State of the Human

Preserving (full episode)

This episode investigates the act of preserving, a decision made in the present, regarding the past, looking towards the future. What can we learn from what we choose to preserve? What does preserving reveal about our values?
Producers: Cat Fergesen, Karen Ge, Regina Kong, Liv Jenks, Andy Lee, Lola McAllister, Carolyn Stein, Allie Wollner, and Grace Zhang
Music:
Traveler by Alexander Nakarada
http://oroclick.com/Celtic-music/3_Traveler.php
Teals Descending Upon the Level Sand, Lo Ka Ping:
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lo_Ka_Ping/Lost_Sounds_of_the_Tao/lokapingtealsmp3
Mountain Breeze, Purple Planet
https://www.purple-planet.com/mountain-breeze

Story 3: Art Never Dies

When we walk into a museum we rarely think about the behind-the-scenes life of the art hanging on the wall. What goes into preserving art to stand the test of time? What happens when the physical material can’t be saved? Does the art piece die?
 
Featuring: Michelle Barger, Aleesa Alexander, Liv JenksProducer: Grace Zhang, Lola McAllister, and Liv Jenks
Music: Curiosity, Lee Rosevereleerosevere.bandcamp.com/track/curiousity
Sneaky Adventure, Kevin MacLeodwww.youtube.com/watch?v=a3A90Oc1Rrc
The Flight of Lulu, Possimistewww.youtube.com/watch?v=7TJvjaKsGz4
Soft Piano, TRDwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Leg2QqTasLE

Story 2: Deekin' On Boont Harpers

Boonville isn’t just a sleepy wine town in Northern California. It has its own culture, tall tales, and even its own version of a language - Boontling. Sadly, like Boonville itself, Boontling is fading away. We explore a diverse array of perspectives on what Boontling really means, on how its multiple layers intertwine with the history, economy, and deeply human aspects of this community.bit.ly/32TUZyy
 
Featuring: Wes Smoot, Rod DeWitt, Karen GeWriters: Carolyn Stein, Karen Ge, Cat FergesenProducers: Carolyn Stein, Karen Ge
Music:Warmup, Patrick Mueckefreemusicarchive.org/music/Patrick_…Meuke_-_Warmuptracks from Voices of the Valley Volume 1, from the Anderson Valley Historical SocietyRitual ThreeFor Land For Love for TimeSerenity, Jason Shawbit.ly/serenity-jason-shawAmericana Road Tripwww.melodyloops.com/my-music/longol…cana-road-trip/Homestyle Mandolinfreemusicarchive.org/music/Lucas_Go…estyleMandolinAnimal Magic, Purple Planetwww.purple-planet.com/animal-magicEveryday life, Purple Planetwww.purple-planet.com/everyday-lifeMountain Breeze, Purple Planetwww.purple-planet.com/mountain-breezeEvan Schaeffer, Grazefiles.freemusicarchive.org/storage-fre…-_Graze.mp3Lemon Slicewww.melodyloops.com/my-music/longol…ps/lemon-slice/Americana Road Tripwww.melodyloops.com/my-music/longol…cana-road-trip/Melancholic Acoustic Guitarwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj4nXrOixrMKevin MacLeod - Easy Day

Story 1: Mother of Falcons

Master falconer Kate Marden has an urgent mission: preservation through education. What’s at stake? The ability to connect to something as wild as a bird of prey.
 
Featuring: Kate Marden, Amber Kelley, Regina KongProducer: Regina Kong

Learning Medicine (full episode)

We visit five places on campus where future doctors are learning how to practice medicine. We’re going to real classrooms: anatomy lab and wet lab, lecture halls, we visit a Stanford Free Clinic, bike across campus to the mausoleum, and head down the road to Webb Ranch. We’re asking: How are students learning to practice medicine, thoughtfully?
Producers: Victoria Yuan, Aparna Verma, JJ Kapur, Sarah Griffin, Esha Dhawan, Linda Liu, Christy Hartman, and Gaby Li

Materializing (full episode)

What ideas exist behind material objects? In this episode, we’re going to look at stuff—things we can see or hear or touch—to try to understand the intangible, like memory, history, and bias.
Producers: Adesuwa Agbonile, Jett Hayward, Yue Li, Jenny March, Isabella Tilley, Melina Walling, Val Gamao

Dying (full episode)

In this episode, we’re going to think about death. All things must come to an end, but that does not mean death is all ending. We ask -- what can death teach us about life?
Featuring special reflections on death at the beginning and end of the show by Lazarre and Simone Elias, aged 6 and 9.
Producers: Aparna Verma, Isabella Tilley, Will Shan, Lena Lee, Regina Kong, Alessandra Wollner
Show Music:
Téki (with Les Gauchers Orchestra), Lee Maddeford, Instrumentals
kate bush, johnny_ripper, epilogue.

Mythologizing (full episode)

In this episode, we search for myths in the modern world. We ask-- where are monsters hiding, and who created them? What do the myths we circulate say about ourselves?
Producers: Claudia Heymach, Morgan Canaan, Sophie McNulty, Ben Schwartz, Jett Hayward, Michaela Elias, Christy Hartman, Jake Warga, Jenny March
Music:

Solitude (full episode)

Stories about being alone, wanting to be alone, or feeling alone. What is that place we go to to protect ourselves? How and why achieve seclusion?
Producers: Yue Li, Sofia Sanchez-Luege, Jett Hayward, Stephanie Niu, Sienna White and Adesuwa Agbonile.
http://storytelling.stanford.edu

Broadcasting Story 3: Stargate

What about the signals broadcasting all around us that only a few can tune into? A former model turned psychic goes to war with a bored physicist and a skeptical scientist.
 
Featuring: Uri Geller, David Goslin, Edwin May