This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technology, design, politics, science, ecology, interfaces, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywhere else it might resonate. My name is Marc Weidenbaum. I live in San Francisco and at Disquiet.com.

Some of this week’s topics:

▰ a sound-art co…

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These “Listening Post” issues of This Week in Sound are intended as thank yous to paid subscribers — a bonus round, supplementing free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. Each installment of the Listening Post is a mixtape of recommended ambient and adjacent audio. Please enjoy.

Today we’ve got 3 contempla…

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This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technology, design, politics, science, ecology, interfaces, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywhere else it might resonate. My name is Marc Weidenbaum. I live in San Francisco and at Disquiet.com.

Some of this week’s topics:

▰ a silent theft…

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This issue of This Week in Sound is a thank you to paid subscribers — a bonus round, supplementing the free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. Each installment of the Listening Post is a mixtape of highly recommended ambient and adjacent audio. Please enjoy.

Today we’ve got three works — one of them twic…

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This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technology, design, politics, science, ecology, interfaces, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywhere else it might resonate. My name is Marc Weidenbaum. I live in San Francisco and at Disquiet.com.

Some of this week’s topics:

▰ Harry Caul’s t…

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This issue of This Week in Sound is a thank you to paid subscribers — a bonus round, supplementing the free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. It’s a mixtape of highly recommended ambient and adjacent audio. Please enjoy. (There’s substantial long-form writing I’ve committed to, with more planned. If…

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This issue of This Week in Sound is usually a thank you solely to paid subscribers — a bonus round, supplementing the free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. Since I missed Tuesday’s issue — due to some escapism in the form of a lot of book-writing — I’m sending this out to the full subscriber list (…

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This issue of This Week in Sound is a thank you to paid subscribers — a bonus round, supplementing the free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. It’s a mixtape of highly recommended ambient and adjacent audio. Enjoy.

Today we’ve got: a preview, a trip, and a list.

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1. A PREVIEW

LET…

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Some of this week’s topics:

▰ the evolving meaning of “soundscape”
▰ shame has a new ringtone
▰ sound design in Call of Duty
▰ films get birdsong wrong

This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywhere else it migh…

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This issue of This Week in Sound is a thank you to paid subscribers — a bonus round, supplementing the free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. It’s a mixtape of highly recommended ambient and adjacent music. Enjoy.

Today we’ve got: a preview, an album, and an anniversary.

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1. AN…

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Some of this week’s topics:

▰ hearing frontiers & threats
▰ killing comic book sound effects
▰ the promise of phonosynthesis
▰ smart-device eavesdropping update

This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywhere e…

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Some of this week’s topics:

▰ digital communication in sci-fi Sunny
▰ total larynx transplant
▰ Susie Ibarra on nature’s rhythms
▰ noise pollution from crypto mining

This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywher…

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▰ refrigerators fight crime
▰ old noise laws are unenforced
▰ hotels are becoming hearing-accessible
▰ quiet EV cars may be more dangerous

This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywhere else it might resonate. …

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This issue of This Week in Sound is a thank you to paid subscribers — a bonus round, supplementing the free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. It’s a mixtape of highly recommended ambient and adjacent music.

Today we’ve got: two live performances and music for dance.

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1. A VIDEO

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▰ Are Korean sonic weapon faulty?
▰ Can sound damage museum art?
▰ Are baby names about end phonemes?
▰ Is there a “silencer” for leaf blowers?

This Week in Sound is a newsletter for fellow listeners interested in the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and…

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▰ toning down customer complaints
▰ device tones causing demonetization
▰ listening for subs in warming oceans
▰ how bats hear their calls in a crowd
▰ and much more …

This Week in Sound is a newsletter for fellow listeners interested in the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warf…

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▰ how elephants name each other
▰ why Japanese floors might creak
▰ the secrets of “buzz pollination”
▰ the sonic brand of a Belgian beer
▰ and much more …

This Week in Sound is a newsletter for fellow listeners interested in the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warfare, art, so…

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This Week in Sound is a newsletter for fellow listeners interested in the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, science, ecology, business, storytelling, warfare, art, society, and anywhere else it might resonate. My name is Marc Weidenbaum. I live in San Francisco and at Disquiet.com.

It’s “book-writing”…

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This issue of This Week in Sound is for paid subscribers, though actually this week I’m sending it out to everyone. Listening Posts — annotated playlists of ambient (and adjacent) music — are intended as a bonus round, supplementing the free issues that feature a broader array of sound studies coverage. They are thank-you i…

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▰ lasers made of sound
▰ Egan on the meaning of silence
▰ new era for hearing aids
▰ special Disquiet Junto project

And those are just a few of the stories, observations, and projects This Week in Sound. This is a newsletter for fellow listeners interested in the role sound plays in culture, technology, politics, scienc…

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