The Wake of The Flood
Episode 07 21 July 2026 The Longwave Home
A river floods. A town begins to rebuild.
In the aftermath, the people of Free River reckon with loss, uncertainty, change, and the stubborn human tendency to carry on. Along the way, we hear from people rebuilding their lives after disaster, recovering from addiction, caring for loved ones, pursuing social change, and facing the ordinary hardships that come with being human.
Some challenges are personal. Others belong to families, communities, and even nations. Some arrive without warning. Others unfold over years. Yet beneath them all is the same enduring question: What happens after the crisis passes?
Through stories, conversations, music, and reflection, The Longwave Home explores the many ways people persist, adapt, rebuild, and continue forward.
How do people keep going after life doesn’t go according to plan?
The Longwave Home
Episode #07
“The Wake of The Flood”
Performed by The Free River Players
Featuring:
Evan Saldivar - Arturo Calienete/Jason Smackhouse
Dannah Fournier -Kala Kapoor/Lily White
Trinity Rodriguez -Rose Rojas
Music Included:
“To Be a Ghost…”
Composed & Performed by Jeff Rosenstock
“When the Levee Breaks”
Composed by John Bonham, John Paul Jones, Memphis Minnie, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant
Performed by Led Zeppelin
“River Takes the Town”
Composed & Performed by The Wood Brothers
“Alright”
Composed & Performed by Melted
“Carry On Wayward Son”
Composed by Kerry Livgren
Performed by Kansas
“Bonzo Goes to Bitburg”
Composed by Joey & Dee Dee Ramon and Jean Beauvoir -Performed by The Ramons
“Touch of Grey”
Composed by Jerry Garcia & Robert Hunter
Performed by The Grateful Dead
“You’re There”
Composed & performed by Maggie Chalmers, lyrics by d’Philip
Other incidental music
Composed & Performed by The d’Philiharmonius Orchstrange
THE LONGWAVE HOME
Composed & Directed by d’Philip
Produced & Engineered by Griffin Rodriguez
Executive Producers Kelly & Margaret
Every once in a while, while working on a story, you stumble across another story.
Green River is a bright green lime soda with roots stretching back more than a century. First bottled in 1919, it survived Prohibition, changing times, changing owners, and somehow managed to remain a beloved Midwestern classic. While researching this episode, we discovered that its story of adaptation and persistence fit our theme of resilience a little too well to ignore.
Truth be told, Green River has been making the trip home from Chicago in our luggage for years. So when a little unexpected sweetness showed up in the town of Free River, it felt right at home.
If you’d like to learn more about Green River and the folks keeping it alive today, visit Sprecher Brewery:
DEDICATION
For the survivors of tragedy and calamity, and for the people who keep showing up day after day…
Your resilience, your perseverance, and your willingness to carry on inspire us more than you know.
Thank you.
Because resilience isn’t only about rebuilding what was lost.
It’s also about investing in what helps us imagine what comes next.
For more information, visit online at:
https://www.nevadacountyarts.org/
Or call:
530-264-7031
Because resilience begins long before an emergency happens.
For more information visit online at:
https://nevadacountyca.gov/4140/Ready-Nevada-County
Or call:
530-265-1515
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