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Signal Hill is edited by Omar Etman, Jackson Roach, Annie Rosenthal, Lio Wong and Liza Yeager. Jackson and Liza are the editors in chief. The stories in issue one were created by Conor Gillies, Hannah Kingsley-Ma, Ian Lewis, Neena Pathak, Cheryl Rivera, Jackson Roach, Annie Rosenthal, and Hannah Sassoon, with support from the editors, and also from their cohort of fellow contributors. Fact checking on “Caterpillar Roadshow” and “A Porous Place” by Alan Dean. As of Issue One, the Signal Hill m...

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.

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.

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.

Robin D. G. Kelley listens back to the oral histories that became his groundbreaking book Hammer and Hoe. Music in this piece is by Nathan Bowles. Conor Gillies is the audio editor at Jacobin, where he makes shows such as Long Reads and People's History.

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.

Over four sticky months, Cheryl Rivera went to protests, and meetings, and hung out with her friends. She brought a microphone with her. 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.

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 the Virginia Spencer Davis fellow at High Country News.

Signal Hill is supported by the sun, the air, food, water, and your tax-deductible donations. We depend on listeners to make Signal Hill possible. Sign up for a monthly membership or make a donation of any amount to help us continue this project. A Very Special and Real Offer was written and directed by Ian Lewis.

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.

Signal Hill is a new audio magazine. The first issue comes out on February 17th. Find out more at signalhill.fm