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talk to hear a sneak peek of

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this week's episode. And

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now our TED Talk of the Day. The

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world is full of sound. It's

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all around us. All

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the time. If

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it's careful with the design, we can use

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it to tap directly into our feelings and

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evoke a deeper connection to

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ourselves and the world. As

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a group of composers, some designers, creative

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technologies and musicologists, my

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team and I combine all this knowledge

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to create sound experiences that convey stories

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and ideas. We

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use scientific data as musical scores,

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translating complex information into a language

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we can easily understand. We

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work with field recordings, compose linear

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and modern music, and

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use technology to understand, control

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and generate melodies. We

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are merging art, music, technology

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and science into the field of sound

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sonography, using the auditory

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sense to foster an

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emotional understanding of our world. So

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let me take you on a sonic journey of

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music and code, where

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ones and serials are mixed with notes

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and rhythms, and poetry

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meets science. What

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you are about to hear is a combination

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of recordings from nature and our surroundings, data

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and a hydrated music, and

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a lot of human creativity. So

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relax, and if

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you feel comfortable, close your eyes. Take

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a deep breath and

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listen closely. Allow

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yourself to feel. We

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begin in the water. Here

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in the deep, we hear tiny

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creatures, different textures

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or even the contrast between the Atlantic and

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the Pacific Ocean. We

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follow the sounds of seals and

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bring the elusive song of the harbor

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poipers to the range of our human

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hearing. The

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ocean is speaking to us.

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Let's move out of the water into dry

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land and dig deep into the

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earth. Count

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as small animals like earthworms,

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robs and ants they interact,

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they communicate and work tirelessly to

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maintain a perfect ecosystem. Through

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geophones and soil sensors we can

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capture these voices and hear the

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soil singing to us. But

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is our human creativity that

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can interpret, modulate, filter and

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mixes all these recordings with music creating

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a tapestry of sound that is a

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voice to the complex world hidden on

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our feet. From

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here we take flight, high

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into the sky. Feel

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the nighness of traveling through air while

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enjoying the mystical messages carried

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by birdsongs. Let's

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focus our attention on that herd with thrush

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as it sings to us. We

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hear that song is a message that if we

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slow it down we can comprehend. finds

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his voice in this intricate orchestration. And

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while they all play together in perfect harmony, we

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need to find our place in this

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acoustic ecosystem. Let's

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keep moving up into the sky, through

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the atmosphere, into

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the vast emptiness of space. In

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this abstract place, where there is

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no sound, we reach

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only to the power of music to try to

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make sense out of the relationship between sound and

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time. As

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the sound of a voice, we travel to the center of a black hole and

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wonder what will happen to us in

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the presence of this cosmic force. We

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are being stretched, as our musical

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body just falls apart. New

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and old musical concepts collide into a

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timeless sound mass, leaving all

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sense of structure behind. We

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are surrounded by the past, the present and

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the future, all at the

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same time. What information doesn't matter does

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all that meaning. It

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is here, in this emptiness, that

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we find ourselves travelling to a human imagination,

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an infinitely magical place bound

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only by our creativity. We

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hear artificial intelligence making music and

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envision the potential of new collaborations.

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Explosions of sounds and melodies remind

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us of the importance of emotional

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communication, while simultaneously giving

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us an idea of the creative

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process being enhanced by technology. As

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we return from our journey and rejoin one another

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in this room, let

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us embrace the force of human imagination and

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use sound to connect deeper to ourselves and

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to others. Let

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us open ourselves through the transformative power of

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sound and its contribution

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