Voice | Radiolab Podcast
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From the Radiolab podcast: How we got our voices and the power they hold over us. Over the course of millions of years, human voices have evolved to hold startling power. These clouds of vibrating air carry crucial information about who we are—and we rely on them to push ourselves up and out into the physical world. This week, we’re on a journey to understand how we got our unique sonic fingerprint, the power it affords us, and what happens when it’s taken away. Special thanks to Alice Wong, ...
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27 people come up, including Matt Kielty, Annie McEwen, John Colapinto.
- Matt Kielty (Person)
- Annie McEwen (Person)
- John Colapinto (Person)
- Alice Wong (Person)
- Daniel Abrams (Person)
- Lula Miller (Person)
- David Muir (Person)
- Andrew Rosen (Person)
- Beth McEwen (Person)
- Nancy Kielty (Person)
- June Muir (Person)
- Don Muir (Person)
- Hector Espinal (parent) (Person)
- Soren Wheeler (Person)
- Latif Nasser (Person)
- Dylan Keefe (Person)
- Simon Adler (Person)
- W. Harry Fortuna (Person)
- David Gebel (Person)
- Maria Paz Gutiérrez (Person)
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- Radiolab (Company)
- Passy-Muir valve (Product)
- Muscular dystrophy (Concept)
- Heather (Concept)
- Dignity through speech (Concept)
- Fentanyl (Product)
- Vocal cords as a valve/sphincter model (Concept)
- This Is the Voice (Book)
- Tracheostomy (Concept)
- Earth (Location)
- ICU (Location)
- Pavlov's bell (classical conditioning) (Concept)
- Karen (Concept)