Test Subjects (Mara Mills)
February 1, 2019 |
Season Two erupts in our ears with a film-noir soundscape—an eerie voice utters strange and disjointed phrases and echoing footsteps lead to sirens and gunshots. What on Earth are we listening to? We unravel the mystery with NYU media professor Mara … Continue reading
Season One Recap
January 25, 2019 |
It’s T minus one week and counting until the Launch of Phantom Power Season Two! We can’t wait to share this season’s shows on auditory psychology, animal sound art, radio drama mashups, ritual poetry, and more. As always, we’ll interview performers … Continue reading
Screwed & Chopped (Langston Collin Wilkins)
June 6, 2018 |
Since the 1990s, many of Houston’s African American residents have customized cars and customized the sound of hip hop. Cars called “slabs” swerve a slow path through the city streets, banging out a distinctive local music that paid tribute to … Continue reading
Data Streams (Leah Barclay and Teresa Barrozo)
May 23, 2018 |
On July 18th this year, Teresa Barrozo‘s question — What might the Future sound like? — will be opened to global participation. We bring news of World Listening Day, and speak with Teresa about her intervention. We also hear of data … Continue reading
Ears Racing (Jennifer Stoever)
May 10, 2018 |
This episode, we talk with Jennifer Lynn Stoever–editor of the influential sound studies blog Sounding Out!–about her new book, The Sonic Color Line: Race and the Cultural Politics of Listening (NYU Press, 2016). We tend to think of race and racism … Continue reading
Dirty Rat (Brian House)
April 9, 2018 |
This time we talk with a fascinating sound artist and composer Mack met at a recent meeting of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts. As his website puts it, “Brian House is an artist who explores the interdependent … Continue reading
City of Voices (Shannon Mattern)
March 26, 2018 |
This episode we have a single longform interview with a media scholar of note–The New School’s Shannon Mattern. We have teamed up with Mediapolis, a journal that places urban studies and media studies into conversation with one another, to interview … Continue reading
Dead Air (John Biguenet and Rodrigo Toscano)
March 12, 2018 |
On our first episode of Phantom Power, we ponder those moments when the air remains unmoved. Whether fostered by design or meteorological conditions or technological glitch, the absence of sound sometimes affects us more profoundly than the audible. We begin with author … Continue reading
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