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.
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Immersive Remix: "The Truth About Owls" by Amal El-Mohtar
Immersive Remix: "The Last Cheng Beng Gift" by Jaymee Goh
Immersive Remix: "The Usual Santas" by Mick Herron
"River's Giving" by Heather Shaw, Tim Pratt, and River Shaw
"The King of Bread" by Luis Alberto Urrea
"Family Cooking" by Ana Maria Curtis
"Down in the Dim Kingdoms" by Tobias Buckell
"#ClimbingNation" by Kim Fu
"I Was a Teenage Space Jockey" by Stephen Graham Jones
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Immersive Remix: "Fantaisie Impromptu No. 4 in C#min, Op. 66” by Carlos Hernandez
Immersive Remix: "Your Rover is Here" by LP Kindred
An Update! Plus Immersive Remix: "The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson
Immersive Remix: "The Paper Menagerie" by Ken Liu
"Afterlife" by Stephen King
"The Last Truth" by AnaMaria Curtis
"Troll Bridge" by Terry Pratchett
"John Dillinger and the Blind Magician" by Allison M. Dickson
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