Sean Cole guest hosts. A mix tape’s not-so-hidden message gets lost to the machine. (10 minutes)
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Act Two: Killing Me Softly
Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi has a tale about something he avoids at all costs, even though it seems to follow him everywhere he goes. (8 minutes)
Act One: Music of the Night after Night after Night
The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades.
Act One: Voice Over
Sandy Allen tells the story of learning to play an instrument that suddenly sounds very different — his own voice.
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Act Three: Never Hear the End of It
Producer Sean Cole tells one of his favorite stories — about the ending of the book A Clockwork Orange.
Act Two: Zoo Unto Others
Sean Cole speaks to Washington Post reporter Siobhan O’Grady about her visit to the zoo in Kyiv.
Act Three: Maybe Pay a Little Attention to the Man behind the Curtain
Disinformation and propaganda works differently in Putin’s Russia than it did during the Soviet Union.