Job Ranger (Louis Reich) takes us down memory lane with talk on Roller Coaster Tycoon, then a fairy tale from Flemish lands about finches, and last up an experiment in computers in emotion with some robot poetry.

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Episode 139 - Coasters, Finches, and Earth

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Job Ranger (Louis Reich) "Tycoon"

-A Flemish Legend "How The Finch Got Her Colors" (read by Juila Niedermaier)

-Microsoft Hazel "So scary behind the earth"

Music

-Narration: Yuheht - Astral Ocean

-Segment 1: Roller Coaster Tycoon

-Segment 2: Glue70 - Kakuna

-Segment 3: amacchi - keep your chin up out there

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked the Flemish legend, check out LibriVox:

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If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Yuheht, Glue70, and amacchi:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://orikamirecords.bandcamp.com/album/modal-view-ep

https://soundcloud.com/Yuheht

https://glue70.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/glue70

https://amacchi.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/amacchi

If you liked Yuheht be sure listen to the other artists on Orikami Records:

http://www.orikamirecords.com/

https://soundcloud.com/orikami

If you liked Glue70 listen to the other artists on Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Mary Howitt's words on Corn-fields starts this episode of Comatose, then John Bauer shares some of his daily struggles, and last up are some of the final public words of Douglas MacArthur.

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Episode 138 - Corn, Frustration, and MacArthur

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Eddie Castillo

Contributors

-Mary Howitt "Corn-fields" (read by Linda Fergusan)

-John Bauer "Frustration"

-Douglas MacArthur "1951 Farewell Address"

Music

-Narration: Saib. & Thomas Prime - Sand Castles

-Segment 1: ConsciousThoughts - Shine

-Segment 2: ConscoiusThoughts - Lucid

-Segment 3: Renjā - transmogrify

Art

-John Bauer

Emoji art supplied by EmojiOne:

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If you liked Mary Howitt, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Saib., Thomas Prime, ConscoiusThoughts, and Renjā:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://saibeats.bandcamp.com/releases

https://soundcloud.com/saib_eats

https://thomasprime.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/thomasprime

https://consciousthoughts.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/thoughts-7

https://renja.bandcamp.com/album/oeuvre

https://soundcloud.com/amant9000

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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James Lister Cuthbertson muses on the rising sun down under, then John Bauer has some repeating words to make us think, and last up is a clip from president Dwight D. Eisenhower on the power of the atom.

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Episode 137 - Australia, Church, and The Atom

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-James Lister Cuthbertson "The Australian Sunrise" (read by Joy Chan)

-John Bauer "At Old South Church"

-Dwight D Eisenhower "International Atomic Energy Agency"

Music

-Narration: Deeb - Theme From Endless Sunset

-Segment 1: Made In M - Chinua

-Segment 2: Flughand - Puguliese

-Segment 3: wosX - floating, Shima33 - Game Over

Art

-John Bauer

Emoji art supplied by EmojiOne:

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Atom image supplied by Wikimedia Commons:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=165873

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If you liked James Lister Cuthbertson, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Deeb, Made In M, Flughand, wosX, and Shima33:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

http://www.phonophanatic.nl/

https://phonophanatic.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/deeb

https://chillhop.lnk.to/RawCutsBa

https://soundcloud.com/madeinm

https://flughand.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/flughand

https://soundcloud.com/wolfensteinosx

http://wolfensteinosx.bandcamp.com/

http://shima33.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/shima33

If you liked Deeb, Made In M, and Flughand to the other artists on Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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John Burrough's The Bluebird starts off this week's episode, then John Bauer takes a look at change and time, and last up Job Ranger opens up about political outrage in these times.

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Episode 136 - Bluebird, Time, and Outrage

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-John Burroughs "The Bluebird" (read by Alan Davis Drake)

-John Bauer "Everything Changes in Time"

-Job Ranger (Louis Reich) "Outrage"

Music

-Narration: Deeb - Flakes

-Segment 1: The Deli - Breeze

-Segment 2: Plusma - Bistro (Intro)

-Segment 3: (Koi)コイ。 - Falling Apart

Art

-Bashir Harrell

Emoji art supplied by EmojiOne:

http://emojione.com/

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If you liked John Burroughs, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Deeb, The Deli, Plusma, and (Koi)コイ。:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

http://www.phonophanatic.nl/

https://phonophanatic.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/deeb

https://www.thedelimusic.com/

https://thedeli.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/the-deli

https://plusma.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/plusma

https://pondofkoifish.bandcamp.com/music

https://soundcloud.com/pond-of-koi-fish

If you liked Deeb, The Deli, and Plusma to the other artists on Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you liked (Koi)コイ。 take a look at the other artists on Fanservice Collective:

https://soundcloud.com/fanservicecollective

http://fanservice.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Joy Chan reads out a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox on what it takes to make art, then Nayokenza Robyn Oliver tells us about what it feels like to get a bit older, and last up is Aaron Gratton talking about how comedy means different things to different people.

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Episode 135 - Heart, Thirty, and Humor

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

-John Bauer

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Ella Wheeler Wilcox "Art and Heart" (read by Joy Chan)

-Nayokenza Robyn Oliver "The time between 20 and 30"

-Aaron Gratton "Perspectives in Comedy"

Music

-Narration: Ｂａｓｅｄ Ｆｒｅｑｕｅｎｃｙ - Strike back

-Segment 1: ocha - bloom ⚘ ☼

-Segment 2: Renjā - sweet nothings

-Segment 3: CHUNGKING MANSIONS - Cascades, Smog City

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Ella Wheeler Wilcox, check out LibriVox:

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If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Ｂａｓｅｄ Ｆｒｅｑｕｅｎｃｙ, ocha, Renjā, and CHUNGKING MANSIONS:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/based-frequency/id971491927

https://soundcloud.com/b54e

http://soundcloud.com/ochakun

https://noproblematapes.bandcamp.com/album/symphonies-of-inorganic-life

https://soundcloud.com/amant9000

https://chungkingmansions.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/chungkingmansionshk

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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Nayokenza Robyn Oliver joins us today to talk about his history with migraines and how it has made him think differently over the years, then Bashir Harrell tells us about his experience celebrating the Chinese New Year, and last up is Adolph Weich talking about pipe smoking and culture.

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Episode 134 - Migraines, Roosters, and Pipes

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Nayokenza Robyn Oliver "Migraines And Reflections"

-Bashir Harrell "Year of the Rooster"

-Adolph Weich "Pipe Smoking PhD"

Music

-Narration: ELAYEZ - Early Mornings

-Segment 1: RUFDUG - Tendacayou

-Segment 2: cmrmn - vedette

-Segment 3: Blou - Tea

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, ELAYEZ, RUFDUG, cmrmn, and Blou:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://soundcloud.com/itselayez

http://www.rufkutz.net/

https://soundcloud.com/rufdug

https://cindystapes.bandcamp.com/album/tonus-cmrmn-chambry

https://soundcloud.com/cameraman

https://www.facebook.com/bloubeats/

https://soundcloud.com/bloubeats

If you liked ELAYEZ, cmrmn, and Blou listen to the other artists on HIP DOZER:

https://soundcloud.com/hipdozer

https://theartistunion.com/hipdozer

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A recording from a now defunct radio station in the 80s is our first segment with a poem about candles, then a poem by Robert Burton on all that is melancholy, and last up some musing from John Bauer on immersion in video games.

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Episode 133 - KEZX, Melancholy, and Final Fantasy

Editor/mixer

-John Bauer

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-KEZX "The Candle Poem"

-Robert Burton "The Author's Abstract of Melancholy" (read by Alan Davis Drake)

-John Bauer "Pheonix Down"

Music

-Narration: Upper Class - Prcntge

-Segment 1: KEZX Music

-Segment 2: Renjā - The Woman With No Name

-Segment 3: (Koi)コイ。 - You

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Robert Burton, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Upper Class, KEZX Music, Renjā, and (Koi)コイ。:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://upperclasshiphop.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/upper-class-hip-hop

https://renja.bandcamp.com/album/vol-2

https://soundcloud.com/amant9000

http://pondofkoifish.bandcamp.com/

http://soundcloud.com/pond-of-koi-fish

If you liked Upper Class listen to the other artists on DirtyBeauty:

https://drtybeauty.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/drtybeauty

If you liked (Koi)コイ。 take a look at the other artists on Fanservice Collective:

https://soundcloud.com/fanservicecollective

http://fanservice.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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John Bauer adds to his disjointed story, taking a look at a point further along the tale, but not quite at the destination, then Adolph Weich talks about languages in South Africa, and last up Aaron Gratton takes a moment to share his views on how Reddit has dealt with certain issues in its community.

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Episode 132 - Cliffs, Beatboxing, and Community

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-John Bauer "Day 270"

-Adolph Weich "Languages in South Africa"

-Aaron Gratton "Freedom and Hate"

Music

-Narration: ConsciousThoughts - Lonely Rhodes

-Segment 1: n e u r o t i k - the view

-Segment 2: Spaze Windu - Ohne Worte

-Segment 3: Renjā - Ballet

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, ConsciousThoughts, n e u r o t i k, Spaze Windu, and Renjā:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://consciousthoughts.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/thoughts-7

https://neurotikbeats.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/neurotikbeats

https://spazewindu.bandcamp.com/album/fr-her-oder-sp-ter

https://soundcloud.com/spazewindu

https://renja.bandcamp.com/album/solarium-vol-1

https://soundcloud.com/amant9000

If you liked n e u r o t i k and Spaze Wind listen to the other artists on HIP DOZER:

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https://theartistunion.com/hipdozer

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Adolph Weich tells us a little about the linguistic powers of persuasion, then we have a beautiful poem by the great Yeats, and last up is a short love story of sorts by our very own Nizar Babul.

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Episode 131 - Language, Yeats, and Love

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-Adolph Weich "Neurolinguistic Programming"

-William Butler Yeats "He Remembers Forgotten Beauty" (read by Tulip Parker Flanagan)

-Nizar Babul "Love and Loss"

Music

-Narration: (Koi)コイ。 - Distant

-Segment 1: L'indécis - Rekindling

-Segment 2: Shima33 - Rob Boss

-Segment 3: t e l e p a t h - Dream Girl

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked Yeats, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, (Koi)コイ。, L'indécis, Shima33, and t e l e p a t h:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

http://pondofkoifish.bandcamp.com/

http://soundcloud.com/pond-of-koi-fish

https://soundcloud.com/lindecis

https://lindecis.bandcamp.com/

http://shima33.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/shima33

https://soundcloud.com/t-e-l-e-p-a-t-h

http://telepathtelepath.bandcamp.com/

If you liked (Koi)コイ。 take a look at the other artists on Fanservice Collective:

https://soundcloud.com/fanservicecollective

http://fanservice.bandcamp.com/

If you liked L'Indécis listen to the other artists on Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you liked t e l e p a t h be sure to check out the other artists on the label, Dream Catalogue:

https://dreamcatalogue.net/

https://soundcloud.com/dreamcatalogue

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John Bauer joins us this week to share some thoughts on the passing of another year, then Job Ranger (Louis Reich) takes a moment to give us a piece of his own mind, and last up is a poem by D. H. Lawrence on the upcoming New Year's Eve.

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Episode 130 - 2016, Change, and New Year's Eve

Editor/mixer

-Michael Belancourt

Narrator

-Nizar Babul

Contributors

-John Bauer "Another Year"

-Job Ranger (Louis Reich) "A Cup of Kindness"

-D. H. Lawrence "New Year's Eve" (Read by Alan Davis Drake)

Music

-Narration: Moose Dawa - Menti

-Segment 1: FloFilz & Philanthrope - Whitecap

-Segment 2: Aso - Caught in the Rain

-Segment 3: nymano - SP session #2

Art

-Bashir Harrell

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If you liked D. H. Lawrence, check out LibriVox:

https://librivox.org/

If you liked the music be sure to check out Michael Belancourt, Mr. Alexander, Moose Dawa, Flofilz, Philanthrope, Aso, and nymano:

https://soundcloud.com/enfinity

https://soundcloud.com/mr-alexand-er

https://soundcloud.com/moose-dawa

https://moosedawa.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/flofills

https://www.discogs.com/artist/3298939-FloFilz

https://soundcloud.com/philanthrope1

https://philanthrope.bandcamp.com/releases

https://soundcloud.com/aricogle

https://as-og.bandcamp.com/

https://soundcloud.com/nymano

https://nymano.bandcamp.com/

If you liked the music listen to the other artists on Chillhop:

https://soundcloud.com/chillhopdotcom

http://chillhop.bandcamp.com/

If you want to have your music featured on Comatose, send us an email at [email protected] or tweet us @ComatosePodcast.

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