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Hi everyone, we'd love you to give our new podcast a listen.
Being Socially Distant is a new lockdown audio comedy from the producers of The Backstory Podcast. Written and produced by Tin Shed Productions and starring Suzy Coulson, Claire Mutimer, Kate Wilson and Ivan Vaughan. It is recorded remotely.
You can listen to episode 1 here or click here to subscribe directly so that you get new episodes when they're released.
Please follow us on instagram: @beingsociallydistant
Music: 'Latin Nights'
Composer: Tim Brown, Brown House Media
Publisher: Pond 5
Being Socially Distant is a Tin Shed Production.
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This week we hear from Nancy and daughter Nina who, together with lodger Wes, find themselves living together in lockdown in a newly constituted household. Nancy works in mental health so she has spent the last few weeks holed up in her bedroom supporting clients via Zoom, whilst she and Nina get used to living together after being apart for a while. Online dating, routines and the challenges of this enforced period of reflection - there's plenty here to relate to.
In a follow on from last week, Suzy asks Claire some non-corona questions in an attempt to talk about something - anything - else.
We really hope you've enjoyed our set of new normal backstories. You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
We are @thebackstoryypodcast on Facebook and Instagram @thebackstorypod on twitter.
The Backstory Podcast is produced by Tin Shed Productions
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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This week Suzy and Claire put five questions to each other about their new normal - how is life in lockdown in the Norfolk countryside? They talk about creative writing, podcasts they are listening to, their highs and lows and what might happen next. Then we hear from Lex who is in Sussex and reads out her blog which caught Claire's eye last week as it strikes many cords of what we are all experiencing.
Lex's blog can be found at: https://thethoughtreport.com/coronavirus-diary-of-a-working-mum/
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
We are @thebackstoryypodcast on Facebook and Instagram @thebackstorypod on twitter.
The Backstory Podcast is produced by Tin Shed Productions
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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We are bringing you a season of backstories with the theme - a new normal - telling the real-life stories of us all adjusting to life in the midst of the corona outbreak. We hope you find some comfort in hearing other people's new normals.
This week we hear from Masha who lives in Buenos Aires with her husband. Masha's two sons are in Canda and her youngest, who's 19, is in his second year of university. When lessons were cancelled Masha and her husband made plans for him to come home but, as lockdown kicked in, things didn't go according to plan.
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
We are @thebackstoryypodcast on Facebook and Instagram @thebackstorypod on twitter.
The Backstory Podcast is produced by Tin Shed Productions
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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We are bringing you a season of backstories with the theme - a new normal - telling the real-life stories of us all adjusting to life in the midst of the corona outbreak. We hope you find some comfort in hearing other people's new normals.
We kick off with Amy who is in the midst of a very tricky time as her Mum was diagnosed with a brain tumour just at the start of all this madness - she managed to get her Mum operated on just before all non-emergency operations were cancelled - but now she is caught up in all the corona lockdown. She explains how it is all playing out and how Mother's Day is for her this year.
This has been a fast turn-around podcast recorded remotely - so apologies for any sound issues - although it is pretty good given it was recorded on a phone.
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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In this week’s mash-up we hear a selection of stories on the theme of recovery. First we hear from from Jilly Moss whose little girl Alba contracted what turned out to be measles before her first vaccination. Jilly tells how frightening it was when no -one could recognise the illness and her daughter became so ill. This interview is with Claire on the phone - so apologies for the sound quality.
We also hear from Dave who became obsessed by his weight and describes his recovery from anorexia (season 4 episode 2) and finally Tiff’s story of recovery which is absolutely remarkable as she had been diagnosed with terminal cancer (season 3 episode 4) but to the amazement of her rugby-playing husband Tom Youngs and her daughter Maisie and the rest of her family she was told that the cancer had gone.
Our podcast recommendation is Emily Eavis on BBC's Desert Island Discs and Jon Ronson's audible original: The Last Days of August.
Trigger warnings for this episode: anorexia, cancer.
Help and support:
NHS website advice on measles
Beat - eating disorders
Macmillan -cancer support
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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This week we’re talking ‘Transformation’ - experiences that can blindside or creep up slowly but that change your life. We hear from Marc who was diagnosed with HIV in the 80s, when treatment and prognosis were very different. HIV is a disease that has seen massive change in recent years, although as Marc explains, there’s still some way to go with reducing stigma. We also hear from Adele, whose life was transformed by an acid attack, and from brothers Michael and Robert talking about Michael’s major head injury following an assault and how that has changed the dynamic within their family.
Our podcast recommendation is Modern Mann ‘Pupil A’ from 1st May 2019..
Trigger warnings for this episode: HIV, acid attack, domestic abuse, head injury
Help and support:
Terrence Higgins Trust for HIV and sexual health support
Acid Survivors Trust
Headway - the brain injury association
Samaritans Call free anytime: 116 123 (UK)
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Tea Time
Composer: Johnny Berglund
Source: Epidemic Sound
Title: Above It All
Composer: August Wilhelmsson
Source: Epidemic Sound
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This week we have our second mash-up, this time our first story is from another podcast The Break-up Monologues and we hear from comedienne Jane Postlethwaite interviewed by host Rosie Wilby about a big break up she went through. Carrying on the theme we hear about Nick Little and how it was for him to lose his business partner and best friend to a sudden illness and finally we go right back in to the archives to our first ever backstory to hear about Jan and John's story of losing their daughter - killed by her husband the mayor of Cromer. If you want to hear either of the last stories then Nick's story is series 6, ep 1 and A moment of madness is series 1, ep 1.
Our podcast recommendation of the week is ‘The Shrink Next Door’.
You can hear the full Break-Up Monologue featuring Jane Postlethwaite here.
Trigger warnings for this episode: Murder, domestic abuse.
Help and support:
Cruse Bereavement Care Helpline: 0808 808 1677
Refuge Against Domestic Violence: 0808 2000 247
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
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Backstory is back! This time we’re hearing from a mixture of new and familiar voices as we look at the theme of Altered States. We hear from Pat, whose Parkinson’s Disease causes hallucinations that her family is there, from Jess and Matt who lived through Jess’s post-partum psychosis and from Natasha who had intrusive thoughts as part of her OCD. All three have in common the experience of trying to live with an altered state of reality and the challenges that poses.
Our podcast recommendation of the week is ‘Personal Best’.
Trigger warnings for this episode: Parkinson’s, Post-Partum Psychosis, OCD, hallucinations
Help and support:
Parkinson’s UK
Association for Post Natal Illness
OCD Action
Samaritans Call free anytime: 116 123 (UK)
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Thunderbird
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Licence
Title: Late Answer
Composer: Indigo Days
Source: Epidemic Sound
Title: Tea Time
Composer: Johnny Berglund
Source: Epidemic Sound
Title: Above It All
Composer: August Wilhelmsson
Source: Epidemic Sound
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Rounding up our season looking at people seeking justice, we hear from Adele Bellis who suffered an acid attack in August 2014. The attack was arranged by her ex-partner, Anthony, but carried out by someone acting on his behalf. It followed a long and abusive relationship in which Anthony had made numerous threats against Adele and her family, as well as physically attacking her. Adele describes the attack itself, the abusive relationship that preceded it and what came after.
Our podcast recommendations of the week are ‘Parentland’ and ‘Paradise’ available on BBC Sounds.
Trigger warnings for this episode: domestic violence, acid attack, coercive control
Help and support:
Acid Survivors’ Trust
Samaritans Call free anytime: 116 123 (UK)
Adele’s book, ‘Brave’ is published by Harper Collins
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Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Thunderbird
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 3.0 Licence
Title: Interlude 2
Author: Ashley Burgoyne
https://ashleyburgoyne.wixsite.com/writerandcomposer
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This is Lee’s story of getting justice for his mother - Cherry Groce - who was shot in front of him by the police on 28th September 1985 when they raided his family home. She was shot through the spine and paralysed and the incident led to several days of rioting in Brixton. Lee was 11 at the time. Cherry died 26 years later from complications related to the injuries she sustained that night. This began Lee's search for justice for his Mum and their family. 29 years after the shooting, an inquest was finally held, but how would Lee ever come to terms with this traumatic incident at such a formative time in his life...
This programme does contain a short description of violence.
Our podcast recommendation of the week is BBC Sounds, Shreds: Murder in the dock.
Help and support:
https://www.inquest.org.uk - Inquest the charity, supported Lee in his legal battle.
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Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Light Thought
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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In PART TWO we continue the shocking and compelling story of how Penny Farmer and her family tracked down her brother and his girlfriend’s killer; 38 years after they were murdered on a boat off the coast of Guatemala in 1978. After a eureka moment out walking with her mother, Penny suddenly realised that facebook may hold the key to finding the sons of the main suspect - Silas Boston - who were on board the boat when it happened. Penny finally found out exactly what happened to her brother and his girlfriend Peta on board the ship. Subsequently the police also caught up with Boston - although the story doesn’t even end there…
Heads up - this podcast does contain some graphic details.
Our podcast recommendation of the week is Love and Radio's 'The Living Room' and The Daily 'The Hunt for the Golden State Killer'.
Help and support:
https://www.gov.uk/world - Foreign Office overseas
Lucie Blackman Trust https://www.lbtrust.org/
Citizens' Advice https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Cruse Bereavement Care https://www.cruse.org.uk/
Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/ 116 123 (UK and ROI - Free to call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Link to Penny's book
Dead in the Water - Bringing Down My Brother's Killer After His 39 Years On The Run - A True Story by Amazon.co.uk
Learn more: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786069660/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_egzyCbVFHD1N3
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Light Thought
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Title: Evening Fall
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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This is part one of Penny Farmer's remarkable story about her brother Chris and his girlfriend Peta who went off travelling to South America in 1978. Peta wrote home detailed letters every week and then the letters suddenly stopped. In this two-parter Penny describes the pain of Chris and Peta not coming home and their slow realisation that something dreadful had happened to them in the sea off Guatemala at the hands of Silas Boston. In this first part we hear about how Penny experienced their disappearance as she prepared to go off to university and their discovery of the horrific fate the couple had come to which set Penny on a 40 year quest to find and convict their killer - one which facebook held the key to in 2015.
Our podcast recommendation of the week is 'Love Stories with Dolly Alderton'.
Help and support:
https://www.gov.uk/world - Foreign Office overseas
Lucie Blackman Trust https://www.lbtrust.org/
Citizens' Advice https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Cruse Bereavement Care https://www.cruse.org.uk/
Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/ 116 123 (UK and ROI - Free to call, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year)
Link to Penny's book
Dead in the Water - Bringing Down My Brother's Killer After His 39 Years On The Run - A True Story by Amazon.co.uk
Learn more: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1786069660/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_U_egzyCbVFHD1N3
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Light Thought
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Title: Evening Fall
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Rounding up our season looking at the people whose job it is to help others, this week we’re heading to the gym to meet personal trainers Olly and Zane. Both have had their own struggles and have used exercise and fitness to help themselves out of a slump and maintain their mental well-being. For them, fitness isn’t about achieving the sort of image we’re all too familiar with - it’s about looking after yourself, valuing yourself and not expecting things to happen overnight.
Our podcast recommendation of the week is ‘Addicted to Sex’ by the BBC.
Trigger warnings for this episode: eating disorders, suicide, mental health.
Help and support:
Beat Eating Disorders 0808 801 0677
Samaritans Call free anytime: 116 123 (UK)
Links to weight diversity activists mentioned in the episode:
Marilyn Wann
Marianne Kirby
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: TeenQueens2
Composer: Stefan Netsman
Source: Epidemic Sound
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This week Claire went to meet Christie Watson who worked as a nurse for over twenty years. We hear about when she found herself on the other side of the fence watching Cheryl her Dad’s nurse - look after him when he became terminally ill with lung cancer. She describes the minute cues that Cheryl took from getting to knowing her Dad that helped her nurse him so effectively. She describes the pressures that nurses are under and what needs to change as we head towards a bed crisis which is actually a nursing shortage this winter. Christie has gone on to write two fictional books and most recently The language of Kindness: A Nurse's Story.
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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Continuing our season looking at the people whose job it is to help others, this week it’s Nicky and Alan from St. Martin’s Housing in Norwich. They tell us about their work with John, who has been an on/off client of St. Martin’s. John (not his real name) was a rough sleeper, a chaotic heroin user and supporting him was not easy. When people are batting with complex and entrenched problems, there are no quick fixes, no easy answers. It turns out, though, that good old-fashioned perseverance and compassion go a long way. Nicky and Alan tell us about their work and what it takes to help someone move from the streets to having their own front door.
Help and support:
St. Martins Housing (Norwich based)
Shelter
Crisis
Samaritans Call free anytime: 116 123 (UK)
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Stand Still
Composer: Johannes Hager
Source: Epidemic Sound
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This is a new season of the backstory - this run of four has a particular theme - we are looking at people’s jobs which involve doing good. This week we hear from Nick Little who set up a social enterprise company called the Outsiders with close friend Oz Osbourne. They quickly realised that in the world of social enterprise community work their high standards were tricky to maintain or were often undermined, but they stuck to their guns. They ran some amazing projects together including a human library where you could borrow people instead of books and have a chat with them for half an hour - the idea was to chose someone who totally challenged your prejudices - so they had categories like transgender, muslim and disabled. They also run the 12th man which is a project training barbers to be mental health first aiders, able to spot the warning signs among customers and point them in the right direction if they need help.
But then this summer Oz died.
Nick Little explains how hard it is to do good and how it is even harder when you suddenly lose your best friend and business partner.
Help and support:
the-outsiders.org.uk/about-us - Nick's social enterprise
12th-man.org.uk - Nick's
Samaritans 116 123 (24 hours)
www.mind.org.uk
thecalmzone.net
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Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: Eternal Hope
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Title: Evening Fall Harp
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Title:Quiet Contemplation 18
Author: Christian Andersen
Source: Epidemic Sound
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Season 5 Episode 8
Terry was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease when he was 59. 8 years after his diagnosis, he and daughter Vicki talk about how the illness has changed their lives, individually and as a family, the strains and losses that come with living with a progressive disease and how it also has the potential to bring people closer together.
Help and support:
Parkinson’s UK
Samaritans 116 123 (24 hours)
NHS information about Parkinson’s
Carers UK
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Music credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music:
Title: "Light Thought Variation 3"
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Season 5 Episode 7
In part two of Jess and Matt's story we hear about the tough journey from Norfolk to London to get Jess and baby Albert in to a psychiatric Mother and Baby unit. Jess explains what it was like to get treatment there and how they all coped with hospital life and getting used to slowly go out again. We hear about how it was eventually coming back to Norfolk and getting used to being at home and eventually the big decision of whether to try for another child.
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Help and support:
Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) and APP forumAssociation for Post Natal IllnessMind: what is postpartum psychosis?PANDAS Foundation UKRoyal College of Psychiatrists: postpartum psychosisMusic credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music
Title: Light Thought Var
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Title: Eternal
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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Season 5 Episode 6
Jess and Matt had an excellent birth but then things started to go a bit weird, Jess just wasn't herself. Matt had been warned that women can be very affected by hormones after the birth, but this was extreme. It turned out that Jess was suffering from postpartum psychosis a mental illness that comes on just after having a baby. When baby Albert was taken in to hospital with jaundice it became clear that he wasn't the only one that was ill and Jess needed very specialist care which wasn't readily available...
You can support us with likes, shares and reviews.
Help and support:
Action on Postpartum Psychosis (APP) and APP forumAssociation for Post Natal IllnessMind: what is postpartum psychosis?PANDAS Foundation UKRoyal College of Psychiatrists: postpartum psychosisMusic credits:
Main theme:
Title: Nancy
Author: Grimo (http://www.gosoundtrack.com/the-team/)
Source: www.gosoundtrack.com
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Incidental music
Title: Light Thought
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Title: Evening Fall
Author: Kevin MacLeod
Source: incompetech.com
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
Title: Marrakesch
Author: Phillip Gross
Source: http://freemusicarchive.org
License: CC By 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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