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Like A Rolling Stone, Dylan’s six plus minutes masterpiece, defied the expectations of folk music enthusiasts and the music industry itself, inspiring a new generation of balladeers.
Duration – 27:39
VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube – Robbie Robertson
Music Credit: Bob Dylan – Like A Rolling Stone
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Human beings have created words for untranslatable experiences since the dawn of language. We explore a brand new word from an unusual new dictionary created by John Koenig.
Duration – 27:38
VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube – John Koenig’s video and TedTalk on his word, Ambedo
Music Credit: Joni Mitchel – Woodstock
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How do we know what we know? The inner struggle to determine what is real and what is fiction has preoccupied humanity since the emergence of intelligent life.
Duration – 29:57
VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube – Densel Washington interview on ‘information’ and War Of The Worlds 1938 radio broadcast segment
Music Credit: The Undisputed Truth – Smiling Faces Sometimes
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Billie Holiday’s most iconic and recognized song, has been acknowledged as the harbinger of the civil rights movement in America. The song’s origin may surprise and enlighten even those of us who are familiar with this transcendent tune.
Duration – 27:59
VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube – Rene Marie audio segment, Nina Simone references the Civil Rights Movement
Music Credits: Billie Holiday (& Nina Simone & Rene Marie) – Strange Fruit
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The eternal question of who we are: Are we a singularity or a multiplicity? The self has been the subject of exploration for Millennia, so who are we now?
Duration – 28:49
VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube video – Abbot & Costello – Segment of ‘Who’s On First’
Music Credit: The Who – Who Are you?
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As host of the popular radio program Howl, Valentino Assenza has interviewed the likes of Nino Ricci and Margaret Atwood among other literary lights. A veteran of the Toronto spoken word scene, Valentino shares his love of language and other word-based art forms.
Note: Our phone interview with Valentino was intermittently compromised by the quality of our connection.
Duration – 25:54
VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube video – Insider’s view of the 1930s radio studio showing the production of dramatic sound effects
Music Credits: Beatles – The Word
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In unpacking the word RISIBLE, we discover the importance of humour in helping us deal with our day to day living and life in general. From health benefits to tech humour, the range of risibility is all encompassing.
Duration – 29:29
VoxBox: The Nonna (Paola) that couldn’t use Siri
Music Credits: Donavon Frankenreiter – Life, Love & Laughter
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In the midst of the turmoil in the mid 60’s, five young Californians surfed the rising musical waves to pop music’s iconic stardom. The pinnacle moment birthed the release of the much loved ‘pocket symphony’, Good Vibrations.
Duration – 26:09
VoxBox: Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
Music Credits: The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations and George Gershwin, The Ronettes, The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Chuck Berry and The Beach Boys
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From the Humongous Fungus of Oregon to the wave of human migration spreading across our planet, life has become more dependent then ever on a value of connectivity.
Duration – 29:32
VoxBox: Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.
Music Credit: The Youngbloods – Let’s Get Together
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Have you ever thought about pulling up roots and heading out into the great wide open? Chantal Patton and her family have and did.
Duration – 30:20
VoxBox: Steve Martin – Comedy excerpt
Music Credits: Allman Brothers – Ramblin’ Man and Eric Clapton – Travelin’ Light
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