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Episode 247: Babies

September 3, 2026 · 16 min

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Music

  • Yes/And plays In My Heaven, All My Faucets are Fountains
  • Two from Andrew Hewitt's score to Submarine: Jill Tate and Pamphlet
  • Plantasia by Mort Gerson
  • Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood as performed by Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble
  • Library Chant from Michael Andrews' wonderful score to Me and You and Everyone We Know
  • Takahiro Kido's 3-Sized PF

Notes

  • If you want to dive super deep into this topic, there's a fantastic history done by Patrick Feaster for the National Park Service.
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