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  A Rare Recording of Martha Graham

  Martha Graham

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  Martha Graham (May 11, 1894 - April 1, 1991) was an influential American modern dancer and choreographer. In 1926, the Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance was established. In the following decades, it would help develop many of her famous proteges.  
  In 1938, Graham became the first dancer to perform at the White House. In 1976, she was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Gerald Ford. Graham's influence on dance has been compared with the influence of Picasso on modern visual arts, Stravinsky on music, and Frank Lloyd Wright on architecture.  
  This recording is from a lecture Graham gave on the requirements for being an exceptional dancer. 
  ©2016 Listen & Live Audio (P)2016 Listen & Live Audio

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  Music Therapy - Healing through...

  Vivian Westlake

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  Music has long been recognized as a universal language, transcending cultural and linguistic barriers to evoke emotions, inspire creativity, and foster connections. Its profound ability to influence the human mind and body makes it a powerful tool in the realm of healing. Across centuries and civilizations, music has been intertwined with rituals, ceremonies, and therapeutic practices, underscoring its integral role in promoting well-being and harmony. 
  At its core, the healing power of music lies in its ability to engage multiple dimensions of human experience. On a physical level, music stimulates neural pathways in the brain, influencing areas responsible for emotion, memory, and motor coordination. Research has shown that listening to or playing music can lower cortisol levels, the hormone associated with stress, while simultaneously boosting the production of dopamine, which promotes feelings of pleasure and relaxation. These biochemical responses highlight music’s potential to alleviate stress, reduce pain, and improve overall physiological health. 
  Emotionally, music serves as a conduit for expression and connection. It has the unique ability to articulate feelings that words often cannot capture, offering solace during moments of grief, anxiety, or despair. For individuals dealing with mental health challenges, music therapy provides a safe and non-invasive avenue to explore and process emotions. Whether through the soothing strains of a classical melody or the energizing beats of a rhythmic tune, music can uplift spirits, encourage self-reflection, and foster resilience.

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  The Opium Queen

  Gabrielle Paluch

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  Olive Yang was a widely mythologized genderqueer lesbian opium-pioneer in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. After escaping an arranged marriage with a noble cousin, Olive felt that she had no choice but to lead a life of banditry with an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA. As her smuggling empire grew, she became so powerful and infamous that novelists were inspired to write about her evil ruthlessness and beauty. Yet, Olive’s real life and identity remained a mystery to many. Opium Queen is a journey to uncover the true story behind the propaganda and legends. Declassified intelligence documents portray Olive as a critical operator in one of the most important fronts of the clandestine Cold War against China. Through extensive interviews with the Yang family, Olive emerges as a complex anti-hero, searching for a way to live as an open homosexual in an era when such a lifestyle was considered deeply shameful in Burma. The great military alliances that facilitate narcotics traffic in Myanmar today are Olive’s lasting legacy in the Golden Triangle, as is the disenfranchisement of the people of Kokang. Through the story of Olive’s formidable life, Opium Queen examines historic events that underpinned critical diplomatic relationships between the U.S., Myanmar, and China and were at the root of Myanmar’s current political crisis.

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  Flipping Houses for Profit: A...

  AHMED MUSA

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  real investment. profit making.

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  The Antelope's Strategy - Living...

  Jean Hatzfeld

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  A powerful report on the aftereffects of the genocide in Rwanda—and on the near impossibility of reconciliation between survivors and killersIn two acclaimed previous works, the noted French journalist Jean Hatzfeld offered a profound, harrowing witness to the unimaginable pain and horror in the mass killings of one group of people by another.  Combining his own analysis of the events with interviews from both the Hutu killers who carried out acts of unimaginable depravity and the Tutsi survivors who somehow managed to escape, in one, based mostly on interviews with Tutsi survivors, he explored in unprecedented depth the witnesses' understanding of the psychology of evil and their courage in survival; in the second, he probed further, in talks with a group of Hutu killers about their acts of unimaginable depravity.Now, in The Antelope's Strategy, he returns to Rwanda seven years later to talk with both the Hutus and Tutsis he'd come to know—some of the killers who had been released from prison or returned from Congolese exile, and the Tutsi escapees who must now tolerate them as neighbors. How are they managing with the process of reconciliation? Do you think in their hearts it is possible? The enormously varied and always surprising answers he gets suggest that the political ramifications of the international community's efforts to insist on resolution after these murderous episodes are incalculable. This is an astonishing exploration of the pain of memory, the nature of stoic hope, and the ineradicability of grief.

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  Rare Recording of J Robert...

  J. Robert Oppenheimer

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  Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 - February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often credited as the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in organizing the Manhattan Project, the research and development undertaking that created the first nuclear weapons.

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