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    Auld Lang What?

    Auld Lang What?

    FromSidedoor

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    Auld Lang What?

    FromSidedoor

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    Length:
    21 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 20, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    It’s a song we often hear at the start of the new year. But what does “auld lang syne” even mean? And how did it come to be associated with New Year's Eve? With a little musical sleuthing, we find Charlie Chaplin might have something to do with it…

    Guests:

    James Deutsch, curator of folklife and popular culture at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
    Released:
    Dec 20, 2023
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Titles in the series (100)

    More than 154 million treasures fill the Smithsonian’s vaults. But where the public’s view ends, Sidedoor begins. With the help of biologists, artists, historians, archaeologists, zookeepers and astrophysicists, host Lizzie Peabody sneaks listeners through the Smithsonian’s side door, telling stories that can’t be heard anywhere else. Check out si.edu/sidedoor and follow @SidedoorPod for more info.