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Podcast: Ongoing History of New Music
Episode: The Story of Stereo: Part 1
Description:  Our ears are amazing things…evolution has created an ability that allows us to tell the direction of a sound…left and right, up and down, front and back…we can tell how close something might be, whether it’s stationary or moving, and if it’s coming towards us or going away…in other words, we hear sound in 3-d…very helpful for humans on the plains of Africa who had to be worried about being eaten by a lion…
This directionality also makes listen to music so enjoyable…the very same things that prevented us from being eaten al...