Episode 162: A Strange Land

Published: April 21, 2020, 1:56 a.m.

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Music

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  • Ruth and Sylvie from Daniel Hart\u2019s score to Ain\u2019t Them Bodies Saints

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  • The Walk from Bernard Hermann\u2019s score to Tender is the Night

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  • Reflector by Bing and Ruth

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  • Requiem from Nico Mulhy\u2019s score to How to Talk to Girls at Parties

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  • Under Siege from Warren Ellis\u2019 score to Mustang

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  • Spaces in Time from Per Nargard and the Stavenger Symphony

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  • Theme de l\u2019eau from Hikaru Hayashi\u2019s score to The Naked Island

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  • Bus Ride from the score to Wildlike

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  • Duke Ellington playing Single Petal from a Rose

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Notes

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  • There\u2019s quite a bit written about Isaac Israel Hayes. You can find his own account of his trip to find the non-existant, open polar sea here.

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  • I owe the Detroit newspaper quote to this excellent article by Albin Kowaleweski.

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