40 episodes

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. Andrew Mitchell, Dr. Francesco Aletta, and Dr. Tin Oberman explore various acoustical phenomena and their impact on our lives. Through interviews with experts and immersive soundscapes, this podcast educates and entertains listeners, creating a space where the beauty and significance of acoustics are celebrated."

The Rest Is Just Noise Andrew Mitchell, Francesco Aletta, Tin Oberman

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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. Andrew Mitchell, Dr. Francesco Aletta, and Dr. Tin Oberman explore various acoustical phenomena and their impact on our lives. Through interviews with experts and immersive soundscapes, this podcast educates and entertains listeners, creating a space where the beauty and significance of acoustics are celebrated."

    La ville sonore avec Catherine Guastavino

    La ville sonore avec Catherine Guastavino

    For today's episode, our hosts Francesco and Andrew met up with Prof Catherine Guastavino in Ottawa, during the May meeting of the Acoustical Society of America.They will be talking about the science and beauty of Sounds In The City - la ville sonore - easily one of the most famous research projects in the soundscape community that has been running for 10 years now. So, how it all started? What's the role of music here? What's the role of noise? And what does the rest have to do with internat...

    • 23 min
    #WiA special series with Reena Mahtani

    #WiA special series with Reena Mahtani

    Welcome to the Episode 5 of the special series of Women in Acoustics podcast. Today we have a very special guest with us - Reena Mahtani. Reena is a Senior Acoustic Engineer at Sandy Brown Associates. We shall delve into Reena's personal and professional experiences, her international travels, and everything which helped her develop as an expert in occupational noise and sound measurements and a working mother, balancing her work life with her family.Find Reena at:https://www.linkedin.c...

    • 42 min
    Soundscape Gentrification with Bethan Prosser

    Soundscape Gentrification with Bethan Prosser

    ...If you're sitting, come to me...In today's episode we meet the soundscape trespasser and researcher, Dr Bethan Prosser, who is resisting the never-ending waves of gentrification on the English seaside through sound and participatory listening. Find Bethan at University of Brighton.Follow her on X: @bethanmathiasp and LinkedIn.Check out Bethan's upcoming chapter Listening to Gentrification and her PhD Thesis.Also a paper on community-university collaborations. UK Acoustics N...

    • 34 min
    #WiA special series with Alice Eldridge

    #WiA special series with Alice Eldridge

    Welcome to the Episode 4 of the special series of Women in Acoustics podcast. Today we have a wonderful guest with us - Professor Alice Eldridge from University of Sussex. Alice is a Professor of Sonic Systems (Music) and a musician. We are going to talk about her love for music and her curious mind which has led her to a foundation interest in sound, and moving in between the strictly defined academic disciplines.Find Alice at:https://profiles.sussex.ac.uk/p127749-alice-eldridgeUK Acoustics ...

    • 48 min
    Complex Auditory Scenes with Maggie McMullin

    Complex Auditory Scenes with Maggie McMullin

    For this episode, Andrew recorded an interview with Maggie McMullin, a researcher at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.Indeed, this episode is about complex (natural) auditory scenes, but - what makes them so complex? Why we need machine learning tools to analyse them? How to start looking into them in the first place?This conversation took place at the ASA May event in Chicago, Illinois, but it's about everywhere and everything you can hear from Nevada to Wisconsin.Find our website: https://ww...

    • 22 min
    Sensory Urbanism with Jieling Xiao

    Sensory Urbanism with Jieling Xiao

    Sounds, and then soundscape and planning and then urban sensory planning.We are expanding on our usual scope on sounds towards smell and sensory environments.Today's guest is Jieling Xiao, a Reader in Architecture and Sensory Environments at Birmingham School of Architecture and Design, Birmingham City University.Find Jieling at Birmingham City.Read Jieling's paper about a participatory soundscape planning framework.UK Acoustics NetworkUKAN brings together the internationally leading, but dis...

    • 30 min

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