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Broken Window Garden

by Ben Krieger

Live, improvised sound collage, spoken word, and interview.

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Episodes

  1. "Scared" - July 26, 2026

    Broken Window Garden – “Scared” July 26, 2026 An exploration of fear, evil, guilt, suffering, truth, storytelling, and hope. Samples: “…I’m scared.” (Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky) “We joke about the idea of the devil…” (Television evangelist, The Devil’s Candy) “…It’s like these children are inside…

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  2. *CLASSIC BWG* "Forest" - November 25, 2021

    Samples of Donna Haraway and more.

  3. "Good Times Trying" - June 15, 2025

    Samples from June 2025 protests, Barbara Ehrenreich, James Baldwin, Mariame Kaba, and more!

  4. "Haydn Seeking" - June 3, 2025

    Samples of Chris Hemsworth, John Belushi, Michelle Williams, Ryan Gosling, LH, André Gregory, Pedro Pascal, Donald Sutherland, Viola Davis, Mark Krieger, and more!

  5. "For the Love of Sadness" - May 25, 2025

    Samples of Matthew McConaughey, Al Pacino, John Goodman, Gil Fronsdal, and more!

  6. "The Iredeemables" - May 11, 2025

    Samples of Susan Sontag, Paul Tillich, Sesame's AI speaking program, and more!

  7. "Shadow and Light" - May 6, 2025

    Samples of P:arker Palmer, Ram Dass, and more.

  8. "What Are You Willing to Lose?" - April 27, 2025

    Samples of Barbara Ehrenreich, Charlton Heston, Pedro Pascal, Gil Fronsdal, Tom Cruise, and more!

  9. "Gather Around Everyone" - April 20, 2025

    Samples of Donna Haraway, Dana Meadows, Chinaka Hodge, and more!

  10. "The Friendship Shore" - April 14, 2025

    Samples of Amy Adams, John C. Reilly, Sylvester Stallone, Robert De Niro, David Lynch, Charles Taylor, and more!

  11. *CLASSIC BWG* "There Will Be a Breakdown" - July 11, 2018

    A classic show focusing on the joys of late-period capitalism.

  12. *CLASSIC BWG* "I Keep Coming Here To Say Goodbye" - April 29, 2022

    A beautiful episode from Spring 2022.

  13. *CLASSIC BWG* "Acoustic Death - Live at Sidewalk" - August 2012

    A live, acoustic performance of a pre-BWG sound collage.

  14. "Fragile" - July 18, 2024

    Special guest Ben Pagano on piano and synth. Samples of Charles Taylor Sean Penn, Gil Fronsdal, Jennifer Jason Lee, William Shatner, Carl Sagan, and more!

  15. "Personal Gods" - July 8, 2024

    Samples of Eddie Van Halen, Brad Pitt, Charles Taylor, Rick Rubin, Gil Fronsdal, and more!

  16. "No Going Back" - June 28, 2024

    Samples of Charles Taylor, Donna Haraway, Uncle T, Lindsay Hockaday, Philip Bobbitt, Tommy Lee Jones, and more!

  17. "The Gods Have Fled" - June 3, 2024

    Samples of Chris Hemsworth, Stellan Skarsgård, Cate Blanchett, Jessica Chastain, Patti Smith, Pedro Pascal, James Hillman, Diane Lane, and more!

  18. "The Sacramental Element" - May 18, 2024

    Sampled voices of Brian Eno, Rick Rubin, William Gaddis, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Gil Fronsdal, Alan Seale, and more!

  19. "The Calling" - May 5, 2024

    Samples of Dinah Manoff, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Pedro Pascal, David Kaff, André Gregory, and more!

  20. *CLASSIC BWG* "Empanadas with Wings" - June 6, 2021

    A classic show from 2021. Samples of William Gaddis, Merry Clayton, Sylvia Rivera, and more!

  21. "Birdies & Chicks" - April 21, 2024

    Samples of Viola Davis, George Clooney, Anne Hathaway, Patti Smith, Rooney Mara, Gregory Peck, Halle Berry, Sam Neill, and more!

  22. "Memory Storm" - April 13, 2024

    Samples of Jimmy Pesto, Lindsay Hockaday, Paul Tillich, Jonathan Berger, Alan Watts, and more!

  23. "Amadeus" - April 6, 2024

    Samples of Donald Sutherland, James Cleveland, Jodie Foster, James H. Cone, Marilyn Robinson, Anne Hathaway, Matthew McConaughey, Buckminister Fuller, Christopher Walken, Lucretia Berry, Harvey Keitel, Willem Dafoe, Betty Aberlin, Fred Rogers, and more!

  24. "Make Your Medicine" - March 24, 2024

    André Gregory, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Sarah Moriarty, Joaquin Phoenix, Wallace Shawn, Lee Pace, Lindsay Hockaday, Herbie Hancock, Alan Seale, Natalie Portman, Ethan Hawke, Gil Fronsdal, Rick Rubin, Chief Dan George, Natalia Tena, Donald Sutherland, Sam Neill, and more!

  25. "Congratulations, You've Been Broken" - March 9, 2024

    Samples of MLK, Christopher Walken, unknown subway preacher, Kalief Browder, Merry Clayton, Lawrence Cook, Mariame Kaba, Mtume Gant, Michael Douglas, Cedric Robinson, Donald Sutherland, Ethan Hawke, and more!

  26. "Medicine Man" - March 3, 2024

    Samples of Daryl Davis, Herbie Hancock, Lacresha Berry, Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr, Colin Farrell, Klaus Kinski, Donald Sutherland, and more!

  27. "Audience of One" - February 21, 2024

    Samples of Rick Rubin, Andrea Dworkin, Joaquin Phoenix, Tom Cruise, Sarah Moriarty, and more!

  28. "Power Struggles" - February 10, 2024

    Samples of Tom Cruise, Ethan Hawke, Jack Dishel, James H. Cone, Peter Cushing, Sarah Moriarty, Adam Sandler, Nicole Kidman, Charlie Chaplin, Andre Gregory, and more!

  29. "Water Dream" - February 6, 2024

    Samples of Rick Rubin, Susan Sontag, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Donna Haraway and more!

  30. "Letters" - January 27, 2024

    Samples of Lindsay Hockaday, Willem Dafoe, Harvey Keitel, and more!

  31. "Working From Ashes" - January 23, 2024

    Samples of Gil Fronsdal, Lindsay Hockaday, Dave Bautista, Lou Reed, Mackenzie Davis, and more!

  32. "Mistakes Of All Sizes" - January 14, 2024

    Samples of Fred Rogers, Betty Aberlin, Taylor Swift, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Reid, and more!

  33. Hanukkollage 8: "It Makes Sense To Me" - December 14, 2023

    The last night of the Hanukkollages! Sames of Fred Rogers, Alan Seale, and more!

  34. Hanukkollage 7: "The Broken Boat" - December 13, 2023

    Night 7 of 8 Hanukkah sound collages!

  35. Hanukkollage 6: "For Oceans Blue" - December 12, 2023

    Samples of Ethan Hawke, Fred Rogers, Donald Sutherland, Mary Ruefle, Donna Haraway, Kelly, Francis Ford Coppola, and more!

  36. Hanukkollage 5: We Are Broken As A Test" - December 11, 2023

    Samples of Nicholas Cage, J.J. Hayes, Sonya Renee Taylor, Donna Haraway, and more!

  37. Hanukkollage 4: "No Mud, No Lotus" - December 10, 2023

    Samples of Robert Creeley, Gil Fronsdal, Fred Rogers, and more!

  38. Hanukkollage 3: "The Good, the Great, and the Perfect" - December 9, 2023

    Samples of Fred Rogers, Al Pacino, Mackenzie Davis, Lee Pace, Judith Ivey, Robin Williams, Matthew McConaughey, and more!

  39. Hanukkollage 2: "The Hammer" - December 8, 2023

    Samples of Loretta Ross, Fred Rogers, Sarah Moriarty, Kelly, Alan Seale, and more!

  40. Hanukkollage 1: "Cold Open" - December 7, 2023

    Night 1 of 8 sound collages for Hanukkah! Samples of Sarah Moriarty, Pedro Pascal, and more!

  41. *CLASSIC BWG* "Pizza & Wine" - April 28, 2021

    Samples of Peter Weller, Lou Taylor Pucci, and more!

  42. "Forgiven Sin" - November 25, 2023

    Samples of Colin Tipping, Malcolm McDowell, Kathleen Raine, Lindsay Hockaday, and more!

  43. "Moon Garden" - November 12, 2023

    Samples of Gene Wilder, Tom Cruise, Jonathan Banks, Lee Pace, Lindsay Hockaday, Paul Tillich, Brook Pridemore, and more!

  44. "Into The Mystical" - November 7, 2023

    Samples of Paul Tillich, James H. Cone, Christopher Hitchens, Buckminister Fuller, Ethan Hawke, Dorothy Day, Carl Sagan, Gil Fronsdal, and more!

  45. "The Skies of Saturn" - October 29, 2023

    Samples of Gil Fronsdal, T George, Nicholas Cage, Al Pacino, Bob Odenkirk, John Goodman, Julie Andrews, Natalia Kenna, Lindsay Hockaday, Sam Neill, Joaquin Phoenix, and more!

  46. "Take Care" - October 21, 2023

    Samples of Dennis Kangalee, Dan Fishback, Jacob Bacharach, Angela Y. Davis, Gordon Parks, Gil Fronsdal, Alan Seale, and more!

  47. "Summer's Kiss Is Over" - October 15, 2023

    Samples of Mike Cooley, Uncle T, Sarah Moriarty, Asa Akira, Rose, and more!

  48. "Around the Sun" - October 3, 2023

    Samples of Ava Devine, Lindsay Hockaday, Dan Savage, Timothy Hutton, Doris Day, Jamie Lee Curtis, and more!

  49. "Random American Failure" - September 26, 2023

    Samples of Susan Sontag, T George-Munro, Denzel Washington, Rose, Anthony Bourdain, Cedric Robinson, Mtume Gant, Michael Douglas, and more!

  50. The Broken Are The More Evolved" - September 13, 2023

    Back with new shows for the fall! Samples of Pope, Manish Dayal, Roger Daltrey, Jamal AKA Jamal, Andrea Dworkin, JoAnn Wypijewski, and more!

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

Live, improvised sound collage, spoken word, and interview.

HOSTED BY

Ben Krieger

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