Best Sonic Embassy Podcasts (2024)

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Relax: Rain (atmospheres to help you relax or sleep) 1:03:41

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No talking. Just nature. Just rain. Just relax. A peaceful atmosphere for sleep, meditation, relaxation, or a moment of quiet contemplation. This episode offers a sonic sanctuary where the only agenda is to embrace the calming melody of rainfall. Slide into the tranquil embrace of a spring morning with "Morning Rain," an immersive hour-long experie…

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Astrida Neimanis – Interview 34:03

9h ago34:03

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Astrida Neimanis – Interview22 February 2024Zone2Source (Amstelpark), Amsterdam, The NetherlandsHydrofeminist scholar Astrida Neimanis – author of the formative book 'Bodies of Water' (2017) – is interviewed by Sonic Acts curator and editor Hannah Pezzack in the context of Sonic Acts Biennial 2024.Ahead of the workshop Weathering Together, which to…

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Big NEWS! Update: New Home for Food Faves! 1:08

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Our mini-series Food Faves is getting its own dedicated podcast. Coming later this year. Follow it now everywhere you listen, so you're ready when we launch. Search Food Faves (FF) from Sonic Embassy. www.SonicEmbassy.com/ff --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sonicembassy/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcas…

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Fred Carter – Salinity, Logisticality, Field Theory 27:29

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19 May 2023 – Ruigoord, AmsterdamFred Carter’s introductory talk at Maritime Frictions follows hydrological and logistical flows across transitional waters of the IJ estuary and the oil terminals of the Port of Amsterdam. Tracing the emergent turn to fieldwork across practice-based and environmental research, Carter asks: how might we develop pract…

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Liquid Time (Jacob Bolton and Miriam Matthiessen) – Roadstead, Sea Lock, Deepwater Port 24:41

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19 May 2023 – Ruigoord, AmsterdamSpeculating on logistics as a project of time management, Liquid Time’s lecture performance at Maritime Frictions considers processes of distributing, expropriating and configuring planetary time.Based on field research carried out in the IJ estuary to the west of Amsterdam, the duo maps out three sites throughout t…

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Embassy of the North Sea (Frank Bloem and Harpo 't Hart) – Fieldwork Presentation 24:41

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Embassy of the North Sea (Frank Bloem and Harpo 't Hart) – Fieldwork Presentation19 May 2023 – Ruigoord, AmsterdamDuring their fieldwork presentation for Maritime Frictions, Frank Bloem and Harpo 't Hart observed the port of Amsterdam from a chemical point of view, following their nose and ears to smell and listen to the stories of life in the harb…

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Big NEWS! Update: New Home for Pop Culture Icons! 0:55

1y ago0:55

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Aw yeah! Will be available everywhere you listen and here: bio.link/SonicEmbassy --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sonicembassy/messageSupport this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sonicembassy/support

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17 23:03

1y ago23:03

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This is a recurring series that takes a fun look at everyone's real first true love: FOOD! Each episode will examine a different popular culinary favorite from around the world. In this episode: Pasta. With early roots in Asia, its popularity flourished in Italy by the 14th century wait do you even care about any of that? Probably not-you just wann…

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16 24:27

1+ y ago24:27

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Season 3 premiere! Welcome to a new mini-series. This new series is all about that time, that moment, when we heard something, saw something, or learned something, that totally changed the way we viewed it, from that day onward. Maybe you’re glad your eyes were opened. Maybe you wish you never knew, and now it’s ruined for you. In this episode: Whi…

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Mint Park – Latent Amongst the Air 31:04

1+ y ago31:04

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Latent Amongst the Air by Mint Park27 October 2022 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsIn her opening presentation and performance for Night Air: Breathing with Clouds, sound and new media artist Mint Park expands on her fascination with drift, noise and dissipation, discusses the making of her Sonic Acts commission 'Turbulence Studies: Latent Among…

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Season 3 is Coming! 1:56

1+ y ago1:56

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No, PCPBSE has not been abandoned, thanks for asking tho (I think). Season 3 is in development with a premiere in early 2023! We will have more of your favorite mini series like: Food Faves. Each Food Faves episode will examine a different popular culinary favorite from around the world. Milky Way Marvels. Exploring the fascinating wonders of our g…

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Daphina Misiedjan – The Right to Water 20:47

1+ y ago20:47

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The Right to Water by Daphina MisiedjanSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsFollowing that question of our (Western) attitude towards water, Daphina Misiedjan explores its being as a right. As researcher of environmental justice and human rights, she looks at drinkwater as a fundamental life source and its …

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Mikki Stelder – Maritime Imagination 19:58

1+ y ago19:58

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Maritime Imagination by Mikki StelderSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThinking of the future imaginary of water invites a journey back into its unsettled past. In 1609, Dutch East India Company lawyer and state ideologue Hugo de Groot crafted the notion of ‘mare liberum’, or the free sea, turning the oc…

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Kent Chan – Five Stories on Heat 30:10

1+ y ago30:10

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Five Stories on Heat by Kent ChanSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands‘Five Stories on Heat’ is a storytelling performance by Kent Chan that ruminates upon art's shared histories and futures with heat. The performance blends narratives of artmaking during the Vietnam War, Malayan and Hopi myths, with potent…

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Nishat Awan – Atlas Otherwise 29:59

1+ y ago29:59

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Atlas Otherwise by Nishat AwanSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsWhile there have been many attempts to think and make maps differently, the atlas is usually understood as a compendium of maps rather than a form of knowledge production. How can we rethink and remake the atlas otherwise to tell stories tha…

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Ola Hassanain – Spatial Acts: Geographies of Absence and Waithood 31:36

1+ y ago31:36

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Spatial Acts: Geographies of Absence and Waithood by Ola HassanainSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsArchitecture situates ‘building’ as an ecological ‘emptying’ of territories and an infrastructure for continuous cycles of ‘catastrophe’, such as forced migration. One thing that remains in the wake of cat…

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Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou & Agnès Villette – Transient Marshlands, Permanent Progress 30:06

1+ y ago30:06

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Transient Marshlands, Permanent Progress – Geographies of Uncertainty by Kyveli Mavrokordopoulou & Agnès VilletteSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsOn the shores of France, Belgium, and the Netherlands lie three nuclear installations forming an eclectic nuclear geography. Gravelines, Doel and Borssele nuc…

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Maryam Monalisa Gharavi – Dirt, Debt, Death, Data 30:04

1+ y ago30:04

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Dirt, Debt, Death, Data by Maryam Monalisa GharaviSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsOil, the 20th century’s most important non-renewable resource, lies at the centre of discourses on ecological peril and financial oppression, though its colonialist history has faded from view. In a lecture performance en…

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Thomas Lamers (Collectief Walden) – ISLAND 12:50

1+ y ago12:50

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ISLAND by Thomas Lamers (Collectief Walden)SONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsResisting or allowing, the sea floods the land sooner or later. Not more than 250 years from now, the drowning of Amsterdam is going to be a fact, performance collective Walden foretells. Their performative installation EILAND, …

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Aura Satz – The Future Waters of the Storm Surge 20:44

1+ y ago20:44

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The Future Waters of the Storm Surge by Aura SatzSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202216 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsFrom the perspective of the Oosterscheldekering – a protective barrier that connects the Zeeland islands and is designed to protect the Netherlands from flooding from the North Sea – water is a threat, a potential source o…

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Nerea Calvillo – Sensing Polluted Airs 32:43

1+ y ago32:43

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Sensing Polluted Airs by Nerea CalvilloSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202215 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsGeoengineering projects sustain a state of affairs. But how can we think about infrastructures designed to deal with polluted air in the world we all share? Maybe by testing other modes of paying attention, treating or engaging with…

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Antonia Alampi – ‘Everywhere is a here, isn’t it?’ On Toxic Entanglements 34:59

1+ y ago34:59

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‘Everywhere is a here, isn’t it?’ On Toxic Entanglements by Antonia AlampiSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202215 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands‘Human actors strive to interpret, define, or contain the toxic, but how are they also acted upon? Or [...] what happens when the dump is in us? What is the duality of contamination that emerges wh…

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Sophie Dyer & Sasha Engelmann (open-weather) – when we image the earth, we imagine another 30:44

1+ y ago30:44

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when we image the earth, we imagine another by Sophie Dyer & Sash Engelmann (open-weather)SONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202215 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The Netherlands‘As the weather image grew, Miel’s consciousness expanded, bending to the curvature of the Earth. Far from an out-of-body experience, the feeling was one of being profoundly situate…

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Angeliki Balayannis – Public Experiments in Chemical Regulation 30:09

1+ y ago30:09

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Public Experiments in Chemical Regulation by Angeliki BalayannisSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202215 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsIndustrial chemicals form the infrastructure of modern life. The regulation of these chemicals – in particular the dominant permission-to-pollute regime – is built on logics that produce environmental and ep…

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Mary Maggic – Performing the Sublime Sea of Co-Mattering 25:50

1+ y ago25:50

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Performing the Sublime Sea of Co-Mattering by Mary MaggicSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202215 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsThrough years of research through public ‘workshopologies’ on the project Open Source Estrogen, biohacking methodologies have proven to serve far more than spreading didactic knowledge. These protocols, which produ…

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Dani Admiss – Sunlight Doesn’t Need a Pipeline 30:20

1+ y ago30:20

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Sunlight Doesn’t Need a Pipeline by Dani AdmissSONIC ACTS BIENNIAL 202215 October 2022 – Likeminds, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDani Admiss looks at how a collaborative climate justice project Sunlight Doesn’t Need a Pipeline initiates a collective rethink about what forms of repair are needed in the art sector and beyond. The current solutions of cl…

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Hannah Mevis – Filtered Clouds_do not store in container 23:35

2y ago23:35

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Filtered Clouds_do not store in container by Hannah Mevis27 May 2022 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsAlthough a vast body of water is present in the air at all times, clouds are only perceptible by a careful combination of distance, moisture density, and light. Mist and fog, despite causing low visibility, are a way for earth-bound critters to e…

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15 15:31

2y ago15:31

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Season 2 finale! Welcome to the first episode of a new mini-series. This new series is all about that time, that moment, when we heard something, or saw something, or learned something, that totally changed the way we viewed it, from that day onward. Maybe you’re glad your eyes were opened. Maybe you wish you never knew, and now it’s ruined it for …

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Félix Blume – Desierto 18:58

2y ago18:58

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NIGHT AIR: SHIFTING SANDSFélix Blume – Desierto22 April 2022 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsFélix Blume’s talk and ‘Desierto’ (2021, 24’) listening session transported the audience to Altiplano Potosino in central Mexico, a major gold and silver mining hub. Commissioned by ARTE Radio, the piece is filled with recordings from these elevated plai…

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Jeff Diamanti – Phosphate Futures: Body, Territory, Mutiny 38:46

2y ago38:46

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NIGHT AIR: SHIFTING SANDSJeff Diamanti – Phosphate Futures: Body, Territory, Mutiny22 April 2022 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsIn his talk ‘Phosphate Futures: Body, Territory, Mutiny’, Jeff Diamanti unfolds the figurative force of elemental phosphorus across four fields on Earth: Amsterdam, the Netherlands; Port of Elizabeth, South Africa; Laâ…

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Michaela Büsse – Granular Grammar 36:51

2y ago36:51

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NIGHT AIR: SHIFTING SANDSMichaela Büsse – Granular Grammar22 April 2022 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsMichaela Büsse’s lecture and performative reading unearths how sand has become one of the Netherlands’ most important resources and focuses on the country’s centuries-long history of land reclamation. She will present clips from her new film t…

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Louis Braddock Clarke & Zuzanna Zgierska – Out of Focus 43:47

2y ago43:47

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Out of Focus: Down the Crimson Cliffs, past the Fjord of the Dead, over the Signal Mountain by Louis Braddock Clarke & Zuzanna Zgierska31 March 2022 – Ot301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsIn a talk about their audiovisual project, ‘Out of Focus’, Louis Braddock Clarke and Zuzanna Zgierska track down the widely dispersed fragments of a meteorite that fe…

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14 35:58

2y ago35:58

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If you haven't already, listen to PART 1 first! (Episode 13) A much anticipated new movie starring DC Comic's Batman is finally upon us. Are you ready?!? In this episode, we continue our fun look into one of the world's most iconic and popular comic book characters. Do you think you know Batman? What is it about him that makes him so popular among …

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13 32:01

2y ago32:01

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A much anticipated new movie starring DC Comic's Batman is finally upon us. Are you ready?!? In this episode, we take a fun look into one the world's most iconic and popular comic book characters. What is it about him that makes him so popular among so many people young & older? Let’s do some detective work of our own, and explore the world of Bruc…

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12 37:40

2+ y ago37:40

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French Fries, fries, pommes frites, papas fritas or whatever you choose to call this fried potato perfection, there is no denying that it is delicious and one of the most popular foods on the planet. In this episode, we have fun exploring this favored culinary masterpiece and it's variations around the world, from Belgium to the US and even Venezue…

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Yann Leguay – Technical Involution 36:53

2+ y ago36:53

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NIGHT AIR: SHOCK WAVESTechnical Involution by Yann Leguay5 November 2021 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsIn his lecture ‘Technical Involution’, artist Yann Leguay speaks to the dematerialisation of sound and the evolving effects of interfaces. He follows with a performance of ‘Volta’, based on an electrical arc produced by a plasma speaker so po…

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Elena Cohen – Sonic Weapons and Policing: A New York City Case Study 18:41

2+ y ago18:41

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NIGHT AIR: SHOCK WAVESElena Cohen – Sonic Weapons and Policing: A New York City Case Study5 November 2021 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSonic weapons like the Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), ‘roof knocking’, or ‘music torture’ are frequently used as part of the arsenal of state violence. During Night Air: Shock Waves, Elena Cohen presented …

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María Edurne Zuazu – Between Shouting and Shooting 15:06

2+ y ago15:06

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NIGHT AIR: SHOCK WAVESMaría Edurne Zuazu – Between Shouting and Shooting5 November 2021 – OT301, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsIn her talk ‘Between Shouting and Shooting’, María Edurne Zuazu introduces sonic weapons like the Long-Range Acoustic Device (LRAD), ‘roof knocking’, or ‘music torture', which rely on high-intensity and focused sound to suppres…

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11 32:10

2+ y ago32:10

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For many of us growing up, The Arcade was one of the most anticipated and fun places to go. In Part 2, we go a little 'behind the scenes' on them. Plus, if you stopped going to the arcade-why? That and more, so take a chill pill and enjoy this totally rad episode! (If you haven't listened to part 1, please do it). Any link you could possibly need i…

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10 30:25

2+ y ago30:25

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Let’s talk about childhood, growing up...It was all about, Saturday morning cartoons and hanging out with your friends, mainly at their house, and depending on the decade in which you grew up, at the Skating Rink, at the Mall, and...at the Arcade! This episode we're taking you back! Like totally! Any link you could possibly need is here: bio.link/S…

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Season 2 Coming Soon...right? 1:44

3y ago1:44

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I know its been a while since we’ve put out a new episode, and, lets just say that we took a few months off to pick up a couple of awards, no big deal. We are very honored to have won a Platinum MUSE Creative award for audio...a Communicator Award in the Society & Culture podcasts category...AND, we snagged a top 5 Best local podcast in the annual …

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Night Air: Soil Samples 2:18:08

3y ago2:18:08

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NIGHT AIR: SOIL SAMPLES24 April 2021 - Online TransmissionSoil Samples gathers four artists and researchers for performances, presentations and discussions addressing the topic of soil and its geopolitical, colonial, and bodily entanglements. The panel is made up of sound artist Felicity Mangan, researcher and 'tiny miner' Martin Howse, biogeochemi…

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What even is PCPBSE?? 2:54

3y ago2:54

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Curious? Find out more about this show. :-) I love you and I hope you'll listen more soon. This is: Podcast. Presented by Sonic Embassy (PCPBSE). Any link you could possibly need is here: bio.link/SonicEmbassy www.SonicEmbassy.com/podcast Buy Me A Tea --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/sonicembassy/messageSupport t…

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09 21:54

3y ago21:54

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In what started out as an ordinary evening, one person's revelation turned into an interesting discussion/debate about one of the worlds favorite foods: Pasta! Did you know that there are hundreds of pasta shapes?! But even more fascinating than that is the idea that the pasta shape is significant....or is it? Before you start your next pasta recip…

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Exhaust – A Roundtable Discussion on Oil and Data 1:33:58

3y ago1:33:58

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EXHAUST – A ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON OIL AND DATA27 February 2021 - Online TransmissionCurated by Sonic Acts OVEREXPOSED artistic research resident, writer and theorist Maryam Monalisa Gharavi, Exhaust features political and environmental anthropologist Omolade Adunbi, media artist and programmer Ryan Kuo, artist and geographer Helen Pritchard and …

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08 36:19

3+ y ago36:19

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Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, the Sun...these are all names we are very familiar with. How about the name TRAPPIST-1? In this ongoing astronomy series we call Milky Way Marvels, we explore some of the wonders of our galaxy. This time, let's take a look at the wonderful world of red dwarfs and exoplanets. This is podcast. Presented by Sonic Embassy (…

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07 49:27

3+ y ago49:27

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Since 1999 the little absorbent and yellow and porous Sponge and his zany cast of characters have brought joy and laughter to several generations through over 12 seasons of the animated show and movies. In this latest episode in an ongoing series, we have some laughs discussing, SpongeBob SquarePants. This is podcast. Presented by Sonic Embassy (PC…

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06 50:05

3+ y ago50:05

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Food...who doesn't love it? It comes in endless varieties, flavors, and levels of deliciousness. In this first episode of a brand NEW series, we call: Food Faves, we have fun exploring THE BURRITO and its variations around the Americas & Caribbean. Oh, you WILL be hungry after this. This is: Podcast. Presented by Sonic Embassy. Buy Me A Tea Any lin…

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05 46:54

3+ y ago46:54

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The Red Planet. Earthlings have been fascinated with Mars since ancient times...But why the, dare we say, obsession? And, when? In this ongoing series, we explore some of the wonders of our galaxy. This time, let's take a trip to Mars. This is: Podcast. Presented by Sonic Embassy (PCPBSE). Any link you could possibly need is here: bio.link/SonicEmb…

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04 (S1E4 redacted) 1:08:07

3+ y ago1:08:07

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Note: This episode will be updated. For now please listen to episodes 13 & 14. With more than 80 years of stories, he is one the most popular comic book characters ever created. But just as iconic as the Dark Knight himself, is Batman's universe...the Bat-Family, the villains, and the city he is driven to defend. As promised, in this episode we're …

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