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Phonosynthesis & Aids to Hearing
Plus: comic book sound fx, earbuds made of fungus, and device eavesdropping
 • Marc Weidenbaum
The Aural Periodic Table
Plus: the silenced bells of Notre Dame + voice recognition privacy lawsuit + music from the sound of ice
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS: "370 Consistent Acoustic Features of Healing Music"
Plus: sonic experience of time travel, a car that remixes your music, and much more
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS: Digital Voices & Intimacy in 'Sunny'
And other voice-related news, like chatbot issues and larynx transplants
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS: How Bats Hear Their Own Calls
Plus: AI tones down customer complaints + listening for subs in warming oceans
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS Listening Post (0018)
(1) a residency, (2) a b-side, and (3) a pairing
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS x 3: "Not the ASMR Feast I Was Expecting"
Plus: a Roy Lichtenstein query and a top-20-albums list
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS x 3: The Old Web Isn’t Dead
Plus: bird calls and the sounds of an alien ecosystem
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS x 3: One of the Dependably Best Days of the Year
Plus: a distinction in AI anxiety and a documentary about sonic pranksters
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS: Loud Food & Cage for Kids
Plus: human versus chimp speech, and an AI-sound roundup
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS Listening Post (0026)
Autechre live, Nigerian ambient, and (virtual) driving in the rain
 • Marc Weidenbaum
TWiS: "The White Noise of Domestic Life"
Plus: unenforced noise laws, hearing-accessible hotel rooms, and quiet EV dangers
 • Marc Weidenbaum
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