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A Philosophy of Echoes with Amit Pinchevski
Amit Pinchevski challenges the notion that echo is mere repetition. Instead, echo is a generative medium. Just as a baby first learns to speak by repeating the sounds of others, a philosophy of echoes
John Cage: Echoes of the Anechoic
Today we explore the mythology around John Cages visit to the anechoic chamber. The chamber was designed to completely eliminate echoes. Ironically, the tale of Cages experience in that space has ec
Sonic AI: Steph Ceraso & Hussein Boon
Today we hear two scholars reading their recent work on artificial intelligence. Steph Ceraso studies the technology of voice donation, which provides AI-created custom voices for people with vocal
Words and Silences: The Thomas Merton Hermitage Tapes
Musician and sound artist Brian Harnetty breathes new, musical life into the analog meditations of 60s Catholic mystic Thomas Merton. Continue reading
Westerkamp: The Unedited Interview [excerpt]
Here is a preview of Mack Hagoods full one hour and forty minute interview with soundscape composer Hildegard Westerkamp, which includes many details and stories we couldnt fit into the three public
The Sound World of Harriet Tubman
Just in time for Black History Month, we share an episode we've been excitedly working on for a number of months now. Ethnomusicologist Maya Cunningham brings us The Sound World of Harriet Tubman. M
Hildegard Westerkamp: A Life in Soundscape Composition
Hildegard Westerkamp is a pioneering composer, radio artist and sound ecologist. Today we speak to her about her career and listen to excerpts of six soundscape compositions. Continue reading
Bonus Episode: Jonathan Sterne [excerpt]
Today we feature an excerpt from our nearly 2-hour bonus episode for Patrons. In the full interview from last season's episode "Dork-o-Phonics," Jonathan Sterne discusses topics such as the early days
Spacing Out with Dallas Taylor of 20,000 Hz
Today we talk to Dallas Taylor, host of the most popular sound podcast on the planet, 20,000 Hertz. He provides an anatomy of his episode "Space." Continue reading
Listening in the Afterlife of Data (David Cecchetto)
David Cecchetto is a media theorist, artist, and musician who creates strange sonic experiments for understanding our computer-driven lives. Continue reading