Silence
From Conor Gillies | Part of the Stylus series | 59:00
Is there such a thing as true silence?
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"Silence" includes the voices of:
Kay Larson, an art critic, Zen Buddhist practitioner, and author of Where The Heart Beats.
Pico Iyer, an essayist, novelist, and travel author who has written for Time, Harper's, and the New York Times.
Christopher Ricks, a literary critic, professor at Boston University, and author of several books including Dylan's Visions of Sin.
James H. Johnson, professor of history at Boston University and author of several books including Listening in Paris.
Damian Carr, abbot of St. Joseph's Abbey, a Trappist monestary in Spencer, Mass.
Steven Cooper, clinical associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School and speaker at Off the Couch, a film-studies series at Coolidge Corner Theater in Boston, Mass.
Bob Celmer, head of the acoustics program at the University of Hartford in West Hartford, Conn.
Cecil McBee, jazz bassist and professor at the New England Conservatory in Boston, Mass.
Geoffrey Shugen Arnold, abbot of the Zen Center of New York City in Brooklyn, New York.
Produced by Zack Ezor, Conor Gillies, and Andrea Shea. The episode includes Brian Calvert's piece The Rest is Silence, originally made for KCRW's Independent Producer Project. Editing help from Sean Cole, Katherine Gorman, and Erika Lantz.