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July 2004

Remember

Friday, July 23, 2004

Remember…the image is hazy, impressionistic, voices are mere echoes, the lens gradually becomes covered in cheesecloth giving the image a ghostly quality. Recall a few weeks ago, on June 11, Radio Lab looked at how memory works. You can listen to that show. This week, Radio Lab unlocks the vaults, dips into bottomless well, and remembers.


Native vs. Tourist

Friday, July 16, 2004

Tourism is the world’s fastest growing industry. Radio Lab examines the dueling identities of “Native” and “Tourist.” We’ll travel to Times Square and a Native New Yorker's party, plus look at the category of people stranded in between, the immigrant.


Word Musicians

Friday, July 09, 2004

A word said over and over becomes a series of sounds without meaning, with no discernable beginning or end. Radio Lab this week showcases word musicians who delight in the intricacies of language and the point at which meaning moves from verbal to sonic…plus, music psychologist Diana Deutsch explains.


Noise Pollution vs Silence

Friday, July 02, 2004

In a 1937 lecture on the future of music, John Cage said: "Wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we ignore it, it disturbs us. When we listen to it, we find it fascinating. The sound of a truck at 50 m.p.h. Static between the stations. Rain. We want to capture and control these sounds, to use them, not as sound effects, but as musical instruments.