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Radio Lab: The Ring and I

January 16th, 2008 by Steve Bowbrick

I've been meaning to post this mesmerising episode of WNYC's Radio Lab since I listened to it late at night while working through a mountain of New Year washing-up a couple of weeks ago. Maybe it was the drink (drink had been taken) but I think this is the best single radio programme I've heard in years. It's about Wagner's Ring Cycle. Gorgeous, joyful radio (MP3).

Presenter: Jad Abumrad
Producer: Jad Abumrad
Listen: [MP3] [Real]

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9 Responses to “Radio Lab: The Ring and I”

  1. Tom H Says:
    January 17th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    Radio Lab make amazing programmes, really unusual.

  2. dan Says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 7:20 am

    That was completely wonderful. Thanks Steve (and WYNC).

  3. hugh Says:
    January 18th, 2008 at 5:55 pm

    that was a wonderful episode… we’ve got a new sorta edited directory of good audio (aka podcasts) like radiolab, have a look/listen, feedback much appreciated:
    http://earideas.com

  4. Andrew Says:
    January 19th, 2008 at 6:20 pm

    And the 2nd best radio program I’ve heard in years is Radio Lab’s Musical Language” episode.

  5. Andrew Says:
    January 19th, 2008 at 6:21 pm

    Which is here…
    http://www.wnyc.org/shows/radiolab/episodes/2006/04/21

  6. steve Says:
    January 20th, 2008 at 10:26 am

    Hugh, earideas is quite awesome. I think we’ll have to link to you.

  7. roo Says:
    January 20th, 2008 at 10:47 am

    Here here Steve. (Ear, ear, even?). Earideas is now linked from the Speechification blogroll in the sidebar. Thanks Hugh.

  8. hugh Says:
    January 20th, 2008 at 2:57 pm

    thanks steve!

  9. earideas ... the weblog · speechification Says:
    January 20th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

    [...] also roaming the web at large. All sorts of great stuff there. And they say this very nice thing, in a comment thread, about [...]

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