The Walls of Jericho

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WNYC Studios

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Natural Sciences, Science

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🗓️ 4 October 2010

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Jad and Robert pit physics against a bible story with this simple question: could a team of trumpeters really bring down the walls of Jericho?

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0:00.0	Wait, you're listening.
0:01.1	Okay.
0:02.4	All right.
0:03.6	Okay.
0:05.0	All right.
0:06.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.4	Radio Lab.
0:10.0	Shorts.
0:11.3	From W-N-Y-C.
0:14.7	See?
0:15.0	Yes.
0:16.4	And N-P-R.
0:18.8	Hello, I'm Jad.
0:20.2	I'm Robert.
0:21.0	This is Radio Lab, the podcast.
0:23.0	So today, a slightly offbeat exploration of acoustic warfare.
0:29.6	And we're going to do it by looking at the famous...
0:32.6	Do you know this story?
0:33.6	I know what we're doing.
0:35.6	Should I remind you of this story?
0:36.6	I've heard the phrase, Walls of Jericho, and I know nothing else about it. It's most famous as a song, Josha foot the Battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho, Joshua foot the Battle of Jericho, and the walls came tumbling down. Don't know it. Ooh, that plenty moaning, ooh, that titty-de-de-de. No idea. You don't know that? No. Before my time. Really before my time.
0:56.5	No, no, no, no.
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