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.
"Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 2
"Mother of Invention" by Nnedi Okorafor, Part 1
Miniseries Coming November 17
"Little Man" by Michael Cunningham
"The Story We Used to Tell" by Shirley Jackson
"A Good Friday" by Barbara Jenkins
"Low Energy Economy" by Adrian Tchaikovsky
"Wherein Abigail Fields Recalls Her First Death and, Subsequently, Her Best Life" by Rebecca Roanhorse
"Dune Song" by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
"Madre Nuestra, Que Estás en Maracaibo" by Ana Hurtado
"Cricket" by Kenneth Yu
"Room for Rent" by Richie Narvaez
"The Nine Curves River" by R. F. Kuang
"Your Rover is Here" by LP Kindred
"Pockets" by Amal El-Mohtar
A Conversation with James McBride (and News About Season 7!)
"The Foster Portfolio" by Kurt Vonnegut
"Recitatif" by Toni Morrison, Part 2
"Recitatif" by Toni Morrison, Part 1
"Let Those Who Would" by Genevieve Valentine
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