Acoustic World

Marco Maiolini

What makes music and language exclusively human? How do other animals communicate? Do they perceive melodies and rhythms as we do? Acoustic World explores the field of bioacoustics through the voices of scholars around the world. Its host, Marco Maiolini, will interview musicologists, biologists and ethologists to discover this interdisciplinary field that we meet every day without even noticing. Join us in this journey, and follow us on Instagram for the latest news about the podcast. https://www.instagram.com/acousticworldpodcas Because the world has always spoken; we just need to listen.

Episodes

  1. Happy holidays from Acoustic World

    22/12/2025 · BONUS

    Happy holidays from Acoustic World

    Acoustic World will take a few weeks off for the holidays See you all in 2026!

    1 min

  2. 15/12/2025

    Powerful sounds for tiny creatures

    What are ultrasonic sounds? Why do they seem to be more common in small animals? And more importantly, how can we study and understand sounds that we cannot even hear? Let’s ask Marina Scheumann, team leader of the Communication and Cognition Group group at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover,  Listen on Spotify, Spreaker and Apple Podcasts #acousticworld #bioacoustic #podcast

    14 min

  3. 01/12/2025

    Duets in the canopy

    🍃Imagine you are in a forest and suddenly you hear a powerful sound too harmonious to be an insect and too loud to be a bird… 🎶Meet those fascinating animals, the singing primates, in a journey through the canopy with Professor Marco Gamba of the University of Turin! #acousticworld #bioacoustic #podcast

    25 min

  4. 17/11/2025

    Life in a speaker

    Aeroplanes taking off, cars honking, people chattering… How do animals manage to communicate in urban settings? Turn up the volume for the third episode of Acoustic World with Prof. Dr Hans Slabbekoorn of Leiden University.

    23 min

  5. 03/11/2025

    A choir which sounds different

    How can a choir harmonise? Do animals hear a difference between octaves and so understand musical notes? Dr. Marisa Hoeschele, group leader of the “Musicality and Bioacoustics” at the Acoustics Research Institute in Vienna, is answering our questions in the second episode of Acoustic World.

    16 min

  6. 20/10/2025

    (Bio)Acoustic World

    This year marks the 100th birthday of the field of Bioacoustics, established by Ivan Regen in 1925, which studies how animals hear, produce and propagate sound. Let’s discover this discipline with Nicolas Mathevon, Professor of the University of Saint Etienne, in the first episode of Acoustic World!

    20 min
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About

What makes music and language exclusively human? How do other animals communicate? Do they perceive melodies and rhythms as we do? Acoustic World explores the field of bioacoustics through the voices of scholars around the world. Its host, Marco Maiolini, will interview musicologists, biologists and ethologists to discover this interdisciplinary field that we meet every day without even noticing. Join us in this journey, and follow us on Instagram for the latest news about the podcast. https://www.instagram.com/acousticworldpodcas Because the world has always spoken; we just need to listen.

Information

  • Creator
    Marco Maiolini
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Marco Maiolini
  • Show Website
    Acoustic World