Ear Plugs (recorded live at Hay Festival)

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Are the latest ear plugs better for gigs, focus and sleep?

In this special edition of Sliced Bread, recorded at the Hay Festival in South Wales, Greg Foot investigates the newer style of ear plugs. He's joined by listener Marni who's seen adverts for brands like Loop, which promise to protect your hearing at higher volumes while still allowing you to enjoy music at gigs. Other models in their range claim to give you better focus, shutting out extraneous noise but still allowing you to hear conversation. Or, in the case of their 'Quiet' model, sleep better.

As ever Greg's joined by two experts to deep-dive into the science and find out if the evidence backs up the marketing claims. And with the help of a special dummy head fitted with microphones, they carry out a series of tests to hear the difference between traditional foam ear plugs and the newer models.

If you have seen a wonder product that claims to make you happier, healthier or greener and want to know if it is SB or BS then please do send it over on email to [email protected] or drop us a message or voicenote on Whatsapp to 07543 306807

PRESENTER: Greg Foot PRODUCERS: Kate Holdsworth and Simon Hoban

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0:00.0	Hello, podcast fan.
0:03.0	Consider this your invite to the UK's biggest podcasting party.
0:06.7	We're heading to Sheffield from the 4th to the 6th of July
0:09.0	for the BBC Sounds Fringe at the Crossed Wires Festival.
0:12.8	We'll be joined by some of the biggest names in podcasting,
0:15.3	including Sarah Cox, Charlie Hedges, Russell Kane,
0:18.4	and some bloke called Greg James doing his radio four show called Rewinder.
0:23.2	You can watch live shows of your favourite podcasts,
0:25.3	and the best part is free.
0:28.0	To book your free tickets,
0:29.3	go to crossedwires.orgive, forward slash fringe.
0:34.1	BBC Sounds, music, Radio, podcasts.
0:45.7	Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to the show that investigates the wonder products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. Each episode, I run one of your suggested
0:50.7	wonder products through the evidence mill to find out if it is indeed the best
0:54.4	things since sliced bread or marketing BS. And this week is a very special episode because we
0:59.9	recording this one at Hay Festival in Hay on Y at the edge of the beautiful Brecken Beacons
1:04.8	National Park in Wales. And I've got a lovely audience in front of me.
1:10.7	Oh yes.
1:13.5	Look at that.
1:16.4	What a welcome.
1:17.6	Thank you all for coming.
1:18.5	I also have a lovely listener next to me as well.
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