November 2023 – Page 6

November 8, 2023

Articles of Interest - Chromophobia

Color. Why we need it. Why we fear it. And where its future might lie.

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November 8, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Let Us Descend,’ Jesmyn Ward harnesses the spirituality of an enslaved woman

For the first few years that National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward was writing her new novel, Let Us Descend, she says she really struggled to tap into her main character. Annis is an enslaved Black woman who faces unsurmountable hardships – but she also finds deep comfort in the spirits and elements that surround her. In today's episode, Ward tells NPR's Ayesha Rascoe why she needed to incorporate spirituality into the Southern hellscape Annis faces; and why as hard as it can be to read about slavery, it's also an act of memory and resistance.

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November 7, 2023

Everything Everywhere Daily - Sergei Korolev: The Most Important Russian You’ve Never Heard Of

In the early 1960’s the Soviet space program was on a roll. They launched the first satellite into space. They launched the first man and woman into space. They conducted the first space walk.

Then, around 1966, everything changed.

The momentum they had ground to a halt, and the Americans quickly surpassed them in the space race.

What happened?

Learn more about Sergei Korolev, the most important Russian you probably have never heard of, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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November 7, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens,’ debt takes on many meanings

Hugo Contreras, the protagonist of Raul Palma's new novel, is a babaláwo; he can cleanse evil spirits. Except he doesn't really believe in the whole thing. So when he's able to strike up a deal with a debt collector – get rid of the ghosts in his house in exchange for a clean slate – he assumes he can mostly fake it. In today's episode, Palma joins NPR's Scott Simon to discuss A Haunting in Hialeah Gardens, and how the concept of debt – not just financial, but personal, too – stirs up a lot of trauma for Hugo.

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November 7, 2023

Read Me a Poem - “I Explain a Few Things” by Pablo Neruda

Amanda Holmes reads Pablo Neruda’s “I Explain a Few Things,” translated from the Spanish by Galway Kinnell. Have a suggestion for a poem by a (dead) writer? Email us: podcast@theamericanscholar.org. If we select your entry, you’ll win a copy of a poetry collection edited by David Lehman.

This episode was produced by Stephanie Bastek and features the song “Canvasback” by Chad Crouch.

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November 6, 2023

Everything Everywhere Daily - A Brief History of Digital Audio

Right now, you are listening to the sound of my voice on some sort of digital audio device. In fact, almost all of the audio you consume today was digitally recorded or edited at some point in the process.

But sound is inherently analog. How does sound, the movement of air, become converted into 1s and 0s?

…and once sound is digitally converted, how is it distributed, and how has the digitization of sound changed the business of music and audio?

Learn more about digital audio, how it works,, and how it changed how we consume audio on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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November 6, 2023

NPR's Book of the Day - In ‘Differ We Must,’ NPR’s Steve Inskeep examines Abraham Lincoln’s disagreements

Abraham Lincoln's leadership is often remembered for reaching across the aisle – he tried to find compromises even in the most divisive times. But as successful as he was in saving the union, Lincoln also spent a lot of time agreeing to disagree with those around him. In his new book, Differ We Must, NPR's Steve Inskeep examines Lincoln's life through 16 such confrontations. In today's episode, Inskeep chats with NPR's Scott Simon about how Lincoln strategically positioned himself on issues like slavery, abolition and democracy – even when his own best friend opposed his stances.

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November 5, 2023

Everything Everywhere Daily - Remember, Remember the 5th of November (Encore)

In 1605, members of the Catholic resistance in England hatched a plot that would have completely changed the political landscape of the country. They wanted to blow up the entire parliament and the king on November 5, which they thought would return a Catholic monarch to the throne.

The plotters got caught, and their demise has been celebrated for the last 400 years.

Learn more about Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and why the fifth of November is remembered, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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