Nine Lives: Recent Episodes
Thalia Gigerenzer
Nine Lives is a podcast that brings you life stories from around the world. These are stories of finding the extraordinary in the everyday: unusual life stories, moments of wonder, and how the ripples of large, historical processes can be felt in the tiniest, most intimate moments. All stories were recorded and edited by Thalia Gigerenzer.
Ninety-one-year-old Ed Shepard has been running his service station in Welch, West Virginia since 1950. But the once-booming coal town of Welch, nestled deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains, is now almost a ghost town. (Welch is in McDowell County, the...
The remarkable story of how one family managed to escape 1930s Nazi Germany, on the brink of the Holocaust, and found themselves living in British Raj-era India. Spanning three countries — Germany, India, and finally, America — Herbert Friedmann’s story is about the unexpected twists and turns our lives can take, and what it means to be ‘home’.
(Note: For optimal sound quality, please listen with headphones.)
https://ninelivespodcast.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/herbert-friedmann-final.mp3 Length: 37:20
Language note:
Nagel [German; pronounced Naah-gil] = nail
Visum [German; pronounced Vee-zum] = visa
Music used:
Die Forelle — Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Schubert)
Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: II. Andante — Bruno Walter & Columbia Symphony Orchestra (Brahms)
Nocturnes: C-Sharp Minor, Op. Posthumous — Mikhail Pletnev (Chopin)
Thoughts of Home — John Williams
Chanchan — A. R. Rahman
Alli Thandha Bhoomi — Isai Gnani Ilayaraaja (Tamil Film Song)
Piya Ho — A. R. Rahman
Auf Wiedersehn, My Dear — Comedian Harmonists
Trout Quintet: Sonata for Arpeggione in A Minor, D. 821: I. Allegro Moderato — Emanuel Ax & Yo-Yo Ma (Schubert)