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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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • 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, ...

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  • 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...

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  • 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'.

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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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

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  • 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'.

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  • 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...

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  • 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, ...

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  • 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...

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  • 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'.

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  • 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'.

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  • 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...

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  • 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!'

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  • 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'.

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  • 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...

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  • 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'.

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  • 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'.

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  • Added: Sep 17, 2013
  • Length: 14:36
  • Purchases: 3
Radical Skeletons
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Anirvan & Barnali during a tour, Credit: Sandip Roy
It turns out that a community best known for winning spelling bees also has some radical skeletons in its closet.

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  • Added: Aug 19, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 1
A Letter, A March, A Dream: 1963 Retold
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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50 years after the March on Washington, syndicated columnist Reverend Byron Williams makes the case that 1963 was the pivotal year for American cul...

  • Added: Aug 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
Blackbird Pot Pie: Not the Pie Umami Made
From: Mary T. Diorio Schilling
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For some South Jersey residents, "Sing a Song of Sixpence" is more than just a nursery rhyme; it's supper.

  • Added: Jun 26, 2013
  • Length: 02:53

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