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Everything Sounds is a podcast and short-form radio program exploring the role of sound in art, science, history, culture, and our everyday lives. Even silence has a sound.

A new podcast from Everything Sounds' George Drake, Jr. Coming December 2, 2019 In 2008, a family in Dayton, Ohio was remodeling an original...

Steam trains have been around for hundreds of years and devoted people with a lot of passion, patience, and strong work ethic are keeping th...

When we stumble, misspeak, or fill our speech with um, er, and uh sounds, we are speaking with disfluencies. Michael Erard wrote a book on t...

A listen back to some of the stories we featured in 2014. Music: Podington Bear - "Frosted Glass" Thank you for listening, sharing, enjoying...

The sounds of a commute are the soundtrack to a morning. It could be car horns while stuck in traffic, the screeching of the train skidding...

In the 2013 Zagat Dining Trends Survey, diners shared information about their tipping habits, favorite cuisines, and even their top complain...

Shapenote singing is a tradition developed in the late 1700's and early 1800's that helped everyday people sing music even if they couldn't...

Individuals can share a common language, but it can sound different due to accents and regional dialects. In some cases, there are profound...

Jack Chuter's interest in experimental sounds began with a trip to his local record store. He listened to a Sunn O))) record at a listening...

NPR's Protojournalist published a list of 6 odd college courses in America. On the list is a course on the music of Frank Zappa. The course...

Jukeboxes have fallen out of favor as time and technology marches on, but they still serve as reminders of a different time with respects to...

It's becoming increasingly difficult to maintain anonymity in our technological culture, but some secrecy and mythology can still be achieve...

The Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusettes opened in 1799 and has been exploring the intersections of art, culture, and technology ac...

The Tell-Tale Heart, one of Edgar Allan Poe's best known works, was written in 1842. The tale of madness involves a number of senses, but co...

Drew Blanke was fascinated with sci-fi, music, and electronics growing up. Over time, he began wiring circuits, performing techno, and build...

Skateboarding is an extremely visual activity for participants and spectators. However, the rhythm and sounds created through skateboarding...

Sounds can help to define places and times in our lives. George and Craig graduated from Indiana University in 2009 and have distinct memori...

As we approach the end of 2013 we wanted to take a moment and listen back to the past year. It's been a good one. We joined up with @mulerad...

When people pass on, their memories remain through the stories we tell. Over time, many of those stories can be forgotten or lost to time. H...

In nearly every city and town, you can find street performers playing music as others go about their day. However, it's not often that you s...

The Memory Palace is produced by Nate DiMeo and features historical narratives that are touching, humorous, and intriguing. In this episode,...

We wrote and recorded a guest post for Sounding Out for World Listening Month in July of 2013. You can see the post here: http://soundstudie...

The soundscapes of cities are always changing and London is no exception. Human-produced sounds usually push the sounds of nature into the b...

Daniel Goddemeyer and Chris Woebken attended the Royal College of Arts in London, but didn't meet until they moved to New York City. After e...

In 2010, Nick Didkovsky’s friend, Chuck O’Meara, sent him an email with a cryptic subject line. The email had a small picture of an unbrande...

Jenny Haniver has been a gamer as long as she can remember. When she and her husband bought an XBOX 360 they began to dive into the world of...

Over the years, sound effects and music have been used to make video game experiences more memorable or immersive. Smart phones and mobile t...

Rafael Atijas grew up with a passion for music. When he decided to begin playing an instrument he settled on an instrument that was easier f...

A neuroscientist who goes by “Dave Soldier” when he’s not in the lab has a diverse musical background. He’s had a role in assembling the Tha...

The early recorded history of jazz, blues, and country music in America usually isn’t associated with a place like Richmond, Indiana. Howeve...

Cold War tensions led to the creation of a Federal Reserve bunker inside of Mount Pony in Culpepper, VA in 1969. The bunker stored cash and...

After investigating The Sounds of Making in East London, we were inspired to undertake a project of our own. Tom Bills creates custom guitar...

Bernie Krause grew up loving music and fearing the natural world. Following his influential career in music and composition, Krause decided...

Stan Shaff has been interested in the relationship between sound and space for well over 50 years. His Audium installation in San Francisco...

The Beatles released their album, Rubber Soul, in 1965. This album includes a track titled “In My Life” that features an instrumental bridge...

In 2005 Frank Warren began his confession-by-mail postcard project titled Postsecret. Since then, projects involving the sharing of memories...

For years George had been obsessed with the stories of two sound chambers on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington. Known as ‘acou...

While Stephan Crasneanscki was working towards his Ph.D, he found that museum guides were lacking personality and feeling. He set out to cre...

Music can do a number of things, but can it help tortoises reproduce? The answer is no, but music can help us to relax and unwind. Researche...

In 1857 Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville was granted a patent for an invention he called the “Phonautograph.” The contraption was the first...

Nearly everyone has strong emotional connections to music. Music can remind us of our past and affect our mood. Dan Cohen of Music and Memor...

Rube Goldberg machines are unnecessarily complex contraptions that are assembled to perform simple tasks. Rube Goldberg machines were part o...

Dominic WIlcox is an established artist in London, England. His work ranges from sculpture, clothing design, drawings and more recently a vi...

Laughter and singing help us pass the time and connect to others. Telling jokes and making music can also aid in our socialization and devel...

Bob Paquette has been collecting microphones for over six decades. His collection resides in his microphone museum that resides in the build...

In a previous episode, we visited the Rhythm! Discovery Center in Indianapolis. We shared the story behind Clair Omar Musser’s celestaphone,...

In downtown Indianapolis, there is an interactive museum where you’re free to hit, scrape, and strike just about anything you can see. The R...

Aleks Kolkowski is an accomplished musician and sound artist. He is the Sound Artist in Residence at the Science Museum of London. His recen...

Craig and Betty Sibongile Dlamini from Indiana University explore the role of language, music, and dance in southern African mines and the p...

Craig and George challenge themselves to make a dark subject lighter. They each tackle a separate story involving “death” and technology. Th...