John Wanzel (b. 1975, Peoria, IL) is the host and producer of stopGOstop, an experimental audio podcast. Since 2012, stopGOstop has featured compositions for headphones, field recordings, and other audio experiments. John’s sound work and visual art have been presented in a number of festivals, galleries, websites, and broadcasts, including: D Gallery, Five Myles, Slought Foundation, Dogmatic Gallery, Bad at Sports, Outer Ear Festival, and ubuweb. In 2003 he co-founded and was the Executive Producer of the Blind Spot radio program on WLUW 88.7 Chicago. In its two-year run, Blind Spot produced over 90 episodes of live experimental radio.
John lives in Mount Vernon, NY.
Email: john.wanzel (at) gmail.com