Sound School Podcast Pleasing to the Ear
Oct 10, 2023
Rob acts as a story DJ, featuring excerpts from pleasing podcasts. Topics include Hurricane Watch Network, Clarence Thomas's beliefs and influence, adoption and forced adoptions, craftsmanship and podcast release schedules, and the profound connection between people and their treasured belongings.
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Shortwave Sound As Sonic Transport
- Shortwave radio textures—static, phase-shifted tones, interval signals—create a hypnotic sonic experience beyond content.
- Robert Rosenthal finds these transmission qualities transportive and historically resonant.
Childhood Shortwave Fascination
- Robert previews clips from the Shortwave Radio Archive and shares his childhood fascination with decoding shortwave at night.
- He frames these recordings as puzzles that connect him to radio's early, mysterious era.
Reframing To Reveal Self-Image
- More Perfect reframes Clarence Thomas by asking what he thinks he's doing, revealing self-image as a guiding thread.
- Julia Longoria uses reframing to provoke reassessment of entrenched positions.