Podcasts by The Open Ears Project
Part mix tape, part sonic love-letter, the Open Ears Project is a daily podcast where people share the classical track that means the most to them. Each episode offers a soulful glimpse into other human lives, helping us to hear this music—and each other—differently.
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BONUS: Tom Hiddleston on The Nutcracker from 2019-12-20T12:00
“I find it lifts me out of wherever I am... I just love it.”
For this bonus festive episode, ac...
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30. Esther Perel on Peace from 2019-10-09T12:00
“The language of music brings out different parts of us. It's universal. It's probably the most important thing with whi...
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29. Krystal Hawes on Imperfection from 2019-10-08T12:00
“For me on a chaotic day, where maybe things are out of control or I don't have a lot of control over what's happenin... Listen
28. Dessa on Patience from 2019-10-07T12:00
“There’s a patience that it asks for, and a patience it imparts, and you sort of have to be tall enough to ride this ... Listen
27. Jesse Eisenberg on History from 2019-10-06T12:00
“It changed my life… I had this revelation, juxtaposing my own privilege and the lucky life I had, compared to what s... Listen
26. Christopher Wheeldon on A Journey from 2019-10-05T12:00
“It just makes me feel so much, this piece. There’s something happening here that’s so incredibly sweet but also so m... Listen
25. Megan Reid on What Changed My Life from 2019-10-04T12:00
“If the lights were on in the audience, listening to this music I would just be flayed open...”Listen
24. Terrance McKnight on Overcoming Adversity from 2019-10-03T12:00
“Beethoven, the guy who created art to speak to justice and equality. The guy who loved family, you know, so close to... Listen
23. Justin Jackson on Imagination from 2019-10-02T12:00
“When I was younger, classical music was only played in, like, bookstores... But nowadays you can expose childr... Listen
22. Alison Stewart on Just Letting Go from 2019-10-01T12:00
“When I hear that piece playing, my back relaxes, actually. That's where I carry all my stress.”
In this episode, Alison talks ...
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21. Daniel Libeskind on Perspective from 2019-09-30T12:00
"I think that’s the beauty of music, there’s eternity in it. And I think that’s true also of architecture even in ruine...
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20. Jacqui Cheng on Resolution from 2019-09-29T12:00
“It’s a sad peacefulness that sometimes we all need. When we need to take a breath — just before starting something n... Listen
19. Wynton Marsalis on Time and Consciousness from 2019-09-28T12:00
“There [are] so many emotions in the piece, and so many states of consciousness — there's not one thing. There's an inte...
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18. Eva Chen on Nourishing The Soul from 2019-09-27T12:00
“The best children's books have this moment of ‘Why am I here? What am I doing?’ ... And I feel that in this music.”<... Listen
17. Eddie Izzard on Elevation from 2019-09-26T12:00
“It actually takes you off the ground. You are floating in the clouds, which doesn't make logical sense, but that's what...
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16. J'nai Bridges on Forgiveness from 2019-09-25T12:00
“I think I've learned to not take things so personally through this piece of music.”
15. Joe Young on How We Listen from 2019-09-24T12:00
“Not only did it change how I listen to music. It absolutely changed how I listen to people.”Listen
14. Robert Macfarlane on A Quiet Kind Of Miracle from 2019-09-23T12:00
“In a scene of such brutality, to have something of such delicacy must have been a quiet kind of miracle.” Listen
13. Nicola Benedetti on Empathy from 2019-09-22T12:00
“The possibility for you as a listener is to open yourself up enough be taken somewhere that seems far from you.” Listen
12. Lee Hill on Finding Your Truth from 2019-09-21T12:00
“For me, this is a melody of truth.”
Lee Hill, Director of Public Engagement at New York ...
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11. Sam Mendes on American Beauty from 2019-09-20T12:00
“Music defies language in so many ways. One of its joys is that it takes words and direct meaning and narrative out o... Listen
10. Rachel Strauss-Muñiz on Happiness from 2019-09-19T12:00
“Great music transcends time... everything. No matter where this came from, happiness is happiness.” Listen
9. Jon Batiste on Challenging Expectations from 2019-09-18T12:00
“It's more just about feeling the wealth of greatness and the depth of humanity that these things that I love really har...
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8. Jamie Barton on Catharsis from 2019-09-17T12:00
“It transports me back into this bedroom that I had as a kid. Sitting in my bay window, overlooking the field, leading u...
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7. Eric Jacobsen on Vulnerability from 2019-09-16T12:00
“She loved the interaction of what a conversation is, and that's what chamber music is — it’s talking to people with ... Listen
6. Ian McEwan on What Cannot Quite Be Said from 2019-09-15T12:00
“I think when a close friend dies the first thing you confront is the love.”
In thi...
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5. Aminatou Sow on Finding Joy from 2019-09-14T12:00
“It is now part of the soundtrack of my life.”
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4. Miloš Karadaglić on Being Home from 2019-09-13T12:00
“In music there are no shields, there is nothing... it's just you, and the music.”
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3. Connie Viglietti on Making Grandma Proud from 2019-09-12T12:00
“Music is always there for us, we just have to reach out and connect to it.” Listen
2. Rob Vogt on Conquering Fear from 2019-09-11T12:00
“Every firefighter feels some fear — a little bit — or they wouldn't be human. It's the fact that you have that fear and...
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1. Alec Baldwin on Resetting Your Day from 2019-09-10T12:00
“It never ceases to lift my spirits. You listen to this music, and this music is soaring.”
Introducing: The Open Ears Project from 2019-08-21T12:00
Which piece of music speaks toyoursoul? Each bite-sized episode ofThe Open Ears Projectintroduces you to a new classical work and offers...
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