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1989 - The Fall of the Berlin Wall
From: Arndt Peltner
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30 years ago, 1989 was a historic year, that changed Europe. The highlight was the fall of the Berlin wall on November 9th, 1989 This three part se...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2019
  • Length: 21:05
Mine Enemy: The Story of German POWs in America
From: Alison Jones
Caption: German POW Otto Schwingel and Linda Anderson on Anderson's farm near Florence, S.C., Credit: courtesy of Ingebourg Schwingel
During World War II, some 400,000 captured German soldiers were shipped across the Atlantic to prison camps dotted across the U.S. Suddenly the ene...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, RadioStPete Florida, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KBBI Alaska, WVTF and more


  • Added: May 19, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 89
"Tea and Wireless"
From: Margaret Evans
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Before the Internet, before television, there was the radio. That's how people heard the news and enjoyed their favorite shows. This story is part ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:01
  • Purchases: 1
"Changi Concert Party"
From: Margaret Evans
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In a Japanese P.O.W. camp during World War II, a group of Australian prisoners created performances that sustained them and their “captive” audienc...

  • Added: Feb 16, 2014
  • Length: 58:03
"England to Australia, 1914"
From: Margaret Evans
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This is a dramatic, sound-rich recreation of the wartime diary of Barbara Jean Roberts. As a young woman, a newly trained nurse, she left her home ...

  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 26:31
24 Life in the City
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy on the comforts and irritations of next-door's noise. Episode twenty-four of Noise: A Human History, ‘Life in the City'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 1
25 Capturing Sound
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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How recording technology made it possible to catch the fugitive moment. Episode twenty-five of Noise: A Human History, Capturing Sound'

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 20, 2013
  • Length: 14:47
  • Purchases: 2
06 The Amplified Age (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 2
03 Sounds of the Spirit and of Satan (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:49
  • Purchases: 3
05 The Rise of the Machines (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Walden Pond
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:58
  • Purchases: 3
04 Power and Revolt (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by Radio New Zealand and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
02 The Age of Oratory (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 3
01 Prehistoric Voiceprints (59 min version)
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Iegor Reznikoff illuminates red oche dots made 30,000 years ago
This major series was commissioned and broadcast by BBC Radio. It explores how our interactions with sound have shaped us over 100,000 years. It w...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WRPI, Radio New Zealand, and WRPI


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 4
01 Echoes in the Dark
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy begins his thirty-part series in the prehistoric cave

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 2
02 The Beat of Drums
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Words are only one way to communicate - humans have found many more. David Hendy goes to Ghana to hear the talking drum in the second episode of hi...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 2
03 The Singing Wilderness
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy explores our relationship with noisy nature. Featuring extraordinary recordings from around the world, including the bluesy pootoo bird...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, PRX Remix, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:44
  • Purchases: 3
05 The Rise of the Shamans
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Around the world charismatic individuals claim the ability to talk to spirits, heal illness and help crops grow. David Hendy explains why sound is ...

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 2
11 The Bells
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Along with episode 3 this is one of the most beautiful of the series. In it David Hendy explores how the sound of the bell carries religion out...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 2
07 Persuasion
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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From Cicero to Obama, over the centuries, great orators have changed our minds, given us hope, and sent us to the barricades. David Hendy reveals t...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:37
  • Purchases: 3
08 Babble: The Noisy, Everyday World of Ancient Rome
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Rome wasn't just the largest city in the ancient world - it was also the loudest. David Hendy listens to its babble and reveals where rich Romans w...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:41
  • Purchases: 2
09 The Roaring Crowd
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy considers the visceral impact of a stadium full of noisy humans, from the London Olympics to the barrage of sound experienced by specta...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 13:33
  • Purchases: 2
10 The Ecstatic Underground
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Early Christians needed to be quiet to avoid persecution - but often weren't. David Hendy explores the ecstatic sound-world of underground house ch...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 1
12 Tuning the Body
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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How sounds played a part in the Medieval battle between Good and Evil. Professor David Hendy explains in episode twelve of Noise: A Human History, ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:38
  • Purchases: 1
13 Heavenly Sounds
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy explores how Medieval singers and preachers adapted to the acoustics of holy places in episode thirteen of Noise: A Human History, 'Hea...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 2
14 Carnival
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy tells the story of a Medieval street party that lasted for two months in episode fourteen of Noise: A Human History, 'Carnival'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:41
  • Purchases: 2