The Greeting: Yo-Yo Ma's Humpback Whale Experiment

About this episode

The episode explores the possibility of communicating with whales through music, featuring Yo-Yo Ma's experiment.

Can humans communicate with whales through music?

Topics covered

• communication
• whales
• music
• experiment
• marine life

Keywords

• whale communication
• Yo-Yo Ma
• music
• marine biology
• humpback whales

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Greeting

Places: Humpback Whale

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