Silence and Sound

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An exploration of three sonic landscapes

In parts of Boston, noise levels can get as loud as 70 decibels. That’s like if a vacuum cleaner was whirring constantly. (PHoto by Jeongyoon Han)

Season 6 | Episode 8

Humans are noisy. The National Park Service estimates that all of our whirring, grinding, and revving machines are doubling or even tripling global noise pollution every 30 years. 

A lot of that noise is negatively affecting wildlife and human health.

In this guest episode, the team from Outside/In takes us on an exploration of three sonic landscapes: noise, silence, and something in between.

Credits

  • This story was produced for Outside/In, a podcast where curiosity and the natural world collide. Outside/In is a production of New Hampshire Public Radio.

  • Story by Jeongyoon Han. Mixing by Jeongyoon Han and Taylor Quimby. Editing by Taylor Quimby, with help from Nate Hegyi, Jessica Hunt, and Felix Poon. Outside/In’s host is Nate Hegyi and their executive producer is Rebecca Lavoie.

  • Music includes works from Blue Dot Sessions, Edvard Greeg, and Mike Franklyn.

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