
Sound is all around us, but we give little thought to its invisible influence. Dr. Mack Hagood explores the world of sound studies with the world's most amazing sound scholars, sound artists, and acoustic ecologists. How are noise-cancelling headphones changing social life? What did silent films sound like? Is listening to audiobooks really reading? How did computers learn to speak? How do race, g... more
| Publishes | Monthly | Episodes | 83 | Founded | 8 years ago |
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Do fish have ears? What is the nature of underwater hearing and how does it differ from hearing in the air? If humans are the evolutionary descendants of ocean creatures, do we retain any fishy traces in the way we hear the world? And what about all ... more
Why does a sixty-year-old media theory resurface in the media every few years, while journalists ignore the great communication scholarship that has emerged in the meantime? More importantly, what effects does antiquated thinking have on the public u... more
Creativity doesn’t come out of thin air–it evolves in relation to the communities around us and the tools available to us. Some of the most common forms of everyday creative works–memes, podcasts, vertical videos–barely existed a couple of decades ag... more
Today we go on a listening tour with audio legend Julie Shapiro, who has helped define what radio and podcasts could be over the past 25-plus years. Shapiro co-founded the Third Coast International Audio Festival, one of the most prestigious and infl... more
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A fascinating exploration of a phenomenon we are always experiencing and almost never think about
Found the show through spectrevision radio.
Loved the Graham Reznick conversation and just love the overall vibe and learning going on here.
Great pod! Can’t wait for more after I finish devouring the back-catalogue.
I was going through archives of R. Murray Schafer’s Soundscapes of Canada and was curious if people were still talking about it. I came across this podcast’s episode on him and the guests were trashing him for settler colonialism. The host seemed to be in agreement. Not my cup of tea, two stars.
Excellent and varied podcast about all matters sound. Essential listening!
Soberly made, little metaphysics, erudite, all topoi most fascinating & in-depth.
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Phantom Power explores sound studies through in-depth conversations with scholars, artists, and practitioners. Episodes span indie and experimental culture, festival leadership, sound design, ethnomusicology, and critical listening, often connecting historical sonic practices with contemporary media, politics, and technology. The show stands out for its rigorous yet accessible treatment of topics like noise as social action, the politics of listening, and the relationship between sound and culture, producing richly edited discussions that appeal to both academics and curious listeners.
A notable strength is the blend of high-level intellectual inquiry with palpable curiosity and human storytelling, giving listeners a nuanced map of how sou... more
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Recent guests on Phantom Power include:
1. Mack Hagood
2. Julie Shapiro
3. Gabriel Mendel
4. Graham Reznick
5. Benjamin Tausig
6. Greg Saunier
7. Yvette Janine Jackson
8. Eleanor Patterson
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