Food Noise: Mar 16, 2021: 2pm - 3pm

This month on the program, Paulus presents an unbroken hour of sounds in and around eateries, across 10 megacities. A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe. Inte...

Bangkok Noise: Feb 16, 2021: 2pm - 3pm

This week on the program, Paulus dusts off a number of interviews they conducted in Bangkok in 2017-18. These interviews touch on the topic of noise from the perspectives of an acoustic engineer and a...

Sports Noise: Jan 19, 2021: 2pm - 3pm

This month on the program, we are listening to (fake) noise. The majority of the program will consist of recordings of synthesized crowd noise from sports video games from 1990 & 2000. In addition, Pa...

20201215: Dec 15, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe. Interviews and ruminations will be mixed in with these sounds, in search of a better understanding of a fundamental ques...

The City and Me: Nov 17, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

This month on the program, Paulus adds a bit of their own sonic improvisations to the sonic soup of various megacities. A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe....

An Interview with Marie Takahashi: Oct 20, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

On this month's program, Paulus interviews Berlin-based violist and improviser, Marie Takahashi. Marie, who has trained in both classical and baroque traditions, describes her approach to improvisatio...

The Real and the Unreal: Sep 15, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

This month on the broadcast: We are all feeling a little distant these days. The line between the real and unreal is becoming more blurry with each passing second. With a quick nod to the uncanny alie...

Hubbub: Aug 18, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

Many of us are social distancing right now. In that spirit, this month's program is a collection of the sound of humans socializing (in cities, mostly). A dive into an archive of collected noises from...

Japan Noise: Jul 21, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

In this month's program of Noise and the Megacity, Paulus dusts off an old conversation with David Novak (author of Japanoise) and few interviews with noise artists associated with the infamous OFFSIT...

Noise Machines: Jun 16, 2020: 3pm - 4pm

This week on the program, Paulus interviews folks about the various ways they control noise to aid with sleep and concentration. A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across th...

Noise Machines: May 19, 2020: 3pm - 4pm

This week on the program, Paulus interviews folks about the various ways they control noise to aid with sleep and concentration. A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across th...

Organized Noise: Apr 21, 2020: 3pm - 4pm

This week on the program, Paulus dips into the archive and dusts off some interviews originally produced for their podcast, Organized Noise. To end the show, a mix of music and sound art. Interviewees...

20200317: Mar 17, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe. Interviews and ruminations will be mixed in with these sounds, in search of a better understanding of a fundamental ques...

Trains and Traffic: Feb 18, 2020: 2pm - 3pm

An audio quilt of automobile and train noise from cities around the world. What if we listened? A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe. Interviews and rumina...

Jessica Thompson: Jan 21, 2020: 12pm - 1pm

Moved to a different time slot today because of the impeachment trial. A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe. Interviews and ruminations will be mixed in with...

PA Systems (rebroadcast): Dec 17, 2019: 2pm - 3pm

A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe. Interviews and ruminations will be mixed in with these sounds, in search of a better understanding of a fundamental ques...

PA Systems: Nov 19, 2019: 2pm - 3pm

Today's show is interrupted by impeachment coverage but can be heard on the Standing Wave Radio webstream at wavefarm.org/listen. Today: A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities a...

Interviews in Noise, Seoul: Oct 15, 2019: 2pm - 3pm

A dive into an archive of collected noises from 10 megacities across the globe. Interviews and ruminations will be mixed in with these sounds, in search of a better understanding of a fundamental ques...

Noise & The Megacity: Aug 20, 2019: 3pm - 3:59 pm

It is impossible to describe a city without noise.. The very-human friction of lives lived alongside one another is unavoidable. John C. said, "wherever we are, what we hear is mostly noise. When we i...