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stopGOstop, explores the idea that sound recordings can act as sediment– as an accumulation of recorded cultural material– distributed via rss feed, and listened to on headphones. Each episode is a new sonic layer, field recordings, plunderphonics, electroacoustic, all composed together in one episode, or presented individually as striations. Produced by John Wanzel

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    • May 14, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • every other week NEW EPISODES
    • 27m AVG DURATION
    • 193 EPISODES


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    197: Left to Right – Right to Left

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2025 12:17


    Thinking back, talking a walk, and moving stones between pockets, stopGOstop is proud to present episode 197, Left to Right – Right to Left. One rock shifts to the left, one rock shifts to the right. Still I walk, still … Continue reading →

    196: Tending to

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2025 38:56


    I woke up some years ago… and I ain't sure I ever went back to sleep. Time got slippery. Lost its shape. Like water in your hands—no matter how tight you squeeze, it runs down the cracks, leaves you cold … Continue reading →

    195: To remember summer

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 16:52


    Episode 195, To remember summer. Not the first summer on a calendar, but the first summer in feeling. The one that seemed to stretch on forever. The one that felt full of joy, play, and discovery. Maybe it was real. … Continue reading →

    194: From

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2025 32:26


    It starts with just a few notes, a hum of a choir—soft, hesitant—and moves gently, the wind blowing in the distance, low, dark waves of sound roll through, like deep ocean currents under the surface. The calm is broken, light … Continue reading →

    193: Turn back now

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 26:47


    We return to the story of Jonas and Kellen, now millions of miles apart, sending messages to each other. A team in the endless emptiness, patching together their space stations, and finding more than they expect. Changes, rewritten, modified. THE … Continue reading →

    192: Motion, moving and no one owns it

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 34:11


    It starts with a spark. A small thing, barely there. Just a flicker of heat, of energy, but it's enough. Enough to ignite the mix of air and fuel waiting in the chamber. Enough to turn that tiny explosion into … Continue reading →

    191: The quarter still spins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2025 18:27


    The work moves through my hands, at the end of the day they are empty. Who leaves here feeling insecure, the push and pull of deposits and debts, paycheck by paycheck, the machine hums, a life behind glass, counting, always … Continue reading →

    190: Sitting with someone

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2025 26:49


    A life behind the counter, a life full of listening to others.

    189: I used to walk faster

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 30:52


    You pour a cup of coffee, you hand it to them and then its there's. The neon hums, the coffee drips, a women turns a sugar packet in her hands. On a piece of paper in a court house somewhere … Continue reading →

    188: I remember the line.

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 15, 2025 26:05


    A voice in the dark, a man on a drive, the static of the radio… a diner at the edge of a highway, a cup of coffee. Driving, driving, always driving. When the moment becomes just another memory. The road … Continue reading →

    187: A Thousand little promises

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2025 29:09


    Tonight's tale begins in the quiet hum of a clockmaker's shop. A place where broken gears and forgotten hours find their second chance. But as you'll soon discover, not all clocks are made to tell time. Some are built to … Continue reading →

    186: The Lights Out There

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2025 15:54


    And then, there was the light. The fleeting, fragile light. A flicker at the edge of a memory, a dying sun at the end of a long shift. Ah, yes, the light—so stubborn, so fleeting, and yet it lingers in … Continue reading →

    185: You will never see the end of the road

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2024 15:27


    beyond the known, beyond the realms of Earth and its tethered horizons, maybe even beyond your comfort zone, to the silent reaches of the cosmos, stopGOstop is proud to present YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE END OF THE ROAD. This … Continue reading →

    184: An interlude

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 24, 2024 6:04


    I have been sitting here, longer than I can say.It started as just a pause to my day, but slowly, I stayed seated. the bugs at my window seem to be trying to reach the jade plants just inside.as I … Continue reading →

    184: The Space Between (Immeasurable Episode 6)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 27:43


    The sixth and final episode of the Immeasurable limited series. History, nature, thoughts, stories: What does it mean to be human if not to make choices? What will you choose to see? To hear? Are you focused on the clouds? … Continue reading →

    183: Investments (Immeasurable Episode 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2024 15:23


    Okay, on this episode. In this episode, we are going to talk about investments. Investments in time, space, always time and space, but also things like earth and water. And don't forget about investments in things and things. And, of … Continue reading →

    182: Rally (new audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2024 16:39


    Episode 182. This is the fourth episode in a little bit of a mini-series. I have not decided if there is going to be a fifth episode to the mini-series yet.

    181: Growth

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2024 17:59


    Episode 181, Growth, is an experimental fiction featuring the history of the bus, the art of Gilles Aillaud, the influences of walking with Charles Dickens and much, much more!

    180: Benefits

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2024 20:05


    Benefits: Dear future humans; for many, this isn't the plan; tomorrow, tomorrow, tomorrow; episode 180. An experimental narrative.

    179: Exchange

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2024 19:51


    Conversations and interactions while waiting for the bus, talking to a colleague on Zoom, chatting with a stranger at the bar, and with the voices in the dark. A narritive in parts, made whole. stopGOstop is proud to present episode … Continue reading →

    178: -2° F winds out of the west (for real this time)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2024 10:37


    stopGOstop is proud to present episode 178: 2° F winds out of the west, a new composition for cello, piano, percussion and recording. (Some might have gotten a re-podcast of episode 171 on 1/24, a clerical error, please enjoy)

    177: Unknown Movement

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2023 12:52


    Concrete blocks, a bit of feedback, a slow melody, erosion, moving, turning to a beat to move forward, sitting and thinking about the future. A recycling of some of the sonic elements from 103 of the podcast, Unknown Movement Underground, … Continue reading →

    176: Slower than sight

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 17:25


    Looking at the bark of a tree– nothing seems to be moving, the tree is moving slower than I can see, I listen for its sound, I hear episode 176, a new composition for a small ensemble and binaural field … Continue reading →

    175: Song of Water, Sparrows, and Light

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 17:43


    The water flows north this morning. The sun, it seems to be moving slower over the lake, gaining altitude, finding its way through the clouds. The birds, mostly geese, sparrows, and pigeons today… I wonder if they see what I … Continue reading →

    174: a fall morning

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2023 33:11


    173: to make sure

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2023 13:38


    Looking inward — the waves moving, the mind murmurs in melody, this morning there was a glimmer, then at noon a glow; as I move, I hear episode 173, a new composition for a small ensemble.

    Threnody for RJW

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 30, 2023 11:15


    171: Melting due to the heat of friction

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2023 11:31


    So, yeah. I had a dream last night that I was composing a new piece for episode 171 of the stopGOstop podcast. This is unusual for me; my dream life is, well, limited. My nightly walks through my subconscious mind … Continue reading →

    Episode 170: A force that set the stars a lark

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2023 12:45


    A wandering conversation of swirling chaos, or just too much to understand, too far away from how things are thought of today. A swirling thought, does this interfere with my life today? Does it change how I change my clothes? How do I treat those … Continue reading →

    169: In the spirit of youth, I say yes to change

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2023 18:39


    Three wandering monologues about snow, the day of the week, and more and more and more. Featuring computer voices, artificially enhanced writing, a binaural recording of a drum line, and computer-controlled instruments.

    168: You know this, you’ve heard this before

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2023 17:07


    When you think about where you live, what do you see in your head? When you talk to yourself on a spaceship, too far away to communicate, what do you talk about?

    167: Christmas has been ruined… or something like that.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2022 13:40


    stopGOstop and Idaho Street Workshop are proud to present: Christmas has been ruined… or something like that. A semi-narrative story about beepers, the before, and the thin film between life and work. Featuring marimbas, a pipe organ, a field recording, … Continue reading →

    166: LAKE

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2022 15:13


    Looking out towards the horizon– the waves moving, the wind murmurs in melody, this morning there was a glimmer, then at noon a purple glow, as I look out now, I hear episode 166, a new composition for a small … Continue reading →

    165: How small a thought it takes to fill a whole life.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2022 16:31


    A field recording of Lake Michigan, interweaving chromatic scales, and arpeggios, episode 165 of the podcast features a new composition for a small ensemble (or rather a computer pretending to be a small ensemble). The piece was partly inspired by … Continue reading →

    164: Thunderstruck, or how I stopped listening and learned to love the end of the world

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2022 20:01


    stopGOstop and Idaho Street Workshop are proud to present: Thunderstruck, or how I stopped listening and learned to love the end of the world. Featuring field recordings as well as reflections about the weather, high fidelity recordings, war, and much … Continue reading →

    163: Endless variation or almost every day.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2022 17:53


    A new sound collage featuring rotary dial telephones, counting, Sadie Hawkins, Charles Darwin, and much much more!

    162: Circles and Birds; Birds and Circles

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 17:28


    A new composition (I will/might update the description in a couple of weeks, but in short, sometimes a conversation can make circles and birds more interesting than before).

    161: Evanston or the slowly melting snow or Milton Feldman was an immense, verbose man

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2022 13:33


    A new composition for watching the snow melt, or watching the ice float on the Lake, or to calm the mind as it awaits the future. Always remember, composer Milton Feldman worked at his family's business (manufacturing children's coats) until … Continue reading →

    160: Invoices being sent back

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2022 11:22


    Lime Disease, Concussions, the Anthropocene and Sunn O))), with a number of synthesizers. A new sound collage about the brain, body, and environment.

    159: Evanston or Midwest in Midwinter or I don’t understand Mark Rothko

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2022 14:36


    After an unintended 5 month hiatus, the stopGOstop podcast is back with episode 159. Evanston or Midwest in Midwinter or I don't understand Mark Rothko is a 14-minute composition featuring field recordings of walking in the snow, a brass quintet, … Continue reading →

    158: San Diego. In public. At a distance.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 27:34


    Episode 158 of the podcast features four field recordings from a weekend out and about (August 21 and 22, 2021). On Saturday, I rode my bike downtown to record outside the Phillies v Padres baseball game. Then, while I was … Continue reading →

    157: and other forms

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2021 38:05


    I have been thinking a bit about electronic voice phenomenon (EVP), clairvoyance, and ways of hearing outside of the normal lately. This is partially influenced by the book Thought-Forms by Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater, written in 1901. In short, … Continue reading →

    156: Harbor to Apartment

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 67:53


    A binaural recording of a walk from the San Diego County Admin Building to my apartment in Golden Hill. The recording is about an hour.

    ISW 06: Summertime

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2021 16:49


    Can we revisit our past and change it?  Jerome wakes up in Omaha, thinking about Jaws, and the summer of 2003. Then, a reporter recounts her experience at an anti-war protest, followed by Jerome talking a bit about the Utah … Continue reading →

    155: As the planes pass overhead

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2021 10:58


    A walk in the park, slow notes on a pipe organ, an occasional drumroll, and a plane overhead. Episode 155 is a respite between ISW episodes 5 and 6. Tune in next week for the final episode of the Idaho … Continue reading →

    ISW 05: Honest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2021 16:33


    Where do history and memory intersect?  Episode five features long sections of fan-fiction involving Ann Rutledge and Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln, as well as more information about the end of the relationship between Jerome and Regina.. Honest features the … Continue reading →

    154: Interlude before honesty

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2021 11:32


    A walk on the beach, a slow evolving melody, and computer-generated instruments. Episode 154 is an interlude between ISW episodes 4 and 5. As part of its inaugural season of the Idaho Street Workshop, the stopGOstop podcast is releasing parallel … Continue reading →

    ISW 04: The Story of Remy

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 18:59


    How do past, present, and future change when a loved one dies? Episode four is the story of Remy. It takes place in the forest, and involves the CIA, stress positions, Labor Day, the highway, and an undiscovered country.. The … Continue reading →

    153: Endless Night

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 58:01


    As part of its inaugural season of the Idaho Street Workshop, the stopGOstop podcast is releasing parallel projects for each episode. Episode 153 is a character study of Jerome, who is the lens that most of the story is told … Continue reading →

    ISW 03: SEX DRUGS ROCK THE DEVIL

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 21:08


    Have you ever thought about how your job has changed your sense of self? In this episode, Jerome recounts his first job, and how he got the nickname Rome.. SEX DRUGS ROCK THE DEVIL features the voice talents of Anna … Continue reading →

    152: There is much we do not know

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 13:45


    A new sound collage featuring the beginnings of the Iraq war, existential-phenomenological foundations for a science of persons, with tuba, xylophone, clarinet, flute, pulsing feedback, and a field recording of the French countryside recorded in the summer of 2003. . … Continue reading →

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