The Shattered Podcast - Episode 13

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

All the secrets of the cylinder recordings are revealed.  Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils.

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Music:  Roméo & Juliette by the MIT Symphony Orchestra curated by Oddio Overplay, used under an Attribution Non-Commercial license:  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ http://freemusicarchive.org/music/MIT_Symphony_Orchestra/An_Opera_Evening/Romeo_et_Juliette_Juliette_Waltz_Gounod

Prison Scene from Faust by the Victor Opera Trio from the  Antique Phonograph Music Program (1912) curated by WFMU, Public Domain: http://creativecommons.org/choose/publicdomain-2 http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Victor_Opera_Trio/Antique_Phonograph_Music_Program_082509/Faust_-_Trio_From_Prison_Scene_Act_V

“Avant de quitter ces lieux” and “Les grands seigners . . . Je ris de me voir si belle” from Faust - Trasmissione radiofonica del 6 aprile 1940 dalla Boston Opera House, used under a  Creative Commons "Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 Internazionale" https://www.liberliber.it/online/autori/autori-g/charles-francois-gounod/faust/

Les grands seigners... Je ris de me voir si belle

“Crépescule” by Robert Sholl performed by Robert Sholl and Anna McCready

“Toujours” by Robert Sholl performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin

“Duet” by Robert Sholl performed by Robert Sholl, Anna McCready and Matt Pouchin

Curtain Up at Pebble Mill, Shattered short theme tune and end title by Katharine Seaton

Sound effects by Mxsmanic - https://freesound.org/people/Mxsmanic/sounds/139103/ This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

and Fesliyan Studios https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/clock-ticking-46

Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

Full credits available on the website:  https://theshatteredpodcast.com/   

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 12

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Please note that this episode contains mature language (en français).

Nemo comes to some conclusions about who made the cylinders and why. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton.

Additional music by Robert Sholl.  Music also performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin. I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli. 

Additional sound effects by Katharine Seaton and Fesliyan Studios. https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-sound-effects-download/light-buzzing-180

Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 11

Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Nemo is becoming increasingly consumed and disturbed by her work on the cylinder recordings, while Phil stumbles across apocalyptic conspiracy theories.  What do *you* hear in the music?  Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ 

Additional music by Robert Sholl, and Berliner disc 660, “Les Baisers Waltz” by The Municipal Orchestra, London, from 21 November 1900, digitized by Peter Adamson. 

Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 10

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Please note that this episode contains mature language (en français).

Phil suggests that the investigators pause their enquiries, but Nemo insists on getting to the bottom of the mysterious cylinder recordings. What did Laila uncover from her stint as a broadcast assistant?  What “bother” did Hakim from Nemo’s office get into?  And what made Dustin and Dani storm off the podcast?  Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton.

Additional music by Robert Sholl.  Music also performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin. I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli. 

Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 9

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Dustin thinks he knows who the interviewer is on the graphophone. Phil doesn’t believe in curses. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ 

Additional music by Robert Sholl.  Music also performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin. I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli. 

Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 8

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Please note that this episode contains mature language.

Nemo and Phil are joined by guests Dustin and Dani, and Laila Lim, a languages student.  Tensions and technical difficulties mar the investigation.   Dustin’s graphophone delivers major revelations. But will the investigators still be around for another episode?  Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ 

Additional music by Robert Sholl.  Music also performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin. I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli. 

Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 7

Thu, 01 Sep 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Nemo and Phil are joined by two guests from Chicago, Dustin and Dani.  What links the graphophone from 1897 that Dustin acquired to the Volta Lab-esque cylinders?  Who is the “unknown pursuer” mentioned in the note that accompanies the graphophone?  Could Nemo and Phil be on the trail of the long-fabled phonautogram sound recording of Abraham Lincoln?  Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/  Additional music by Robert Sholl. 

Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 6

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Phil speaks to a historian at the Academy of Asian Cultures and Languages, and a film historian points Nemo and Phil toward a film that may be cursed. Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/  Additional music by Robert Sholl. 

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Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 5

Thu, 25 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Nemo and Phil track down a parléophon recording and speak to a generous collector about his obscure 1905 Gramophone recording on church organ.  What does this have to do with the Volta Lab-esque cylinders and who is the mysterious and otherworldly voice they hear singing on the digitized parléphon?  Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ 

Additional music by Robert Sholl.  Music also performed by Robert Sholl and Matt Pouchin. I Puritani by Vincenzo Bellini with libretto by Count Carlo Pepoli.  With thanks to Peter Adamson.

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Transcripts can be found at https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 4

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Nemo and Phil link the 1902 Gramophone disc to an opera, Phil speaks to an expert on the Don Juan legend, and the podcast hosts find a second set of mysterious phonographs.  Have they found the elusive composer they are seeking? Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/ Additional music by Robert Sholl.

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 3

Thu, 18 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000

In the early 1900s, the great and good at the Paris Opera buried an urn full of “living voices”—Gramophone recordings of famous opera stars—to be disinterred after a century.  When those urns were opened, mysterious recordings were discovered.  Who made them?  And why?  Whose voice do Nemo and Phil hear on the 1902 Gramophone disc? Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton. https://katharineseaton.com/

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Additional music by Robert Sholl performed by Robert Sholl and Anna McCready.  Thanks to Peter Adamson.

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 2

Tue, 16 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000

Dr Phil Donan, an historian specializing in 19th century France, joins Nemo as podcast host.  Together, they compare the mysterious Volta Lab-esque cylinder recordings with an 1879 phonograph made by a French aristocrat.  And who wrote the haunting music on the piano roll?  Shattered is produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils with theme music by Katharine Seaton.  Additional music by Robert Sholl. https://katharineseaton.com/

For transcripts and other bonus features, please visit our website: https://theshatteredpodcast.com/bonus/

The Shattered Podcast - Episode 1

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:00:00 +0000

In the early 1900s, the great and good at the Paris Opera buried an urn full of “living voices”—Gramophone recordings of famous opera stars—to be disinterred after a century. When those urns were opened, mysterious recordings were discovered. Who made them? And why?

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Nemo is a historical sound recording specialist in Paris. She finds some cylinder recordings that are uncatalogued by the Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris and don’t belong in the Palais Garnier collections. Who made them and why? Lesser of 2 Weevils brings you The Shattered Podcast, with music by Katharine Seaton.  https://katharineseaton.com/

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Thank you to the City of London Phonograph and Gramophone Society.  Thank you to our generous Kickstarter backers: David Ault, Brian Baker, Rachael Barnes, Jamie Beckwith, Robert and Esperanza Beckwith, Liz Beckwith-Wilches, Heidi Blaisdell, Hugh Chignell, Lesley Blaker, Greg Burrell, Jenny Chambers, Deborah Cole, Tony Cross, Nathalie Dobrzan, Leslie Donovan, Carl and Joanne Donsbach, Fraser Durie, Will Forbes, Adam Fowler, Jo Furber, Sarah Golding, Luke Harrison, Alex Hayes, Michael Hudson, Amaris Feland Ketcham, Evan Kidd, Matthew Kilburn, Matthew Kresal, Kathryn Lenth, Elaine Montague, Gary Morrisroe, Sharon Mulready, Gonzo Olivas, Carol Renfro, Illene Renfro, Sally Renfro, Steven Sautter, Maddy Searle, Robert Sholl, Adrian Smith, Sophie Stephenson-Wright, Paul Talmey, Kathy Wasserlein, Ella Watts, Lee Wells, Brian Williams, Stephanie VN, and Erebusodora.

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Nemo’s copy of “Vin où Biére” from Faust - Trasmissione radiofonica del 6 aprile 1940 dalla Boston Opera House - Creative Commons "Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Condividi allo stesso modo 4.0 Internazionale" - www.liberliber.it/online/autori/au…is-gounod/faust/

Sound effects:

Walter_Odingtonfreesound.org/people/Walter_Odington/sounds/18627/

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The Shattered Podcast - Coming soon

Sun, 07 Aug 2022 15:21:51 +0000

A short preview for "The Shattered Podcast." 

"Everyone loves a mystery."

Music by Katharine Seaton.   Produced by Lesser of 2 Weevils.