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:

Finding God in Solitary Confinement

Speaker(s): Albert Sample, Hal Dragseth (announcer)

Description: Albert Race Sample (1930-2005) was born in Texas to a prostitute who mis-treated him. By the time he died, he had received numerous high-profile humanitarian awards. There was so much in between, including finding God in prison. He ran away at the age of 15 and joined the Army. He served 17 years in prison for burglary and armed robbery. It was at a prison farm that he was nick-named "Racehoss" by a prison guard because of his speed in chopping cotton. He sought and found God in the midst of a 28-day term in solitary confinement. After he was released from prison, he went back to school and got a job at a newspaper, excelling as a crime reporter with a perspective on prison reform. He later helped hundreds of prisoners to transition out of prison and back into society. Then he served the state, helping to design prison community-based correctional release programs. In 1985, he published his book, "Racehoss: Big Emma's Boy." He has been widely interviewed, and a documentary film, "Racehoss, The Life of Albert Race Sample" was made of Sample telling his story on stage. 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.

Length: 37:10
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