Listen Again: Sound And Silence

TED Radio Hour

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Science, Society & Culture, Technology, Social Sciences

4.3 • 21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Original broadcast date: Friday, October 16, 2020. Sound surrounds us, from cacophony even to silence. But depending on how we hear, the world can be a different auditory experience for each of us. This hour, TED speakers explore the science of sound. Guests on the show include NPR All Things Considered host Mary Louise Kelly, neuroscientist Jim Hudspeth, writer Rebecca Knill, and sound designer Dallas Taylor.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Mnuch here, and it is finally feeling springy here in New York City.
0:08.0	Hopefully, you are finding some time wherever you are to step outside and enjoy the sounds of the season.
0:15.0	Birds chirping and joggers footsteps.
0:18.0	It's why we want to bring you an episode this week called Sound and Silence, because by
0:24.0	understanding the science of how your brain decodes all those beautiful, or not so beautiful
0:30.3	sounds around you, you will hear the world differently. You will hear more. We first aired this
0:37.4	episode in October of 2020,
0:39.4	so you may hear some references to our pre-vaccine world. Meanwhile, listen for the first time or
0:45.0	listen again. I'll be back next week. Until then, thanks so much for being here.
0:50.0	This is the TED Radio Hour.
0:56.7	Each week, groundbreaking TED Talks.
0:58.0	Our job now is to dream big.
0:59.5	Delivered at TED conferences.
1:01.7	To bring about the future we want to see.
1:02.8	Around the world.
1:04.5	To understand who we are.
1:09.8	From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you.
1:11.7	You just don't know what you're going to find.
1:12.6	Challenge you.
1:15.0	We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?
1:16.1	And even change you.
1:18.2	I literally feel like I'm a different person.
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