David Hendy

Host, 'Noise: A Human History'

David Hendy appears in the following:

The BBC at 100

Friday, September 01, 2023

We discuss the BBC's one hundred year life and legacy with a special program.

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100 Years of the BBC

Friday, November 11, 2022

We discuss the BBC's one hundred year life and legacy with a special program.

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Noise and Creativity Throughout History

Tuesday, February 04, 2014

David Hendy, media historian at the University of Sussex, host of the thirty-part BBC Radio series, Noise: A Human History, and the author of Noise: A Human History of Sound and Listening, talks about the social history of noise and kicks off the call-in on the question of sound and creativity.  What sounds sparks your creativity or do you need absolute quiet?

 

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Noise: The Defining Sounds From Human History

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

History is visual: You can see a photo from a century ago, visit a room filled with artifacts, and even gaze at paintings in an ancient cave where humans stood 30,000 ago. But what wo...

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Brooklyn Rider; Pulitzer Prize Winner Caroline Shaw; The Quest For Silence In A Noisy World

Friday, May 03, 2013

In this episode: The string quartet Brooklyn Rider performs selections from their new album, A Walking Fire, in our studio.

Plus: We hear from a few more listeners about how they deal with noise in their day-to-day lives -- and, we bring you an excerpt from a recent BBC 4 radio series called "Noise: A Human History." In the final episode of the series, "The Search for Silence," Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex explores how humans have attempted to manage and escape noise throughout the ages. 

Also: Two weeks ago, the New York violinist, vocalist and composer Caroline Shaw became the youngest person to win the Pulitzer Prize for music. She talks about her award-winning composition.

And: more from our occasional series That Was A Hit?!?

Exploring 100,000 Years Of Human Noise

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

This week on Soundcheck, we want to know how you block out noise in your day to day life. A recent BBC 4 radio series, Noise: A Human History, examined how noise has shaped civilizati...

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Iggy And The Stooges In Concert; Iron And Wine In The Studio; Punk On Display; A History of Human Noise

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

In this episode: Singer-songwriter Sam Beam, who performs as Iron and Wine, talks about a new direction on the album, Ghost on Ghost. He plays stripped down versions of three songs in our studio.

Plus: New York Magazine writer, Nitsuh Abebe, discusses his recent piece on the exhibition, Punk: Chaos to Couture, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

And: Soundcheck and NPR Music presented Iggy and the Stooges at Le Poisson Rouge on Sunday. Hear the full live set.

Also: A recent BBC 4 radio series, Noise: A Human History, has been examining how noise has shaped civilization for the past 100,000 years. Professor David Hendy, the host and writer of that series, talks to us from BBC studios in Oxford, England.