Phantom Power

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Latest Episodes

A Philosophy of Echoes with Amit Pinchevski
May 24, 2023

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
April 28, 2023

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
April 16, 2023

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
March 14, 2023

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]
February 17, 2023

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
February 01, 2023

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
January 09, 2023

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]
November 18, 2022

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
November 01, 2022

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)
October 17, 2022

David Cecchetto is a media theorist, artist, and musician who creates strange sonic experiments for understanding our computer-driven lives. Continue reading