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02 The Age of Oratory (59 min version)

From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History

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

Bing's Business

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy

Today’s image of Bing Crosby is that is was a Crooner, possibly one of the finest in American popular music, however, he was much more than that. P...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Oct 01, 2013
Length: 58:57
Purchases: 1

01 Echoes in the Dark

From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 Shutting In

From: Matt Thompson
Series: Noise: A Human History

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

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

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

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

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