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Beyond the Shelves: A Podcast from the Des Moines Public Library6 Nature Books That Will Change How You See the World Join us for our first video episode as we explore books celebrating nature and the environment! From Mary Oliver's contemplative essays to fungi's hidden intelligence, we discuss how the natural world intersects with our lives. Plus: library neighborhoods explained, garlic-scented books (!), and Reading Rainbow's triumphant return with a new host. Nature & Environment Theme Books Upstream by Mary Oliver The Light Eaters by Zoë Schlinger Fuzz by Mary Roach Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake Leave Only Footprints by Connor Knighton Something in the Woods Loves You by Jared K. Anderson Currently Reading Lucky Day by C...
2025-11-1053 min
MundofoníasMundofonías 2025 #76: Experimentando y bailando por todos los continentes /Experimenting & dancing across all continentsExperimentando y bailando por todos los continentes
Experimenting and dancing across all continents
Intrigantes y cautivantes experimentaciones sónicas alternan con piezas muy bailables y sones tropicales en esta edición mundófona que viaja por todos los continentes: Australia, Noruega, Finlandia, Perú, Brasil, Alemania, Senegal, La Reunión, Armenia y Eslovenia.
Intriguing and captivating sonic experimentations alternate with very danceable pieces and tropical sounds in this Mundofonías edition that travels across all continents: Australia, Norway, Finland, Peru, Brazil, Germany, Senegal, La Réunion, Armenia and Slovenia.
- Inger Hannisdal - Volver volver - To long, longing, I have longed...
2025-10-3158 minMundofoníasMundofonías 2025 #76: Experimentando y bailando por todos los continentes /Experimenting & dancing across all continentsExperimentando y bailando por todos los continentes
Experimenting and dancing across all continents
Intrigantes y cautivantes experimentaciones sónicas alternan con piezas muy bailables y sones tropicales en esta edición mundófona que viaja por todos los continentes: Australia, Noruega, Finlandia, Perú, Brasil, Alemania, Senegal, La Reunión, Armenia y Eslovenia.
Intriguing and captivating sonic experimentations alternate with very danceable pieces and tropical sounds in this Mundofonías edition that travels across all continents: Australia, Norway, Finland, Peru, Brazil, Germany, Senegal, La Réunion, Armenia and Slovenia.
- Inger Hannisdal - Volver volver - To long, longing, I have longed...
2025-10-3158 min
The Stage ShowA Filipino-Australian story in the shadow of a revolutionIn 1986, Filipinos launched a peaceful revolution to overthrow their president, Ferdinand Marcos. In the new play Malacañang Made Us, these events live on in the memories of two brothers who were in the crowd that flooded the palace. Jordan Shea is the playwright behind this show, which won the Qld Premier’s Drama Award – and which is about to open at Queensland Theatre.The Village Square is an enchanting place where eccentric souls meet to tell their stories and make music. Richard Piper is the narrator, alongside musicians Zoe Knighton and Robbie Melville. They join us in the s...
2025-10-0757 min
Bent NotesThe Village Square – Live from Studio AGuitarist Robbie Melville, Cello player Zoe Knighton and Actor Richard Piper performed excerpts from Robbie’s latest creation – The Village Square – LIVE from Studio A at JOY 94.9.
Robbie talked about his writing a short story in response to a request from Zoe, but that it became somewhat bigger and more complex than he had originally thought; and the joy that he, Zoe and Richard have experienced themselves and from their audiences to date when performing the work.
The Village Square is a work that combines live music and storytelling – with a story that is set in an im...
2025-09-2619 min
Leyline High Rewind3: Space Exchange (1986)Leyline High Rewind is written, improvised and produced by Susan Harrison, Thomas Nelstrop and Gemma ArrowsmithEditing and sound production by Thomas NelstropMusic by Tommy Musichttps://tommymusic.co.uk/ Artwork by Tom Crowleyhttp://crowleytime.com/Thanks to Leyline High superfans Ruth Bratt, Carl Knighton, Zoe Dunn, Tom Crowley, Beau Doyle, Jonathan Ainscough and Toni Frutin for sharing their memories of the show.If you enjoyed the show, give us a review on i...
2025-05-2747 min
CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane PauleyPresident Joe Biden, James Baldwin at 100, Horseshoe Crabs in Florida
President Joe Biden sits down with CBS News chief election & campaign correspondent Robert Costa for his first interview since announcing his withdrawal from the presidential race; Plus Conor Knighton gazes upon the horseshoe crab; Kelefa Sanneh looks back at the life of legendary James Baldwin, a century after his birth in Harlem; Tracy Smith talks with Carol Burnett and Sutton Foster about the power of fairy tales – from the theatrical kind to real life; And Michelle Miller talks with Zoë Kravitz about her new film, the psychological thriller "Blink Twice," in which she directs her now-fiancé Channing Tatum; and abou...
2024-08-1154 min
The Music ShowNovelists on music: Margaret Atwood, Andrea Goldsmith and Anna GoldsworthyThree authors on music from The Music Show archives.Margaret Atwood spoke to Andrew Ford back in 2003, after the transformation of her novel The Handmaid’s Tale into an opera by Danish composer Poul Ruders.Andrea Goldsmith joined Andy on stage for the 2013 Melbourne Writers’ Festival after her novel The Memory Trap invoked Beethoven amongst other composers. Live performance from Zoe Knighton and Amir Farid.And Anna Goldsworthy is a concert pianist as well as a writer. Her two lauded volumes of memoirs were followed up by her debut novel Melting Moments in 2020, when...
2024-06-1554 min
CHANGE YOUR TUNEDESIGNING WITH EMPATHY with Joshua DemaJoshua Dema is Melbourne based Cellist and Digital Designer. By day he is a Digital Accessibility Consultant for a company called Intopia. By night he is a Cellist who can be heard playing music from Pachelbel to Piatti to Panic at the Disco and everything in between.QUOTES“I had this idea in mind of finding a backup career, but it needed to be something I was passionate about.”“The more auditions I took, the more I kept failing them. I enjoying it less and less… I was so locked into this mindset of if I d...
2022-01-2348 min
House Lights Up6. The Performer's JobFrom the audience, to fellow performers, backstage colleagues, creators and the work itself, the performer's duty extends across and beyond the stage. In this episode we explore the purpose of the performer's role, including some of the key relationships that feed into their work. Our performing arts professionals share their insight and experiences. Musical theatre actor Matt Heyward and cellist Zoe Knighton consider the responsibility and support they feel when it comes to their peers, and operatic soprano and registered psychologist Greta Bradman explains the importance of being open to making genuine connections with fellow pe...
2019-10-1531 minHouse Lights Up5. CompromiseHow many times have you heard someone say, “I’m a perfectionist”. It’s usually declared with pride – as a measure of how much that person cares about their work, and the level of quality to which they hold themselves. But say you hold the view, as many people do, that perfection is impossible. Perfection doesn’t exist. Does that mean the pursuit of perfection is pointless? Or worse, that it’s dangerous? Cellist Zoe Knighton shares her thoughts on how to move on from a less than perfect performance. Musical theatre actors Rachel Dunham and Matt H...
2019-10-1426 minHouse Lights Up4. ValidationJudgement is something all performing artists must learn to navigate. And how a performer approaches judgement and criticism can have a lot to do with their ideas about validation and their individual definition of success. As social creatures with the need for approval and acceptance wired into our brains, the promise of external validation looms large in the minds of many. In this episode, we consider the dangers of this innate need for the performer. We look at varying sources of validation and ways of dealing with criticism, including what a performer can do if they're just n...
2019-10-1335 minHouse Lights Up3. VulnerabilityIn this episode we consider some of the features of a career as a performer, as well as features of the industry in general, that make entertainment and performing arts workers a particularly vulnerable population when it comes to mental health and wellbeing challenges. "Artists create from the heart. When you create a piece of art, when you perform your craft, you're putting yourself out there to an audience who are sitting there with expectations of being entertained... And because you're in an industry that expects high performance consistently... When you're going out on stage, it feels...
2019-10-1242 minHouse Lights Up2. The Mind On StageIn a perfect world, a performer is able to focus their mind on command, reliably and predictably, to the benefit of their work. In the real world, the mind can have other plans. It wanders, plays tricks on its owner. It can take control of the body in that crippling affliction, performance anxiety. In this episode, we consider these common experiences and ways in which they can be addressed.Hip hop artist Rob Tremlett, cellist Zoe Knighton and actor/singers Rachel Dunham and Matt Heyward share their personal experiences of performance anxiety and focus-related issues. Luke Hunter...
2019-10-1138 min