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The Rest Is Just Noise

The Rest Is Just Noise is a monthly podcast exploring the relationship between sound and our cities. Each episode our passionate and excitable hosts (three soundscape researchers) are joined by an expert guest from fields such as acoustics, architecture, and environmental psychology, to discuss their latest work and introduce our audience to the science, beauty, and noise of urban sound.From the announcement of the 2023 ASA Science Communication Awards for Acoustic Expert Multimedia Winner:"The Rest is Just Noise Podcast stands out as a remarkable audio journey into the realm of acoustics. With deep knowledge and captivating storytelling, co-hosts Dr...

Spectres, Camouflage & Unruly Sound with Fiona Smyth

43 mins; June 30, 2025

Soundscape Odyssey Québécois with Edda Bild

27 mins; May 31, 2025

Urban Soundscapes in Microscope with Usue Ruiz Arana, Richard Bentley, Sarah Jones-Morris et al.

46 mins; January 31, 2025

Left Ear Right Ear with Lola de la Mata

56 mins; December 17, 2024

#WiA special series with Jude Brereton

46 mins; November 05, 2024

#WiA special series with Mariana Lopez

51 mins; July 07, 2024

La ville sonore avec Catherine Guastavino

23 mins; May 28, 2024

#WiA special series with Reena Mahtani

42 mins; April 29, 2024

Soundscape Gentrification with Bethan Prosser

34 mins; March 24, 2024

#WiA special series with Alice Eldridge

48 mins; February 14, 2024

Complex Auditory Scenes with Maggie McMullin

22 mins; January 31, 2024

Sensory Urbanism with Jieling Xiao

30 mins; December 26, 2023

#WiA special series with Helen Sheldon

36 mins; December 19, 2023

Listening to Landscapes with Usue Ruiz Arana

31 mins; November 20, 2023

Radio Utopia: La Biennale di Venezia 23 with Carlotta Darò and Nicolas Tixier

42 mins; October 03, 2023

#WiA special series: Sustainable Careers with Angela Lamacraft

36 mins; September 04, 2023

Cities and Memory (and Microphones)

34 mins; August 22, 2023

Urban Sound Symposium 2023

26 mins; July 18, 2023

#WiA special series: Bubbles Everywhere with Eleanor Stride

41 mins; June 19, 2023

Engaging with Everyday Sounds and Marcel Cobussen

53 mins; June 02, 2023

Sayonara Soundscapes

40 mins; March 01, 2023

Aural Diversity with John Drever

41 mins; January 31, 2023

Engineering Soundscapes

35 mins; November 29, 2022

Highlights of the Acoustics of Ancient Theatres Symposium

37 mins; October 25, 2022

"Urban Roars" with Jordan Lacey

49 mins; September 27, 2022

Can you hear me?

37 mins; July 26, 2022

How much is a decibel worth?

57 mins; June 28, 2022

Lockdown Soundscapes

33 mins; May 31, 2022

The Songs of Notre-Dame - Special ASA episode with Sarabeth Mullins

33 mins; April 20, 2022

ASA ReCap - Once Upon A Time In Seattle

32 mins; April 12, 2022

Picnics at the Wall with Pamela Jordan

37 mins; January 11, 2022

Live from the ASA! Mini-episode with Ronald Altoon - Ethics and Culture in Acoustics

19 mins; December 02, 2021

Ep. 12 Soundscape Legacies

40 mins; November 02, 2021

Ep. 11 Mechanical Birds - Drones and Soundscapes with Dr. Antonio Torija

41 mins; October 05, 2021

Lockdown Soundscapes - The Stockholm Syndrome with Romain Rumpler

36 mins; September 07, 2021

Ep. No. 9 with Prof Gascia Ouzounian and Dr Ruth Bernatek

40 mins; August 02, 2021

Ep. 8 "Stereophonica" with Prof Gascia Ouzounian

29 mins; July 06, 2021

Ep. 7 Circumplex Conversations - Measuring Soundscape Perception with Simone Torresin

41 mins; June 01, 2021

Ep. 6 S̶t̶a̶r̶ Sound Wars with Dr Linda O'Keeffe

60 hours 54 mins; May 04, 2021

Ep. 5 Highlights of the Urban Sound Symposium 2021

36 mins; April 26, 2021

Ep. 4 "Musikiosk, Misters, and More!" with Dan Steele and Edda Bild

73 hours 52 mins; April 06, 2021

Sonic Appropriation and the UK Policing Bill with Edda Bild

25 mins; March 23, 2021

Ep.3 2020 was The Year of Sound (among other things) with Marion Burgess, Michael Taroudakis, & Jean-Dominique Polack

45 mins; March 02, 2021

Ep.2 Up and Down the Soundscape Scales with Dr Sarah Payne

40 mins; February 02, 2021

Ep.1 "The Birds" with Dr Ellie Ratcliffe

43 mins; January 05, 2021

Ep.0 A Noisy Prelude

14 mins; January 01, 2021

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