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Fonotopia Episode #4: Life

Series: Fonotopia with Ian Nagoski
From: Fonotopia Radio
Length: 00:59:02

The agony, the ecstasy, the all, the nothing, the becoming, the existing, the decaying. Yup: life, expressed in 59 minutes of music from all corners of the world. All the big questions are here, folks. And it begins with the “Dies Irae” (“The Wrath of God”). Enjoy! Read the full description.

Okeh_small Here's what Ian had to say when he sent the script along for Episode 4:
"I approached this one as if it were my last, as if it were the last I could ever do… I tried to throw down the gauntlet."

And the producers were pleased with what Ian wrought.

We hope you are, too.

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Piece Description

Here's what Ian had to say when he sent the script along for Episode 4:
"I approached this one as if it were my last, as if it were the last I could ever do… I tried to throw down the gauntlet."

And the producers were pleased with what Ian wrought.

We hope you are, too.

Timing and Cues

Fifty-nine straight minutes.

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