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99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2012

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

The acoustics of a building are a big concern for architects. But for designers at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, it’s the absence of sound that defines the approach to architecture. Gallaudet is a university dedicated to educating the deaf … ...

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0:00.0	We get support from UC Davis, a globally ranked university, working to solve the world's most pressing problems in food, energy, health, education, and the environment.
0:10.0	UC Davis researchers collaborate and innovate in California and around the globe to find transformational solutions.
0:16.0	It's all part of the university's mission to promote quality of life for all living things.
0:20.0	Find out more at 21stCentury.ucdavis.edu
0:25.0	This is 99% Invisible. I'm Roman Mars.
0:31.0	Do you mind if I talk to you or what we walk?
0:33.0	If you've ever seen an episode of the TV show The West Wing, you probably know one of its trademark scenes.
0:39.0	The walk and talk.
0:40.0	You're going to this meeting?
0:41.0	Yeah.
0:42.0	WW160, you've never even found it?
0:44.0	I don't even know where I am right now.
0:46.0	I'm looking on this side again.
0:48.0	Do you mind if I talk to you or what we walk?
0:50.0	The West Wing is filled with these.
0:52.0	Two staffers, the White House walked through the halls, talking about some government policy or political plot point.
0:58.0	The dialogue isn't necessarily exciting on its own, but add a little motion and you've got some compelling, freaking television.
1:06.0	Well, we may as well get used to having meetings in the quarters from now on.
1:09.0	Maybe our only hope.
1:10.0	And now know why they made the Oval Office a special shape.
1:13.0	But after you watch a few episodes, you might notice something.
1:16.0	The characters almost never look at each other.
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