Do you hear the bat-signal? - Mirjam Knörnschild

Music without borders - Nori Jacoby

🎶 From the gentle melody of a lullaby to the driving rhythm of a festive celebration, music is a heartbeat of human life found in every corner of the globe. Are you curious to know if music is truly a universal language shared by all cultures?  🎤 Assistant Professor Nori Jacoby of Cornell University is ready to help us explore "music without borders," uncovering the fascinating commonalities and differences in how we create and hear sounds.  🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how cultural transmission shapes our music and whether these rhythms might have paved the way for the evolution of language itself. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen.  🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts  #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #ethnomusicology #universalmusic

A trembling World - Rachele Nieri

🍂 You may have watched a tiny insect climbing a stem in total silence. Are you curious to know if there is a "trembling world" of messages moving right beneath its feet?  🎤 Assistant Professor Rachele Nieri of the University of Trento is ready to help us understand biotremology, uncovering how insects use substrate vibrations like miniature earthquakes to communicate.  🔊 Listen to the episode to discover how these hidden signals are used in the animal kingdom and how they are even being applied to help in sustainable agriculture. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen.  🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #biotremology #insectcommunication

The architecture of voice - Tecumseh Fitch

🗣️ From speaking and singing to a sudden shout, the human voice is a powerful carrier of words, emotions, and identity. But have you ever wondered what biological architecture makes all of this possible? 🎤 Professor Tecumseh Fitch of the University of Vienna is ready to help us understand the "architecture of sound," uncovering the secrets of the vocal apparatus across different species. 🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how our vocal tract shapes sound production, and how studying these structures unlocks mysteries about the origins of speech, music, and language. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. 🎧 Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #vocalapparatus #tecumsehfitch #animallanguage

Do you hear the bat-signal? - Mirjam Knörnschild

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Listening to ecosystems - Jeppe Have Rasmussen

🌿 You may have heard the birds singing in the trees or toads croaking in a spring pond. Are you curious to know how we can use these sounds to count species without even being there? 🎤 Assistant Professor Jeppe Rasmussen of the University of Copenhagen is ready to help us understand the world of passive acoustic monitoring, uncovering how artificial intelligence helps us listen to entire ecosystems. 🔊 Listen to the episode to understand how technology is unlocking new possibilities for biodiversity conservation and nature preservation. Because the World has always spoken, we just need to listen. #acousticworld #bioacoustics #podcast #ecosystems #machinelearning