The first transatlantic radio signal ever received hit an antenna attached to a kite attached to a wire attached to a tower on top of Signal Hill, St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada on December 12th, 1901. It said “S” in Morse Code (“dot dot dot”).
We’re named after all the places in the world called Signal Hill. There are eighteen that we know of.
Every spring since 2020, people from all over LA have come to a windy downtown park to make and fly kites at The Community & Unity People's Kite Festival.
Jackson Roach is co-editor-in-chief of Signal Hill. They live in Chicago.
Neena Pathak conquers her senses at hot yoga. Kind of.
Neena Pathak is a writer and audio maker based in Los Angeles.
Desperado features Alex Laughlin, Lasha Madan, Salimah Mohamed, Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr., and Schuyler Swenson as yoga teachers. Yoga consult by Utkarsh Sanjanwala. Sanskrit consult by Vijaya Chitre.
Robin D. G. Kelley listens back to the oral histories that became his groundbreaking book Hammer and Hoe.
Conor Gillies is the audio editor at Jacobin, where he makes shows such as Long Reads and People's History. Music in this story is by Nathan Bowles.
Hannah Sassoon went to southern France to work on a sheep farm. Then she learned about the military camp.
Hannah Sassoon is a writer living in New York.
An amateur documentarian, a neighborhood historian, and the story no one tells about San Francisco’s Sunset District.
Ian Lewis is a filmmaker and radio producer living in Marfa, Texas.
Red House, Blue House features Rob Weiner and Adrienne Humblet.
Annie’s mom, an esteemed entomologist, knows a lot about bugs. Her ten-year-old Japanese pen pal might know more.
Annie Rosenthal is an editor at Signal Hill and a Virginia Spencer Davis fellow at High Country News.
Over four sticky months, Cheryl Rivera went to protests, and meetings, and hung out with her friends. She brought a microphone with her. Produced in collaboration with Lux Magazine.
Cheryl Rivera is an editor at Lux Magazine and culture worker organizing in Brooklyn.
We return to the goo goo ga ga psychobabble of our first selves.
Hannah Kingsley-Ma is a writer and audio producer living in Brooklyn.
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