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Future Human (podcast) Ep 2 - Sound history & innovation

Great to be featured in this podcast series by Sandy Smallens & audiation.fm for Nokia Bell Labs.. Enjoy!

Future Human Podcast Series

Episode 2

This episode of Future Human takes us from one of the world’s quietest rooms – Bell Labs’ anechoic chamber – into the voluminous history of sound innovation and the amazing potential of music-based therapy. 

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This episode features the song “Need Somebody” by musician Beatie Wolfe. Find out more about her groundbreaking music and dementia project here

To learn more about the inspiring work of Dr. Connie Tomaino, please check out the Institute For Music and Neurologic Function at http://musictherapy.imnf.org/.

To hear more about Bell Labs’ anechoic chamber, check out the episode of the Radiolab podcast entitled “Hallucinating Sound” (http://www.radiolab.org/story/91792-hallucinating-sound/).

For a heartwarming glimpse of how music reawakened an inert, elderly patient named Henry, take a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyZQf0p73QM (have some tissues on hand).

Future Human is a presentation of Nokia Bell Labs, produced by audiation.fm.

To listen to the full series click here