Sanctuaries of Silence

Experience the importance and essence of silence and its interplay with sound, from nature to music and more.

Experience the importance and essence of silence and its interplay with sound, from nat... more

Curated byJorge Patino, Hark Editor

9 CLIPS36 MINS

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A Walk to Silence

Take a walk to a square inch of silence in Olympic National Forest with acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton. From the podcast On Being.

On Being with Krista Tippett

3 MINS

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Living in Silence

After getting her cochlear implant to avoid losing her sense of hearing completely, some part of Rebecca Knill wished to be deaf. Listen to why she prefers a life in silence. From the Ted Radio Hour podcast.

TED Radio Hour

2 MINS

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Silence in God

Following the footsteps of Christian mystic Thomas Merton, writer Fred Bahnson takes a pilgrimage to the Anasazi ruins where silence speaks in silence. From the Emergence Magazine podcast.

Emergence Magazine Podcast

4 MINS

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Spring in Glasgow

Lose yourself amidst Glasgow’s blossoming spring. From the Field Recordings podcast.

Field Recordings

1 MIN

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How to Foster Silence

Silence is an endangered species. How to save it? Activist Gordon Hempton on how to foster, experience and be comfortable in silence.

On Being with Krista Tippett

3 MINS

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The Art of Silence

Listen to a poem about Marcel Marceau, the man whose art was silence, and marvel at a description of one of his miming acts as Bip the clown. From The Best of our Knowledge podcast.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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John Cage’s 4’33’’

Listen to Dave Hilliard and Hahre Sol's reflection on how John Cage’s revolutionary music piece 4 33 questions humanity’s relation to sound and silence, and experience the first movement of the piece. From the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast.

Twenty Thousand Hertz

5 MINS

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Beethoven’s Silent Symphony

While deaf, Beethoven composed one of his greatest works of music: his 9th symphony. History This Week host illustrate the first time it was performed and the experience of Beethoven conducting it.

HISTORY This Week

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The Quietest Place on Earth

Writer George Michelsen Foy describes what is was like to be inside the quietest place on Earth. From The Best of our Knowledge podcast.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

4 MINS

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Sanctuaries of Silence

A Walk to Silence

On Being with Krista Tippett

Living in Silence

TED Radio Hour

Silence in God

Emergence Magazine Podcast

Spring in Glasgow

Field Recordings

How to Foster Silence

On Being with Krista Tippett

The Art of Silence

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

John Cage’s 4’33’’

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Beethoven’s Silent Symphony

HISTORY This Week

The Quietest Place on Earth

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

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