Recording Family Stories: Microphone Recommendations

Today on the flagship podcast of canceled-out cricket sounds: 

03:29 - David, Andru, and Will react to prototype headphones that use AI to take noise cancellation to a whole new level. 

• Hear how the best ANC headphones handle real world and lab tests 
• We sent the top ANC headphones to a lab to test their noise-canceling abilities 
• The University of Washington’s Semantic Hearing project
• UW’s Mobile Intelligence Lab

31:30 - Michael Fisher, aka Mr. Mobile, joins the show to discuss mobile phones with physical keyboards and his latest project, “Clicks,” an iPhone case featuring an integrated keyboard.

• Clicks is a BlackBerry-style iPhone keyboard case designed for creators
• BlackBerry kills Ryan Seacrest's iPhone keyboard

56:30 - Andru Marino answers a question from the Vergecast Hotline about the best microphone for recording your parents. 

• How to get great audio for podcast interviews

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