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Hear Newly Rediscovered Music by Erik Satie on the 100th Anniversary of His Death
If asked to name our favorite French composer of the late nineteenth or early twentieth century, most of us would…
Hear the World’s Oldest Instrument, the “Neanderthal Flute,” Dating Back Over 43,000 Years
Several years ago, we brought you a transcription and a couple of audio interpretations of the oldest known song in…
Hear Alan Watts’s 1960s Prediction That Automation Will Necessitate a Universal Basic Income
One of the most propulsive forces in our social and economic lives is the rate at which emerging technology transforms every sphere…
Hear the Letter of Gratitude That Albert Camus Wrote to His Teacher After Winning the Nobel Prize, as Read by Footballer Ian Wright
When Albert Camus won the Nobel Prize, he wrote a letter to one of his old schoolteachers. “I let the…
Hear What Shakespeare Sounded Like in the Original Pronunciation
What did Shakespeare’s English sound like to Shakespeare? To his audience? And how can we know such a thing as…
Caitlin Clark says it was too loud to hear alleged racial comments but supports WNBA investigation
INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark says it was too loud inside Gainbridge Fieldhouse for her to hear racial…
The Cleanest Recordings of 1920s Louis Armstrong Songs You Will Ever Hear
On Youtube, jazz enthusiast Jonathan Holmes declares: “I can guarantee this is the cleanest sounding Louis Armstrong record you’ll ever…
Hear the First Recording of the Human Voice (1860)
When inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville sang a nursery rhyme into his phonoautogram in 1860, he had no plans to…
Hear the World’s Oldest Known Song, “Hurrian Hymn No. 6” Written 3,400 Years Ago
Do you like old timey music? Splendid. You can’t get more old timey than Hurrian Hymn No. 6, which was…