99% of his boat was produced this week by cris berupe, edited by kelly prime. This 19 12 recording of johan strauss's blue danube waltz courtesy of library of congress. Special thanks to ben frish, mea burn, jerd o'connell and maria bustios for helping inspire this episode. You can find the show and join discussions about the show and facebook. Follow roman mars on instagram and read it too.
There's a particular one-kilohertz tone that is universally understood to be covering up inappropriate words on radio and TV. But there are other options, too, like silence -- so why did this particular *bleep* sound become ubiquitous?
Bleep!