Trevor wrote an entire book on sonic tourism called sonic wonderland. One of his favorites are the singing sand dunes of kelso doonfield in the mohavi desert. It's incredibly hot in the mddle of summer, so it's a struggle to walk up them to start with. But once you get to the top, you hear a totally unique sound.
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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