Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet

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Songs to inspire action justice for and a cooler planet.

  1. Oct 15

    Episode 50: Deep Time

    Episode 50 explores the mysteries of Geologic Time with geologist Marcia Bjornerud and composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, offering musical and scientific perspectives on Earth's multi-billion-year history. We discuss Dr. Bjornerud's award-winning books, Ms. Nourbakhsh's compositions, and other pieces of music that spread over mind-boggling time spans, including "As Slow As Possible," John Cage's 639-year organ piece currently unfolding in Halberstadt, Germany. #geology #deeptime #timescale #rocks https://humansandnature.org/marcia-bjornerud/ https://niloufarnourbakhsh.com/ https://www.mnphil.org/ https://www.aslsp.org/ https://www.arthurganson.com/ https://longplayer.org/ https://africanrockart.org/ MUSIC & VIDEO Marcia Bjornerud & Niloufar Nourbakhsh Interview August 21, 2026 "Deep Time" Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra, Brian Dowdy - Conductor May 16, 2026 "How To Make A Palaeolithic Hand Axe" Flint Knapping with Phil Harding Courtesy Time Team Vietnamese đàn đá Binh Phuoc (Central Highlands) Courtesy YouTube user ykumich Lithophone Grand Pressigny Ringot Played by Jean-Loup Ringot Local musicians playing rocks at Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria Courtesy The Trust For African Rock Art Yadgar - Voice and Qairaq (stones) An Anthology Of The World's Music: Afghanistan III AST-4007 "White Helmets as White As Death" Niloufar Nourbakhsh - Composer Flute: Eun Hae Grace Oh Viola: Micaela Fruend Haimov Violin: Shanrong Sabrina Tuo "Cavities" Niloufar Nourbakhsh - composer Ensemble for These Times Lylia Guion - Viola Megan Chartier - Cello Taylor Chan - Piano April 4, 2025 San Francisco, CA Gavotte in D Minor J.S. Bach Marguerite Andre-Chastel - piano Pathe PD 119 "ASLSP" Chord Change February 5, 2022 Courtesy John Cage Organ Project Halberstadt Rainer Neugebauer Interview October 26, 2021 "Beholding The Big Bang" Arthur Ganson, 2009 "Longplayer" Jem Finer - composer London, 1999-2999 "Olitsky" Ian D. Mellish (aka Mel) May 1987, Breck's Nook, York "310: ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k" Bull Of Heaven bullofheaven.com "Our Love Is Here To Stay" George Gershwin & Vernon Duke Rosemary Clooney & The Glenn Miller Orchestra New Year's Eve PBS broadcast 1988 Every attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program. The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public. Copyrighted material used is supplementary and illustrative, and does not detract from the commercial value of the original content. "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" uses only the minimum amount of copyrighted material to fulfill its educational purpose. We believe our use constitutes "Fair Use" of this material as provided for in the US Copyright Act of 1976, Sections 106A-117.If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.

  2. Oct 1

    Episode 49-Get Out the Vote featuring Roy Zimmerman, Hattie-Purl & The Poll Cats, Parlour Noir, Lisa Bastoni, Marcia Taylor

    Episode 49 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet compels us to take action to Get Out The Vote! With the stakes so high it’s not enough to depend on just “likely voters”. How do we encourage and mobilize more voters to register and vote? We know that music has given people hope and inspired action in past times of crisis. Think of the songs that have been guiding lights for the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War era. Tune in and you’ll agree that this collection of songs will deliver that guiding light with purpose and energy! #getoutthevote, #election2026, # midterm2026, #vote2026, #royzimmerman, #marciataylor, #lisabastoni,#parlournoir

  3. Sep 1

    Episode 47-Keep the Hearth Fires Burning featuring David G Smith, Crys Matthews, Tyler Jenkins & Mary Chapin Carpenter

    Episode 47 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet is about “keeping the hearth fires burning.” Holding a safe, welcoming place for those with the passion to struggle against the dark forces that sometimes seem to be closing in on us. It's a tribute to those who battle, through acts small and large, to keep us safe. And it’s up to all of us to provide shelter for those heroes - spiritual nourishment - to keep their memories alive even if they're ground down in service to the larger community.#hearthfires, #crysmatthews, #davidgsmith, #tylerjenkins, #marychapincarpenter, #studentprotest, #littlevillagefoundation

  4. Aug 15

    Episode 46: "If Music Is Outlawed, Only Outlaws..."

    Welcome to Episode 46.  We do a deep dive into what happens when governments and authorities ban music, with examples from Trinidad, India, Afghanistan, Russia, and Brazil.  Warren Senders interviews three experts: ethnomusicologist Matthew Rahaim (the 1941-1971 ban on the harmonium on India's national radio system), Derek Beckvold (the Afghanistan National Institute of Music after the Taliban), and Brazilian pianist and composer Henrique Eisenmann (Samba traditions as musical resistance). #censorship #samba #afghanistan #harmonium #trinidad #roentgenizdat #xrayrecords #matchbox #brazil Music and Video Claxton Bay Tamboo Bamboo Laventille Steelband Festival Trinidad, August 4, 2013 Courtesy World Steelpan Trust of Trinidad and Tobago "Music From Oil Drums" Documentary film produced by Pete & Toshi Seeger (1955) Community Steel Band Trinidad, 2013 Courtesy YouTube user emlatham1 Matt Rahaim Interview June 29, 2026 Rajasthani Geet Mohan & Lathib Khan — Dholak & Harmonium Courtesy YouTube user #Healthy King "Jogi Rup Banayo Ravane" Mahomed Hoosein — Voice & Harmonium Ramagraph  572 "Vande Mataram" Vishnupant Pagnis (1940) His Master's Voice – P. 13361 "Tobu Mone Rekho (Remember Me Still)" Rabindranath Tagore (1932) Hindusthan Record Co — LH 98 John Foulds - Essays in the Modes, Op. 78 (1928) Peter Jacobs — Piano Altarus Records – AIR-2-9001 "Bajuband Kholo" Govindrao Tembe — Harmonium HMV 78 — P 8942 Drut gat in Raga Bihag Dr. Aravind Thatte — Harmonium Shri Ramdas Palsule — Tabla Gaanwardhan, Pune, India May 26, 2008 Courtesy Chaitanya Kunte "Gaura Pooja" Vanita Willie - voice Produced by Bunty Singh, Trinidad, 2021 Courtesy West Indian Chutney Music "Mohammed dai nabiyana" Ustad Doray Logari — voice Radio Afghanistan Orchestra Afghanistan: Music From The Crossroads Of Asia Nonesuch – H-72053 Derek Beckvold Interview July 28, 2026 "Ay Doostan" Sarur Logari — Voice MMC Cassette M-659 (1980s) "Afghanistan National Institute of Music Polar Music Prize 2018 Official Announcement" Video by Polar Music Prize "Pahadi" Mohammed Omar — Rabab YAP Cassette R-101 (1980s) "Banghari Neem Khat Na Neem" Pashtun song Abdullah Muqurai (Voice & Harmonium) TAJ Video, courtesy YouTube user Agha "Youngsters Make Music in Afghan School" (2013) Video by World Bank "Ay Dil Ay Dil " Ahmed Zahir   (Voice & Harmonium) from "Ahmad Zahir Majlisi Volume 3" Pashtun Traditional Music for voice, rabab, tabla Courtesy YouTube user SijawalKhan "Chi Pa Sina " (Pashto song) Zarsanga — Voice With rabab, harmonium, tabla, and dholak Pakistani TV Courtesy Imdad Ali "I'm In Love Again" Pat Boone Soviet X-Ray record courtesy Dimitry Seferov "Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree" The Andrews Sisters Soviet X-Ray record Courtesy Great American Songbook Foundation "Nie Pokiday (Don't Leave Me)" Pyotr Leshchenko Soviet X-Ray record, Courtesy Clay Peek "Hippy Hippy Shake" The Beatles Soviet X-Ray record Courtesy George Khutsishvili Henrique Eisenmann Interview July 8, 2026 Capoeira Demonstration Afro-Brazilian Block Party, 2012 Granville Street  Vancouver, BC "Homenagem ao Malandro" Chico Buarque Brazilian TV, December 25, 1978 "Aquarela do Brasil" Francisco Alves & Mario Reis (1939) "O Sol Nascerá" Cartola & Elton Medeiros from the documentary film, "Meu Tempo é Hoje" "Estrela" Eduardo Gudin & Elton Medeiros Brazilian TV appearance (1999) "Hello" Performed by Devin Ramoutar - harmonium Rohanshyam Deonarain — tabla & dholak Bhisham Harripersad  — steel drum Every attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program.  The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public.  If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.

  5. Aug 1

    Episode 45: Joyful songs featuring James Kahn, Mark Lagerwey, Seth Handelman, and Harriet Jerusha Korim

    Episode 45 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet addresses our need (as activists and as humans)  to care for ourselves and each other. We spotlight songs that celebrate the restorative, healing joy we find in music, humor, nature and dance– and in community, because ––even, or especially in dark times –  when we share positive energy, it can multiply exponentially, strengthening our courage and resistance, and clarifying our vision of a future worth fighting for. No kidding! #joyfulsongs, #healingjoy, #positiveenergy, #dancinginthestreets, #emmagoldman

  6. Jul 16

    Episode 44: The Arbornaut

    Episode 44 is a profile of “Canopy Meg” — forest ecologist Meg Lowman, whose work revealed the “eighth continent” of life in treetop canopies everywhere.  Dr. Lowman talks with Warren Senders about her long career exploring forests all over the globe, and we share music on tree themes (including Meg’s own composition from 6th grade as played by Cool Tunes team member Seth Handelman!). #RainForests #Trees #Ecology #Music #Environment Music and Video"The Perfumed ForestWet With Rain"Abdullah Ibrahimfrom "Dollar Brand at Montreux"Enja ER-3079Interview with Meg LowmanMay 29, 2026"The Leaf Detective"Video trailer courtesyHeather Lang"Now Every Tree Renews"Thomas Weelkes (1576-1623)The 200 SingersOctober 30, 2022"Underneath The Pines"COPYRIGHT 1996 David DodsonSung by Kallet, Epstein & Ciconefrom "Heartwalk" — Overall Music OM-3"First Indian Sketch"Charles Tomlinson Griffes — ComposerThe Kreiner QuartetFriends of Recorded MusicDisc 5-A"Somersaults in Song/Hannibal Air"Composed by Meg LowmanSeth Handelman — clarinet"Hark Each Tree Its Silence Breaks"Henry Purcell — ComposerPerformed by La Tempesta, PolandDecember 17, 2016"The Birks of Aberfeldie"Lyrics — Robert Burns, Tune traditionalPerformed by Jean Redpath, from"Sings the Songs of Robert Burns Vol. 5"Philo 1093Scotland photographscourtesy Meg LowmanSounds of the Tambourine rainforest,Australia, recorded by Jereme HeggeYagua Elders sing Ancestral SongsJanuary 19, 2026Outside Iquitos, PeruCourtesy Conscious Collective &Paititi InstituteAmazon canopy walkway videoCourtesy Tree Foundation"Saghan bana bole re koyaliya"Khyal in Raga Maru BihagSung by the Kashyap BrothersVadodara, India, April 4, 2020Courtesy Komal Nishaad"Prayer of Praise to the Creator"Bahta Church, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaUnesco Anthology of African MusicBM 30L 2304Ethiopia photographs & videocourtesy The Tree FoundationBa'Aka Pygmy videoCourtesy Michelle Kisliuk"Alus — Spirit of the Tiger"Hala Alus, Ulu Nenggiri, KelantanDecember 3, 1941Upper Perak, MalayaFrom "Temiar Dream Music of Malaya"Folkways FE 4460 (1955)Penang Bioblitz videocourtesy Tree Foundation"Redwood"Paul Chihara — composerRose Wollman — ViolaRoss Erickson — PercussionApril 24, 2013"Tree of Life"Dorothy Carter & Bob RutmanFrom "Waillee Waillee"Celeste CR 1004 (1978)"Fleurette Africaine (African Flower"Composed by Duke EllingtonPerformed by Ed EastridgeAugust 2014"Now Every Tree Renews"Thomas Weelkes — ComposerThe Electric Madrigal SocietyDirected by Elliot Thompson"Lý Cây Đa (The Banyan Tree)"Vietnamese folk songPerformed by Nguyễn Thanh Thuỷ Every attempt has been made to secure permission from copyright holders of audio and video content used in this program. The use of copyrighted material is for non-commercial, educational purposes, and is intended to provide benefit to the public. Copyrighted material used is supplementary and illustrative, and does not detract from the commercial value of the original content. "Cool Tunes For A Hot Planet" uses only the minimum amount of copyrighted material to fulfill its educational purpose. We believe our use constitutes "Fair Use" of this material as provided for in the US Copyright Act of 1976, Sections 106A-117. If you feel any content in this episode violates your copyright, please contact us immediately and we will address your concern appropriately.

  7. Jul 1

    Episode 43: Democracy's 250th with Steve Earle, The Cashville Trash Pandas, Brock Peters, Alison Moore, & Jean Rohe

    Episode 43 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet celebrates the 250 thanniversary of our country, with songs of tribute to what America is really all about – the strength of immigrants, and the richness of the diverse cultures they bring to the party; the nobility of the working man and woman, upon whose shoulders we all stand; the gifts of freedom and democracy, as we extend our hands to those less fortunate who need a lift up – and how that act lifts all of us.#democracy250, #america250, #steveearle, #brockpeters, #cashvilletrashpandas, #balladforamericans, #alisonmoore, #jeanroheVideos"City of Immigrants"performed by Steve Earle"Ballad for Americans, Part 4"performed by Brock Peters"Handful of Earth (The Worker's Song)performed by The Cashville Trash Pandas"Liberty"performed by Alison Moore"National Anthem: Arise! Arise!"performed by Jean Rohe

  8. Jun 1

    Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet-Episode 41

    Episode 41 of Cool Tunes for a Hot Planet speaks to the plight of workingclass folks suffering under the thumb of corporate exploitation, the rise of fascist cruelty, and the betrayal of America’s social compact by leaders who seem determined to undermine our ethics and betray our trust. But just naming these evils for what they are is the first step to creating a community of resistance and righteousness.

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