Raw phone recording of "holsa" with LCollective at a very hot and stormy day in Maastricht, Netherlands in 2019. at Intro in Situ concert series. Thanks to Evelyn Emile.

Germaine Sijstermans (clarinet), Douglas Farrand (trumpet), Teodora Stepančić, (casio), Assaf Gidron (electronics), Gabriela Areal (cello)

"holsa" (2017) with thunder - Maastricht - LCollective 2019

Ann Patchett, the award-winning author of numerous books including “Bel Canto” and “State of Wonder,” joins her good friend Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the hit bestseller “Eat, Pray, Love,” to talk about the challenges and joys of their craft. In this thrilling conversation, Patchett and Gilbert ask each other how and why they write, covering everything from grief, to frustration, to divine inspiration.

Ann Patchett & Elizabeth Gilbert on Writing

Raining, goes dark. I am inside the hut and waiting for the cranes. 24-bit, 48000 Hz, Tascam Dr-100 MK III, Azden mixer, primos.

Waiting For The Cranes. Matsalu National Park, Estonia On September 15, 2018

@OnBeing host Krista Tippett reads at the third annual Universe in Verse — a charitable celebration of science through poetry, hosted by Maria Popova at Pioneer Works (April 24, 2019). Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2020/01/02/krista-tippett-howard-nemerov-universe-in-verse/

More highlights from The Universe in Verse: https://www.brainpickings.org/tag/the-universe-in-verse/

POEM TEXT / CONTEXT

The Universe in Verse: Krista Tippett Reads "Figures of Thought" by Howard Nemerov

An improvisation made in my studio in April 2020 on the modular synth. It is largely based on ethnographic cylinder recordings from the Kodaly archive, made in April 1914. These small fragments are sampled with oscillators controlling the grain, loop size and time points of the samples. Pitch and envelope followers on the samples in turn control these oscillators and other physically modelled sounds. Yannis Kyriakides, Amsterdam, April 2020.

A Ghost Of Spring

Marching Parades

The sounds of Claravox Centennial performed by Gregoire Blanc.

Learn more about Claravox here: https://www.moogmusic.com/products/claravox-centennial

Learn more about Gregoire Blanc here: http://gregoireblanc.com/en/home/

Whitenoiseboomboom

This episode discusses how digital measurement technologies are used in health insurance for risk assessments and the implications for inclusive healthcare systems in Africa. We speak to scholar Dr Andrea Matwyshyn from Penn State University, whose research focuses on the internet of bodies and health technology, as well as to two International Development Master students from LSE. The debate will show that digital health data presents considerable risks for user’s privacy, equal access to health systems and asymmetric power dynamics.

Speakers: Dr Andrea Matwyshyn (Lou Aubay, Charles Rodwell and Victoria Grabenwoeger)

Citing Africa | Series 2, Ep 4: Digital tech and inclusive social policy

On Reasons and Persons&nbsp;(1984), ch. 10-13. What makes a person persist over time? After using various sci-fi examples to test the Lockean (personhood=psychological continuity), physicalist (same brain=same person), and Cartesian (same soul=same person) theories, Parfit concludes that the whole notion is incoherent and isn't actually what we care about when wondering "will I die?" Part two of this episode is only going to be available to you if you sign up at .  or . Sponsors: Visit  for a free trial and $30 off an annual plan of The Great Courses Plus Video Learning Service. Organize your Inbox: Get a free trial and save $25 at . See  for a free month of guided meditations. Start a new monthly donation and have your first matched up to $250 at  (choose podcast and partially examined life at checkout). Learn about St. John's College at .

Ep. 261: Derek Parfit on Personal Identity (Part One)

This historic recording of the spellbinding and complex polyphonic vocal music of the Babinga Bangombe and Babenzélé Pygmy peoples in the Republic of the Congo is available for Flac and MP3 download on my blog:
https://music-republic-world-traditional.blogspot.com/2021/02/congo-brazzaville-musique-pygmee-de-la.html

Musique Pygmée de la Haute Sangha – BAM – LD 325 – Collection du Musée de l'Homme (7 inch, 33 RPM)

Pygmy music

SF117 Sampler

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Citing Africa | Series 2, Ep 4: Digital tech and inclusive social policy

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