Today we feature the first episode of a new podcast called <a href="https://low-lines.com/">Lowlines</a>, which follows host Petra Barran as she travels solo through the Americas, meeting people with profound connections to the places they’re from.



This episode takes place in New Orleans and focuses on Second Line, the brass band tradition that comes out of Black funeral processions and social clubs and is known not only for the power of the music but the for the amazing dancing known as footwork that goes on as the people parade down the street. Petra also talks to <a href="https://linktr.ee/JarradDeGruy">Jarrad DeGruy</a> a young fantasy author, designer, dancer, and visual artist from New Orleans. Petra and Jarrad have a probing conversation about footwork and Black New Orleans culture that opens out into a discussion of race, colonialism, and ecology&#8211;all the traumas, injustices, and challenges that that are inextricable from the joy we see and hear in New Orleans music culture.



<a href="https://pod.link/1726895496/episode/28d60ad8e1802960acf87e5cc35725ba">Subscribe</a> to Lowlines, produced by produced by Social Broadcasts and <a href="https://www.scenerystudios.com/">Scenery Studios</a>. 




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<description>&lt;p&gt;A new podcast called Lowlines takes us to a New Orleans Second Line, the brass band tradition that comes out of Black funeral processions and social clubs and is known not only for the power of the music but for amazing dancing known as footwork. &lt;a href="https://phantompod.org/second-line-footwork-in-new-orleans/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;→&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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A new podcast called Lowlines takes us to a New Orleans Second Line, the brass band tradition that comes out of Black funeral processions and social clubs and is known not only for the power of the music but for amazing dancing known as footwork.

Today we feature the first episode of a new podcast called <a href="https://low-lines.com/">Lowlines</a>, which follows host Petra Barran as she travels solo through the Americas, meeting people with profound connections to the places they’re from. 
 
 
 
This episode takes place in New Orleans and focuses on Second Line, the brass band tradition that comes out of Black funeral processions and social clubs and is known not only for the power of the music but the for the amazing dancing known as footwork that goes on as the people parade down the street. Petra also talks to <a href="https://linktr.ee/JarradDeGruy">Jarrad DeGruy</a> a young fantasy author, designer, dancer, and visual artist from New Orleans. Petra and Jarrad have a probing conversation about footwork and Black New Orleans culture that opens out into a discussion of race, colonialism, and ecology&#8211;all the traumas, injustices, and challenges that that are inextricable from the joy we see and hear in New Orleans music culture. 
 
 
 
<a href="https://pod.link/1726895496/episode/28d60ad8e1802960acf87e5cc35725ba">Subscribe</a> to Lowlines, produced by produced by Social Broadcasts and <a href="https://www.scenerystudios.com/">Scenery Studios</a>.

Second Line: Footwork in New Orleans (Lowlines by Petra Barran)

Today we share a podcast episode on the visual epistemology of astronomy by our friends at <a href="https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/">The World According to Sound</a>. What kind of knowledge do we really gain when we look at images from space? 



Longtime listeners to this show will remember The World According to Sound. As we referred to them <a href="https://phantompod.org/ep-32-the-world-according-to-sound-chris-hoff-and-sam-harnett/#:~:text=Phantom%20Power,for%2090%20seconds%20each%20episode.">two years ago</a>, WATS is a team of two rogue audionauts who rebelled against the NPR mothership: <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisjameshoff">Chris Hoff</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SamWHarnett">Sam Harnett</a>. Tired of sound playing second fiddle to narrative on NPR, they launched a micro podcast that held one unique sound under the microscope for 90 seconds each episode. Later, WATS became much more ambitious, producing live sonic odysseys in 8-channel surround sound and live online sound journeys during the pandemic. 



Since then, Harnett and Hoff have embarked on another project. For the past couple of years, they have been partnering with different universities to translate humanities research into compelling sound-designed narrative podcasts. The first season of <a href="https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/ways-of-knowing-1">Ways of Knowing</a> was produced in partnership with the University of Washington and it focused on different analytical methods and disciplines in the humanities, from close reading, deconstruction, and translational analysis, to black studies, material culture, and disability studies. The second season just wrapped up. It&#8217;s called Cosmic Visions and it&#8217;s produced in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ll hear an episode from today. Just this week, they dropped the last episode of season two and now <a href="https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/cosmic-visions">the entire series</a> is available on The World According to Sound website.



We wanted to draw your attention to this series because turning humanities research and sound art into a sonic narrative experience was the original mission of Phantom Power. We know that many of you are interested in this area of humanities podcasting as well, so if you&#8217;re not already a fan of Chris and Sam&#8217;s work, check it out. We also wanted to share this particular episode because it also provides one answer to a tricky question: How do you do a sonic explication of something that is entirely visual?
The post <a href="https://phantompod.org/cosmic-visions-in-sound/">Cosmic Visions in Sound</a> appeared first on <a href="https://phantompod.org">Phantom Power</a>.

<description>&lt;p&gt;Today we share a podcast episode on the visual epistemology of astronomy by our friends at The World According to Sound. What kind of knowledge do we really gain when we look at images from space? &lt;a href="https://phantompod.org/cosmic-visions-in-sound/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;→&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Today we share a podcast episode on the visual epistemology of astronomy by our friends at The World According to Sound. What kind of knowledge do we really gain when we look at images from space?  Continue reading →

Today we share a podcast episode on the visual epistemology of astronomy by our friends at <a href="https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/">The World According to Sound</a>. What kind of knowledge do we really gain when we look at images from space? 
 
 
 
Longtime listeners to this show will remember The World According to Sound. As we referred to them <a href="https://phantompod.org/ep-32-the-world-according-to-sound-chris-hoff-and-sam-harnett/#:~:text=Phantom%20Power,for%2090%20seconds%20each%20episode.">two years ago</a>, WATS is a team of two rogue audionauts who rebelled against the NPR mothership: <a href="https://twitter.com/chrisjameshoff">Chris Hoff</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/SamWHarnett">Sam Harnett</a>. Tired of sound playing second fiddle to narrative on NPR, they launched a micro podcast that held one unique sound under the microscope for 90 seconds each episode. Later, WATS became much more ambitious, producing live sonic odysseys in 8-channel surround sound and live online sound journeys during the pandemic. 
 
 
 
Since then, Harnett and Hoff have embarked on another project. For the past couple of years, they have been partnering with different universities to translate humanities research into compelling sound-designed narrative podcasts. The first season of <a href="https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/ways-of-knowing-1">Ways of Knowing</a> was produced in partnership with the University of Washington and it focused on different analytical methods and disciplines in the humanities, from close reading, deconstruction, and translational analysis, to black studies, material culture, and disability studies. The second season just wrapped up. It&#8217;s called Cosmic Visions and it&#8217;s produced in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University and that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ll hear an episode from today. Just this week, they dropped the last episode of season two and now <a href="https://www.theworldaccordingtosound.org/cosmic-visions">the entire series</a> is available on The World According to Sound website. 
 
 
 
We wanted to draw your attention to this series because turning humanities research and sound art into a sonic narrative experience was the original mission of Phantom Power. We know that many of you are interested in this area of humanities podcasting as well, so if you&#8217;re not already a fan of Chris and Sam&#8217;s work, check it out. We also wanted to share this particular episode because it also provides one answer to a tricky question: How do you do a sonic explication of something that is entirely visual?

Cosmic Visions in Sound

<description>&lt;p&gt;Tinnitus can be annoying, for sure--and for some people it's much worse than annoying--but it also has a lot to say of interest, if we're willing to listen: "Tinnitus has been my guide in sound studies, my Virgil, leading me through a shadow world of sound. It's taught me how high the stakes can be when it comes to the perception and control of sound and it's given me new ways to think about how and why we use media devices." &lt;a href="https://phantompod.org/tinnitus/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;→&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Tinnitus can be annoying, for sure--and for some people it's much worse than annoying--but it also has a lot to say of interest, if we're willing to listen: "Tinnitus has been my guide in sound studies, my Virgil,

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Today Mack talks about one of his oldest companions, the tinnitus that lives rent-free in his head. Tinnitus can be annoying, for sure&#8211;and for some people it&#8217;s much worse than annoying&#8211;but it also has a lot to say of interest, if we&#8217;re willing to listen: &#8220;Tinnitus has been my guide in sound studies, my Virgil, leading me through a shadow world of sound. It&#8217;s taught me how high the stakes can be when it comes to the perception and control of sound and it&#8217;s given me new ways to think about how and why we use media devices.&#8221; Today we&#8217;ll learn the basics of tinnitus and hear some tinnitus stories&#8211;everyone with tinnitus has one and these stories can teach us a lot about sound and the self. Maybe tinnitus has earned that rent-free headspace, after all. 
 
 
 
Today&#8217;s show was written and edited by Mack Hagood. 
 
 
 
Music is by <a href="https://relaxyourears.com/">Joel Styzens</a>. The composition &#8220;A Sharp&#8221; appears on his album <a href="https://relaxyourears.bandcamp.com/album/relax-your-ears">Relax Your Ears</a>.

Tinnitus Stories

<description>&lt;p&gt;Warren Zanes talks life as a rocker and writer, his new book on Springsteen's Nebraska, how to weave theory into a great story, and why he narrates his own audiobooks.  &lt;a href="https://phantompod.org/warren-zanes/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;→&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Warren Zanes talks life as a rocker and writer, his new book on Springsteen's Nebraska, how to weave theory into a great story, and why he narrates his own audiobooks.  Continue reading →

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<a href="https://www.warren-zanes.com/">Warren Zanes</a> is a “rockstar biographer” in more ways than one: he has experienced life as a rockstar, a biographer, and a biographer of rockstars. When Mack first met Warren in New Orleans sometime in the late 80s or early 90s, Zanes was then emerging from the wreckage of meteoric success. He’d been the teenage guitarist in critically acclaimed band <a href="https://music.youtube.com/channel/UCTE9OmB-378M6zyd5nNNe3A">The Del Fuegos</a>, who briefly broke into the national popular consciousness—and then just plain broke up. But in the years since, Zanes remade himself into one of our most erudite and entertaining public scholars of popular music. Among other things, he’s been Vice President of Education and Public Programs at The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, a consulting producer on the Oscar-winning film <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2396566/">Twenty Feet from Stardom</a>, a producer on the Grammy-nominated PBS/<a href="https://soundbreaking.com/about-the-series/">Soundbreaking</a> series, and he conducted interviews for Martin Scorsese’s <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1113829/">George Harrison</a> documentary. All while keeping up a solo recording career with collaborators such as the Dust Brothers. 
 
 
 
Warren’s books include&nbsp;the first volume in the celebrated 33 1/3 Series, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Dusty-Springfields-Memphis-Thirty-Three/dp/0826414923">Dusty in Memphis</a>; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Petty-Biography-Warren-Zanes-audiobook/dp/B017OD6XTM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=AW3BR18ATJV&amp;keywords=petty&amp;qid=1682385454&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=petty%2Cstripbooks%2C99&amp;sr=1-1">Petty: The Biography</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Revolutions-Sound-Warner-Bros-Records/dp/0811866289">Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records</a>. His latest book is called <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Deliver-Me-Nowhere-Springsteens-Nebraska/dp/0593237412/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LKX3GFBGMKRF&amp;keywords=deliver%20me%20from%20nowhere&amp;qid=1682385481&amp;s=books&amp;sprefix=deliver%20me%20from%20nowehere%2Cstripbooks%2C64&amp;sr=1-1">Deliver Me from Nowhere.</a> On its face, it’s a book about the making of Bruce Springsteen’s classic lo-fi album&nbsp;<a href="https://brucespringsteen.net/albums/nebraska/">Nebraska</a>. But it’s also about sound technology, musicianship teetering in a moment between the analog and digital eras, what it means to be in a band, and the relationship between the four-track cassette recorder and social alienation in Reagan era. 
 
 
 
In this interview, Warren talks about his journey, the recent book, his craft as a writer, and—as part of our mini-theme this season on audiobooks—the process of narrating his own audiobooks and why he does so.  
 
 
 
And for our Patrons we’ll have Warren’s What’s Good segment, with something good to read, listen to, and do. You can join us at <a href="http://patreon.com/phantompower">patreon.com/phantompower</a>.  
 
 
 
Today’s show was edited by Nisso Sacha and Mack Hagood. Transcript and web content by Katelyn Phan. 
 
 
 
Transcript 
 
 
 
 
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Mack Hagood: Welcome to another episode of Phantom Power, where I have conversations with brilliant people on the topic of sound. I’m Mack Hagood. I’m a professor and author who teaches and writes about sound....

Warren Zanes: Rockstar Biographer

<description>&lt;p&gt;Elena Razlogova discusses U.S. radio history, audience research, music recommendation and recognition algorithms, and her current book project, which centers on freeform radio station WFMU and the rise of online music. We also talk about Elena’s research strategies as a historian working in the digital age. &lt;a href="https://phantompod.org/elena-razlogova/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;→&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Elena Razlogova discusses U.S. radio history, audience research, music recommendation and recognition algorithms, and her current book project, which centers on freeform radio station WFMU and the rise of online music.

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<a href="http://elenarazlogova.org/">Elena Razlogova</a> is an Associate Professor of History at Concordia University. She is the author of&nbsp;<a href="http://elenarazlogova.org/?page_id=25">The Listener&#8217;s Voice: Early Radio and the American Public</a>&nbsp;(University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011) and co-editor of “Radical Histories in Digital Culture” issue of the&nbsp;Radical History Review&nbsp;(2013). She has published articles in&nbsp;American Quarterly,&nbsp;Radical History Review,&nbsp;Russian Review,&nbsp;Journal of Cinema and Media Studies,&nbsp;Radio Journal,&nbsp;Cultural Studies,&nbsp;Social Media Society,&nbsp;and more.&nbsp; 
 
 
 
Elena’s someone I’m always excited to talk to when I see her at conferences and I thought it would be fun talk to her on this podcast. In this episode we discuss some of her research interests including U.S. radio history, audience research, <a href="http://elenarazlogova.org/?page_id=106">music recommendation and recognition algorithms</a>, and her current book project, which centers on freeform radio station <a href="http://elenarazlogova.org/?page_id=487">WFMU</a> and the rise of online music.&nbsp; 
 
 
 
Toward the end of the episode we talk about Elena’s research strategies as a historian working in the digital age.&nbsp; 
 
 
 
And for our Patrons we’ll have Elena’s What’s Good segment, featuring something good to read, listen to, and do. You can join at <a href="http://patreon.com/phantompower">patreon.com/phantompower</a>.&nbsp; 
 
 
 
Today’s show was edited by Nisso Sacha and Mack Hagood.&nbsp; 
 
 
 
Transcript by Katelyn Phan. 
 
 
 
Music by Mack Hagood. 
 
 
 
Transcript 
[Robotic Music] This is Phantom Power&nbsp; 
 
 
 
Mack Hagood: Welcome to another episode of Phantom Power. I&#8217;m Mack Hagood. Today&#8217;s guest is radio and media historian Elena Razlikova. We&#8217;re going to talk about her current research on the legendary freeform radio station, WFMU, among other things. 
 
 
 
But before we get into that, I just want to do a little bit of a call back to our first episode of this season&#8211;my &#8220;rant.&#8221; I think I might&#8217;ve mentioned at the time that I was a little sheepish about doing that episode. You know, sometimes I&#8217;ll do an episode on my own Research, but I generally keep this podcast focused on sharing and celebrating the work of other people. 
 
 
 
So, I was already a little bit out of my comfort zone, wondering if I was being too self indulgent, in talking about myself and the challenges that we&#8217;ve been having in Ohio and at my university and the ways that I&#8217;m responding to those challenges by reshaping my own career. And then when I was done recording it, I decided I was really not comfortable with it. 
 
 
 
I was just like, “I don&#8217;t want to put this out”. So I was going to pull it, but. I didn&#8217;t have another episode ready to go, and I was feeling really guilty about starting the season so late in the year, so I said, okay, whatever, just get over it. And I dropped the episode into the feed. Well, lo and behold, I guess that was the right move because I got more emails about this episode than any I&#8217;ve ever produced over the past five years, including a number of episodes that I literally worked on for months. 
 
 
 
So, yeah I guess you never know. You know, I don&#8217;t do audience research and I really probabl...

Making Radio History (Elena Razlogova)

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