{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6398a22759c4120011a2c2ac/640352e2f20c630012fceb62?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Manhattan Tower (by Gordon Jenkins)","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6398a22759c4120011a2c2ac/1678105582734-d4aeead0e9c78e1d4b4a760679fef0eb.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>This episode is a celebration of Gordon Jenkins' 1946 piece 'Manhattan Tower'. Described by the author as 'a love song to New York' it's a curious story of a romanticised city that might not be everything it's supposed to be. Dan and Will find themselves discussing the subject of psycho-geography and questioning how much influence any given place has in dictating the stories of the people that live there. Are we stories being told by the physical buildings in which we live?</p><p><br></p><p>Story Starts: 00:04:12</p><p>Story Ends: 00:20:37</p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPqTCKtbBBA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Psycho-geography</a> (as thought about by Will Self)</p><p>Chris Ware - <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Building_Stories\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Building Stories </a></p><p><br></p><p>“I live not in myself, but I become</p><p>Portion of that around me: and to me</p><p>High mountains are a feeling, but the hum</p><p>of human cities torture.”</p><p><br></p><p>―&nbsp;George Gordon Byron,</p><p><br></p><p><strong>We'd love it if you got in contact with us! </strong></p><p><strong>Please write to: </strong><a href=\"mailto:info@academicpodcastagency.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>info@academicpodcastagency.com</strong></a><strong> and let us know what you think of the show.</strong></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Academic Podcast Agency "}