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In every life, there are pivotal moments that help define a person, a country, a world. This week, the US and the world commemorated the 25th anniversary of the events of September 11, 2001. I was only a mile and a half away from the World Trade Center, up Fifth [...] Continue reading Remembrance at RadioSpiral.

Today’s edition of I Scream Sunday is inspired by “Full Fathom Five” (Ariel’s Song) from Shakespeare’s Tempest. We explore bells, the ocean, the siren song of love, and more. Conni St. Pierre: “Bells of the Sea” (Beneath the Waves: Legends of Lost Cities) Robert Dorschel: “If she’s my siren, then [...] Continue reading Shipwreck at RadioSpiral.

Food is sustenance, and so much more. It provides comfort, warmth, perhaps memories of home. Today let’s play with our food! In the second hour, the live set — somewhat abbreviated — is called Telicherry Heat. An homage to Lucette Bourdin’s “Pondicherry Heat”, this set celebrates the humble black peppercorn. [...] Continue reading The Four Seasonings at RadioSpiral.

I Scream Sunday is back today with a program about history and memory. Skroink is getting involved in a beautiful and difficult oral history project in the American South. Without getting into details (because I can’t), it’s going to be fraught to say the least. The conversations so far have [...] Continue reading Living Memory at RadioSpiral.

Today is Mother’s Day in the United States. Our relationships with our mothers can be complex, or beautiful, or comforting, or even nonexistent. But one fact remains: we are only here because of them. We often take that for granted. A mother’s hands are always busy; they do so much. [...] Continue reading Hands of the Mothers at RadioSpiral.

This long overdue episode highlights the music of Norwegian composer Erik Wøllo, whose album Snow Tides was released in early March of this year. He has been composing and performing since 1980, and his musical range is wide indeed — from rock and jazz to experimental electronic and classical music. His [...] Continue reading Snow Tides at RadioSpiral.

It takes an extraordinary team of people, with technology that defies imagination, along with exceptional courage, to send humans into space. Each time we do, we contribute to something greater than our individual selves. The successful Artemis II journey reminds us that together we are capable of great achievements when [...] Continue reading The Overview Effect at RadioSpiral.

Wind finding its way through and under doors, window, and other gaps, can be incredibly eerie. This episode explores the wind. ʞu¡0ɹʞS: “Ghosts” (Over. Tone.) This track was crafted from the sound of high wind through heavy steel doors in a studio that ʞu¡0ɹʞS had in Los Angeles years ago. [...] Continue reading A Wind In the Door at RadioSpiral.

Fear and hope often live together in an uneasy collaboration. Today we explore both emotions, and the boundaries between the two. John DuVal: “River of Fear (slight reprise)” (Heavy Water) Nettless: “The Lurking Fear” (From Beyond) Gypsy Witch: “Hopes, Fears and Longing” (Unspoken) Simon Slator: “One Man’s Hope” (Halo) Michael [...] Continue reading Hope and Fear at RadioSpiral.

Last week we did a show called Cold Sun, and in the course of the show I was asked if I were going to play anything by the project called Cold Sun. I confess I had forgotten about this particular project (shame on me!), and we didn’t have any of [...] Continue reading Colder Sun at RadioSpiral.

It’s interesting how random remarks in life cause crazy inspiration. This past week I read a weather update from our local (very skilled) meteorologist who referred to the “cold sun” — and that hooked me. So here’s a very chilly show about the sun in winter, and other types of [...] Continue reading Cold Sun at RadioSpiral.

Today is the full “Snow” moon, shining its cold light on the winter world. Loneward: “Hush Upon the Wind” (Moongate) Conni St. Pierre: “Setting Moon” (Between the Branches: Legends Of The Wild) Roy Mattson: “Melancholy Moon” (Melancholy Moon) Jack Hertz: “Late Last Night We Played With The Moon” (FOURTH WORLD [...] Continue reading Snow Moon at RadioSpiral.

A large swath of the US is covered in dangerous ice and freezing rain this weekend. The ʞu¡0ɹʞS household has taken refuge outside the worst of it, but we know that some others of the RadioSpiral family are stuck in it. So today’s program is all about the ice, and [...] Continue reading Ice Ice Baby at RadioSpiral.

January and February tend to feel disproportionately long after the lights and anticipation of the winter holidays. But there is beauty in the bleakness, too — the quiet and stillness a good reminder that we can slow down for a while, and look inward. Today we feature a variety of [...] Continue reading In the Bleak at RadioSpiral.