Scan Remixed

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There are 21 Scan Remixed programs in this collection.

Produced first by the American Lutheran Church, and later by the ELCA, through Seraphim Communications, 1975-1991.

Hal Dragseth
Hal Dragseth, Producer of Scan, and now, Scan Remixed

The archived programs on SoundTheology have been digitized and remastered by the original producer, Hal Dragseth.

Some of those programs and many study materials are available from Select Learning, (theological exploration for all,) affiliated with the ELCA.

Scan was a nationally syndicated radio program aired in the U.S. and around the world from 1975 to 1991. This program features first-person stories of individuals who share their lived-out wisdom. Scan in its original broadcast form used progressive rock music to amplify and support the stories. Due to the expense of music licensing, these stories have been remixed using copyright-free music.

The stories featured on Scan Remixed point to God’s activity in the world, creating hope, health, healing, justice, peace, and growth. God’s work in our lives is often hidden and when we begin to remember those moments of insight, healing and growth, we can see God at work. Scan Remixed, like NPR’s StoryCorps and This American Life, uses first-person narrative to carry the content and the listener can listen for those themes that illuminate God’s activity.

Randomly-chosen Scan Remixed Program:

An Adoptive Mother with Shared Pain

Speaker(s): Carolyn Koons, Hal Dragseth (announcer)

Description: Carolyn A. Koons was the victim of abusive parents. Her mother was a prostitute, her father a violent alcoholic. Koons migrated from place to place with her nomadic family. In her teens, virtually abandoned, psychically damaged, and without roots. She was befriended by an adult who involved her in a Christian community where she achieved inner healing. Koons later became professor of Christian education at a Southern California university. As an adult, she, found and adopted a child who was in a Mexican prison. She discovered that the damage done to him at an early age matched her childhood pain, and together they found redemption. The radio program, "Scan," was nationally-syndicated, airing in the U.S. and around the world from 1975 to 1991. This program features first-person stories of individuals who share their lived-out wisdom.

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