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Music

Unsayable by Brambles.
Kola - Lighthouse Version by amiina
A Nearer Sun by the Westerlies
Duet, a Steve Reich composition, performed by Daniel Hope.
Reading a Wave by Arp
April by Kanazu Tomoyuki
Latent Sonata by Brian McBride

Notes

The oral history mentioned in this episode is available through the Smithsonian Instittion’’s archives.

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