[Unedited] Gordon Hempton with Krista Tippett
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton collects sounds from around the world. He’s recorded inside Sitka spruce logs in the Pacific Northwest, thunder in the Kalahari Desert, and dawn breaking across six...
View ArticleGordon Hempton — Silence and the Presence of Everything
Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton collects sounds from around the world. He’s recorded inside Sitka spruce logs in the Pacific Northwest, thunder in the Kalahari Desert, and dawn breaking across six...
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Keb' Mo' released a breakthrough album in 1994, often called his debut, though he'd been recording and releasing music for decades beforehand. In late 2021, he received the Americana Music...
View Article[Unedited] Mary Oliver with Krista Tippett
The late poet Mary Oliver is among the most beloved writers of modern times. Amidst the harshness of life, she found redemption in the natural world and in beautiful, precise language. She won the...
View ArticleMary Oliver — “I got saved by the beauty of the world.”
The late poet Mary Oliver is among the most beloved writers of modern times. Amidst the harshness of life, she found redemption in the natural world and in beautiful, precise language. She won the...
View ArticleListening Challenge: Monday's Pick
It’s Day 1 of the WQXR Listening Challenge. We’ve chosen 7 pieces to highlight on the air this week and we want to know how this piece of music makes you (or your students) feel.While you listen: write...
View ArticleReview/ Preview: Perfect Podcast to Listen to While Traveling
Road trips, train rides and long flights are some of the best times to kickback and check out a new podcast. Vulture podcast critic Nick Quah checks in for a Review/Preview to give us his picks for...
View ArticleJanis Ian's Last Album, 'The Light at the End of the Line'
[REBROADCAST FROM January 27, 2022] Singer-songwriter Janis Ian released her self-titled debut album in 1967. Its single, "Society's Child," written by Ian when she was fourteen, would be one of her...
View ArticleRick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative
The flow and the ingredients by which an idea becomes an offering — and life practices which call that alchemy forth. The mystery of it all that can only be named and wondered at — and the ordinary...
View ArticleExploring audio in "32 Sounds"
"32 Sounds" is a documentary essay that enlists composers, scientists, Hollywood effects specialists and others to contemplate how we listen. Filmmaker Sam Green has created an interactive experience...
View ArticleBrooklyn-based Writer and DJ Jive Poetic’s Innovative Memoir, 'Skip Tracer'
Brooklyn-based writer and DJ Jive Poeticblends poetry and prose, music, photographs and genealogy to create what he calls a “printed mixtape” of his life. He joins us to discuss his new memoir, Skip...
View ArticleBest Podcasts to Listen to this Holiday
Traveling to see friends and family this week? Planning on spending hours in the kitchen? Or maybe you just are looking to relax with this holiday? If so, a podcast might be in order. We'll speak to...
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