If you’ve been listening to LeVar's new podcast Sound Detectives, you know there's something irresistible about a missing sound. That’s why we teamed up with our friends at 99% Invisible to tell the story of the first music streaming service, a 200-ton instrument called the Telharmonium whose sound has been lost to history.
99% Invisible is a podcast about the unnoticed design that shapes the world we live in. This is their latest episode, a collection of mini-stories that weren’t quite big enough for a whole episode. You’ll hear about time measured in decimals, a rogue unlicensed Italian architect, and the ghost kitchens that power food delivery apps. And then yours truly, telling the story of the Telharmonium.
Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts and visit 99pi.org for more.
"The Baboon War" by Nnedi Okorafor
"Mrs. Perez" by Oscar Casares
"The Truth About Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar
"Repairing the World" by John Chu
Bonus Episode: "Goat" by James McBride
"The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
"Navigators" by Mike Meginnis
"1000-Year-Old Ghosts" by Laura Chow Reeve
Bonus Episode: A Conversation with Lesley Nneka Arimah
"Graham Greene" by Percival Everett
"What It Means When a Man Falls From the Sky" by Lesley Nneka Arimah
"Empty Places" Part Two by Richard Parks
"Empty Places" Part One by Richard Parks
"The Lighthouse Keeper" by Daisy Johnson
"Kin" by Bruce McAllister
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