An episode about how scam and spam calls (and texts) work, why they've been so hard to stop, and what they can teach us about labor.-- Support the show at http://patreon.com/mikerugnetta-- Reasonably Sound is on Twitter: http://twitte

RM03: Grumble, Bubble, Roil and Rumble

Mar 20th, 2023 13m 2s

A short Rumination on stomach noises.--https://anad.org/ – 1 (888)-375-7767 - ANAD is "the leading nonprofit in the U.S. providing free, peer support to anyone struggling with an eating disorder."https://nedic.ca/ - 1-866-NEDIC-20 - NED

43: Hold, Please Extra - Vertical Time

Mar 5th, 2023 9m 55s

Formerly an RS Patreon Exclusive, made public on the occasion of the RS Patreon's (purposeful) deactivation. Enjoy! -- You can find a full recording the piece which plays under this extra, "From the Center, Out" on Bandcamp: https://miker

41: A Not So Quiet Place Extra – The Silent Brigade

Mar 5th, 2023 4m 53s

Formerly an RS Patreon Exclusive, made public on the occasion of the RS Patreon's (purposeful) deactivation. Enjoy!--A section of Episode 41 which didn't make it in because of time for RS Patrons only <3

39: Automated Copywrongs Extra – Full Parker Interview

Mar 5th, 2023 33m 9s

Formerly an RS Patreon Exclusive, made public on the occasion of the RS Patreon's (purposeful) deactivation. Enjoy!--Full, lightly edited interview with Parker Conducted for Episode 39: Automated Copywrongs

39: Automated Copywrongs Extra – "Perceptual Technics"

Mar 5th, 2023 3m

Formerly an RS Patreon Exclusive, made public on the occasion of the RS Patreon's (purposeful) deactivation. Enjoy!--This felt like a big thesis to just sorta... throw in to the episode and move on from. It was originally around the spot wh

45: The World Remade

Aug 19th, 2019 51m 17s

On flailing in the rising tides, as well as the ecological impact of vinyl records and digital music streaming.--Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2019/08/19/the-world-remade/--Thanks to Kyle Devin

44: Vrooms And The Lack Thereof

Feb 7th, 2019 40m 20s

What if your car’s engine could sound like anything?--Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2019/02/07/vrooms-and-the-lack-thereof/ --Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would

43: Hold, Please

Sep 24th, 2018 43m 10s

👕: https://cottonbureau.com/products/phonocloud -- --Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line. A customer service representative will be with you shortly. Your call is important.--Find full show notes, with research links

42: The Oddest Thing in the Universe

Jul 30th, 2018 40m 50s

👕: https://cottonbureau.com/products/phonocloud -- Life, The Universe, and A Small, Yellow Leechlike Fish -- Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2018/07/30/the-oddest-thing-in-the-universe/ -- Thanks

41: A Not So Quiet Place

May 14th, 2018 42m 4s

RS TSHIRTS! https://cottonbureau.com/products/phonocloud--Exposure to noise pollution has serious health risks, and disproportionately affects certain communities. But what if regulating it would accidentally do more harm than good?--The Ge

40: Helpful Mom Voices

Feb 27th, 2018 34m 41s

On the pursuit of making machines talk, and the quality of digital assistants’ voices.Find full show notes, with research links, at http://reasonablysound.com/2018/02/27/helpful-mom-voices/Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, wi

39: Automated Copywrongs

Jan 15th, 2018 33m 47s

Or: Do Androids Dream of Pitch Shifted Music?---We talk about the algorithmic enforcement of copyright, how it works and why we have it. We talk to Parker Higgins, and speculate about a future beset by copyright robots.---Find full show not

38: Why Are There No New Christmas Songs?

Dec 23rd, 2017 31m 44s

As of Recording, Wham’s “Last Christmas” was predicted to be the UK #1 Christmas single, but the honor officially went to Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” (not a year end song, despite what the music video would have you believe) as of publish. --- LIN

37: Boo Who?

Nov 22nd, 2017 35m 20s

RS Live at Caveat NYC, Dec 2nd 2017: http://caveat.nyc/event/reasonably-sound/An examination of when, and why, we boo and some encouragement to maybe boo a bit more.SOURCES• Dan Rebellato, ‘B is for Booing’ - http://bit.ly/2hSGAjQ• Sound

36: Put 'Em Together

Oct 20th, 2017 34m 57s

“The custom of showing one's pleasure at music by immediately following it with a noise, usually by clapping but sometimes also by the drumming of feet, is perhaps as old as the art of music itself.” - The Oxford Companion to Music, Alison Lath

RM02: A Reasonably Sound "Mission Statement"

Jan 28th, 2017 18m 17s

"Ruminations" (RM) are short[-er] episodes, lightly edited, on topics nonetheless worth discussing.In this Rumination, I talk for a few minutes about what I want to try to do with Reasonably Sound, and why I think sound is interesting and imp

35: What 2016 Sounded Like

Dec 30th, 2016 33m 35s

It's the end of 2016, so we'll do the thing one tends to do around this time of year: look back. In this episode, a few bits of audio revelry from the End of 2014 episode return, you can get some insight into what kinds of things I was trying t

34: For Whom The Whistle Blows

Dec 12th, 2016 40m 47s

This episode contains offensive language.----------In this episode of Reasonably Sound we talk about how it is that through repetition, seemingly innocuous sounds come to be laden with meaning and can even guide the behavior of subjects expos

33: The Braaam™

1 Nov 21st, 2016 38m 51s

An episode about the type of sound The Inception Sound is, the controversy surrounding that sounds authorship, and how it’s effectiveness is deeply rooted in a millennia plus of human culture ---------- Double extra super THANKS to all of Reaso

RM01: Slerd Speesh

May 6th, 2016 11m 14s

Support RS at patreon.com/reasonablysoundA quick rumination on why people slur their speech when they're drunk, and a little thinking on what it means to slur, and its place in popular culture. Music by Will StrattonVisual Branding by Tida

32: Light Dinner Conversation

Nov 20th, 2015 15m 45s

Support RS at patreon.com/reasonablysoundThis week, it’s the sounds that surround holiday gatherings and rituals. Mike tackles several sonic phenomena and how they will function during your Turkey Day soiree. And how you can use their existen

31: I Nonlinear Vocalization. You Nonlinear Vocalization

Oct 24th, 2015 35m 4s

Support RS at patreon.com/reasonablysoundTHIS WEEK IT’S ALL ABOUT SCREAMS (AAAAA!!!!) Horror and fear screams. It’s not just talking with some extra juice. There is much, much more at work. Physically and psychologically, a scream is a unique

30: Bits and Chips

Oct 8th, 2015 31m 50s

Support RS at patreon.com/reasonablysoundIt’s all about nostalgia and limitation as Mike chips away (ahhh?!?!?) at the world of chiptunes music. If you played video games years and years ago, you’ll hear a set of sounds that will be completel

29: Acoustic Body

Oct 1st, 2015 21m 24s

It’s the stethoscope and the sampler as Mike leads us through “the alien nature of [our] own interiors.” In this journey into the sounds of the body, he explores the work of corporeal sonification as music, as well the history and meaning of so