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The Sound Around Us!
by E-Music
"Sound Around Us" is a podcast that explores the various sounds in our environment and the impact they have on our daily lives. From the chirping of birds in a park to the hum of traffic on a busy street, the podcast delves into "The Sound Around Us", where the pun was most definitely intended! The program includes distinctive sounds from all around the world with a focus on allowing listeners to feel new emotions just by listening. The podcast seeks to increase listeners' awareness of how important sound is in creating our environment and to inspire people to pay closer attention to the noises they are surrounded by. Overall, music plays a huge role in our lives! Everywhere we turn, from the contemporary world to mother nature herself, we see it. Watch this space for weekly updates!
Episodes
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Do Not Mistake Education for Character
Education can make someone informed. It can make them articulate. It can make them skilled. It can make them impressive. But it does not automatically make them good. A person can have degrees, credentials, awards, and an incredible vocabulary—and still be dishonest, arrogant, cruel, unreliable…
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Do Not Let Coincidence Write Your Forecast
Two bad things happen back-to-back and suddenly your brain starts writing a story. Maybe this always happens to me. Maybe things are getting worse. Maybe this is a sign of what comes next. But coincidence is not a forecast. A few events happening close together can feel like a pattern long before...
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Ask for the Responsibility Before the Recognition
A lot of people want the title before they want the weight that comes with it. They want the recognition. The authority. The promotion. The credit. But the better question is whether you are willing to carry the responsibility first. Take ownership before anyone asks. Solve the problem that...
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Make Your Attention Expensive
Your attention is one of the easiest things to give away. A notification takes it. An argument takes it. A stranger’s opinion takes it. A problem that is not even yours takes it. And if you are not careful, you can spend an entire day reacting to things that never deserved that much of you. Make...
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Turn the Waiting Room Into Training
Waiting can make you feel powerless. You are waiting for the opportunity. Waiting for the answer. Waiting for the promotion. Waiting for the relationship to change. Waiting for the next door to open. The mistake is treating that season like nothing is happening. A waiting room can still be a...
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Repair Your Name With Repetition
A damaged reputation is rarely repaired by one explanation. It is repaired by what happens next. You can apologize. You can explain the context. You can tell people you have changed. But eventually, words run out. What rebuilds trust is repetition. Showing up differently once may get attention....
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Sound of Washing Dishes by Hand | Relaxing Kitchen & Water Sounds
Listen to the simple, relaxing sounds of washing dishes by hand. Running water, clinking plates, glasses moving through the sink, gentle scrubbing, soap bubbles, and the steady rhythm of everyday kitchen cleanup create a calm and familiar atmosphere. There is something surprisingly peaceful about...
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The Midnight Cloud Chamber Laboratory | 1 Hour of Particle Trail Focus
Step into a dark cloud chamber laboratory after midnight, where invisible particles reveal themselves as delicate trails moving through a supersaturated vapor. Inside a cloud chamber, charged particles pass through a cold layer of alcohol vapor and ionize molecules along their paths. Tiny…
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How a Thermos Keeps Hot Drinks Hot and Cold Drinks Cold | Heat Transfer Explained
How can the same container keep coffee hot for hours and also keep ice water cold? The answer comes down to controlling heat transfer. In this episode, we explore the engineering behind the vacuum flask—better known as a thermos—and break down how its design slows conduction, convection, and...
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Engineering Insights S2 E110: Industrial Heat Pumps & Waste Heat Recovery Systems
What if industrial facilities could capture heat they normally throw away and reuse it somewhere else in the process? In this episode of Engineering Insights, we explore industrial heat pumps and waste heat recovery systems—the technologies that allow factories, processing plants, utilities, and...
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The Ship That Blew Up a City | The Halifax Explosion
On the morning of December 6, 1917, two ships collided in the narrow waters of Halifax Harbour. One of them was carrying a devastating secret. The French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc was loaded with explosives bound for the First World War. After colliding with the Norwegian vessel SS Imo, fire broke...
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The Yellow Wallpaper | Complete Audiobook | Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Experience Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s haunting psychological classic The Yellow Wallpaper in this complete audiobook. First published in 1892, the story follows an unnamed woman whose physician husband confines her to an upstairs room as part of a prescribed rest cure. Forbidden from working and...
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The Bird Droppings That Made Nations Fight | The Guano Wars Explained
How did bird droppings become valuable enough to influence international politics, national economies, and even wars? During the 19th century, enormous deposits of guano accumulated on islands along the Pacific coast of South America. Rich in nitrogen and other nutrients, this seemingly ordinary...
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The Call of the Wild | Complete Audiobook | Jack London
Experience Jack London’s legendary adventure novel The Call of the Wild in this complete audiobook. Published in 1903, the story follows Buck, a powerful dog taken from his comfortable life in California and thrust into the brutal world of the Klondike Gold Rush. Forced to adapt to freezing...
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Sound of Packing a Cardboard Box | Relaxing Packing & Moving Sounds
Listen to the natural sounds of packing a cardboard box, from folding and opening the box to placing items inside, shifting materials, taping the seams, and preparing everything for storage or moving. The simple rhythm of cardboard, packing materials, and everyday movement creates a surprisingly...
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Correct Without Making a Spectacle
Being right doesn’t give you permission to embarrass someone. In this episode, it talks about the difference between correcting a problem and turning that correction into a performance. Public humiliation, unnecessary callouts, sarcasm, and proving a point in front of other people might feel...
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Let Another’s Loss Improve Your Preparation
You don’t have to personally experience every mistake to learn from it. In this episode, it talks about the value of paying attention to what goes wrong for other people—and using those lessons to prepare better yourself. Someone else’s failed plan, missed opportunity, bad decision, or painful...
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Let the Wave Spend Itself
Not every emotion needs an immediate response. Sometimes the best thing you can do is let the wave spend itself. Anger rises. Anxiety spikes. Frustration builds. The instinct is to act, text, argue, decide, or fix something while the emotion is at its strongest. But intensity is not the same…
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Correct Without Making a Spectacle
Anyone can perform well for a moment. Someone can say the right thing, make the right promise, show up differently for a week, or become exactly who you hoped they would be when the pressure is high enough. But isolated moments are not the same thing as a pattern. Patterns tell you what happens...
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The Sound of Petra, Jordan | Ancient Desert City Ambience 🇯🇴
Step into the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, and experience the atmosphere of one of the world’s most remarkable archaeological landscapes. Hear footsteps moving through narrow sandstone passages, desert wind drifting between towering cliffs, distant conversations, animals passing along the...
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Keep a Record of What You Finished
Most people remember what is still unfinished. The open task. The next deadline. The thing they forgot. The project that is still hanging over them. What gets overlooked is everything that actually got done. Keeping a record of what you finished gives you evidence of progress. It helps you see…
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Choose the Regret You Can Respect
Every meaningful choice comes with some kind of regret. If you take the risk, you may regret what it costs you. If you stay safe, you may regret never finding out. If you leave, you may miss what you had. If you stay, you may wonder what else was possible. The goal is not to find the option with...
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Protect the Question From the Quick Answer
The fastest answer is not always the best one. Sometimes a question deserves to stay open long enough for you to understand what you are actually asking. Quick answers feel good because they remove uncertainty. They give you something to act on, something to believe, and something to stop…
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Move at a Pace That Keeps You Human
There is a pace that gets things done. And there is a pace that slowly turns you into a machine. You can move faster, answer sooner, take on more, and keep pushing through exhaustion for a while. But eventually, speed starts taking things from you. Patience disappears. Attention gets thinner....
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Why Metal Can Remember Its Shape | Shape Memory Alloys Explained
How can a piece of metal bend, deform, and then return to the shape it had before? The answer lies in shape memory alloys—special metals capable of changing their internal crystal structure in response to temperature and stress. In this episode of Engineering Insights, we explore the engineering...
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Engineering Insights S2 E109: Active Magnetic Bearings & Contactless Rotor Control Systems
What if a high-speed rotor could spin without ever physically touching its bearings? In this episode of Engineering Insights, we explore active magnetic bearings and the control systems that allow rotating machinery to operate with little or no mechanical contact. Instead of supporting a shaft…
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Sound of Chopping Vegetables | Satisfying Kitchen Sounds & Relaxing Food Prep
Listen to the satisfying sounds of chopping vegetables in a quiet kitchen environment. Crisp cuts, rhythmic chopping, knife sounds, and natural food-preparation ambience create a simple, relaxing soundscape that works well for studying, sleeping, cooking, meditation, background listening, or…
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The Time Machine | Complete Audiobook | H. G. Wells
Travel beyond the limits of human history with The Time Machine, H. G. Wells’ groundbreaking 1895 science-fiction novella. Follow the mysterious Time Traveller as he journeys far into the future and discovers a world where humanity has evolved into the delicate Eloi and the terrifying Morlocks....
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Do Not Promise With Imaginary Strength
Strength isn't always about saying yes, taking everything on, or promising more than you can actually deliver. Sometimes real strength means knowing your limits, being honest about what you can handle, and refusing to build expectations around a version of yourself that doesn't exist yet. A…
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Keep One Ear for the Ship
When you're focused on where you're going, it's easy to forget to listen to what's happening around you. Keeping one ear for the ship means staying aware of the signals, people, problems, and changing conditions that can tell you when something needs your attention. This episode explores the...
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Care Deeply Without Taking Over Their Will
Caring about someone doesn't mean controlling their choices. You can love someone deeply, want the best for them, and still recognize that their life belongs to them. Sometimes the hardest part of caring is allowing another person to make decisions you wouldn't make yourself. This episode…
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Let Authority Lower the Temperature
Authority doesn't have to make a tense situation more intense. The strongest person in the room isn't necessarily the loudest one—it may be the person who can stay calm, absorb the pressure, and use their position to bring the temperature down. This episode explores what responsible authority…
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Turn Envy Into A Curriculum
Envy can feel like an emotion you are supposed to get rid of, but sometimes it is information. The things that make you jealous, frustrated, or quietly wish you had someone else's life can reveal what you actually want, what you value, and what you may have been avoiding. Instead of letting envy...
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Give Your Anger A Useful Assignment
Anger gets treated like something that needs to be suppressed or eliminated, but anger can also tell you that something matters. It can point toward a boundary that was crossed, a need that was ignored, or a problem that has been allowed to continue for too long. The goal isn't to let anger make...
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Leave Evidence For The Person Coming After You
A lot of meaningful work disappears because nobody documents what was learned along the way. The solution you discovered, the mistake you made, the process you improved, or the lesson that took years to understand can become incredibly valuable to someone who comes after you. This episode…
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Choose The Room That Refuses Your Normal
Sometimes the environment around you quietly determines what you believe is possible. If everyone around you accepts the same limitations, habits, or expectations, it can become difficult to imagine anything different. The right room can challenge those assumptions. This episode explores why the...
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Active and Adaptive Optics in Giant Ground Telescopes
How do giant ground-based telescopes overcome one of the biggest problems in astronomy—the Earth's atmosphere? In this episode of Engineering Insights, we explore the engineering behind active and adaptive optics and how these systems allow enormous telescopes to maintain precise optical...
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The Day a Wall of Molasses Tore Through Boston
On January 15, 1919, a massive storage tank in Boston's North End suddenly ruptured, releasing roughly 2.3 million gallons of molasses into the streets. The wave moved with devastating force, crushing buildings, sweeping away vehicles, and trapping people in its path. By the time the disaster was...
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Why Your Stomach Doesn’t Digest Itself
Your stomach is filled with powerful acid and digestive enzymes capable of breaking down food, so why doesn’t it digest itself? The answer is a remarkable defense system built into your stomach lining. A protective mucus layer works together with bicarbonate to create a near-neutral environment...
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Sound of Dubrovnik, Croatia | Adriatic Ambience & Old City Sounds
Experience the atmosphere of Dubrovnik, Croatia, with the sounds and ambience of the historic Adriatic coast. Let the character of the old city, stone streets, sea air, harbor atmosphere, and surrounding Mediterranean landscape create a peaceful background for relaxation, sleep, studying…
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Use the Age You Actually Have
Why do we spend so much of our lives wishing we were younger, older, or further ahead? There’s a strange pressure to believe we should have everything figured out by a certain age. We compare careers, relationships, money, accomplishments, and experiences—and suddenly our own lives feel behind.…
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Let the Relationship Define the Responsibility
What do we actually owe the people in our lives? Not every relationship carries the same responsibilities. A close friend, a partner, a parent, a coworker, and a stranger can all matter to us—but the expectations, boundaries, and responsibilities we have toward each person aren't necessarily the...
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Protect Judgment While Solving the Problem
When a problem needs to be solved, how do you keep your judgment from getting lost in the process? Sometimes solving a problem requires action before we have every answer. But that doesn't mean we should abandon our ability to evaluate what is right, responsible, or worth doing. In this episode…
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A Hidden Wrong Still Changes You
Some things can remain hidden from everyone else and still change the person who did them. A mistake, betrayal, lie, or choice you know was wrong doesn't necessarily disappear just because nobody found out. The mind can keep returning to what happened through guilt, shame, regret, and the fear of...
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Make The First Version Disposable
Why are we so afraid of making the first version bad? Whether you're building a product, starting a project, changing your life, or trying something completely new, the first version doesn't have to be the final version. In fact, treating it as disposable can make it easier to experiment, learn,...
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Spend Your Best Energy On The Uncertain Part
We often spend the most time working on the things we already understand. We organize, refine, prepare, research, and perfect the parts that feel familiar because they give us a sense of control. But the part that actually determines what happens next is usually the part we don't know yet. The...
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Invite The Objection Before It Becomes A Cost
What if the best way to deal with an objection is to bring it up before someone else does? Whether you're selling an idea, building a product, leading a team, or making a difficult decision, objections rarely become expensive because they exist. They become expensive when they're discovered too...
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Keep The Work Close To Who It Serves
Who are you actually doing the work for? It’s easy to get caught up in processes, deadlines, metrics, and internal expectations. But the farther the work gets from the people it is supposed to help, the easier it becomes to lose sight of whether it actually works. The customer who uses it. The...
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The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | Complete Audiobook
Enter the dark and mysterious world of Victorian London in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic Gothic horror novella, first published in 1886. Follow Gabriel John Utterson as he investigates the disturbing connection between the respectable Dr. Henry…
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Engineering Insights S2 E107 | Geothermal Reservoir & Power Conversion Engineering
How do engineers turn heat buried deep beneath the Earth into reliable electrical power? In this episode of Engineering Insights, we explore the engineering behind geothermal reservoirs and the systems that convert subsurface heat into electricity. We look at reservoir temperature, permeability,...
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"Sound Around Us" is a podcast that explores the various sounds in our environment and the impact they have on our daily lives. From the chirping of birds in a park to the hum of traffic on a busy street, the podcast delves into "The Sound Around Us", where the pun was most definitely intended! The program includes distinctive sounds from all around the world with a focus on allowing listeners to feel new emotions just by listening. The podcast seeks to increase listeners' awareness of how important sound is in creating our environment and to inspire people to pay closer attention to the noises they are surrounded by. Overall, music plays a huge role in our lives! Everywhere we turn, from the contemporary world to mother nature herself, we see it. Watch this space for weekly updates!
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"Sound Around Us" is a podcast that explores the various sounds in our environment and the impact they have on our daily lives. From the chirping of birds in a park to the hum of traffic on a busy street, the podcast delves into "The Sound Around Us", where the pun was most definitely intended! The...
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