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Conversations with professional over-thinkers for over-thinkers of all kinds

  1. 20/12/2024

    In Sacred Spaces 3: The Pier (with The House of Louboutin)

    Welcome to In Sacred Spaces, a three-episode series in which we visit spaces around NewClick here for more about the episode...In Sacred Spaces 3: The Pier (with The House of Louboutin)

  2. 06/12/2024

    In Sacred Spaces 2: Grace Congregational Church of Harlem (with Nigel and Lisa Pearce)

    Welcome to In Sacred Spaces, a three-episode series in which we visit spaces around NewClick here for more about the episode...In Sacred Spaces 2: Grace Congregational Church of Harlem (with Nigel and Lisa Pearce)

  3. 22/11/2024

    In Sacred Spaces 1: St James Presbyterian (With Derrick McQueen)

    Welcome to In Sacred Spaces, a three-episode series in which we visit spaces around NewClick here for more about the episode...In Sacred Spaces 1: St James Presbyterian (With Derrick McQueen)

  4. 01/04/2022

    The sounds of medieval books (with Andrew Albin)

    Reading today is typically silent - whether reading a book in a library or reading messages on our phones, we don’t expect the activity to be noisy. At most, we expect the sound of a page quietly turning. But Andrew Albin is interested in the medieval period, when books made all kinds of sounds. Medieval books were noisy: they crackled and creaked, and were usually read aloud (even in private). Andrew argues that we should think of medieval books not just as objects to look at, but as a kind of musical instrument that needs a reader to bring its sounds to life.

  5. 18/03/2022

    Reenacting the past (with Catherine Grant)

    When you think about historical reenactment, you probably think about reenacting Civil War battles or performing a character at a Renaissance fair. But Catherine Grant is interested in artists who use reenactment to ask questions about the history of feminist and queer activism, and the role of artists in political life. By reenacting and remixing scenes from history, these artists revive stories from the past that might illuminate the present in surprising ways. Beyond the realm of art, Catherine wants us to recognize the power of performing repeated actions in our everyday lives.

  6. 05/03/2022

    The history of homemade books (with Deidre Lynch)

    We may think of reading and writing as opposite activities, but there’s a long history of people reading with blank books by their side so they could write out their favorite passages as they went. Deidre Lynch is interested in what these homemade books can tell us about the people who filled them up. Like someone’s Pinterest board or Tumblr blog today, these curated collections of words told a story about a person’s individual identity. Beyond that, they could also tell the story of relationships within a social group, with many people contributing extracts to a single book.

  7. 18/02/2022

    Why apocalypse isn't all bad (with Jennifer M. Wilks)

    In the Bible, the Apocalypse is the end of the world as we know it, but it’s also the beginning of a new one. Jennifer Wilks argues that major catastrophes can be apocalyptic in the same way. A disaster like Hurricane Katrina or the COVID-19 pandemic can shed new light on the world’s social inequalities, which makes it easier to imagine them changing. Jennifer thinks that post-apocalyptic fiction can play a role in this process, by allowing us to think ahead about times of disaster so we can act to make things better when the moment comes.

  8. 11/12/2021

    Musical storytelling with repurposed texts (with Randall Eng)

    Music can tell stories in a variety of ways: operas and musicals have characters and plots, a song can tell a short story, and even music without words can take listeners on a journey. But Randall Eng is interested in using unexpected texts like photocopier manuals and legal pamphlets to produce musical compositions that tell new stories. By cutting up and rearranging these existing texts – also known as “found texts” – he wants to repurpose the original words to transform their meanings and convey new messages.

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Conversations with professional over-thinkers for over-thinkers of all kinds

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  • Creator
    The HTR team
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2024
  • Episodes
    50
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Milan Terlunen
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    How to Read