Vocal Stratosphere: The world’s most extreme singing techniques
Our vocal system is incredibly complex. What we call “the voice” starts with very precise movements of our vocal cords, and then goes through an entire “resonation system” that includes our throat, mo...
24 Touko 202337min
Bug Translation Guide: Decoding Buzzes, Chirps, & Clicks
Why do bugs make the sounds they do? And how do they make them? In this episode, we explore the un-bee-lievable world of insect sounds, including crickets who craft tools to make themselves louder, an...
10 Touko 202327min
Breathe Deep: How I lost my passion and found my purpose
In honor of Mental Health Awareness month, we’ve revamped one of the most personal episodes we’ve ever worked on. To create it, Dallas worked with the team from Meditative Story to tell a story from h...
28 Huhti 202345min
The Spatial Race & the forgotten genius who invented stereo
In the 1960s, stereo sound revolutionized the music industry. But it turns out, a pioneering engineer named Alan Blumlein had actually invented stereo a full three decades earlier. Due to tragic event...
19 Huhti 202331min
Found In Translation: Guess That Meaning!
Have you ever seen something so cute that you just wanted to squeeze it? Have you ever felt sleepy after a big meal? Or enjoyed bouncing on a puffy cushion? There are words for all of these, just not ...
12 Huhti 202322min
Why insurance jingles never die
For decades, the jingle was king. But in the last twenty years, jingles have nearly gone extinct. Many brands have now dropped their melodic earworms in favor of spoken word slogans. Today, there’s ju...
22 Maalis 202336min
Soundalikes: The secret voice behind Toy Story’s Woody
“Soundalikes,” also called “voice doubles,” are voice actors who perform as characters that were originally played by someone else. They’re used extensively by studios like Disney and Pixar, in order ...
8 Maalis 202330min
Golden: Finding silence in a world of noise
In a noisy, tumultuous world, how can we find inner peace? This episode features two stories about the transformative power of silence. In the first, the Lieutenant Governor of Washington State abando...
22 Helmi 202334min
