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Everything Sounds

Everything Sounds is a podcast and short-form radio program exploring the role of sound in art, science, history, culture, and our everyday lives. Even silence has a sound.

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30: The Silent Age

30: The Silent Age

Over the years, sound effects and music have been used to make video game experiences more memorable or immersive. Smart... Read more

19 Sep 2013

18mins

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17: Most Relaxing Song

17: Most Relaxing Song

Music can do a number of things, but can it help tortoises reproduce? The answer is no, but music can help us to relax a... Read more

19 Sep 2013

19mins

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26: Gennett Records

26: Gennett Records

The early recorded history of jazz, blues, and country music in America usually isn’t associated with a place like Richm... Read more

19 Sep 2013

20mins

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40: London Parakeets

40: London Parakeets

The soundscapes of cities are always changing and London is no exception. Human-produced sounds usually push the sounds ... Read more

26 Sep 2013

24mins

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21: Nick Zammuto

21: Nick Zammuto

The Beatles released their album, Rubber Soul, in 1965. This album includes a track titled “In My Life” that features an... Read more

19 Sep 2013

29mins

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11: Microphone Museum

11: Microphone Museum

Bob Paquette has been collecting microphones for over six decades. His collection resides in his microphone museum that ... Read more

19 Sep 2013

20mins

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10: Rhythm Discovery

10: Rhythm Discovery

In downtown Indianapolis, there is an interactive museum where you’re free to hit, scrape, and strike just about anythin... Read more

19 Sep 2013

13mins

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55: Restaurant Sound Design

55: Restaurant Sound Design

In the 2013 Zagat Dining Trends Survey, diners shared information about their tipping habits, favorite cuisines, and eve... Read more

2 Oct 2014

17mins

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41: Sounds from The Memory Palace

41: Sounds from The Memory Palace

The Memory Palace is produced by Nate DiMeo and features historical narratives that are touching, humorous, and intrigui... Read more

31 Oct 2013

27mins

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15: Music & Memory

15: Music & Memory

Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music. Music can remind us of our past and affect our mood. Dan Cohe... Read more

19 Sep 2013

15mins

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54: Shapenote

54: Shapenote

Shapenote singing is a tradition developed in the late 1700's and early 1800's that helped everyday people sing music ev... Read more

4 Sep 2014

18mins

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13: The Sounds of East London

13: The Sounds of East London

Dominic WIlcox is an established artist in London, England. His work ranges from sculpture, clothing design, drawings an... Read more

19 Sep 2013

16mins

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25: Packard Campus

25: Packard Campus

Cold War tensions led to the creation of a Federal Reserve bunker inside of Mount Pony in Culpepper, VA in 1969. The bun... Read more

19 Sep 2013

28mins

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18: Soundwalk

18: Soundwalk

While Stephan Crasneanscki was working towards his Ph.D, he found that museum guides were lacking personality and feelin... Read more

19 Sep 2013

21mins

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19: Sound Chambers

19: Sound Chambers

For years George had been obsessed with the stories of two sound chambers on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomin... Read more

19 Sep 2013

22mins

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53: The Black Country

53: The Black Country

Individuals can share a common language, but it can sound different due to accents and regional dialects. In some cases,... Read more

10 Jul 2014

19mins

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14: Bicycle Sounds

14: Bicycle Sounds

Rube Goldberg machines are unnecessarily complex contraptions that are assembled to perform simple tasks. Rube Goldberg ... Read more

19 Sep 2013

16mins

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47: The Heartbeat

47: The Heartbeat

The Tell-Tale Heart, one of Edgar Allan Poe's best known works, was written in 1842. The tale of madness involves a numb... Read more

6 Feb 2014

38mins

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22: Audium

22: Audium

Stan Shaff has been interested in the relationship between sound and space for well over 50 years. His Audium installati... Read more

19 Sep 2013

16mins

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51: Zappa Dummy

51: Zappa Dummy

NPR's Protojournalist published a list of 6 odd college courses in America. On the list is a course on the music of Fran... Read more

12 Jun 2014

18mins

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