Sound And Silence

TED Radio Hour

NPR

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Science, Technology

4.3 • 21.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 October 2020

⏱️ 53 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

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.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	This is the Ted Radio Hour.
0:03.4	Each week, groundbreaking Ted Talks.
0:06.8	Our job now is to dream big.
0:08.1	Deliver it at Ted Conferences.
0:09.8	To bring about the future we want to see.
0:11.9	Around the world.
0:12.9	To understand who we are.
0:14.7	From those talks, we bring you speakers and ideas that will surprise you.
0:20.0	You just don't know what you're gonna find.
0:21.8	Challenge you.
0:22.7	We truly have to ask ourselves, like, why is it noteworthy?
0:25.1	And even change you.
0:26.3	I literally feel like I'm a different person.
0:28.4	Yes.
0:29.7	Do you feel that way?
0:31.1	Ideas worth spreading.
0:33.5	From Ted and NPR.
0:40.3	I'm Manouch Zamorodi.
0:42.9	What if your job depended on listening,
0:46.3	but you had trouble hearing?
0:48.3	It's, I guess, one of the biggest ironies
0:51.8	from the department of you could not make this up.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.