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Week of September 15 Justin, Scott and Spiegel Audio Highlights

Josh Gives Us Fresh Sleep Talk Audio

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/08/16/czeslaw-milosz-love/

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"Love" by Czesław Miłosz (read by Maria Popova)

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/04/16/zadie-smith-reads-frank-ohara/

Zadie Smith reads "Animals" by Frank O'Hara

"Beautiful Dreamer" by Esperanza Spalding from BORDERLESS LULLABIES — a charitable compilation of 20 songs and spoken-word recordings, with 100% of proceeds benefiting the wonderful nonprofit KIND (Kids In Need of Defense: http://supportkind.org), who represent unaccompanied immigrant and refugee children in their deportation proceedings, ensuring that no child stands in court alone. 

DOWNLOAD HERE:  https://borderlesslullabies.bandcamp.com/ 

Featured on the record are original music and readings by Esperanza Spalding, Jacqueline Woodson with Chris Bruce, Maria Popova with Yo-Yo Ma, Lizz Wright, Somi, Cellogram with Arian Saleh, Elio Villafranca, Travis Knapp, Alejandro Urias, Jamia Wilson with Travis Sullivan, Chris Connelly, and Morley, with original cover art by Shantell Martin. Also included are recordings of previously released music by Draco Rosa, Martha Redbone, Rosanne Cash, Meryl Streep, Tendor Dorjee, Leni Stern, Karavika, and Taína Asili, generously donated to the project by the artists. 

More about the project: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/07/04/borderless-lullabies/

Borderless Lullabies

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BORDERLESS LULLABIES: "Beautiful Dreamer" by Esperanza Spalding

Dirty Honey Live Performance In - Studio

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2019/12/17/sarah-kay-astronaut-whitman/

Recorded at "The Universe in Verse: The Astronomy of Walt Whitman," hosted by Maria Popova and Pioneer Works on Governors Island, October 26, 2019. Portraiture by Rowan Renee / Brooklyn Tintype.

Sarah Kay performs "Astronaut"

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/03/15/today-another-universe-jane-hirshfield-ledger-jasmine

Kindly recorded by the poet for Brain Pickings.

Jane Hirshfield reads "Today, Another Universe"

27 perspectives on how the coronavirus crisis is impacting the international electronic music community.

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Jane Hirshfield reads "Today, Another Universe"

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