<![CDATA[This Week in Sound]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.comhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!lsu8!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6c1fb879-0c76-449c-ab26-3ab2e0bb4cf9_584x584.pngThis Week in Soundhttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.comSubstackFri, 23 Oct 2026 08:02:05 GMT<![CDATA[TWiS Throughline: Vox (In)Humana]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-throughline-vox-inhumanahttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-throughline-vox-inhumanaSat, 05 Sep 2026 02:02:18 GMT

Dear Fellow Listeners,

Welcome to the third issue of the Throughline subset of my ongoing This Week in Sound email newsletter. Throughline issues generally go only to paid subscribers as a thank you for their support. I’m always trying to think of better ways to reward paid subscribers, and I have another ongoing concept (maybe two), directly tied sound …

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]]><![CDATA[Music + Photography Discommunication]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/music-photography-discommunicationhttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/music-photography-discommunicationThu, 03 Sep 2026 03:19:31 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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:

▰ Recording Los …

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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Throughline: De-Classi-Fied]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-throughline-de-classi-fiedhttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-throughline-de-classi-fiedSat, 29 Aug 2026 02:36:14 GMT

Dear Fellow Listeners,

Welcome to the second issue of the new Throughline subset of my ongoing This Week in Sound email newsletter. Throughline issues (like the Listening Post issues they sprouted from) generally go only to paid subscribers, as a thank you for the support.

This Week in Sound is a newsletter about the role sound plays in culture, technolog…

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]]><![CDATA[Waiting Room Zombies]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/waiting-room-zombieshttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/waiting-room-zombiesThu, 27 Aug 2026 04:36:47 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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:

▰ Sonic fertiliz…

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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Throughline: Valve Proposition]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-throughline-valve-propositionhttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-throughline-valve-propositionFri, 21 Aug 2026 14:58:24 GMT

Dear Fellow Listeners,

The old Listening Post feature of This Week in Sound has been renamed Throughline to better represent the underlying concept. The concept is an annotated three-item music playlist/mixtape, each entry centered on a different theme, that theme being the “through line” between the varied tracks.

What constitutes a through line? It mig…

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]]><![CDATA[Record Your Voice — Just 35¢]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/record-your-voice-just-35https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/record-your-voice-just-35Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:18:00 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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:

▰ Pickleball haz…

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]]><![CDATA[Musical Trainspotting]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/musical-trainspottinghttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/musical-trainspottingThu, 21 May 2026 04:44:38 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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:

▰ Early bird-son…

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]]><![CDATA[This Week in Sound: Speaker Bag]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/this-week-in-sound-speaker-baghttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/this-week-in-sound-speaker-bagThu, 14 May 2026 02:21:33 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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:

▰ Snoring in the…

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]]><![CDATA[Super Mario Clouds for 10 Minutes]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/super-mario-clouds-for-10-minuteshttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/super-mario-clouds-for-10-minutesSat, 21 Jun 2025 00:47:48 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Listening Post (0029)]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0029https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0029Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:50:37 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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]]><![CDATA[Silent Theft & Daredevil's Ear]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/silent-theft-and-daredevils-earhttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/silent-theft-and-daredevils-earThu, 13 Mar 2025 02:57:04 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Listening Post (0028)]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0028https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0028Sat, 08 Mar 2025 02:52:36 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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]]><![CDATA[Talking to Oneself (In the Car)]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/talking-to-oneself-in-the-carhttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/talking-to-oneself-in-the-carThu, 06 Mar 2025 03:18:17 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Listening Post (0027)]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0027https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0027Sat, 16 Nov 2024 02:04:28 GMT▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰
INTRO

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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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Listening Post (0026)]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0026https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0026Sat, 09 Nov 2024 02:56:20 GMT▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰
INTRO

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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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Listening Post (0025)]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0025https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0025Sat, 02 Nov 2024 01:23:28 GMT▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰
INTRO

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.

▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰
1. A PREVIEW

LET…

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]]><![CDATA[TWiS: Shame Has a New Ringtone]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-shame-has-a-new-ringtonehttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-shame-has-a-new-ringtoneWed, 30 Oct 2024 02:39:48 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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]]><![CDATA[TWiS Listening Post (0024)]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0024https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/twis-listening-post-0024Fri, 25 Oct 2024 23:21:47 GMT▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰
INTRO

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.

▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰ ▰
1. AN…

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]]><![CDATA[Phonosynthesis & Aids to Hearing]]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/phonosynthesis-and-aids-to-hearinghttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/phonosynthesis-and-aids-to-hearingWed, 23 Oct 2024 01:35:49 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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]]><![CDATA[TWiS: Digital Voices & Intimacy in 'Sunny']]>https://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/digital-voices-and-intimacy-in-sunnyhttps://thisweekinsound.disquiet.com/p/digital-voices-and-intimacy-in-sunnySat, 13 Jul 2024 02:17:57 GMTDear Fellow Listeners,

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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