Audio Tours and Podcasts
Listen to, or download The Huntington's collection of audio tours and podcasts.
The files may be listened to on a computer or loaded onto an MP3 player with podcasting software such as iTunes.
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10.26.2009 Audio - Halloween and the Culture Wars
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Halloween and the Culture Wars
Lecture by Nicholas Rogers, professor of history at York University in Toronto and the Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington for 2009–10
Halloween might seem a childish holiday, but it has often been at the center of cultural conflict. In this lecture, Rogers examines how Halloween has sparked contentious debate on many fronts: about the use of urban space, alternative religious practices, Latino identity, and more. Rogers spoke in Friends’ Hall on Oct. 26, 2009.
Listen now Halloween and the Culture Wars [47:31]
03.30.2009 Audio - The Haynes Foundation Lecture: "Little Girl Lost: The Kathy Fiscus Tragedy"
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Little Girl Lost: The Kathy Fiscus Tragedy
Lecture by William Deverell, professor of history, University of Southern California, and director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West
In the spring of 1949, a three-year-old girl fell into an abandoned well shaft while playing near her home in San Marino. For more than 24 hours, local television stations KTTV and KTLA covered the unsuccessful rescue attempt, making it one of the first news events in the nation to be televised outside the station. At year’s end, The New York Times referred to the tragic death of Kathy Fiscus as the single most significant photographic event of 1949. Deverell explores the accident and aftermath, touching on the social and economic history of the region while also explaining how the tragedy revealed both the permanence and vulnerabilities of community.
Listen now Little Girl Lost: The Kathy Fiscus Tragedy [47:44]
| 02.15.2008 Audio - Liu Fang Yuan, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance at The Huntington |
Liu Fang Yuan, the Garden of Flowing Fragrance at The Huntington 
Experience the inspiration behind Liu Fang Yuan, The Garden of Flowing Fragrance at The Huntington in this 42-minute walking tour. The garden combines the beauty of nature with the expressiveness of literature to give deeper meaning to the landscape. Filled with literal and symbolic meanings, a walk through Liu Fang Yuan enriches the mind and spirit alike.
The audio guide walking tour is 42 minutes. The audio guide stops (tracks) below correspond with locations in the garden, and are also identified in the
map of Liu Fang Yuan.
A transcript of the audio guide tour is available for loan in the Entrance Pavilion.
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Note: These files are compressed, are 55-60 MB, and may take substantially longer to download than individual tracks.
| 02.03.2007 Podcast - Constable's Great Landscapes: The Six-Foot Paintings |
Constable's Great Landscapes: The Six-Foot Paintings
This podcast offers insightful commentary and historic background on the celebrated works of British artist, John Constable. Considered his masterpieces, Constable's canvases are the largest and most celebrated of the British artist’s works. The series includes such well-known works as The White Horse (1819) and The Hay Wain (1821), as well as The Huntington’s own View on the Stour Near Dedham (1822).
Download Constable's Great Landscapes [4:49]
| 02.10.2007 Podcast - First Freedoms: The Los Angeles Times and the Right to a Free Press |
First Freedoms: The Los Angeles Times and the Right to a Free Press, 1881-2006
This exhibit and podcast look at the ways in which the Los Angeles Times has both supported and influenced First Amendment rights throughout much of its 125-year history. Topics addressed include the paper’s survival and defiance in the face of the deadly bombing of the building in 1910; its Pulitzer Prize in 1942 for advocacy of First Amendment rights for all American newspapers; and its decision in the 1970s to ban pornographic advertising. Among the unique items on view are the actual Pulitzer Prize medals won by the paper; digital content reflective of the Times’ activities in the sphere of the paper’s rights; original artwork by controversial cartoonist Paul Conrad; and the only surviving copy of the first day of publication, December 4, 1881, preserved in The Huntington’s collection.
Download First Freedoms [3:23]