5. The Taste of Words

Curious Cases

BBC

Technology, Science

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2024

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

11 year old Esther visualises days of the week in a kind of 3D structure. It’s something called ‘synaesthesia’ and she wants to know why it happens - and why other people don’t experience things the way she does.

Hannah Fry and Dara Ó Briain explore the vibrant and varied ways different people experience the world, from the man who tastes individual words - including all the stops of the tube - to the composer who sees music in shapes and colours.

And along the way, they figure out why Mozart is white wine while Beethoven is red.

Contributors:

Professor Julia Simner: Professor of Psychology,University of Sussex Professor Jamie Ward: Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Sussex James Wannerton, President of UK Synaesthesia Association CoriAnder: electronic music producer

Producer: Ilan Goodman Executive Producer: Alexandra Feachem A BBC Studios Audio Production

Transcript

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0:00.0	You are about to listen to a BBC podcast and I'd like to tell you a bit about what goes into making one.
0:06.5	I'm Sadata Sese, an assistant commissioner of podcasts for BBC Sounds.
0:11.2	I pull a lot of levers to support a diverse range of podcasts on all sorts of subjects,
0:16.0	relationships, identity, comedy, even one that mixes poetry, music and inner city life.
0:22.4	So one day I'll be helping host develop their ideas, the next fact-checking, a feature,
0:28.3	and the next looking at how a podcast connects with its audience, and maybe that's you.
0:33.6	So if you like this podcast, check out some others on BBC Sounds.
0:39.5	BBC Sounds, music, radio podcasts.
0:46.8	I'm Hannah Frye.
0:48.0	And I'm Dara O'Brien.
0:49.2	And this is Curious Cases.
0:50.9	The show will we take your quirkiest questions?
0:52.9	Your crunchiest conundrums.
0:54.4	And then we solve them.
0:55.3	With the power of science.
0:56.9	I mean, do we always solve them?
0:57.9	I mean, the hit rate's pretty low.
0:59.9	But it is with science.
1:01.5	It is with science.
1:07.0	Hi, Hannah.
1:08.1	I'm doing some drawing.
1:09.5	You can probably hear the pan.
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