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17 Shutting In
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy explains how cramped conditions led to a brutal massacre of cats in episode seventeen of Noise: A Human History, 'Shutting In'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:40
  • Purchases: 1
18 Master and Servant
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy eavesdrops with the servants in episode eighteen of Noise: A Human History, 'Master and Servant'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 1
19 Slavery and Rebellion
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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From Ghana's Gate of No Return to the Carolina plantations - David Hendy explores the soundscape of slavery in episode nineteen of Noise: A Human H...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:46
  • Purchases: 1
20 Revolution and War
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy considers the soundscape of civil conflict in 18th century Paris and 19th century America in episode twenty of Noise: A Human History, ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:46
  • Purchases: 2
21 The Conquering Engines: Industrial Revolution
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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The sounds of nature give way before the coming of the industrial din. Episode twenty-one of Noise: A Human History, ‘The Conquering Engines: Indus...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:25
  • Purchases: 1
22 The Beat of a Heart, the Tramp of a Fly
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy on medicine’s listening revolution - episode twenty-two of Noise: A Human History, ‘The Beat of a Heart, the Tramp of a Fly'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:45
  • Purchases: 2
23 The New Art of Listening
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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How the Victorians learned to listen all over again. Episode twenty-three of Noise: A Human History, 'The New Art of Listening'.

Bought by KALW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:41
  • Purchases: 2
26 Shell Shock
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Assistant producer Cathy FitzGerald on location in Flanders, France.
Soldiers in WW1 experienced a sonic onslaught. Professor David Hendy considers life under bombardment in episode twenty-six of Noise: A Human Histo...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 2
27 Radio Everywhere!
From: Matt Thompson
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Radio seemed like magic to begin with. Then the Nazis exploited its darker powers. Episode twenty-seven of Noise: A Human History, Radio Everywhere!'

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 1
28 Music While You Shop, Music While You Work
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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How music can make us work, rest and play - episode twenty-eight of Noise: A Human History, 'Music While You Shop, Music While You Work'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:52
  • Purchases: 2
06 Epic Tales
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
Caption: Orkney, Scotland
Epic tales could take days to perform, yet storytellers recited them from memory. David Hendy explains how ancient tales were remembered and passed...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:41
  • Purchases: 3
29 An Ever Noisier World
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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David Hendy on the sounds of revolution and war in episode twenty-nine of Noise: A Human History, ‘An Ever Noisier World'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:47
  • Purchases: 2
30 The Search for Silence
From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History
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Professor David Hendy considers the modern quest for quiet in episode thirty of Noise: A Human History, 'The Search for Silence'.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KFAI Minneapolis, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:36
  • Purchases: 3
Amricani
From: Sharif Youssef
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A personal narrative about a traumatizing experience I had in elementary school in Egypt.

  • Added: Oct 13, 2012
  • Length: 05:22
The Yovo Song
From: Carla Seidl
Caption: friendly Togolese children, Kanté, Credit: Carla Seidl
When you visit the West African nation of Togo, you're likely to hear the "yovo song" -- a song chanted by many Togolese youth that goes: "White pe...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 26, 2012
  • Length: 04:14
  • Purchases: 1
What California's public universities can learn from Chile
From: KALW
Caption: PRX default Piece image
In 2011, the University of California system sustained budget cuts up to $750 million. It marked a true financial turning point for the schools. St...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:33
Nakamura
From: Ross Chambless
Caption: Sakae Nakamura at age 75., Credit: Ross Chambless
A story of language and chance meetings.

  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 08:00
Soccer is also a sport for girls (Youth radio production from western Zambia)
From: michal rahfaldt
Series: World Cup in My Village
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For fourteen year-old Inonge Sitali, a radio dialogue with her peers about the 2010 FIFA World Cup is an opportunity for her to talk about gender i...

Bought by Radijojo World Children's Radio Network


  • Added: Jul 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:51
  • Purchases: 1
French Logic
From: The humble Farmer
Caption: Morning Rolled Oats, Credit: Janice Lang
John’s girlfriend tells him that he will have a headache if he drinks any more white wine. So John cries out, “Waiter, a bottle of red wine."

  • Added: Dec 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:32
Schools: Ancient and Modern
From: Muriel Murch
Series: Letter From A. Broad
Caption: Villa La Pietra, Credit: Walter Murch
It is time for an Old Girls reunion at St. Catherine's School before heading to Villa La Pietra and New York University, Abroad

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jun 19, 2009
  • Length: 10:58
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Chameli Waiba
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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From her village in Nepal, Chameli Waiba believes letters and words have the power to changes lives.

Bought by WEZU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU, KBGA 89.9 FM and more


  • Added: May 04, 2009
  • Length: 04:16
  • Purchases: 6