sept 2018

Marissa Nadler Sept 2018

Marissa Nadler
Sept 2018

Damon Krukowski Aug 2017

Damon Krukowski
Aug 2017

Martin Bisi May 2018

Martin Bisi
May 2018