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

Composed & Directed by d’Philip

Produced & Engineered by Griffin Rodriguez

Executive Producers Kelly & Margaret

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.

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This production contains original commentary, narrative, and creative material © 2026 d’Philip & The Family Chalmers Consortium.

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A final transmission from the far side of memory and imagination. The Longwave Home is a meditative, musical, time-bending journey through the exploration of human virtues, of lived experiences, and the long, strange arc of a life still unfolding.

Blending memoir, soundscape, humor, loss, discovery, and wonder, each episode sets the tone for the entire Longwave Home experiment — a show about who we’ve been, who we are, and who we’re still becoming.

Part radio diary, part cinematic essay, part cosmic whisper, it’s the starting point for the waves to come.

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