Sound Show

Sound is energy. It’s intimate and startling and immediate. Each episode of Sound Show explores one topic in sound, like music, film, silence, or communication. Every week we talk to the people who make and hear the strangest, most interesting sounds in that topic.

Arts
Technology
1
Mini Episode: Classical Musicians Are Human, Too
Classical blooper reels are the best
6 min
2
7: The Music Genome Project Hasn’t Failed Yet
Was Pandora's Music Genome Project worth the effort?
22 min
3
6: Scenes From an Italian Astronaut
In 2015, Roberto Vittori single handedly increased the number of noise complaints in Washington, DC by a factor of five.
13 min
4
5: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?
Dick Clark, Guy Lombardo, and an "Auld Lang Syne" for the ages
17 min
5
4: It's All In Your Head
Auditory illusions make you hear things that aren't really there
27 min
6
3: The Audience Is Listening
15 min
7
2: Hear People Die
Hearpeopledie is an offshoot of a subreddit called watchpeopledie, which is for videos of graphic violence. Audio, however, is a little more hardcore.
8 min
8
1: What Comes After Hamilton?
On this episode of Sound Show, we’re talking about the sounds of verse, and hip hop, and theater, and what it means when they all occupy the same space.
18 min
9
Coming Soon: Sound Show
1 min