The Sill

The Sill

By Peter Noce & Harry PosnerSociety & CultureTechnologyArts
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The Sill episodes

  • TSP079 - Time Trek: Spanning the Ages.
    Arcing back through time, we explore the architectural and social impact of ‘the arch’ over the centuries, on our civilizations, and its symbolic resonance.

    Duration: 22:46

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube - Ancient History: Rome If You Want To, The Pantheon (EP2) - Drive Thru History

    Music Credit: Licensed & Royalty Free by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) - Crossing the Chasm
    23 min
  • TSP078 - New Year, New Self: I resolve.
    In the face of the inevitability of accelerating change, how in the world can we positively integrate these shifts, while maintaining a true sense of self?

    Duration - 28:06

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube - Terence McKenna: Trust Yourself

    Music Credit: Charles Wright & The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself
    29 min
  • TSP077 - The Sill Podcast 2018 In Review: Cogent clips.
    Our first full year of podcasting spanned a diverse landscape of ideas, interlacing the large and serious with the profane and fun, as reflected in the excerpts included in this podcast.

    Duration - 27:48

    VoxBox: Podcast clips from ‘The Sill’ episodes recorded in 2018

    Music Credit: Frank Sinatra - It Was a Very Good Year
    28 min
  • TSP076 - So, you think you can podcast? You can.
    The reality of podcasting is a bit more complicated than talking into a microphone. Taking an initial idea to a finished product, entails a variety of considerations, from topics to technical requirements to content delivery.

    Duration: 34:44

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube - On podcasting

    Music Credit: Bonnie Raitt - Something To Talk About
    35 min
  • TSP075 - Resistance Is Futile: Zoomers tackle tech.
    Seniors are tackling the challenges of technology to remain connected and relevant. Overcoming fears and learning obstacles have become part of yet another phase of life.

    Duration: 28:44

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube - Woody Allen

    Music Credit: Jimmy Durante - Young At Heart
    29 min
  • TSP073 - Digging Words: AMBEDO - Deep diving in the shallows.
    Human beings have created words for untranslatable experiences since the dawn of language. We explore a brand new word from an unusual new dictionary created by John Koenig.

    Duration - 27:38

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube - John Koenig's video and TedTalk on his word, Ambedo

    Music Credit: Joni Mitchel - Woodstock
    28 min
  • TSP072 - Hook, Line and Sinker: The boy who cried wolf.
    How do we know what we know? The inner struggle to determine what is real and what is fiction has preoccupied humanity since the emergence of intelligent life.

    Duration - 29:57

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube - Densel Washington interview on ‘information’ and War Of The Worlds 1938 radio broadcast segment

    Music Credit: The Undisputed Truth - Smiling Faces Sometimes
    30 min
  • TSP071 - Transcendent Tunes: Searing and soulful ‘Strange Fruit’.
    Billie Holiday’s most iconic and recognized song, has been acknowledged as the harbinger of the civil rights movement in America. The song’s origin may surprise and enlighten even those of us who are familiar with this transcendent tune.

    Duration - 27:59

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube - Rene Marie audio segment, Nina Simone references the Civil Rights Movement

    Music Credits: Billie Holiday (& Nina Simone & Rene Marie) - Strange Fruit
    28 min
  • TSP070 - We Don’t Know You Anymore: The deluded self.
    The eternal question of who we are: Are we a singularity or a multiplicity? The self has been the subject of exploration for Millennia, so who are we now?

    Duration - 28:49

    VoxBox: Audio segment from YouTube video - Abbot & Costello - Segment of ‘Who’s On First’

    Music Credits: The Who - Who Are you?
    29 min

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From Canada, with Peter Noce, a media producer and technology trainer/tutor and Harry Posner, a writer, author and former Poet Laureate; sharing our interests and passions with you, on 'The Sill'. The…