Peace & Quiet

The Pidgin knows what you truly want: some gosh darn peace and quiet… We are still working on bringing that to you, but we did the next best thing: talked about it! Our show today opens with its Community segment, in which Ariel Chen and Maggie Stewart report on the long-standing silent protests that the Society of Friends (and their friends) have been organizing in the town of Princeton. Next, Margo Mattes takes on Culture, and lets us know just how a silent retreat unfolds, and the good, the bad, and the–shht!– of being silent for ten days. Lastly, our Science section has Maritza Roberts and Ameila Carneiro Zhu attend a glacier meditation, and goes beyond the tip of the iceberg to learn about the special place glaciers occupy on our planet.

Hosted, Recorded, Produced by Teo Grosu and Natalia Maidique. Reported, Recorded, and Produced by Maggie Stewart, Maritza Roberts, Margo Mattes, Ariel Chen, Natalia Maidique, and Ameila Carneiro Zhu.

All music under Creative Commons license.

Theme music: “Montanita” by Ratatat.

(00:00) Introduction

(01:22) Protests for Peace

(6:41) A Ten-Day Silent Retreat

(19:10) Glaciers