The World According to Sound
Series produced by The World According to Sound
A 90-second radio show that brings you different sounds and the stories behind them.
A tiny radio show that tells stories with sounds instead of, well, stories. Every ninety-second episode is about a different sound. We could hear Earth Whistlers, mudpots, or bridges; a dying language, a forgotten language, or a way to communicate without words; what it's like to have auditory hallucinations, hearing loss, or tinnitus; famous music made by accident, by a murderer, or by a computer; or the call of the world's loneliest whale. Episodes have roughly 30 seconds of narration and 60 seconds of sound. We release a new episode every week.
61 Pieces
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Let's take a listen to the rainbow.
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 3
The world's largest encyclopedia as music.
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
Be careful of which songs you cover.
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 01:38
- Purchases: 3
Sometimes the less you know about the artist the better.
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 01:28
- Purchases: 3
The sounds of people channeling the divine.
- Added: Dec 16, 2015
- Length: 01:29
- Purchases: 3
A dead language brought back to life.
- Added: Dec 15, 2015
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 3
The sound of your life on hold.
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 01:35
- Purchases: 3
Between 10 and 15 percent of us hear things like this constantly.
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 01:37
- Purchases: 3
Sometimes you just don't want to hear anything in a song.
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 01:39
- Purchases: 3
Dealing with digital death.
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 01:35
- Purchases: 4
We still don't understand how CNN would know when to play this.
- Added: Nov 09, 2015
- Length: 01:25
- Purchases: 3
Athletes deep in focus.
- Added: Oct 21, 2015
- Length: 01:26
- Purchases: 3
The sound lightning makes in outer space. Episode 9 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 4
An Italian pop song sung in entirely gibberish English. Episode 8 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:32
- Purchases: 3
A language in Mexico in which people converse using only whistles. Episode 7 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:30
- Purchases: 4
Odorless but harmonious toots--a French flatulent artist from the beginning of the 20th century. Episode 6 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:24
- Purchases: 3
An attempt to experience the voices some people hear inside their heads. Episode 5 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:40
- Purchases: 4
The sounds of the Golden Gate Bridge et al. Episode 4 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:23
- Purchases: 3
The liar bird in all its aping glory. Episode 3 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:22
- Purchases: 5
A masterpiece from IBM and HAL. Episode 2 of The World According to Sound.
- Added: Oct 20, 2015
- Length: 01:42
- Purchases: 4
