In 2018, voiceover artist Bev Standing recorded 10,000 sentences for the Chinese Institute of Acoustics. Bev was told the recordings would be used for a translation app, but three years later, she was shocked to discover that she had become the default voice of TikTok in North America. On TikTok, Bev heard herself saying all kinds of wild and inappropriate t ... Show More
Apr 20
The Acoustic Worlds of Radiolab Creator Jad Abumrad
Before Radiolab became a cultural phenomenon, it was an experiment… one that Jad Abumrad built voice by voice, sound by sound. In this episode, Jad walks Dallas through his journey with the show, from its scrappy beginning in a New York basement, to leading a massive team, and ul ... Show More
36m 24s
Mar 23
He was deaf for 35 years + Listener Stories kickoff
Last year, we ran three full episodes of listener-produced stories. But one beautiful story was just a little too long for the final cut… and we couldn’t leave it behind. In this episode, sound designer Jesse Herrera tells the story of his grandfather, who lived in silence for 35 ... Show More
29m 44s
May 2023
Tinx Has Advice For Your Twenties
Clea and Joanna chat with Tinx, influencer with over 1.5 million followers on TikTok and Instagram and author of the new book “The Shift: Change Your Perspective Not Yourself.” They discuss why she struggled in her twenties, her advice for doing it better, and how she ended up co ... Show More
44m 12s
Apr 2024
Decoder Ring: Making Real Music for a Fake Band
Pop culture is full of fictional bands singing songs purpose-made to capture a moment, a sound. This music doesn’t organically emerge from a scene or genre, hoping to find an audience. Instead it fulfills an assignment: it needs to be 1960s folk music, 1970s guitar rock, 80s hair ... Show More
37m 45s
Apr 2024
Making Real Music for a Fake Band
Pop culture is full of fictional bands singing songs purpose-made to capture a moment, a sound. This music doesn’t organically emerge from a scene or genre, hoping to find an audience. Instead it fulfills an assignment: it needs to be 1960s folk music, 1970s guitar rock, 80s hair ... Show More
37m 45s
Dec 2022
Film Script ka Bhool Bhulaiyya with Aakash Kaushik
If you've dreamt of writing for the screen, have ideas that you want to bring to life, or want to know what a film writer's struggles are like, this episode is for you. Aakash Kaushik, the writer of Bhool Bhulaiyya 2 and Thank God talks to Vineet about having an epic year, about ... Show More
48m 41s