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Listener
Listener(s) or The Listener(s) may refer to: Literature * The Listener (magazine), ''The Listener'' (magazine), a 1929–1991 British weekly covering broadcast media * ''New Zealand Listener'', weekly magazine covering politics and culture * The Listeners (novel), ''The Listeners'' (novel), a 1972 novel by James Gunn * ''The Listeners'', a 1912 poetry collection, or the title poem, by Walter de la Mare * ''The Listeners'', a 1970 novel by Monica Dickens * ''The Listeners'', a 2021 novel by Jordan Tannahill * Ashema the Listener, a Marvel Comics character Music * Listener (band), an American spoken-word rock band * The Listener (album), ''The Listener'' (album), by Jeff Williams, 2013 * The Listeners (opera), ''The Listeners'' (opera), a 2022 opera by Missy Mazzoli Television * The Listener (TV series), ''The Listener'' (TV series), a 2009–2014 Canadian fantasy drama series * The Listeners (TV series), ''The Listeners'' (TV series), a 2024 British TV series * ''Listeners'', a 202 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listener (TV Series)
''The Listener'' is a Canadian fantasy drama television series created by Michael Amo. The series stars Craig Olejnik as Toby Logan, a paramedic with telepathic powers who finds himself consulting with law enforcement to make a change in the world by helping others while listening to the thoughts of victims and criminals, and seeing images that they saw. The series was broadcast in Canada on CTV and was produced by Shaftesbury Films, in conjunction with CTV and Fox International Channels. The series premiered on CTV on March 3, 2009. CTV renewed the series for four more seasons, each consisting of 13 episodes, premiering February 8, 2011, May 30, 2012, May 29, 2013, and May 26, 2014. In August 2014, CTV announced that they had canceled the show. The series finale aired on August 18, 2014. Plot Season One (2009) Toby is a 28-year-old first-year paramedic who never knew his father and grew up in foster homes. Until now, Toby has kept secret his premonitions and his ability ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Listener
The ''New Zealand Listener'' is a weekly New Zealand magazine that covers the political, cultural and literary life of New Zealand by featuring a variety of topics, including current events, politics, social issues, health, technology, arts, food, culture and entertainment. The Bauer Media Group closed ''The Listener'' in April 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. In June 2020, Mercury Capital acquired the magazine as part of its purchase of Bauer Media's former Australia and New Zealand assets, which were rebranded as Are Media. History ''The Listener'' was first published in June 1939 as a weekly broadcasting guide for radio listeners, and the first issue was distributed free to 380,000 households. First edited by Oliver Duff then from June 1949 M. H. Holcroft, it originally had a monopoly on the publication of upcoming television and radio programmes. In the 1980s it lost that monopoly, but despite the increase in competition since that time, it w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listener (band)
Listener is an American spoken word rock band from Fayetteville, Arkansas. Originally a hip hop project by Dan Smith, who used the moniker "Listener", it soon evolved into a full-fledged rock band. The current lineup consists of Smith as vocalist, trumpeter, and bassist together with guitarist Jon Terrey and drummer Kris Rochelle. History Listener originally started as a solo underground hip hop project of vocalist Dan Smith beginning with the commercial release of the album '' Whispermoon'' on Mush Records in 2003. He has also contributed to several collaborative albums with the groups Deepspace5 and Labklik, both of which he is a founding member of. With his second release ''Ozark Empire'' in 2005, Smith began his first "Tour of Homes". This consisted almost entirely of traveling from home to home around the United States (the European leg of the tour was titled the "European Tour of Homes") in a grassroots style of touring. The European leg consisted more of performing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listener (magazine)
''The Listener'' was a weekly magazine established by the BBC in January 1929 which ceased publication in 1991. The entire digitised archive was made available for purchase online to libraries, educational and research institutions in 2011. It was first published on 16 January 1929, under the editorship of Richard S. Lambert, and was developed as a medium of record for the reproduction of broadcast talks. It also previewed major literary and musical broadcasts, reviewed new books, and printed a selected list of the more intellectual broadcasts for the coming week. Its published aim was to be "a medium for intelligent reception of broadcast programmes by way of amplification and explanation of those features which cannot now be dealt with in the editorial columns of the ''Radio Times''". The title reflected the fact that at the time the BBC broadcast via radio only. (The BBC version of ''The Listener'' was preceded by another magazine with the same title which was the ''Journ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listeners (novel)
''The Listeners'' is a 1972 science fiction novel by American author James Gunn. It centers on the search for interstellar communication and the effect that receipt of a message has. Although the search and the message are the unifying background of the novel, the chapters explore the personal effect of these events have on the lives of the characters. Style ''The Listeners'' is a modernist novel with a nonlinear narrative.Kilgore, DeWitt Douglas. "C/SETI As Fiction: On James Gunn's ''The Listeners''." In ''Societal Impact of Spaceflight.'' Steven J. Dick and Roger D. Launius, eds. Washington, D.C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2009, p. 541. Linear narrative and dialogue are often interspersed with quotations from real authors and their works, fragments of fictional news reports, and snippets of thought and dialogue from named and unnamed sources (including a supercomputer). Italic type is often used. Among the more notable individuals quoted in the novel are sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listeners (opera)
''The Listeners'' is an English-language opera in two acts, with music by American composer Missy Mazzoli and libretto by Royce Vavrek. Based on a story by Jordan Tannahill, the opera was commissioned by Opera Philadelphia and Lyric Opera of Chicago. The premiere was staged with Norwegian National Opera in 2022, before the American premiere in Philadelphia in 2024. Background and performance history Vavrek's libretto is based on a story by Canadian writer Jordan Tannahill. The hum, which is the main driver of the plot, is a phenomenon in which a person or group of people hear a mysterious humming noise which others cannot hear. This phenomenon has occurred in several places around the world. The premiere was staged in 2022 at the Oslo Opera House with the Norwegian National Opera. The opera was then performed in 2024 by Opera Philadelphia at the Academy of Music. This was followed in 2025 by a production from the Aalto Musiktheater in Essen, directed by Anna-Sophie Mahler. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listeners (TV Series)
''The Listeners'' is a 2024 television series based on the 2021 novel of the same name by Jordan Tannahill. It was developed by BBC Studios and Element Pictures, and released by BBC One on 19 November 2024. Premise An English teacher Claire (Rebecca Hall) is tormented by a continuous humming noise that seemingly only a few people are able to hear. This premise is based on The Hum, a phenomenon that has been reported in several places around the world. Cast ''Source:'' * Rebecca Hall as Claire * Ollie West as Kyle * Prasanna Puwanarajah as Paul, Claire's husband * Amr Waked as Omar, facilitator of a support group for those who hear the Hum * Gayle Rankin as Jo, Omar's wife and co-facilitator * Mia Tharia as Ashley, Claire's daughter * Franc Ashman as Cassandra, Claire's colleague * Samuel Edward-Cook as Damian, a fellow listener * Karen Henthorn as Emily, a fellow listener * Lucy Sheen as Teresa, a fellow listener * Ian Mercer as Tom, Emily's husband * Scottee as Noam, a fello ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listeners
is an original Japanese anime television series produced by MAPPA, created by Jin, and directed by Hiroaki Ando. The series aired from April 3 to June 19, 2020 on the Animeism programming block. Plot The series is set in a post-apocalyptic world where Humanity is defended from Earless attacks by the Players, the latter earning fame and fortune along the way. Echo Rec dreams of joining the Players and piloting a mecha of his own, but has no prospects of doing so, until he encounters μ - an enigmatic girl who's lost her memory and has an auxiliary port on her body. An auxiliary port signifies a Player; together, μ and Echo work together towards fame and fortune. Characters ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : ; : Production and release On June 8, 2019, the original anime television series was announced by Jin, the creator of the ''Kagerou Project''. The series is animated by MAPPA and directed by Hiroaki Ando, with Da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jordan Tannahill
Jordan Tannahill (born May 19, 1988) is a Canadian writer and director. His novels and plays have been translated into twelve languages, and honoured with a number of prizes including two Governor General's Literary Awards."Thomas King wins Governor General's award for fiction" '''', November 18, 2014. His debut novel, ''Liminal'', was honoured with France's 2021 Prix des Jeunes Libraires. His second novel, ''The Listeners'', made the Canadian fiction bestsellers list, and was shortlisted for the 2021 |
The Listener (film)
''The Listener'' is a 2022 American drama film directed by Steve Buscemi and written by Alessandro Camon. It stars Tessa Thompson in the film's only on-screen role as a helpline volunteer. The film premiered at the 2022 Venice International Film Festival, and was released in the United States by Vertical Entertainment on March 29, 2024. Plot Beth, a "listener" for callers to simply talk to, receives a call from a previous inmate who was just released a year ago, a man that just told his wife he doesn't love her anymore and a young woman whose abusive boyfriend wants to pimp her out which upsets Beth. Beth then receives a call from a child sex offender, and he talks about his recent actions and asks Beth personal questions about her looks, challenging her that she doesn't understand his problems and difficulties because she's "good looking" and that he is horrid, and an evolutionary failure. She soon becomes uncomfortable speaking to this individual and ends the call. As she ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Listener (album)
''The Listener'' is an album by jazz drummer Jeff Willams, an American expatriate in England. The album was released on 4 June 4, 2013 by Whirlwind Recordings. Track list # Beer and Water # Borderline # She Can't Be a Spy # Fez # Lament # Scrunge/Search Me # Slew Footed # Dedicated to You Personnel * Jeff Willams – drums * Duane Eubanks – trumpet * John O' Gallagher – alto saxophone * John Hébert – double bass References {{DEFAULTSORT:Leave The Door Open 2013 albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Dickens
Monica Enid Dickens, MBE (10 May 1915 – 25 December 1992) was an English writer, the great-granddaughter of Charles Dickens. Biography Known as "Monty" to her family and friends, she was born into an upper-middle-class London family to Henry Charles Dickens (1878–1966), a barrister, and Fanny Dickens (née Runge). She was the granddaughter of Sir Henry Fielding Dickens KC. Disillusioned with the world she was brought up in – she was expelled from St Paul's Girls' School in London for throwing her school uniform into the Thames before she was presented at court as a debutante – she decided to go into domestic service despite coming from the privileged class; her experiences as a cook and general servant would form the nucleus of her first book, ''One Pair of Hands'' in 1939. ''One Pair of Feet'' (1942) recounted her work as a nurse, and subsequently she worked in an aircraft factory and on the ''Hertfordshire Express'' – a local newspaper in Hitchin; her experience ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
