The Wandering Soul | Radiolab Presents: MIXTAPE Episode 3

Описание: During the Vietnam War, there were many nights the Vietnamese people could have sworn they heard a ghost. But what they were hearing was a U.S. government weapon: the cassette tape.

In the third episode of MIXTAPE, we learn how the U.S. military began desperately searching for any vulnerability in their North Vietnamese enemy as the Vietnam War dragged on. In 1964, they found it. It was an old Vietnamese folktale involving a ghost, eternal damnation and fear — a tailor made weaponizable myth. And so, armed with tape recorders and microphones, the military set out to win the war by bringing this ghost story to life.

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Film by Mac Premo [  / macpremo  ] and Adrianna Dufay [  / nyadrianna  ]

Episode art by Bryan Ahonen [  / warakami_vaporwave  ]

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Mixtape is reported, produced, scored and sound designed by Simon Adler with original music throughout by Simon. Indispensable reporting and production assistance was provided by Eli Cohen. This episode was produced by Annie McEwen, with original music by Annie. Original reporting was contributed by Trung Dung Vo and Nguyễn Vân Hà.

Special thanks to: Allison Boccia, Jared Tracy and Herb Friedman. And to Mathew Campbell for introducing me to the Wandering Soul tape to begin with. And to Erik Villard for all his help pulling those tapes and voices for us.