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Remembering the Magnetic Manna Dey
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Sandip Roy listens back to the music of Manna Dey.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and PRX Remix


  • Added: Nov 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 2
NOLA's Petals
From: WWNO
Series: Storyville
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This story is about a New Orleans native who leaves the city after Hurricane Katrina, only to find his way back...

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 10, 2013
  • Length: 05:47
  • Purchases: 2
Candombe
From: Ben Weisz
Caption: Child with tambor
Ben Weisz discovers the vibrant street tradition of Candombe drumming, and explores its origins among Montevideo's Afro-Uruguayan community.

  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 08:28
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
The Curious Gamer
From: Devin Polaski
Caption: Logo of The Curious Gamer, Credit: Devin Polaski
A radio show discussing the culture, design, and joy of video games. Hosted by Devin Polaski.

  • Added: Sep 29, 2013
  • Length: 21:28
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
04 A Ritual Soundscape
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Maeshowe Orkney
Humans learn to control sound for rituals with impressive monuments. David Hendy hears bizarre effects while beating a drum in Orkney, Scotland.

Bought by PRX Remix and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:31
  • Purchases: 2
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
15 Restraint
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy hears how new codes of conduct in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries outlawed noise of every kind in episode fifteen of Noise: A H...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:30
  • Purchases: 2
16 Colonists
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy tells of the dislike 17th century American settlers had of native American Indian sounds and songs in episode sixteen of Noise: A Human...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:35
  • Purchases: 1

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