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CleanLawEp 76—BSEE’s Proposed Offshore Oil Drilling Safety Regulations with Lowry Yankwich and Chris EatonRecent HLS graduate Lowry Yankwich speaks with Earthjustice attorney Chris Eaton about the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement's proposed Blowout Preventer Systems and Well Control Revisions rule for oil and gas operations in the Outer Continental Shelf.
This rule is intended to protect workers and prevent oil spills, and is part of the reforms instituted since the Deepwater Horizon tragedy.
Lowry and Chris discuss the arc of this rulemaking through the Obama, Trump, and Biden presidencies, and Chris explains its technical and legal aspects. You can stay updated on this rule on our BSEE Regulatory Tracker page https://eelp...
2023-01-3034 minCleanLaw71-Corporate Net Zero Committments: GE’s Roger Martella speaks with Lowry YankwichLowry Yankwich, a recent graduate of HLS, speaks with Roger Martella, GE's Chief Sustainability Officer. They discuss GE’s recent sustainability commitments and how the company is tackling its operational and downstream emissions across the aviation, public health, and power sectors.
A note for our listeners – this episode was recorded before Congress passed of the Inflation Reduction Act.
For a transcript of this episode click here https://eelp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/CleanLaw-71-Roger-Martella-and-Lowry-Yankwich.pdf
CleanLaw Production Team: Robin Just, Andy Dolph, Sara Levy, and Hannah Perls
2022-09-1542 minCleanLaw64—South Fork Wind Farm and Fisheries Management with Lowry Yankwich and Doug ChristelLowry Yankwich, a recent graduate of Harvard Law, speaks with Doug Christel, policy analyst for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office. They discuss the approval of the South Fork Wind Project, which is only the second commercial-scale offshore wind project to be approved in federal waters. The project is small but has garnered outsized attention particularly due to its potential impacts on Cox Ledge, an important fish habitat area. The two discuss possible impacts on fisheries from the South Fork project specifically, and wind development generally, and explore ways in which developers and government agencies...
2022-01-0553 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastThe Complete 30 Bach GoldbergsWe've heard different performers play different parts of the Goldbergs. Now, we're putting them together. This is the complete 30 Bach version of the Goldberg, through 15 separate performances. It's Bach's Goldberg Variations, with some twists and turns. Musical recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/the-complete-30-bach-goldbergs
2021-05-211h 15
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastAria: "He was superman"At last, we bring it all together with the return of the aria. It's the same place we began, and yet it feels different, colored by the journey. A journey through many different worlds, different places, different people's lives. Lowry Yankwich plays the final aria.
2021-05-2124 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastLennart Felix: "When I come back here, I always feel at home"Variation 30. In the last variation of the Goldbergs, Bach returns home, to a tradition of his family: creating mashups. Interview with and performance by German pianist Lennart Felix, with additional commentary by Kristian Nyquist, Angela Hewitt, Jeremy Denk, and Philip Kennicott. Interview recorded October 24, 2017. Musical recording credits available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/0g4E7bf99tc5L6BGjkY1HG?si=xidMStfoTJWvME8MUYGK_g
2021-05-1419 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastHie-Yon Choi: "So much fun"Variations 26, 27, 28, and 29. These variations vibrate with joy, energy, excitement. We explore the times when Bach could let loose and lose himself in play within his music. First interview conducted on November 10, 2017, over Skype. Second interview, and recording of performance conducted on August 6, 2018. Musical recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/hie-yon-choi-so-much-fun
2021-04-3024 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastJeremy Denk: "The farthest possible place"If the Goldbergs are a celebration of life, variation 25 is a reckoning with mortality, revealing pain but also providing comfort. In this episode, we hear from many different people, including pianist Jeremy Denk, Washington Post critic Philip Kennicott, scholar Eric Motley, pianist William Heiles, and dancer Melissa Toogood. Photo credit: Michael Wilson Musical recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/far-from-home
2021-04-2329 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastKevin Sun: "We need joy"Variations 22, 23, 24. Interview with Kevin Sun, medical student and concert pianist. We discuss sources of joy in Bach’s life, and his ability to conjure joy, warmth, and humor in his music as an antidote to the tragedy that follows. Musical recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/kevin-sun-we-need-release-we-need-joy
2021-04-1625 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastRachel Breen: "My musical education was painful"Variations 19, 20, and 21. Pianist Rachel Breen didn't have an ordinary classical music education; guided by her father, not himself a musician, Breen began with a diet exclusively of Bach. This episode delves into what it's like to learn Bach's music as a student -- the practice, the errors, the experimentation -- and what Bach was like as a teacher himself. Musical recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/rachel-breen-my-musical-education-was-painful
2021-04-0925 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations Podcast"Bach would have been a good programmer, a good engineer"Variations 16, 17, 18. Bach was a consummate craftsmen -- he knew not just how to write music, but how to build it. In this Interview, we speak with pianist Jeffrey LaDeur and his student, Ken Kocienda. Kocienda was lead software engineer behind the Apple iPhone and developed a strong affinity for the Goldbergs. Kocienda and Ladeur discuss parallels between music and design, and how constraints can actually enhance creativity. Interviews recorded in San Jose, California on January 2, 2018 and in San Francisco, California on July 2, 2019. Photo credits: Jiyang Chen (LaDeur) Musical recording credits available at https://w...
2021-04-0229 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastJeff Scott: "This is just an absolute party"Who said Bach's music was the last word? Photo credit: Tanya Rosen-Jones
2021-03-2621 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastAngela Hewitt: "Lifted up into a different world"Variations 13, 14, and 15. Bach's faith was central to his music-making. This episode explores the spirituality of Bach's music with Angela Hewitt, internationally-renowned interpreter of Bach, who has performed all of Bach’s keyboard works across the world. Interviews recorded April 30, 2019 and February 28, 2020. Photo credit: Maiwolf. Musical recording credits available at: https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/angela-hewitt-lifted-up-into-a-different-world
2021-03-1932 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastBen Laude: "I got obsessed with how he was playing it"Variations 10, 11, 12. It's impossible to tell the story of the Goldberg Variations without mentioning Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. Gould's two recordings of the variations, one in 1955, the other in 1981, forever changed the place of the Goldbergs in our culture. In this episode, we explore Gould's legacy -- and the idea of musical idols -- through the eyes of Ben Laude, a concert pianist and pedagogue who relied on Gould in a period of musical crisis. Photo credit: Rebecca Blair.
2021-03-1228 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastKristian Nyquist: The Real Sound of the GoldbergsWhile the Goldbergs are most often heard today on the piano, the piece was written for the double-manual harpsichord. There are advantages to playing the piece on harpsichord, and tricks a harpsichordist can pull to create unusual effects. The instrument offers surprising flexibility to conjure all sorts of textures in the music. Harpsichordists Kristian Nyquist and Mahan Esfahani discuss.
2021-03-0523 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastDan Tepfer: "Prepare to be unprepared"Variations 7, 8, and 9. Bach was a legendary improviser who could blow the socks off most jazz musicians today. This episode features a discussion with Dan Tepfer, a classically-trained jazz pianist and Bach lover who free improvises over the structure of the Goldberg Variations. Photo credit: Josh Goleman. Musical recording credits available at: https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/prepare-to-be-unprepared.
2021-02-2632 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastSimone Dinnerstein: "It was like an epiphany"Variations 4, 5, and 6. What was Bach's musical development like? How did he grow as a young musician, and how has his music helped other artists grow? For pianist Simone Dinnerstein, the Goldbergs are a constant source of artistic growth, whether as a soloist, or a collaborator. Photo credit: Lisa-Marie Mazzucco. Interviews took place on March 12, 2018 and March 31, 2020 in Brooklyn and by zoom, respectively. Recorded by Lowry Yankwich: Aria, Lowry Yankwich performing, Palo Alto, CA, September 8, 2020; Variation 3, Christopher Hinterhuber performing, Vienna, Austria, October 25, 2017; Variation 29, Hie-Yon Choi performing, Orléans, France, August 6, 2018; Beethoven: Sonata no...
2021-02-1921 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations Podcast"It's perhaps the music that travels best"We begin where the piece begins: the "aria" on which the rest of the piece is based. This episode introduces the project, including why I embarked on this project, and how the piece inspires people today. Conversation with architect and nanoscientist who listen to the piece every day. Other guests include Simone Dinnerstein, Angela Hewitt, Jeff Scott, and Dan Tepfer. Musical sound recording credits available at https://www.thirtybach.com/podcast-episodes/its-perhaps-the-music-that-travels-best
2021-02-1216 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastChristopher Hinterhuber: "Music which was made for dancing"Variations 1, 2, 3. Our first stop is in Vienna, Austria with Professor Christopher Hinterhuber, a celebrated pianist for whom the Goldberg Variations has been a consistent source of inspiration. Hinterhuber connects variations 1, 2, and 3 to musical traditions such as the polonaise, and shows how Bach's music exists in relation to his predecessors. Interview and performance recorded October 25, 2017 in Vienna, Austria. Episode Photo credit: Nancy Horowitz. Additional musical credits, used with permission: Chopin, Polonaise-Fantasie, op. 61, Hugo Kitano performing, published December 26, 2018; Bach, Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540, James Kibbie performing. Sponsored by the University of M...
2021-02-1225 min
30 Bach: The Goldberg Variations PodcastTeaserWhat do a nanoscientist, an architect, a Brazilian guitarist, and Silence of the Lambs all have in common? One inspiring piece of music: J.S. Bach's "Goldberg Variations". Podcast coming soon!
2021-01-2104 min