Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet
Cool Tunes For a Hot Planet
Podcast Description
Songs to inspire action justice for and a cooler planet.
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Content Themes
The show highlights various themes centered around climate change, social justice, and activism, with episodes showcasing songs focused on Indigenous contributions to environmental movements, voter rights, collective action against climate catastrophes, and the intersection of music with political discourse.
Songs to inspire action justice for and a cooler planet.
Episode 50 explores the mysteries of Geologic Time with geologist Marcia Bjornerud and composer Niloufar Nourbakhsh, offering musical and scientific perspectives on Earth’s multi-billion-year history. We discuss Dr. Bjornerud’s award-winning books, Ms. Nourbakhsh’s compositions, and other pieces of music that spread over mind-boggling time spans, including “As Slow As Possible,” John Cage’s 639-year organ piece currently unfolding in Halberstadt, Germany.
#geology #deeptime #timescale #rocks
https://humansandnature.org/marcia-bjornerud/
https://niloufarnourbakhsh.com/
MUSIC & VIDEO
Marcia Bjornerud
& Niloufar Nourbakhsh
Interview
August 21, 2026
“Deep Time”
Minnesota Philharmonic
Orchestra,
Brian Dowdy – Conductor
May 16, 2026
“How To Make A Palaeolithic Hand Axe”
Flint Knapping with Phil Harding
Courtesy Time Team
Vietnamese đàn đá
Binh Phuoc (Central Highlands)
Courtesy YouTube user ykumich
Lithophone Grand Pressigny Ringot
Played by Jean-Loup Ringot
Local musicians playing rocks at
Birnin Kudu, Jigawa State, Nigeria
Courtesy The Trust For African Rock Art
Yadgar – Voice and Qairaq (stones)
An Anthology Of The World’s Music: Afghanistan III
AST-4007
“White Helmets as White As Death”
Niloufar Nourbakhsh – Composer
Flute: Eun Hae Grace Oh
Viola: Micaela Fruend Haimov
Violin: Shanrong Sabrina Tuo
“Cavities”
Niloufar Nourbakhsh – composer
Ensemble for These Times
Lylia Guion – Viola
Megan Chartier – Cello
Taylor Chan – Piano
April 4, 2025
San Francisco, CA
Gavotte in D Minor
J.S. Bach
Marguerite Andre-Chastel – piano
Pathe PD 119
“ASLSP” Chord Change
February 5, 2022
Courtesy John Cage Organ
Project Halberstadt
Rainer Neugebauer
Interview
October 26, 2021
“Beholding The Big Bang”
Arthur Ganson, 2009
“Longplayer”
Jem Finer – composer
London, 1999-2999
“Olitsky”
Ian D. Mellish (aka Mel)
May 1987, Breck’s Nook, York
“310: ΩΣPx0(2^18×5^18)p*k*k*k”
Bull Of Heaven
“Our Love Is Here To Stay”
George Gershwin & Vernon Duke
Rosemary Clooney & The Glenn Miller Orchestra
New Year’s Eve PBS broadcast 1988
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