The Anthems Podcast

Patrick Maher
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The Anthems Podcast Podcast

What's the story with national anthems? Well, that depends entirely on the anthem. From the wildly mundane to the historically significant and every what else. In each episode I'll tease out the story of a song that helps tell the story of a nation. The connections between them will be a surprise and if I've figured this out you will be entertained. Questions, comments complaints, and corrections (please tell me where I'm wrong!) can get to me at anthemspod@gmail.com or at +1 (203) 759-8375

  1. SEP 8

    Saint Lucia and Sons and Daughters

    I hope you enjoyed it. Irritatingly I have encountered some motorcycle noise in the record but next time I have some ideas. Here are my sources: https://archive.stlucia.gov.lc/saint_lucia/national_anthem/national_anthem_of_saint_lucia.htm https://sports.yahoo.com/how-julien-alfred-went-from-running-barefoot-in-st-lucia-to-the-fastest-woman-in-the-world-224013986.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9lbi53aWtpcGVkaWEub3JnLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD8Neq-ZG6jbQMTzQ_Ti3ZuRk-vn02AuTbQvDVDTN9ezwnEDNjYDIeFEJky2xaEX8eeesH7U_Of567r-mece_O62rR0U71y1Oa_um4Tmk1Fxrjx9TvAeeO7Li_KKPvA9NJgSI6IBHeV5SiJHyrjweGSnTQCS-fUS22WvtHI0edu0 https://issuu.com/amsstlucia/docs/independence_magazine_2016websv4/24 https://www.ourhistory.org.uk/saint-lucia-colonisation-to-independence/ https://books.google.com/books?id=xutfBgAAQBAJ&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&pg=PT4073&q=Sons+and+Daughters+of+Saint+Lucia+Charles+Jesse+Leton+Felix+Thomas&hl=en&source=newbks_fb https://uwispace.sta.uwi.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/80e534d1-d5d1-4236-ae2a-d6ca255509ce/content https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/julien-alfred_1537325 https://www.google.com/books/edition/Outlines_of_St_Lucia_s_History/dX9sAAAAMAAJ?hl=en https://www.google.com/books/edition/Saint_Lucia_the_Romance_of_Its_Place_Nam/W0_lMgEACAAJ?hl=en https://www.govt.lc/nationalanthem https://stluciatimes.com/159012/2023/11/national-combined-schools-choir-prepares-for-official-launch/ Harmsen, Jolien; Ellis, Guy; Devaux, Robert (2014). A History of St Lucia. Vieux Fort: Lighthouse Road.https://stluciaconsulate.ca/about-saint-lucia/national-symbols/ a href="https://www.govt.lc/news/kw-y-l-national-anthem-approved" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    30 min

  2. AUG 11

    Slovenia and Zdravljica

    If you've come here then hey, hi, how are you. Here are the notes https://archive.ph/20120805163738/www.slovenija2001.gov.si/pot/kronologija/ https://www.muzej-nz.si/ https://physics.fe.uni-lj.si/members/iglic/history/uporaba_slovenscine.pdfhttp://ezb.ijs.si/fedoragsearch/rest?operation=gfindObjects&query=%2Bauthor:Kotnik,%20Fran+dc.format:text+AND+project:nrss&hitPageSize=5000 https://www.slovenia.info/en/plan-your-trip/facts-about-slovenia https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gentilic https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Semantics_of_Nouns/n0ypDgAAQBAJ?hl=en https://www.altitude-activities.com/slovenian-food-10-dishes-you-have-to-try https://www.google.com/books/edition/Slovenia/JQV6kAwT4v0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Zdravljica++French+Revolution&pg=PA24&printsec=frontcover http://www.dvajset.si/prvih-20/pregled/prej-in-zdaj/drzavni-simboli/ https://www.dlib.si/details/URN:NBN:SI:DOC-UZDTC6FY/?=&language=eng https://web.archive.org/web/20110410123608/http://www.zgs.gov.si/eng/slovenian-forests/forests-in-slovenia/forestation-and-variety-of-forests/index.html https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877042811012857 http://www.preseren.net/ang/2-6_kdo_je_kdo/julija_primc.asp www.esi.utexas.edu/files/Whatiskarst.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031116/http://www.zgodovinskicasopis.si/_pdf/Digital-archive/ZC_2007_3-4.pdf a href="http://www.preseren.net/slo/2-1-1_ziv-otrostvo.asp" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    35 min

  3. JUL 9

    Mexico and El Himno Nacional Mexicano

    A note on audio here: I recorded this in a 95 degree Fahrenheit booth with the AC off and it was a very sweaty hour of of my life. It's impossible to imagine sitting through that again despite my struggle with background appliance noise everywhere. Sorry it's a bit less this time. Notes! https://web.archive.org/web/20111209132114/http://www.nd.edu/~cneal/CRN_Papers/Schulte10_Sci_Chicxulub.pdf https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/5/11/mexico-city-is-sinking-running-out-of-water-how-can-it-be-saved#:~:text=Mexico%20City%20is%20sinking%2C%20as,itself%20today%20in%20stunning%20ironies. https://www.npr.org/2018/09/14/647601623/mexico-city-keeps-sinking-as-its-water-supply-wastes-away https://www.salon.com/2007/08/30/upton/#:~:text=Interviewers%20handed%20people%20a%20blank,familiar%2C%22%20the%20survey%20found https://www.google.com/books/edition/Near_East/1WOPkmChaFsC?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Anatolia+cradle+of+civilization&pg=PP8&printsec=frontcover Mt. Pleasant, Jane (2006). "The science behind the Three Sisters mound system: An agronomic assessment of an indigenous agricultural system in the northeast". In Staller, John E.; Tykot, Robert H.; Benz, Bruce F. (eds.). Histories of Maize: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Prehistory, Linguistics, Biogeography, Domestication, and Evolution of Maize. Amsterdam: Academic Press. pp. 529–537. ISBN 978-0-1236-9364-8.https://archive.org/details/olmecsamericasfi0000dieh/page/9/mode/1up https://dbe.rah.es/biografias/85636/gonzalo-guerrero Ida Altman, et al., The Early History of Greater Mexico, Pearson, 2003https://archive.org/details/historyofmexico00burt https://mediateca.inah.gob.mx/repositorio/islandora/object/pintura%3A4293 https://read.dukeupress.edu/hahr/article/41/2/206/160127/Early-Psychological-Warfare-in-the-Hidalgo-Revolt http://cdigital.dgb.uanl.mx/la/1020001404_C/1020001408_T5/1020001408.pdf a href="https://www.natalietaylor.org/post/a-mexican-poet-forever-remembered" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    41 min

  4. JUN 9

    Nepal and Sayaun Thunga Phulka

    Here are my sources, notes, and reading for the episode. Thanks for listening folks https://myrepublica.nagariknetwork.com/news/3513/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2Gne3UHKHs https://archive.org/details/nepal0000bhat https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_National_Review/xDUFAAAAQAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA609&printsec=frontcover https://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/ancientnepal/pdf/ancient_nepal_154_02.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20080906154632/http://www.tki.org.nz/r/socialscience/curriculum/SSOL/hillary/campII_e.php https://www.google.com/books/edition/Nepal/-aArqOqBGBQC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA32&printsec=frontcover https://www.recordnepal.com/the-making-of-the-gorkha-empire-part-i-%E2%80%93-land https://www.britannica.com/place/Nepal/History https://web.archive.org/web/20161220102904/http://nepalarmy.mil.np/history.php?page=three https://www.google.com/books/edition/Democratic_Innocations_in_Nepal/MX22o4PJ3Q0C?hl=en https://www.google.com/books/edition/Thapa_Politics_in_Nepal/7PP1yElRzIUC?hl=en https://sites.ff.cuni.cz/praguepapers/wp-content/uploads/sites/16/2017/09/Matteo_Miele_90-101.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140314133047/http://archives.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=22110 https://web.archive.org/web/20160610120116/http://www.enayapatrika.com/2016/06/68136 https://thehimalayantimes.com/kathmandu/nepal-national-anthem-composer-amber-gurung-dies-79/ a...

    33 min

  5. MAY 15

    Cote d'Ivoire and L’Abidjanaise

    https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=11500+miles https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cote-divoire/ https://www.rfi.fr/fr/contenu/20100301-histoire-meconnue-hymnes-nationaux-africains https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/36260719 https://www.france24.com/en/20100214-1960-year-independence https://www.nytimes.com/1960/07/12/archives/4-african-states-attain-freedom-france-gives-independence-to-ivory.html https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/200302180100.html Walckenaer, Charles-Athanase (1827). Histoire générale des voyages ou Nouvelle collection des relations de voyages par mer et par terre (in French). Vol. 8. Paris: Lefèvre.https://worldrainforests.com/20cotedivoire.htm https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&glossary=yes&alpha=C https://academic.oup.com/afraf/article-abstract/45/180/152/30285?redirectedFrom=PDF https://scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2223-03862012000200002#:~:text=In%201879%20a%20blacksmith%2C%20Tetteh,sold%20to%20local%20African%20farmers. https://bantuchocolate.com/our-journey/history-of-cacao-from-south-america-to-west-africa/ https://books.google.com/books?id=JO3n-ui4VvEC&pg=PA210#v=onepage&q&f=false https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.apanews.net%2Fnews%2Ffr%2Farticle.php%3Fid%3D817716#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url https://news.abidjan.net/articles/405751/index a href="https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https%3A%2F%2Fafrica.la-croix.com%2Fmgr-pierre-marie-coty-leveque-parolier-de-lhymne-national-ivoirie%2F#federation=archive.wikiwix.com&tab=url" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    32 min

  6. APR 2

    Samoa and The Banner of Freedom

    I know, I know. WWI started in 1914 and not 1948 but that is the year that Samoa was granted self governance. It was in my head and I didn't notice until after I edited the entire thing and I lack the time to go back and add me saying the correct date. Here are the sources: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-318925666/view?sectionId=nla.obj-333096340&partId=nla.obj-318987683#page/n81/mode/1up https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/218049060 https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-317352062/view?sectionId=nla.obj-330039968&partId=nla.obj-317363860#page/n0/mode/1up http://www.paclii.org/ws/legis/consol_act_2019/ofanaosa1994308/ https://moanaleilua.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/o-au-o-le-samoa/ https://catholicoutlook.org/fr-tovia-bears-sign-jesus-died-samoa/ https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/98436 https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L6Y8-RJV/malotuto%27atasi-iiga-sauni-ioane-kuresa-1901-1978 https://natlib.govt.nz/records/35402307?search%5Bi%5D%5Bcategory%5D=Music+Score&search%5Bpath%5D=items&search%5Btext%5D=samoa https://symbolhunt.com/samoa/national-anthem/ https://books.openedition.org/pacific/126#:~:text=Conversion%20made%20easy%20by%20the,to%20be%20accepted%20in%20Samoa. https://pmcarchive.aut.ac.nz/pacific-media-watch/samoa-auckland-helps-50th-anniversary-independence-celebrations-7964.html https://signum-crucis.tumblr.com/post/25281842452/samoan-national-anthem-the-banner-of-freedom https://slideplayer.com/slide/6127236/ https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=9410+miles a href="https://www.thecoconet.tv/songbook/learn-language-songs-from-the-pacific/the-national-anthem-of-samoa-samoa-tulai/" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    32 min

  7. MAR 3

    Scotland and Flower of Scotland

    A couple of my favorite people come Scotland. James Clerk Maxwell, I did an undergrad in physics and have stood on this man's grave in Westminster. Billy Connelly, perhaps the funniest living person. And Michael Marshall of many things but I'll plug the Be Reasonable podcast, he is the most patient of men. Here are my notes, hope you hear me again folks: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-13520689 https://web.archive.org/web/20090215011908/http://rsno.org.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=1 https://www.scotsman.com/sport/scottish-national-anthem-lyrics-and-origins-4280559 https://web.archive.org/web/20060210055101/http://www.scottishtartans.org/tartan.html https://lyricstranslate.com/en/flower-scotland-flouer-o-scotland.html https://web.archive.org/web/20100829194041/http://www.corries.com/news.php https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090308/http://www.theballadeersscotland.com/scots/cft_01.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/sportacademy/hi/sa/rugby_union/features/newsid_2650000/2650581.stm https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/on-this-day-in-1990-flower-of-scotland-composer-roy-williamson-dies-1469958 https://www.oxforddnb.com/display/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-70397 https://www.historyscotland.com/history/corries-singer-roy-williamson-died-on-this-day-in-history/ https://www.heraldscotland.com/default_content/12431850.flower-scotland-first-choice-rsno-anthem-poll/ https://www.90min.com/posts/scotland-national-anthem-flower-of-scotland-lyrics-explained http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4837078.stm a...

    29 min

  8. FEB 5

    Lesotho and Lesotho Fatse La Bontata Rona

    Thanks for listening folks. Here are my sources: https://www.titlemax.com/discovery-center/lifestyle/the-100-smallest-countries-in-the-world/ https://web.archive.org/web/20190421164229/https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/1800s https://www.timeslive.co.za/sunday-times/lifestyle/2018-02-17-black-panther-director-ryan-cooglers-a-fan-of-lesotho--isixhosa/ https://web.archive.org/web/20170603184100/http://maliba-lodge.com/blanketwrap/2010/lesotho-stories/the-history-of-the-basotho-traditional-blanket/ https://afropunk.com/2018/02/controversy-around-black-panthers-supposed-appropriation-shows-necessity-pan-africanism/ Albert Burckhardt and Rudolf Wackernagel : Basel Yearbook 1890 . C. Detloff's bookstore, Basel 1890, p. 94.Hermann Mendel: Musical Conversations Lexicon. An encyclopedia of the entire musical sciences . Sixth volume. Robert Oppenheim, Berlin 1876, p. 263: https://archive.org/stream/musikalischesco09reisgoog#page/n270/mode/2up .without author]: Swiss Music Festival in Basel from July 6th to 9th . In: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 13 (1840), pp. 59–60 ( entire review, pp. 59 f. and 67 f.Albert Brutsch: From Work Song to National Anthem . In: Lesotho. Notes and Records 9 (1970/1971), p. 8.https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2013/05/16/a-revealing-map-of-the-worlds-most-and-least-ethnically-diverse-countries/Machobane, L. B.; Karschay, Stephan (1990). Government and Change in Lesotho, 1800-1966: A Study of Political Institutions. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-51570-9.https://www.ideabooks.nl/9783856168742-our-land-lesotho-s-swiss-national-anthem https://www.google.com/books/edition/Historical_Dictionary_of_Lesotho/B2TWVN92hYYC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA399&printsec=frontcover http://www.lesothoembassy.ie/component/content/article/14-about/29-about-lesotho.html a href="https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Laws_of_Lesotho/wcQ-AQAAIAAJ?hl=en" rel="noopener noreferrer"...

    29 min
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What's the story with national anthems? Well, that depends entirely on the anthem. From the wildly mundane to the historically significant and every what else. In each episode I'll tease out the story of a song that helps tell the story of a nation. The connections between them will be a surprise and if I've figured this out you will be entertained. Questions, comments complaints, and corrections (please tell me where I'm wrong!) can get to me at anthemspod@gmail.com or at +1 (203) 759-8375

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  • Creator
    Patrick Maher
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2024
  • Episodes
    20
  • Rating
    Clean
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    © Copyright 2024 Patrick Maher
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