Erik Olin Wright Audio files: 

Stories told to children, Interviews, and Public Lectures

[not all links yet established 2/24/2004]

These audiofiles have been recorded to stream using Window's Media Player.

CHILDREN'S STORIES

1. The Blizzard Epics: stories told to Jenny & Becky Wright, and Sam & Jacob Munger in the early 1980s

2. Centaurus Bananus: told to Jenny & Becky Wright, and Sam & Jacob Munger in the early 1980s
                  episode 1  episode 2  episode 3  episode 4  episode 5

3.  Josie & Jessica and the Land of the Door: story told to Colin and Erik Rand and friends, mid-1970s
                  episode 1  episode 2  episode 3  episode 4  episode 5

4. Josie & Jessica and the Rabbit Stew: Story told to Alyssa Zucker, early 1970s
                    episode 1  episode 2  

5. Josie & Jessica and the Gorilla: Story told to Alyssa Zucker, early 1970s

6. Josie & Jessica and the Horserace: Story told to Alyssa Zucker, early 1970s

7. The Untoad Adventures on the Road to Mandalay: Story told to Jenny & Becky Wright, and Sam & Jacob Munger in the mid-1980s

8. Woody & the Beasts & other tales of growing up: stories about Woody Wright, Erik's brother,  told to Rebecca and Jenny, mid-1980s.

9. The Snow Goose, conclusion: A staged reading of Paul Gallico's story with incidental music composed by Erik Wright, Lawrence, Kansas, 1964
      Cast: Gay Cook (Frith), Time Gilles (soldier and French Horn), Nancy Hitt (flute), David Leonard (narrator and Trumpet),
      Chris Sarricks (officer), Erik Wright (Rhayader and viola), Woody Wright (Harmonica and clarinet)
      

INTERVIEWS

"Marxism", University of the Air interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, 1999
        Session 1. Marx and his legacy
        Session 2. Class (including the story of the Shmoo)
        Session 3. History
        Session 4. Call in program

Written notes for the radio interviews

PUBLIC LECTURES

"Envisioning Real Utopias", talk at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas, Adelaide, Australia, July 2003
"Crime and Punishment", panel discussion at the Adelaide Festival of Ideas, Adelaide, Australia, July 2003

Lecture (video), University of Glasgow, February 2013: "Transforming Capitalism Through Real utopias"