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Podcast: New Books in Catholic Studies
Episode: Words and Silences: The Thomas Merton Hermitage Tapes
Description: Brian Harnettyâs recent record, Words and Silences, takes voice recordings made by the famed American Trappist monk Thomas Merton and sets them within Harnettyâs musical compositions. The meditative and revealing result has been lauded by critics in The Wire, MOJO, and Aquarium Drunkard. In this episode, we share a Phantom Power exclusive: a brand new narrative piece that Brian created about the making of his record. âWords and Silences: The Thomas Merton Hermitage Tapesâ is much more than a behind-the-scenes look at Brianâs process. Harnettyâs audio diary is its own moving meditation on Merton, solitude, s...