Acoustical Umbilical Cord

Twenty Thousand Hertz

Dallas Taylor

Music, Design, Arts, Music Commentary

4.8 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Many animals, humans included, are natural-born criers. It’s the most basic form of communication from right when we come into the world. But us humans are unique: we keep on crying until the day we die. What was born as a survival mechanism, develops a deeper fundamental need as we grow older. In this episode, we discover the hard-wiring in our brains that reach across species, and how our tears into adulthood make us distinctively human. Featuring Dr. Susan Lingle, Behavioral Ecologist at the University of Winnipeg, and Dr. Ad Vingerhoets, Research Psychologist at the University of Tilburg. Twenty Thousand Hertz is produced out of the studios of Defacto Sound and hosted by Dallas Taylor. Consider supporting the show at donate.20k.org Episode transcript, music, and credits can be found here: https://www.20k.org/episodes/acoustical-umbilical-cord Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get started, I want to recommend another show, though it's not really a podcast
0:05.4	in the traditional sense.
0:07.0	It's called 12-Hour Sound Machines, and it was created by a dad who was trying to help
0:11.6	his baby fall asleep at night.
0:13.5	He wanted relaxing sounds that would last the whole night, without any fades or loops.
0:18.4	When he couldn't find any, he started making these sounds himself.
0:21.7	Today, over 1.3 million people use these sounds to relax and fall asleep too.
0:27.5	Recently, 12-Hour Sound Machines made a custom sound for 20,000 Hertz.
0:31.4	It's called Purple Noise, which is inspired by our swirly purple icon.
0:36.3	To hear a taste of some soothing purple noise, stick around until the end of the episode.
0:51.1	You're listening to 20,000 Hertz.
0:53.7	The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds.
0:57.8	I'm Dallas Taylor.
1:08.6	We're all natural-born cryers.
1:11.3	It's the most basic form of communication from right when we come into the world.
1:16.4	That's producer Katie Daley.
1:18.3	When we're babies, we cry when we're hungry.
1:23.0	And when we're in pain.
1:26.9	It's the easiest way to communicate that something's wrong and to get the help we need.
1:33.1	For many animals, it's actually built into the parent's brains to react immediately to
1:38.1	the sound of their infant's cries.
1:40.4	The parent might even see or smell the infant in distress, but it's that sound that kicks
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