Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We attend to a little discussion by the contrary Wendell Berry on the pleasure necessary to complete all work, even the pleasure found in hard, otherwise unpleasant work. You are invited to attend. (First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio.)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We attend to the story of a successful salesman who hated his job, living a “desensitised” existence. Some interesting musical accompaniment, too. (As heard first on Cambridge 105 Radio.) You are invited to attend.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We attend to Jacques Barzun’s distinction between a pupil, who learns by following directions, and a student, who learns by thinking and experimenting. You are invited to attend. (As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio)
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We go back to the story of Jonah, not quite as simple as it has become in the popular mind: more than just being swallowed by a whale and “vomited up” again. You are invited to attend. [First heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We draw out of the archives a show from 2009, in the first year of Evening under Lamplight, which attends to the coming of Spring, and Spring Energy, with a selection from the Journey through the Seasons CD, Stevenson on “Pan’s Pipes”, Vivaldi, Robert Frost, William Blake, Dylan, the Kinks, and more. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Vintage Neil Henry interview, performance galore. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio0
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We attend to different aspects of performing. Is it hiding your true self, or revealing something deeper in you? A disguise or an expression? You are invited to attend. [First performed on Cambridge 105 Radio]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
After a tribute to the late Geater with the Heater, we offer a Smokey Valentine, with a selection of love songs from Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We attend to the story of Rumpelstiltskin, which, like many other fairy tales, depicts a young woman coming of age. Here she discovers her inner gold, and the power of a name. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
We attend to the theme of “Erotic Gifts”, defining “erotic” in the words of Lewis Hyde as “the principle of attraction, union, involvement which binds together”. Words and music, as usual, from a variety of sources. You are invited to attend. [As heard on Cambridge 105 Radio]
