Relax: Songs to calm the nerves

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🗓️ 26 March 2024

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

It's music to the rescue on this week's All Songs Considered, with a mix of songs to slow the blood, including the one track scientists believe can reduce anxiety by up to 65%.

Featured songs and artists:
• Marconi Union: "Weightless"
• Mary Lattimore: "Wawa by the Ocean" from 'Collected Pieces'
• Van-Anh Nguyen and Noshika Masuda: "Spiegel im Spiegel" by Arvo Pärt
• Brian McBride: "Girl Nap" from 'The Effective Disconnect'
• Laraaji: "Meditation No. 1" from 'Day of Radiance'
• Arooj Aftab: "Saans Lo" from 'Vulture Prince'
• Eluvium: "One" from 'Talk Amongst The Trees'
• Enya: "Watermark" from 'Watermark'
• Adele: "Somoene Like You" from '21'
• Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, John Pritchard & London • Philharmonic Orchestra: "O Mio babbino caro" from 'Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Puccini and Verdi'
• Yo La Tengo: "Our Way To Fall" from 'And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out'
• Cassandra Jenkins: "Hard Drive" from 'An Overview of Phenomenal Nature'
• Ruth Laredo: "Clair de Lune" from 'My First Recital'
• Rachika Nayar: "Our Wretched Fantasy" from 'Heaven Come Crashing'
• Radiohead: "Everything in its Right Place" from 'Kid A'
• Clem Snide: "Nick Drake Tape" from 'A Beautiful EP'

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0:32.0	Hazel? I was just thinking you guys don't need it. Oh, because we're so...
0:35.8	We're so...
0:36.8	Because we're so chill as it is. Oh, I think the truth will maybe come out in this episode.
0:41.8	I think you will find out just how not fine we really are.
0:46.0	Here, let me just hit this piece of music here. I'm going to be. And deep breath. We're here. I want you all to remember that you are living breathing creatures on this planet.
1:14.4	You're surrounded by people who love you and it's going to be, it's going to be okay.
1:19.4	It's going to be a good day. Hazel Sills, Stephen Thompson. Let's just take stock here. How's everyone's
1:26.7	stress level been? Hazel. My stress level on a scale of 1 to 10 has been at an 11. This stress goes to 11. This stress you have to
1:37.2	this stress goes to 11 so it's different than other stress levels.
1:40.4	No it's been it's been okay. It could be better. I'm making it.
1:44.6	Yeah, you're here. You're here.
1:46.2	I'm somewhere around Hazel around that 10 to 11. You know, we, you know, we, you know, we just bought a new car and then hit some
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