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Episode 215: An Eighth Wonder
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Music
- Momento Ritmico and Papete aru by Piero Umiliani
- Opus 13 from Sven Libaek's score to The Set
- French Doll by Larry Ashmore and David Francis
- The wonderful Sewentuwa by Hailu Meriga
- Wave I by Elor Saxl
- Green by Hiroshi Yoshimura
Notes
- I originally learned about the Elephantine Colossus years ago in David McCullough's Brooklyn... and How it Got That Way, which still holds up.