El Ponte: The Ladino Podcast about Bridging Cultures and Cultivating Connections
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6 episodes
8 months ago
El Ponte is a podcast that explores stories, connections, and cultures of Ladino, the diasporic language of Sephardic Jews spoken throughout the world. Although currently endangered, Ladino thrives in the intersections of its many components like Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek, Italian, French, Arabic, and more. As hosts, Max and Ivy discuss themes of place, home, diaspora, linguistic and cultural transmission, and community. In each episode, they interview guests from all over the world about their relationships with Ladino. If you’re curious about languages, the Spanish-speaking world, Jewish culture, or the many ways in which language, culture, and community intersect, we invite you to cross El Ponte and explore with us.
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El Ponte is a podcast that explores stories, connections, and cultures of Ladino, the diasporic language of Sephardic Jews spoken throughout the world. Although currently endangered, Ladino thrives in the intersections of its many components like Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek, Italian, French, Arabic, and more. As hosts, Max and Ivy discuss themes of place, home, diaspora, linguistic and cultural transmission, and community. In each episode, they interview guests from all over the world about their relationships with Ladino. If you’re curious about languages, the Spanish-speaking world, Jewish culture, or the many ways in which language, culture, and community intersect, we invite you to cross El Ponte and explore with us.
El Ponte: The Ladino Podcast about Bridging Cultures and Cultivating Connections
1 hour 12 minutes 13 seconds
2 years ago
Simone Salmon
In this episode, Ivy and Max talk to Simone Salmon, an ethnomusicologist and musician who specializes in Sephardic, Ladino, and Ottoman music. They discuss music as a cross-cultural bridge, differences between Ottoman and Western musical styles, the Turkish makam, and the story of Simone's great-grandparents Isaac and Emily Sene.
Show notes:
- The first “Misirlu” clip is by Jack Mayesh. http://www.sephardicmusic.org/labels/Mayesh/1367,1368.htm
- The book Simone mentions is by Benjamin Brinner, Playing across a Divide: Israeli-Palestinian Musical Encounters (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
- Music at a restaurant in contemporary Turkey: Tonoz Kumkapı Restaurant Meyhane Fasıl Canlı Müzik
- Selda Bagcan, "Sari Gelin,"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wgb764iB_4&ab_channel=SeldaBa%C4%9Fcan
- Simone's radio show: https://www.mixcloud.com/simoneharp/
- You can view a performance of Simone's ensemble at the 2022 ucLadino conference here: https://youtu.be/cwMTBiqETY4?t=26102
Podcast Credits:
Music by KJ.
Logo design by Rebecca Daniel Mottley.
Audio Post-Production Services provided by Stampede Studios, Inc.Audio Mixer – Oscar SalinasSenior Director, Sound – Mark Herscovitz
Special Thanks to Ben Arnold.
If you want to reach out to us, email: elpontepodcast@gmail.com
El Ponte: The Ladino Podcast about Bridging Cultures and Cultivating Connections
El Ponte is a podcast that explores stories, connections, and cultures of Ladino, the diasporic language of Sephardic Jews spoken throughout the world. Although currently endangered, Ladino thrives in the intersections of its many components like Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek, Italian, French, Arabic, and more. As hosts, Max and Ivy discuss themes of place, home, diaspora, linguistic and cultural transmission, and community. In each episode, they interview guests from all over the world about their relationships with Ladino. If you’re curious about languages, the Spanish-speaking world, Jewish culture, or the many ways in which language, culture, and community intersect, we invite you to cross El Ponte and explore with us.
