Last rights, or last rites? Before the curtain is drawn, somber or joyful, which would you choose? Duration: 25:18 Posted: December 31, 2023 Highlights: * Preferences for own funerals and ways to celebrate life and honour the...
Automation’s impact on our everyday life. A wolf in sheep’s clothing? Duration: 21:41 Music Credit: Flight Of The Conchords - Robots Posted: December 17, 2023 Highlights: Impact of automation on society Historical context of ...
Unpacking the idea of freedom in a world seemingly bound by restrictions and limitations. Breaking the shackles. Duration: 21:42 Posted: December 3, 2023 Highlights: Limitations of freedom of speech and self-censorship in soc...
From the Humongous Fungus of Oregon to the wave of human migration spreading across our planet, life has become more dependent than ever on the value of connectivity. Duration: 28:19 VoxBox: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the W...
Is it live or is it Memorex? Sifting through a world of facsimile in a quest for authenticity. Duration: 18:58 Music Credit: Ella Fitzgerald singing behind, ‘Is it live or is it Memorex?’. Posted: November 5, 2023 Highlights:...
Modern western medicine would be wise to embrace and integrate the traditional art of healing. Duration: 24:25 Posted: October 22, 2023 Highlights: Benefits of natural remedies and integrative medicine Importance of consideri...
The short answer is yes… The sonic landscapes through which we move offer us both challenges to, and opportunities for, our general health. Duration: 24:32 Posted: October 8, 2023 Highlights Impact of technology on sound and ...
Ageism is the new social prejudice, at a time when people over 65 are beginning to outnumber those under 15. Coping with the disadvantages of aging, while cherishing the advantages a long life can bring.
For millennia, lullabies have lulled children into slumber land. From ancient Egypt to modern day, tunes like Twinkle,Twinkle, Little Star and their relative importance often goes unnoticed or unappreciated. Duration: 22:41 V...
Solo bassoonist, Nadina Mackie is the most widely recorded Canadian bassoonist in history, with 17 new works for solo bassoon and orchestra written for her in the last decade. Nadina intimately describes her journey. Nadina ...
For almost fifteen hundred years, the largest basilica in the world, Hagia Sophia, was at the spiritual centre of both the Christian and Muslim worlds. An architectural wonder, it inspired builders and designers of sacred spa...