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Rebel Girls

Tanya Tagaq Read by Isabella Madrigal

Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls

Kids & Family, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids

4.57.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2023

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Tanya Tagaq creates art that connects people to their past and celebrates all that’s possible in the present and future. She is a throat singer, a musician, a painter, novelist, and advocate for Indigenous people everywhere. This podcast is a production of Rebel Girls. It’s based on the book series Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls. This story was produced by Deborah Goldstein with sound design and mixing by Mumble Media. It was written by Abby Sher with Tanya Tagaq and edited by Abby Sher. Fact-checking by Joe Rhatigan. Narration by Isabella Madrigal. Original theme music was composed and performed by Elettra Bargiacchi. Our executive producers are Joy Smith and Jes Wolfe. Thank you to the whole Rebel Girls team who make this podcast possible. Stay rebel!

Transcript

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0:00.0

Breaking news across the globe sounds are mysteriously going missing

0:06.4

waves are no longer crashing crickets are no longer chirping and the familiar

0:12.1

jingle of the ice cream truck is now a distant memory.

0:16.7

We need to get to the bottom of this.

0:18.9

So let's follow Detective Hunch and his new sidekick Audie the ear as they solve these Sonic mysteries and track down the nefarious sound swindler

0:29.3

all with a little help from the one and only LaVar Burton.

0:33.0

Join the team on this audio adventure and help return the missing sounds before the world falls silent.

0:40.0

Tune in to sound detectives presented by LaVara Burton wherever you listen to

0:45.0

podcasts and don't forget to follow the show so you never miss an episode. Tanya Taghakk was on stage alone in front of hundreds of people and yet she didn't feel

1:08.5

nervous. As the lights lit up her face, she started chanting and growling, letting the wordless sounds rise up and out of her.

1:20.0

The audience was transfixed. These guttural sounds seem to come from some place so deep

1:27.9

inside Tanya. And even though there were no words being sung or spoken,

1:34.4

Tanya seemed to be sharing a very important story

1:37.9

about herself, her homeland, and her people. The question was, would people listen to songs with no words and

1:49.1

understand their meaning?

1:55.0

I'm Isabella Madrigal, and this is Goodnight stories for Rebel Girls,

2:01.0

a fairy tale podcast about the real life rebel women who

2:05.8

inspire us. On this episode, Tanya Tagak, throat singer, musician, painter, novelist, and advocate for indigenous people everywhere.

2:17.0

When Tanya was little, she lived in a very beautiful and remote part of northern Canada called Nunavut.

2:30.0

Nunavut was close to the North Pole and very cold.

2:35.0

There were no roads in or out of her region,

2:38.0

and it often got so frigid that Tanya and her friends

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