Sound Show Podcast
1) Mini Episode: Classical Musicians Are Human, Too
There’s an uncomfortable genre of bootleg classical music recordings floating around the internet. They’re big, public bloopers by professional musicians. They’re somewhat rare, and in many cases they...Show More
2) 7: The Music Genome Project Hasn’t Failed Yet
From the beginning, Pandora has banked on a proprietary music rating system called the Music Genome Project. It involves rating songs on hundreds of attributes, from “aggressive drumming” and “jazz in...Show More
3) 6: Scenes From an Italian Astronaut
Back in October 2016, researchers at George Mason University published a report on the peculiar distribution of airport noise complaints. The most lopsided figures came out of Reagan International Air...Show More
4) 5: Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot?
You can barely hear it, but it's there; each year on "Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve," amid the ruckus of Times Square in the moments after midnight, a gentle, plaintive big-band version of "Auld...Show More
5) 4: It's All In Your Head
This week we're messing with your head. We've all seen optical illusions, but it turns out there are auditory illusions, as well: sounds that exploit the way we process audio and make us perceive it i...Show More
6) 3: The Audience Is Listening
Today, we bring you two stories about movie sounds. First, the story behind Deep Note, the iconic audio logo for THX, and how it was almost lost forever. Then, things get a little personal as one prod...Show More
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. The clips on r/hearpeopledie range from quiet mom...Show More
8) 1: What Comes After Hamilton?
The hip-hop theater scene has been around for a while, but it’s been launched into the spotlight by the recent success of the musical Hamilton. In its wake, a workshop called #BARS was created to mix ...Show More
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