• Episode 6 - Integrity
    Jul 21 2024

    Episode 6 now out. You'll hear:

    Louisville and Scottie Scheffler – What’s in a name?; July birthdays; Don’t forget to brush your scam – fake Amazon reviews; The first of many songs by Carsie Blanton; Movie discussion – Salesman (1969); My Dad’s display of business integrity.


    Music:

    Holding Hands by Macroform is used under a license issued through Jamendo Licensing. The song can be found at https://www.jamendo.com/track/1863981/holding-hands

    Happy, Happy, Happy, Happy Birthday by Jeffrey Moore is available for use under Creative Commons license BY 3.0 and is available at https://archive.org/details/The_New_Birthday_Song_Contest-13010/Jeffrey_Moore_-_27_-_Happy_happy_happy_happy_birthday.mp3

    Night Jazz by Yevhen Onoychenko is used under a Content License and is available at https://pixabay.com/music/

    Orchestral Waltz by Anastasia Kir is used under a Content License and is available at https://pixabay.com/music/

    Buoy by Carsie Blanton is used by permission of the artist and is available at www.carsieblanton.com/ Also find Carsie at https://www.facebook.com/carsieblanton/ and https://www.instagram.com/carsieblanton/

    Grand Dark Waltz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Devonshire Waltz by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/


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    34 mins
  • Episode 5 - Color
    Mar 11 2024
    In this episode we talk about spoilers, old dictionaries, Ambrose Bierce, snuggeries, Gluggaveour, and filling people with color. Music by Lee Rosevere, Chris Zabriskie, Olexy, Kimiko Ishizaka, and Leva. Credits: Above the City, Under the Stars by Lee Rosevere. CC BY-NC. https://archive.org/details/Backtime/06-LeeRosevere-Above_The_City_Under_The_Stars.mp3 Prelude No. 3 by Chris Zabriskie. CC 3.0 BY. https://chriszabriskie.bandcamp.com/track/prelude-no-3 The Beat of Nature by Olexy. https://pixabay.com/music/solo-guitar-the-beat-of-nature-122841/ Bach's Prelude No. 2 in C minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier by Kimiko Ishizaka. CC 3.0 BY-NC. https://kimikoishizaka.bandcamp.com/album/bach-well-tempered-clavier-book-1 Memories Again by Lee Rosevere. CC BY-NC. https://archive.org/details/hpr083_LeeRosevere/Lee_Rosevere_-_All_These_Simple_Things_-_03_-_Memories_Again.mp3 Eternity by Leva. https://pixabay.com/music/acoustic-group-leva-eternity-149473/
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    35 mins
  • A Volume Down Christmas
    Dec 17 2023

    Quietly celebrating a few of the things that make Christmas special.


    Credits:

    O Come All Ye Faithful, We Wish You A Merry Christmas, Good King Wenceslas, Silent Night, and O Holy Night as performed by Mark Bodino are used under a Creative Commons license and are available at jamendo.com.

    I Heard The Bells on Christmas Day as performed by Roger McGuinn is in the Public Domain and is available at internetarchive.org and gutenberg.org.

    Deck the Halls as performed by WaveMaster is used under a Content License and is available at pixabay.com.

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    37 mins
  • Episode 3 - Sandcrabs, Lazy Dads, and Jerks at the Bar
    Sep 25 2023

    Daytona or bust; Sandcrab Armageddon; Marketing for lazy dads; Old Time Radio; How to know when you're the Jerk at the Bar; Be nice, help, or go away.


    Credits:

    Opening Theme – Holding Hands performed by Macroform, used by permission. Available at https://www.jamendo.com/track/1863981/holding-hands

    Transition Music – Laguna Beach performed by JuliusH, used by permission. Available at https://pixabay.com/music/alternative-laguna-beach-californian-surf-rock-pop-2020/

    Transition Music – The Entertainer, composed by Scott Joplin, Public Domain. Available at https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Joplin/Frog_Legs_Ragtime_Era_Favorites/04_-_scott_joplin_-_the_entertainer/

    Transition Music – Piano Sonata no. 11, K. 331 - III. Alla Turca, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  used by permission. Available at https://musopen.org/music/18-piano-sonata-no-11-k-331/. “Musopen (www.musopen.org) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit focused on improving access and exposure to music by creating free resources and educational materials. We provide recordings, sheet music, and textbooks to the public for free, without copyright restrictions. Put simply, our mission is to set music free.”

    Closing Song – Ciro, composed and performed by Lee Rosevere and Chris Zabriskie, used pursuant to a Creative Commons license BY-NC 4.0 International, available at https://archive.org/details/hpr076_Farrago

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    42 mins
  • Episode 2 - The Empathy Chronicles
    Aug 10 2023

    Some examples of both immediate and delayed empathy involving fake bats, tire guys, and heavyweight champs; Ukulele Ike; Old time stars I did not really talk to but Carson probably did; Norwegian streaming webcams; Muhammad Ali; Carlos Arredondo sings El Coraje.


    Credits and Links:

    Flirting Whistler (sample) (composer M.L. Lake; performer Conway’s Band), Public Domain, https://archive.org/details/conwaysbandflirtingwhistler.

    Piano Sonata no. 14 in C#m 'Moonlight', Op. 27 no.2 – III. Presto (sample) (composer Ludwig van Beethoven; performer Stefano Ligoratti), Public Domain, https://musopen.org/music/2547-piano-sonata-no-14-in-c-sharp-minor-moonlight-sonata-op-27-no-2/.

    A Song of Old Hawaii (sample) (Cliff “Ukulele Ike” Edwards), Creative Commons license BY-NC 3.0, https://archive.org/details/hpr048_UnderTheUkuleleMoon.

    Trumpet Hornpipe (sample) (Stuart Eydmann), Creative Commons license BY-NC 2.5 UK: Scotland, https://archive.org/details/raretunes_211_trumpet-hornpipe.

    El Coraje, (Carlos Arredondo), Creative Commons license BY-NC 2.5 UK: Scotland, https://archive.org/details/raretunes_271_el-coraje.

    Geirangerfjord cruise port webcam, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMSc-qqW3To.

    Skarsvag, North Cape, Norway webcam, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4kpeZHcke8.

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    40 mins
  • Episode 1 - It's Midnight Somewhere
    Jul 19 2023

    Late night radio; Peter Frampton in concert; What Yevgeny Zamyatin taught me about time and perspective in one paragraph; John tries to be funny; Podcast recommendation - This Is Chicago; Cool stuff on TuneIn Radio.

    Opening theme - Holding Hands performed by Macroform

    Transition music - Ver Elini Hayvanlar Alemi performed by Hayvanlar Alemi

    Transition and Closing Music - Arabesque No. 1 (Claude Debussy) performed by Simone Renzi



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    35 mins
  • Trailer
    Jul 8 2023

    A quick overview of what you can expect to hear from The Volume Down Podcast.

    Theme music: "Holding Hands" by Macroform. Available for use under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND license at https://www.jamendo.com/track/1863981/holding-hands. Used here under full license.

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    1 min