About this episode

The episode explores the concept of the Anthropocene and the history of sound effects.

What is the Anthropocene? No really, who came up with it, when does it start, and why does that matter? Well it involves nuance, scientific beef, and a surprising amount of freaky little guys. And we all know of some sound effects we love, but what is their history, where are the weird places they've shown up, and what can they teach us about art?

Topics covered

• Anthropocene
• sound effects
• science
• art
• history
• nuance

Keywords

• Anthropocene
• sound effects
• science
• art
• history
• nuance
• freaky little guys

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Anthropocene

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