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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"Milagroso" by Isabel Yap
"Dark Spaces on the Map" by Anjali Sachdeva
"Jealous Husband Returns in Form of Parrot" by Robert Olen Butler
"The Bank of Burkina Faso" by Ekaterina Sedia
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"St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid" by C.L. Polk
"Vaccine Season" by Hannu Rajaniemi
"Getaway" by Nicole Kornher-Stace
"Salt" by Rosemary Melchior
"An Equal Share of the Bone" by Karen Osborne
"Killer of Kings" by Anjali Sachdeva
"Flyboys" by Tobias Wolff
"The Regression Test" by Wole Talabi
"Alluvial Deposits" by Percival Everett
"Daddy" by Damion Wilson
"The Takeback Tango" by Rebecca Roanhorse
"Silver Door Diner" by Bishop Garrison
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