Podcasts about reasonably sound

Here's an idea: Around 2012, YouTube was undergoing a profound transformation from a novelty economy to a loyalty platform. This was largely driven by vlog culture, but another format was emerging: The video essay. But would Internet audiences (notorious for their ShOrT aTeNtIoN sPaNs!!!) watch longform, Socratic discussion of math, democracy, quantum mechanics, and Pokémon? Turns out: Yes. Through the power of public broadcasting, an extremely innovative YouTube show emerged called PBS Idea Channel. It was produced by a talented team of writers, researchers and producers, and its host – Mike Rugnetta – became the face of Internet curiosity during its 5 year and 400 video run. Today, you can't swing Schrödinger's dead cat without hitting a video essay with millions of views. Their popularity can be traced back to Mike and his colleagues, who in-turn credit the vloggers and comedians who inspired them in the early days of Web video. Mike joins Matt to discuss this rare time for Internet creativity, what it was like to build a large and intellectually curious community on YouTube, why he returned to his first love of audio design, how modern social media makes us so passive, and why he's thrilled that his many ongoing podcasts don't pay the bills. Connect with Mike: https://rugnetta.com/ Mike's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikerugnetta/ Subscribe to Mike's excellent podcasts: Reasonably Sound: https://reasonablysound.com/ RIP Corp: https://ripcorp.biz/ Never Post: https://www.neverpo.st/ Fun City: https://funcity.ventures/ This show is made possible by listener support: https://www.patreon.com/influencepod Listen & subscribe wherever you get podcasts:

“The MasterCast” is a podcast recommendation show that consists of seven non-spoiler, binge-worthy reviews of the best podcasts in a short and sweet two- to three-minute summary on everything you could want to know from the number of hosts to on average how long you can expect each episode to be.Podcasts covered in this episode include “Murder in House Two,” “We're Alive,” “List Envy,” “How To!” with Charles Duhigg, “Julie: the Unwinding of the Miracle,” “The Food Chain” and “Reasonably Sound.” This week's music came from Arches Audio, and the sources of the reviewed podcasts include Apple Podcast, Podchaser, Podnods, Podnews, OwlTail, American Public Media and Listen Notes. ★ Support this podcast ★

This week, Matt welcomes Mike Rugnetta back to the show. The two talk about Mike's latest adventure - the Shadowrun podcast "Fun City.” They look back on his days on YouTube and PBS Idea Channel, chat about his love of tabletop gaming, writing music, his other podcast "Reasonably Sound" and the possibility of getting back to making new videos on the internet. Continue reading

On flailing in the rising tides, as well as the ecological impact of vinyl records and digital music streaming. -- Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2019/08/19/the-world-remade/ -- Thanks to Kyle Devine, whos book Decomposed: The Political Ecology of Music is out in October 2019. You can learn more here: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/decomposed The Cost of Music Project (https://www.gla.ac.uk/news/headline_643297_en.html) was done in collaboration with Matthew Brennan, whose work you can see here: http://citizenbravo.com/videos.html​ Thanks also to Miriam Nielsen for the research and script help. You can find her work at http://youtube.com/zentouro and http://youtube.com/hotmesspbs -- Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would not be possible! Special thanks to Oscar Acton, Kathy Ahfid, Andre Bach, Benjamin, hans buetow, David Booth, Harry Brisson, Jack Britton, Johnny C, PA Campbell, Andrew Carlos, Jana Deppe, Santiago Espinosa Uribe, Talia F E, Elliott, Antoine Flamant, J Gingold, Nick Goertzen, Camilla Greer, Richard Hanson, Ethan Hermer, Dale Jakes, Kaya, Blake Kidd, Tod Kurt, Rachel L, Andrew MacLarty, J.S. Majer, Joseph maslov, Christopher McKitterick, Mahlen Morris, Adam Neely, Josef Nickerson, Rachaul Paul, Clarissa Redwine, Kelly Rivers, David Rorick, Susan Rugnetta, Kai Salmon, Cole Sarar, Jason Scott, Mischa Stanton, Herman Sundström, THUNK, Bernhard Werner, Chelsea Whyte and Vijile -- Support the show at • http://patreon.com/reasonablysound • http://patreon.com/mikerugnetta -- and follow me at • http://twitter.com/reasonablysnd • http://instagram.com/reasonablysnd • http://twitter.com/mikerugnetta • http://instagram.com/mikerugnetta -- Reasonably Sound’s theme is by Will Stratton. Reasonably Sound’s visual design is by Tida Tep. This episode’s cover image is Vinyl Record by Marco Verch http://bit.ly/2Zn7sw5

WHAT is UP everyone it's Bad End podcast episode 53, this time featuring the academically-minded internet personality Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta on Twitter). You might know him from PBS Idea Channel, Reasonably Sound, or as a producer behind the Longreads Podcast and CrashCourse. We talk about the new Fire Emblem game, tabletop gaming as artistic medium, the Ooblets controversy, and whether videogames have the power to expose us to new viewpoints. Special thanks to our Patreon subscribers, and shout out to Wesley Martin and Alyse Stanley for donating at the Bad End Patron tier! Become a contributor at patreon.com/badend 7:41 - Outer Wilds and the appeal of the "time loop" trend in games 22:08 - Tabletop gaming 41:21 - Forza 4 Horizon 50:15 - Fire Emblem: Three Houses 57:22 - Oxygen Not Included 1:07:53 - The Ooblets Controversy 1:40:20 - Can a videogame introduce you to new ways of thinking? Intro/Outro music is TABOO by Seiho Break music is 3 31 from the Persona 3 OST

What if your car’s engine could sound like anything? -- Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2019/02/07/vrooms-and-the-lack-thereof/ -- Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would not be possible! Special thanks to Adam Neely, Andrew Carlos, Andrew MacLarty, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Antoine Flamant, Ayla Ounce, Benjamin, Bernhard Werner, Blake Kidd, Camilla Greer, Cassandra Durnford, Chelsea Whyte, Christopher McKitterick, Clarissa Redwine, Cole Sarar, Dale Jakes, David Booth, David Rorick, Dylan Neal, Elliott, Ethan Hermer, hansbuetow, Harry Brisson, J Gingold, J.S. Majer, Jack Britton, Jana Deppe, Jason Scott, Johnny C, Josef Nickerson, Joseph maslov, Kathy Ahfid, Kaya, Mahlen Morris, Mischa Stanton, Nick Goertzen, Oscar Acton, Philip Campbell, Rachaul Paul, Rachel L, Richard Hanson, Talia F E, Tim, Tod Kurt, and Vijile! If this is your first episode as a Patron, your name will be included in the next episode after your pledge clears. Drop me a line if you have any questions or problems! -- Support the show at • patreon.com/reasonablysound • d.rip/mikerugnetta -- and follow me at • twitter.com/reasonablysnd • instagram.com/reasonablysnd • twitter.com/mikerugnetta • instagram.com/mikerugnetta -- Reasonably Sound’s theme is by Will Stratton. Reasonably Sound’s visual design is by Tida Tep. This episode’s cover image is "File:Single-cylinder T-head engine (Autocar Handbook, 13th ed, 1935).jpg”: http://bit.ly/2GetOGG

👕: https://cottonbureau.com/products/phonocloud -- -- Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line. A customer service representative will be with you shortly. Your call is important. -- Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2018/09/24/hold-please/ -- Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would not be possible! Special thanks to Adam Neely, Andrew Carlos, Andrew Groot, Andrew MacLarty, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Antoine Flamant, Ayla Ounce, Benjamin, Bernhard Werner, Blake Kidd, Camilla Greer, Cassandra Durnford, Chelsea Whyte, Christopher McKitterick, Clarissa Redwine, Dale Jakes, David Booth, Dylan Neal, Elliott, Ethan Hermer, Hans Buetow, Harry Brisson, J Gingold, J.S. Majer, Jack Britton, Jana Deppe, Johnny C, Joseph maslov, Kathy Ahfid, Kaya, Keith Broni, Mahlen Morris, Mischa Stanton, Nick Goertzen, Oscar Acton, Philip Campbell, Rachaul Paul, Richard Hanson, Susan Rugnetta, Talia F E, Tim, and Tod Kurt! If this is your first episode as a Patron, your name will be included in the next episode after your pledge clears. Drop me a line if you have any questions or problems! -- Support the show at • patreon.com/reasonablysound • d.rip/mikerugnetta -- and follow me at • twitter.com/reasonablysnd • instagram.com/reasonablysnd • twitter.com/mikerugnetta • instagram.com/mikerugnetta -- Reasonably Sound’s theme is by Will Stratton. This episode's hold music was provided by: Birchill's http://bit.ly/2OOL8mk, ZenDesk http://bit.ly/2ONmkeu, Kamazoy http://bit.ly/2ORyTWk. The Muzak example is "Casa Bossa Nova" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://bit.ly/2OO1Ulo | Reasonably Sound's visual design is by Tida Tep. This episode's cover image is "Telephone Line" by gawen947 on flickr: http://bit.ly/2OO6BvR | Stephen Bruckert, host of In Which We Reveal Our Ignorance, was your Alex Jones Impersonator

👕: https://cottonbureau.com/products/phonocloud -- Life, The Universe, and A Small, Yellow Leechlike Fish -- Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2018/07/30/the-oddest-thing-in-the-universe/ -- Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would not be possible! Special thanks to: Oscar Acton, Kathy Ahfid, Harry Brisson, Jack Britton, Keith Broni, Hans Buetow, Johnny C, Philip Campbell, Andrew Carlos, Jana Deppe, Cassandra Durnford, Katherine E. Cunningham, Talia F E, Scott Fassett, Antoine Flamant, J Gingold, Nick Goertzen, Camilla Greer, Andrew Groot, Richard Hanson, Ethan Hermer, Dale Jakes, Blake Kidd, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Tod Kurt, Andrew MacLarty, J.S. Majer, Joseph maslov, Christopher McKitterick, Mahlen Morris, Dylan Neal, Adam Neely, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Clarissa Redwine, Susan Rugnetta, Mischa Stanton, Kaya Sybel, Bernhard Werner, Chelsea Whyte, Tim, Benjamin, and Elliott -- Support the show at • patreon.com/reasonablysound • d.rip/mikerugnetta -- and follow me at • twitter.com/reasonablysnd • instagram.com/reasonablysnd • twitter.com/mikerugnetta • instagram.com/mikerugnetta -- Reasonably Sound’s theme and act break music are by Will Stratton, and its visual design by Tida Tep

RS TSHIRTS! https://cottonbureau.com/products/phonocloud -- Exposure to noise pollution has serious health risks, and disproportionately affects certain communities. But what if regulating it would accidentally do more harm than good? -- The Generation Gap by CBC's Podcast Playlist: https://bit.ly/2wAgJU6 -- Check out Seeker’s NOISE WEEK at http://YouTube.com/Seeker -- Find full show notes, with research links, at http://www.reasonablysound.com -- Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would not be possible! Special thanks to: Oscar Acton, Kathy Ahfid, Harry Brisson, Jack Britton, Keith Broni, Hans Buetow, Philip Campbell, Andrew Carlos, Trey Connelly, Jana Deppe, Katherine E. Cunningham, Talia F E, Scott Fassett, J Gingold, Nick Goertzen, Camilla Greer, Richard Hanson, Ethan Hermer, Dale Jakes, Blake Kidd, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Tod Kurt, Andrew MacLarty, J.S. Majer, Christopher McKitterick, Mahlen Morris, Dylan Neal, Adam Neely, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Clarissa Redwine, Susan Rugnetta, Cole Sarar, Mischa Stanton, Hector Suzanne, Bernhard Werner, Chelsea Whyte, Johnny C, Tim, Benjamin, and Elliott! -- Support the show at • patreon.com/reasonablysound • d.rip/mikerugnetta and follow me at • twitter.com/reasonablysnd • instagram.com/reasonablysnd • twitter.com/mikerugnetta • instagram.com/mikerugnetta -- Reasonably Sound’s theme and act break music are by Will Stratton, and its visual design by Tida Tep. Cover Image by USDA.gov on Flickr: http://bit.ly/2jYgEAy

RS Live at Caveat NYC, Dec 2nd 2017: http://caveat.nyc/event/reasonably-sound/ An examination of when, and why, we boo and some encouragement to maybe boo a bit more. SOURCES • Dan Rebellato, ‘B is for Booing’ - http://bit.ly/2hSGAjQ • Sound Symbolism - http://bit.ly/2hTgDjN • Did The Rite of Spring really spark a riot? - http://bbc.in/2hTLOeQ • On the Booing of La Sonnambula - http://bit.ly/2hThdht • On the Pleasure of Being Booed, Marinetti in Futurism: An Anthology - http://bit.ly/2hTxHGI • Spectator Booing and the Home Advantage, Greer - http://bit.ly/2hSHGvY • Booing: The Anatomy of Disaffiliative Response, Clayman - http://bit.ly/2hTM3qg • Whipping It Up! An Analysis of Audience Responses to Political Rhetoric in Speeches From the 2012 American Presidential Elections, Bull and Miskinis - http://bit.ly/2hRlrX2 • Don’t Boo, Vote - http://bit.ly/2B02LII • The Emancipated Spectator, Ranciere - http://bit.ly/2hU20wH • The Theatre of the Oppressed, Boal - http://bit.ly/2zW64n5 • Can Emotions Be Truly Group Level? Evidence Regarding Four Conceptual Criteria, Smith et al - http://bit.ly/2hTymry • “Please Clap”: Applause, Laughter, and Booing during the 2016 GOP Presidential Primary Debates, Stewart et al - http://bit.ly/2hXjPuR • Mike Pence Booed at Hamilton - http://bit.ly/2hUhPnl CC LICENSED MUSIC • Piano Sonata #15, Beethoven - http://bit.ly/2gUiUYh EPISODE IMAGE Image from page 298 of "The sportsman's British bird book" (1908) - http://bit.ly/2hRGXea Reasonably Sounds theme and act break music are by Will Stratton (willstratton.bandcamp.com), and visual design by Tida Tep (tidatep.com) FIND RS AT • http://twitter.com/reasonablysnd • http://instagram.com/reasonablysnd You can support the show with a per-episode donation at http://patreon.com/reasonablysound Thanks to all the show’s current patrons, with an extra special double thanks to: Joe Krushinsky, Brandon, Johnny C, Camilla Greer, Susan Rugnetta, Jana Deppe, Keith Broni, Coral Kennelty-Cohen, Clarissa Redwine, J.S. Majer, Jack Britton, Andrew MacLarty, Mahlen Morris, Jesse Gamble, Tim , Hans Buetow , Tom Vickers, Talia F E, Scott Fassett, Clayton Grey, Nick Goertzen, Benjamin , Kathy Ahfid, HectorSuzanne , Adam Neely, Oscar Acton, Dale Jakes, Cole Sarar, Andrew Carlos, Dylan Neal, Chelsea Whyte, Royce Rackham, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Rachaul Paul, Ethan Hermer, Joachim , Tod Kurt, Elliott, John Cifuentes, and Xander C!

Colin Wright joins Jack and Freddie to talk about Rework, On The Media and Reasonably Sound.

Mike Rugnetta drops some knowledge about how to improve internet discourse, maintaining a productive comment section, focusing on the right stuff, why people join internet communities, and what it means for something to "end" on the internet. Lastly, we get into a discussion of video games that feel like work, and why we love them. Special Guest: Mike Rugnetta. Links: - [Fits + Starts Patreon (click here to support the show!)](https://www.patreon.com/fitsandstarts "Fits + Starts Patreon (click here to support the show!)") - [John's 15 favorite Idea Channel videos](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvnHTdILuUcQf3i0H8r_eoCW3_2Ffag77 "John's 15 favorite Idea Channel videos") - [Reasonably Sound](http://reasonablysound.com/ "Reasonably Sound") - [What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HeX6CX5LEj0&feature=youtu.be "What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 - YouTube") - [Mike on Twitter (@mikerugnetta) | Twitter](https://twitter.com/mikerugnetta?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor "Mike on Twitter (@mikerugnetta) | Twitter") - [mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvdF4jlIjTRR0nw4j8HTIIg "mmmichaeljohnson - YouTube") - [("feeling good, feeling great, how are you?")](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAgfrE28gpc "(") - [Carrot and stick - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrot_and_stick "Carrot and stick - Wikipedia") - [AOL Instant Messenger shuts down after 20 years - Oct. 6, 2017](http://money.cnn.com/2017/10/06/technology/aim-shuts-down/index.html "AOL Instant Messenger shuts down after 20 years - Oct. 6, 2017")

"Ruminations" (RM) are short[-er] episodes, lightly edited, on topics nonetheless worth discussing. In this Rumination, I talk for a few minutes about what I want to try to do with Reasonably Sound, and why I think sound is interesting and important. Double Extra Super THANKS to all of Reasonably Sound’s Patrons, who help keep the show afloat. Special shoutout to Andrew Carlos, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Brandon, Camilla Greer, Chelsea Whyte, Coral Kennelty-Cohen, Dale Jakes, Dylan Teague, Elliott, Ethan Hermer, Hans Buetow, Ildaris, Jesse Gamble, Joachim, Joe Krushinsky, John Cifuentes, Jonny C, Kings Ransom, Kyle Adkins, Liz M, Mahlen Morris, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Scott, Susan Rugnetta, Tim, Tod Kurt, and Xander C Support RS on patreon: patreon.com/reasonablysound Music by Will Stratton - willstratton.bandcamp.com Visual Design by Tida Tep - tidatep.com

"If you have an idea for a podcast, please make it." On this episode of the podcast, Hans Buetow talks a lot about podcasting. He talks about the specifics of working in that medium and how it's different from radio work. Hans talks about the iterative nature of relationships and creative work, the messes and mistakes that are always in the wake of creative successes and shares some of his favorite shows.  Hans Buetow is a producer for American Public Media. He's the producer and editor of the Terrible, Thanks for Asking podcast. Hans has also worked on In the Dark, Reasonably Sound, Life of the Law, Live Law, A Tiny Sense of Accomplishment, The Soundtrack Series, Secret Skin and numerous other podcasts. He also helps develop new shows.

It's the end of 2016, so we'll do the thing one tends to do around this time of year: look back. In this episode, a few bits of audio revelry from the End of 2014 episode return, you can get some insight into what kinds of things I was trying to make for Reasonably Sound when Reasonably Sound wasn't allowed to make anything, and I share some stories about a few musicians, performers and composers that died this year. ---- Double extra super THANKS to all of Reasonably Sound’s Patrons, who help keep the show afloat. Special shoutout to Allie Cunningham, Andy McMillan, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Brandon, Camilla Greer, Chelsea Whyte, Coral Kennelty-Cohen, Dale Jakes, Elliott, Ethan Hermer, Hans Beutow, Liz M, Ildaris, Jesse Gamble, Joachim, Joe Krushinsky, John Cifuentes, Jonny C, Kings Ransom, Kyle Adkins, Mahlen Morris, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Scott, Susan Rugnetta, Talia F E, Tim, Tod Kurt and Xander C ----- Reasonably Sound's music is by Will Stratton: willstratton.bandcamp.com Its visual design is by Tida Tep: tidatep.com Special thanks to John Hill for suggesting I keep it up with the End of the Year Specials ----- SOURCES Lisson Gallery http://bit.ly/2iylAKn | Nanoloop mono http://bit.ly/2iy7yss | Deep Listening: A Composers Sound Practice http://amzn.to/2iy89tY

Happy holidays everyone. Featuring "Microcosms of Music" by me, Patrick Simpson, produced in May 2016. Music was Erik Satie's "Je te veux." Podcast recommendations: Radiolab (radiolab.org) This American Life (thisamericanlife.org) Welcome to Night Vale (welcometonightvale.com) Song Exploder (songexploder.net) Criminal (thisiscriminal.com) Love + Radio (loveandradio.org) 99% Invisible (99percentinvisible.org) Planet Money (npr.org/podcasts/510289/planet-money) Revisionist History (revisionisthistory.com) HowSound (transom.org/topics/howsound) Other podcasts I didn't mention but still love: Serial. Duh. Radiotopia has so many more great podcasts beyond the ones I mentioned. To name a few more: The Heart, the memory palace, Radio Diaries, Strangers, The Allusionist, The Truth, and The Bugle. NPR also has several more podcasts I enjoy other than Planet Money—specifically Embedded (which hasn't been updated in a while, I'm waiting!), Code Switch, and of course, the NPR Politics Podcast. Lauren Ober on The Big Listen deserves a shout-out for introducing me to so many great podcasts beyond the small circle of networks I usually listen to—my two favorites right now are Serendipity and Flash Forward. Alice Isn't Dead, Within the Wires, and The Orbiting Human Circus (of the Air) are all surreal serialized audio fiction podcasts produced under the Night Vale umbrella. I love them all. Radiolab produced a podcast about the Supreme Court last summer called More Perfect, which was amazing. Those guys are radio gods. There are several podcasts about sound that I love: The World According to Sound, Sound Matters, Twenty Thousand Hertz, and Reasonably Sound. They're vastly different in style, but they all share the unique ability to change how you listen to the world. On the Media is one of the best news commentary podcasts out there. Bob and Brooke have been doing this for decades, and it shows. Reveal is doing some of the most important work in radio, and I'm proud to support them. The stories are so well researched and reported, and every one of them will move you and change how you look at the world. And finally, the Gimlet podcasts are the new kids on the block, and they're knocking it out of the park. I love Reply All, and lately I've also been enjoying some of the newer ones like Science Vs and Undone. Thanks for a great first season everyone. Melomania will return in the new year.

This episode contains offensive language. ---------- In this episode of Reasonably Sound we talk about how it is that through repetition, seemingly innocuous sounds come to be laden with meaning and can even guide the behavior of subjects exposed to them. ---------- Double extra super THANKS to all of Reasonably Sound’s Patrons, who help keep the show afloat. Special shoutout to Allie, Andy McMillan, Autumn, Brandon, Camilla Greer, Chelsea Herrington, Coral Kennelty-Cohen, Dale Jakes, Elliott, Hans Buetow, Ildaris, Jesse Gamble, Joachim, Joe Krushinsky, John Cifuentes, Kyle Adkins, Liz M, Scott, Susan Rugnetta, Talia F E, Tim, Tod Kurt, Xander C ---------- Reasonably Sound's music is by Will Stratton: willstratton.bandcamp.com Its visual design is by Tida Tep: tidatep.com ---------- SOURCES - On Dog Whistle Racism, Generally - "Actually, Many ‘Inner Cities’ Are Doing Great" http://nyti.ms/2hF4Obm | "Thank Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton for Donald Trump’s Dog-Whistle Ways" http://ti.me/2hF3G7F | "Mike Pence and ‘Conversion Therapy’: A History" http://nyti.ms/2hF3Prz | "Donald Trump used to dog-whistle racism. Now he just yells it" http://bit.ly/2hF3Rjb | "Globalism: A Far-Right Conspiracy Theory Buoyed by Trump" http://nyti.ms/2hEVXGs | "American crossroads: Reagan, Trump and the devil down south" http://bit.ly/2hEVbJA | Quoted - "Exclusive: Lee Atwater’s Infamous 1981 Interview on the Southern Strategy" http://bit.ly/2hF5JbN | "Dog Whistle Politics" by Ian Haney-Lopez http://bit.ly/2hF9KwR | General - Sanctuary Cities and Dog Whistle Politics by Christopher N. Lasch | No Dog Whistle Needed by Gary Younge | Higher Frequency by Sarah L. Webb | How Progressives Should Talk About Racism by Heather McGhee and Ian Haney-López | "What’s the Matter with What’s the Matter with Kansas?" http://bit.ly/2hEXrkn | "Why did the Democrats Lose the South? Bringing New Data to an Old Debate" http://bit.ly/2hF6cL5 | "The truth about the white working class: Why it’s really allergic to voting for Democrats" http://bit.ly/2hF5SMv ---------- I know show notes suck right now, it’ll get fixed soon, hopefully. Sorry.

Here's a proposition: a three-hour long Mike Rugnetta extravaganza! In the wake of his appearance on 'Crash Chords: Autographs', in CCA Ep. #43, we're pleased to re-introduce the one, the only, Mike Rugnetta for the full Crash Chords experience. Famed for hosting the PBS Idea Channel, a popular internet series that examines "the connections between pop culture, technology, and art", Mike sits in for a 30 min. follow-up interview, during which we prod into some new features on the Idea Channel, Mike's long-held interest in critical theory, the re-launch of his Reasonably Sound podcast, and fittingly, his own compositions. Finally, @ 0:29:20, we commence with the big tamale: quality time spent in a succulent critical analysis of Mike's album of choice, Without My Enemy What Would I Do by Made in Heights. With Mike fully in his element (and the rest of us seated & caffeinated), all that's missing is a dutiful audience! To join in, just chew on the album a bit, strap in, ponder, and play. Continue reading

An episode about the type of sound The Inception Sound is, the controversy surrounding that sounds authorship, and how it’s effectiveness is deeply rooted in a millennia plus of human culture ---------- Double extra super THANKS to all of Reasonably Sound’s Patrons, who help keep the show afloat. Special shoutout to Allie, Andy McMillan, Autumn, Brandon, Camilla Greer, Chelsea Herrington, Coral Kennelty-Cohen, Elliott, Hans Buetow, Jesse Gamble, Joachim, Joe Krushinsky, John Cifuentes, Kyle Adkins, Susan Rugnetta, Talia F E, Tim, Tod Kurt, Xander C ---------- This episode was ORIGINALLY PERFORMED lived for XOXO Fest in Portland during September of 2016. Thanks to Andy Baio and Andy McMillan for making it possible and for supporting the return of Reasonably Sound. Stephen Bruckert compiled and edited the Gravitas of Braaams supercut (https://vimeo.com/180809720) in this episode. Bailey Math of Bailey Math Sound made this episode’s custom braaams. ---------- Reasonably Sound’s theme music is by Will Stratton https://willstratton.bandcamp.com/ and it’s visual design is by Tida Tep http://www.tidatep.com/ ---------- SOURCES: Who Really Created The ‘Inception’ BRAAAM? - http://bit.ly/2cffkHi | Hans Zimmer Feels “Horrible” - http://bit.ly/2cfvbFD | Hans Zimmer Tells Juicy Stories - http://bit.ly/2fhoKPY | 'Braaams' for Beginners - http://bit.ly/2fhkpvZ | How Sirens Work - http://bit.ly/2fhmp7N | WWII Carter Air Raid Siren - http://bit.ly/2cdetXs | Nash Pt. Fog Horn - http://bit.ly/2cdiAD2 | Deskford carnyx fact file - http://bit.ly/2chq3Rm | Carnyx - http://bit.ly/2cdjMWR | Celts: Secrets of the carnyx - http://bit.ly/2cdkbbM | John Kenny - The Voice of the Carnyx - http://bit.ly/2fhq05C | Music experts create replica of Iron Age Celtic horn used in warfare - http://bit.ly/2cqcPip | Female Pioneer Credited With Bringing Sound Effects To Radio - http://bit.ly/2cftcBp | About Ora Nichols - http://bit.ly/2fhnpbM | Ora Nichols: The Most Influential Woman in Radio - http://bit.ly/2fhiPub | Jump Scare: http://bit.ly/2gDsEIW | Crashing Woosh: http://bit.ly/2gDlDYK ---------- I know show notes suck right now, it’ll get fixed soon, hopefully. Sorry.

Today we do something weird, in honor of the end of the second season! Instead of coming up with a future and then finding experts to talk about it, I asked an AI to write a future for us. And the AI apparently wants us to talk about space travel, witches, and the occult.    So here’s what happened in this episode. I asked Mike Rugnetta, the creator and host of PBS Idea Channel and Reasonably Sound, to help me create a script for Flash Forward. Mike had done this for his own channel a few months ago.    Around the same time that Idea Channel video came out there was this short film that came out called Sunspring which was written by an AI named Benjamin. The guys behind Benjamin fed a neural network a huge corpus of science fiction scripts, everything from Avatar to Armageddon to Resident Evil to Spiderman. And they asked that AI to write them a script. And then they spent one day with a cast, filming the movie that Benjamin wrote for them. I totally recommend watching it.    And so I thought, what if, I fed an AI all the future scenes we’ve ever done on this show, and asked it to write one for me? And then, I have to figure out what that future is, and how we would get there. So that’s what we’re going to do on this episode. I compiled all the futures we’ve ever traveled to on this show, and sent them to Mike, and he fed them to this neural network he already had set up to make his video. And he then sent me the results. And what came out that first time was just complete nonsense. Because the system really needs more material than I had to feed it. On the show we’ve traveled to 41 futures, which in the grand scheme of things actually isn’t all that much text. So on top of all the futures we’ve done, I added two big chunks of text: the script for The War of the Worlds, and the script for the 1979 Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy radio play.    And here’s what the AI wrote. You can see the full script (and leave your interpretation of the AI future) here.    I will confess that my first thought when I read the script was: “what the hell am I supposed to do with this?” But, I am never one to back down from a challenge, even if that challenge is self imposed, so I sent this little intro to a bunch of smart people, and asked them what future they saw here.     First we talk to Miriam Kramer, the senior space reporter at Mashable, about how easy (or hard) it would be for witches to travel to and from Mars.     Then I called up Annalee Newitz, to get her take on the witches and how the themes in this scene fit in with the broader science fiction landscape. (Fun fact, Annalee is the person who first asked me to do a podcast for Gizmodo, and thereby birthed Flash Forward! Yay Annalee!)    Then we turn our attention to the witches, and bring back Damien Williams, who you heard on our episode about conscious AI. Damien writes a lot about technology and the occult (I recommend this 2015 Theorizing the Web panel about it, featuring him and lots of other smart people) and he weighs in on the future of witches, how tech and magic aren’t all that different, and what the AI might mean by “behanding.”    And last but not least, we talk to the brains and voices behind Spirits Pod, a new podcast about mythology. Julia Schifini and Amanda McLoughlin have been best friends since childhood, and co-host a podcast all about myths and legends that I very much enjoy. And the two of them had all sorts of fun and interesting stuff to say about this witchy future. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today, Matt welcomes fellow Brooklyn resident, content creator, and internet personality, Mike Rugnetta. You might know Mike as host of the Idea Channel for PBS Digital Studios, or as host of the podcast Reasonably Sound. He's also a composer (among other things). With Matt, Mike discusses the origins of the Idea Channel, a YouTube series self-described as examining "the connections between pop culture, technology, and art." He talks about the show's development, the origin and impact of his uniquely thorough Comment Response videos, and the active community surrounding the series. He also talks about his work with Reasonably Sound, along with his background in theater, music composition, computer science, and critical theory, all of which inform his many projects. Finally, with some inevitable asides on comics, movies, and video games (not to mention a brief hosts'-hat switcheroo), here's presenting Matt Storm and Mike Rugnetta. Continue reading

Support RS at patreon.com/reasonablysound Originally published September 17, 2015 It’s the birthday episode for Reasonably Sound! Celebrating 1 year, Mike dives into why he can’t lead us all in a rousing chorus of that famous Happy Birthday song that we all know and … love (?). But the copyright clampdown might be loosening in light of dramatic new evidence found (as evidence usually is) in a basement. PLUS … an exciting new birthday announcement: We are launching a Patreon! Now you can support the show you love with more than just cheering at your phone whenever a new episode comes out. The Patreon will help Reasonably Sound grow to new and exciting places. You can see the full details at the Reasonably Sound Patreon page. You can also find Reasonably Sound’s very own Birthday Song at Mike’s bandcamp here: https://mikerugnetta.bandcamp.com/album/hbd-2 -- SOURCES -- FMA’S License Free Birthday Songs, Entries http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Happy_Birthday_Song_Contest/The_New_Birthday_Song_Contest/ Happy Birthday Song Contest Winners http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/FMA/blog/Announcing_the_Happy_Birthday_Replacement_Songs The twisted history of the Happy Birthday song—and the copyright shenanigans that keep it profitable http://boingboing.net/2015/08/07/the-twisted-history-of-the-hap.html Copyright and The World’s Most Popular Song by Robert Brauneis [PDF] http://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=481085124111100121104090124019121064104035090029001010110003125092118100096090117113041000008060051058110118083098067111089113060083005001074096094122082009084025073059066002004112011026007024016084125125088100084090087089118001089100093115113117007&EXT=pdf Original 1890s Manuscript of “Happy Birthday” Found In a Filing Cabinet http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2015/09/01/breaking-original-1890s-manuscript-of-happy-birthday-discovered/ Birthday Song’s Copyright Leads to a Lawsuit for the Ages http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/nyregion/lawsuit-aims-to-strip-happy-birthday-to-you-of-its-copyright.html “Happy Birthday” Lawsuit: “Smoking Gun” Emerges in Bid to Free World’s Most Popular Song http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/happy-birthday-lawsuit-smoking-gun-811144 Happy Birthday song and its strange past http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/10674899/Happy-Birthday-song-and-its-strange-past.html -- a previous version of this episode contained the following MUSIC -- Intro and Outro: Happy Birthday Song by Andrew Brid from andrew bird and the mysterious production of eggs Break 1 – Smiley Monroe Break 2 – My Birth by Swans from My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope to The sky

Support RS at patreon.com/reasonablysound Mike explores audience, taste, morality, subjectivity, commodity, and so much more in a pastiche of readings from Theodor W. Adorno, Gawker, Taylor Swift’s Tumblr, Fashionista, Noisey, NME and Pitchfork. The text of this episode of Reasonably Sound is entirely found. The sources are: On the Fetish-Character in Music and the Regression of Listening By Theodor W. Adorno Sacred Vows, Lies and Morphine: Nuns Detail Fight Against Katy Perry on Gawker http://gawker.com/sacred-vows-lies-and-morphine-nuns-detail-fight-again-1718987804 Retire the Taylor Swift Underdog Narrative Now on Defamer http://defamer.gawker.com/retire-the-taylor-swift-underdog-narrative-now-1713410032 Justin Beiber by Martha Stewart on Interview http://www.interviewmagazine.com/music/justin-bieber-1#_ How the Lyrics on Miranda Lambert’s ‘Platinum’ Predicted Her Divorce from Blake Shelton on Noisey http://noisey.vice.com/blog/miranda-lambert-divorce-lyrics 50,000 people sign petition to stop Kanye West from playing Pan Am Games closing ceremony on NME http://www.nme.com/news/kanye-west/86979 Fake Rainbows, Hologram Jerrys, and the Sloppy Legacy of the Grateful Dead’s Final Shows on Pitchfork http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/844-fake-rainbows-hologram-jerrys-and-the-sloppy-legacy-of-the-grateful-deads-final-shows/

Echoic memory, how it differs from other kinds of memory, and the definition of sound itself, all on this episode of Reasonably Sound. Plus: Jamiroquai.

"The Wish Of All Things" is my in-progress novel, about a young trans-girl in a fairytale-eque kindom who decides to save a kidnapped princess before the burly hero does. This reading was recorded live at Balticon last year. This episode featured “Lux Eterna,” by The Zero Project. You can find out more about them at zero-project.gr Special thanks to Russell Collins as the narrator and the Re-Animator and to Chris Morse as Randolf Carter in the opening segment. If you haven't listened to Chris Morse's Supervillian Corner, you may be wasting your life. What podcasts are you folks digging? I'm really into Song Exploder and Reasonably Sound right now, but I'm always interested in new things. What do you like to listen to? The VoFPX theme was written and performed by Russel Collins.Support the VoFPX at patreon.com/axelrod

On this installment of Reasonably Sound, Mike Rugnetta covers subliminal messages and their (lack of) effectiveness with help from BrainCraft’s Vanessa Hill. Chandler Bing is referenced. -- Find Vanessa -- youtube.com/braincraft twitter.com/brain_craft twitter.com/nessyhill -- Sources -- Is there an effect of subliminal messages in music on choice behavior? by Hauke Egermann, Reinhard Kopiez, Christoph Reuter.Journal of Articles in Support of the Null Hypothesis Vol. 4, No. 2 Subliminal Auditory Messages: An Evaluation by Philip M. Merikle. Psychology & Marketing Vol. 5(4): 355-372 (Winter 1988) Subliminal speech perception and auditory streaming by Emmanuel Dupoux *, Vincent de Gardelle, Sid Kouider. doi:10.1016/j.cognition.2008.06.012 The Electronic Revolution by William Burroughs The Influence of Auditory Subliminals on Behavior: A Series of Investigations by Myra J. Staum Melissa Brotons. Journal of Music Therapy, XXIX (3), 1992, 130-185 -- A previous version of this episode contained the following music -- Permanently Liminal by Menace Ruin Please Be Patient With Me by Wilco Nothing by Daniel Romano

What explains the difference between English and American accents? On this episode of Reasonably Sound, Mike Rugnetta explains that this spoken phenomenon starts with the written word. -- On American versus English Spelling -- Why Do Brits and Americans Spell Words Differently? http://www.livescience.com/33844-british-american-word-spelling.html Americanize, Anglicise: Why Do Brits And Yanks Spell Words Differently? http://io9.gizmodo.com/americanize-anglicise-why-do-brits-and-yanks-spell-wo-1671334487 Present Day American Spelling from The Cambridge History of the English Language, Volume 6 https://books.google.com/books?id=ia5tHVtQPn8C&pg=PA352&dq=american+and+english+spelling+differences&hl=en&sa=X&ei=KmWtVNOoEoLksATGpoDgCg&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=american%20and%20english%20spelling%20differences&f=false -- Main Sources for this Episode -- A History of the English Language by Elly van Gelderen http://www.historyofenglish.net/ Linguistics for Everyone: An Introduction by Kristin Denham, Anne Lobeck http://www.cengagebrain.com/shop/ISBN/1413015891?cid=GB1 Why Do Americans and Brits Have Different Accents? http://www.livescience.com/33652-americans-brits-accents.html When Did Americans Lose Their British Accents? http://mentalfloss.com/article/29761/when-did-americans-lose-their-british-accents Received Pronunciation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Received_Pronunciation -- Previous version of this episode contained -- - Hudson Cycle – Nico Muhly - I’m Afraid of Americans (V1) – David Bowie - Americans – Oneohtrix Point Never - Paper Crumpling R – Sesame Street - Messages Received – Cabaret Voltaire

On this episode of Reasonably Sound, Mike Rugnetta considers noise-canceling headphones, whether you use them for cross-country flights or to mute your Simply Red-listening neighbor. He tells you how they work (and don’t work), why the notion of neutral technology is a bunch of hooey (sorry, Chomsky), and that silence is a lie. ALSO MENTIONED: - Weird warbles - Rare factions - Oculus Rift - Weirdly racist film stock - Harvard’s anechoic chamber - John Cage’s 4’33” - Wearing noise-canceling headphones while listening to John Cage’s 4’33”

Mike Rugnetta opens the inaugural Reasonably Sound podcast with an appreciation of the ear, especially the floppy, weird-looking part of it on the side of your head. Turns out it has a purpose besides stabbing holes in it!

Why does your voice sound like your voice? A lot of reasons, but Mike's interested in the dispersive mediums that impact it. This also leads to the first Reasonably Sound special guest, musician Jason Oberholtzer, and the first Reasonably Sound Contest.