Read transcript of Ep 11: Enlightenment
Follow this link to hear the episode & read the show notes. Transcription by Amy Carpenter.
[Traffic and building noise]
Ian McDonald [in Paris]:
We’re in the courtyard of the brick and stone baroque Hotel Tubeuf in Paris, now being renovated as the headquarters of the National Library of France.
But from here the French East India Company in the 18th Century controls swathes of India, unwittingly connecting the ideas of ahimsa and vegetarianism with the Paris of Voltaire and Rousseau.
Read transcript of Ep 10: Revolution
Follow this link to hear the episode & read the show notes. Transcription by Amy Carpenter.
[Sound of birds]
Sherwin Everett:
This is an Indian flapshell turtle. And it was run over by a car.
Ian [to Everett]:
Oh my goodness. So it survived.
Everett:
So it’s got a crack half way down the shell. We’ve done a wiring. We drilled holes alongside the crack. And so the screws [go] into that. [voice fades to background]
Read transcript of Ep 9: Renaissance
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[A woman sings passionately in Italian, backed by a Renaissance orchestra. Continues in background]
Ian McDonald:
Prosperina, the Queen of Hades, is swayed by the singing of Orpheus and begs Hades to return his wife, in Monteverdi’s 1607 opera.
Read Transcript of Ep 8: Contacts
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[A group of men chant. A bell chimes.]
Ian [speaking over the chanting, which fades down]:
Jain evening prayers at Hutheesing temple, in Ahmedabad, the capital of Gujarat, north west India.
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Read transcript of Ep 7: Heresies
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[Buddhist chanting. Starting with musical percussion sounds – tapping and small cymbals. Then a Buddhist begins to chant, then a large group join in.]
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