ISO Silence
Twenty Thousand Hertz is a storytelling show that doubles as a philosophical study on how sounds sink into our psyches. Described as ‘the stories behind the world’s most recognizable and interesting sounds’ each episode crafts an expansive narrative around the under-noticed and quotidian noises that comprise our daily soundscape.
Recently, host Dallas Taylor has been thinking a lot about silence, and seeking it out as a mental reset. Have you ever sought out a break from sound? Read our full interview with Dallas here.
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‘How to Citizen’ from Baratunde Thurston is a podcast and a movement. Launching today, each episode converts news rage >> into >> action. Listen to the trailer here.
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Speaking of next projects, there’s a few seats left for The Kitchen Sisters’ Interviewing, Recording & Podcasting Workshop.
Also still speaking of new projects, our friend Brandon Stosuy of The Creative Independent has penned a new book on the topic. Making Time for Creativity: Finding Space for Your Most Meaningful Work (a Self-Guide).
We’re listening to TransLash Podcast, the latest project from award-winning journalist Imara Jones, made in partnership with Futuro Studios.
Check out The Input, an animated video series made for podcasters by Spotify with helpful tools to get the most out of publishing on the platform.
We’re reading about Party/After-Party, the nightclub D.J. Carl Craig has built at the newly reopened Dia:Beacon.
Need to escape your home office for a change of scenery and work in peace and quiet? Our friends at Wythe Hotel have converted select bedrooms into amenity laden office spaces for day or long term rentals.
What’s on your radar? We’d love to hear where you’re finding inspiration. Send us an email at hello@onairfest.com, and we’ll share out some of our favorites in the next Off Mic.
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Our Interview with Dallas Taylor
We sat down with Twenty Thousand Hertz host Dallas Taylor. Here’s an excerpt. Read the full interview here.
On Air Fest:
If you could create a sonic logo for one person, place or food what would it be?
Dallas Taylor:
In Japan, there are different jingles that play to identify the different stops on a train line. In thousands of years, if we terraform the solar system, it would be cool to use sonic branding similarly. Maybe as you traveled the solar system, each planetary stop would have a unique sonic logo. What would the Mars stop sound like? Venus? You wouldn’t need to rely on any specific human language to identify the different planets, you could just identify them through their sonic logos. So Space X, shoot me an email when you’re ready.
