In the world of podcasting, one organ reigns supreme: the ear. This week, we give thanks to the orifice that allows us to enjoy SciShow Tangents and that also helps us balance for some reason!

Also this week, the world premier of Sam's new game! It's a real corker! Also you will be required to visualize an entire cob of corn, so you better start practicing now.

Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! 

While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @slamschultz Hank: @hankgreen

If you want to learn more about any of our main topics, check out these links:

[Hear Ye Hear Ye]

Toadfish Calls courtesy of the Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home

https://www.chesapeakebay.net/S=0/fieldguide/critter/oyster_toadfish

Sun Sonification

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2018/sounds-of-the-sun

Whistler-waves

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/nasa-listens-in-as-electrons-whistle-while-they-work

Jupiter Bowshock

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/jpl/nasas-juno-spacecraft-enters-jupiters-magnetic-field

[Fact Off]

19th Century hearing devices 

Pictures here: http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/did/19thcent/index.htm

https://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/26/technology/hearing-aids-smaller-and-smarter.html

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/773357/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2582694/

Cheetah ears & vestibular organ

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/news/2018/02/cheetah-inner-ear-speed-hunting-spd/

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20198-3

[Ask the Science Couch]

Hearing loss

https://www.cdc.gov/nceh/hearing_loss/how_does_loud_noise_cause_hearing_loss.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK11122/

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/hearing-loss/symptoms-causes/syc-20373072

https://stanmed.stanford.edu/listening/scientists-hope-cure-hearing-loss-studying-birds.html

https://psych.athabascau.ca/html/Psych289/Biotutorials/17/cochlea.shtml

https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/sites/default/files/Content%20Images/presbycusis.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQEaiZ2j9oc