A 7,000-year-old Japanese clay pot has managed to remain almost perfectly intact. Pots began in Japan around 17,000 years ago and by the time this pot was made had achieved a remarkable sophistication. This simple clay object makes a fascinating connection between the Japan of today and the emerging world of people in Japan at the end of the Ice Age. What was the significance of agriculture to the Jomon and how did they make their pots?
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A History of the World in 100 Objects: Jomon Pot
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A History of the World in 100 Objects: 004 Swimming Reindeer
Director of the British Museum, Neil MacGregor, narrates 100 programmes that retell humanity’s history through the objects we have made. The series spans two million years of history and uses objects from the British Museum’s collection to tell a history of the world, from the earliest times to the present day. This episode: Found in France and dating back 13,000 years, this is a carving of two swimming reindeer. The creator of this carving was one of the first humans to express their world through art. But why did they do it?
The podcast highlight from Forgotten Classic’s episode 108
Tagged with history archaeology bbc series british museum
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Salmon and Dusk: Out of the Picture, part 1
The best place to begin with Salmon and Dusk (by Myke Bartlett) is the novel How to Disappear Completely (look for it at Podiobooks.com). However, try out this four part story to get a bit of the flavor. Artist Joe Miller is about to hit the big time. But on opening night for his first exhibition, a stranger tells him to stop painting. If he doesn’t, he’ll unleash something terrible on an unsuspecting world. For Joe, this idea might be too intriguing to resist. (http://feeds.feedburner.com/mykebartlett)
This week’s podcast highlight on Forgotten Classic’s episode 107.
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Memories of the Futurecast: Episode 1
Wil Wheaton reads and comments upon excerpts from his newly published book. (Though it was not published at the time this episode came out.) As always, Wheaton honestly earns his explicit tag.
http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/memories-of-the-futurecast/
Highlighted on EP 105 of Forgotten Classics
Tagged with excerpt nonfiction star trek next generation book wil wheaton
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Radio Free Burrito: Episode 16
From Wil Wheaton: Some music, some musings, some stuff that earns the explicit tag. So, the usual then.
Highlighted on EP 105 of Forgotten Classics.
Tagged with music musings wil wheaton
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Catholic Laboratory: Dear Sir David Attenborough …
In this episode of we address Sir David Attenborough’s call for population control as featured in BBC2’s Science programme Horizon on 9th Dec 2009. (http://www.catholiclab.net)
A commentary with helpful tips in dealing with the important global issues that the show brought up. Also, a look at the many things that Sir David Attenborough either glossed over or DIDN’T say in his gloom-and-doom show.
Tagged with science population control food supply water supply
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Nova Star Hunters: Episode 1
"After listening to the first episode I would almost guess Nova Star Hunters was more inspired by The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy or Red Dwarf …" sez Jesse from SFFaudio where I found this hilarious, inspired, clever audio drama (can you tell I loved episode 1?). Give it a try with those two examples in mind.
Jesse’s review: http://www.sffaudio.com/?p=14644 Nova Star Hunters feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/novastarhunters
Tagged with audio drama space opera humor adventure science fiction
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The Curious Case of the Hypnotists’ Christmas Tree
When two master hypnotists clash only one will be left standing. And when a Christmas tree is involved all bets are off. Adam Maxwell’s Christmas story. Also check his site for free ebook downloads of his other short stories. (http://www.adammaxwell.com/)
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Radio Free Burrito: Episode 14
Two songs, one very short story, some truly humorous DJ-ish patter, and a whole lotta explicit language … from Wil Wheaton. Ohhhh, yes, and Elliot Gould! (http://radiofreeburrito.com/)
Tagged with wil wheaton podsafe music figlet story horror story
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NYC History 95: Tin Pan Alley and the birth of modern popular music
The Bowery Boys look at where the modern music industry began…. on 28th Street? A seemingly nondescript street in midtown Manhattan contains some of the most important buildings where early American pop music was created.
Tin Pan Alley was a bustling and frenzied area, the most creative area of the city, with songwriters — and song pluggers — churning out iconic music. Sing along as we talk about the greatest songwriters and the process they went through to create the most influential tunes of the century. (http://theboweryboys.blogspot.com/)
Tagged with music pop music new york city history
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