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The Booj: The secret sound formula behind blockbuster trailers
Episode 62
Movie trailers have undergone a huge evolution. They’ve gone from those cheesy voice-of-God narrators in the ‘80s and ‘90s, to boojes and bwaas. Prof…
7 years, 5 months ago
Dining on Decibels: Why are restaurants so noisy?
Episode 61
Have you noticed how loud it gets in restaurants these days? Have you found yourselves shouting just to keep a conversation going? Architecture criti…
7 years, 5 months ago
Do Not Disturb: The unseen impacts of alarms and alerts
Episode 60
Alarm sounds have been around almost as long as humans themselves. But as our world has transformed, so have they. Today’s alarms are having an unexp…
7 years, 6 months ago
Blue! 42! How helmet radio changed the NFL
Episode 59
For decades, NFL strategy slowly evolved from each team running a dozen different plays, to rigid schemes with coaches sending in orders through code…
7 years, 6 months ago
Silence: Dispatches from the quietest place on Earth
Episode 58
Our world is filled with sound. It exists in even the quietest corners of the planet. But what happens when all that sound is taken away? What is sil…
7 years, 6 months ago
A sonic journey through the Solar System
Episode 57
What happens when we leave Earth's thin blanket of atmosphere, and what do other planets sound like? In this special episode, we have completely remi…
7 years, 7 months ago
Boots ’n Cats: The scientific secrets of beatboxing
Episode 56
Beatboxing began as an imitation of a drum machine, but over the decades it has evolved as a means to emulate any number of percussive sounds. Now be…
7 years, 8 months ago
Being George Clooney: Dubbing Hollywood celebrities
Episode 55
Hollywood films are huge internationally. But how are these films adapted for foreign languages? We delve into the not so talked about process of dub…
7 years, 8 months ago
The Xbox Startup Sound: Crafting a console classic
Episode 54
The Xbox startup sound is an audio logo that’s become synonymous with the game console. But its origins are rooted in solving a logistical problem; h…
7 years, 8 months ago
Theater for the Mind: The Golden Age of radio dramas
Episode 53
The "golden age of radio drama" may have been a stellar period for storytelling -- but the stories weren't all golden bright. Sci-fi and horror radio…
7 years, 9 months ago