Making Our Show Music

Periodic Talks by Gillian Jacobs & Diona Reasonover

Sep 7, 202100:17:39Science & Medicine

We’re off this week, but we wanted to share a bonus behind the scenes exclusive: Creating the sound for our show. We’re joined by senior audio engineer and musician Brendan Byrnes, who walks us through initial concepts a...

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