Dalas is the host of 20 thousand herds, a podcast that explores the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds. The first thing m brain goes to when i think about good sounds is music. A lot about music is almost just like a sonic prescription. For example, if you're playing a super high tempo song, you actually experience less physical exertion when you're exercising.
Some sounds bring happy memories flooding back. Other sounds put us on edge; drive us to distraction; or cause us considerable distress. Sound matters... so why don't we pay more attention to our sonic environment?
In a mash-up with our friends at the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz, Dr. Laurie Santos joins Dallas Taylor to create a Handbook for Sonic Happiness explaining how sound can harm our wellbeing or be a route to greater happiness.
Featuring auditory psychologist David Poeppel, psychology researcher Giulia Poerio, clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, sound scholar Mac Hagood and acoustician Trevor Cox.
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