Episode 71: Stroh violin The Stroh violin http://historywired.si.edu/object.cfm?ID=46 is the brand name of a kinda of phonofiddle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonofiddle .   Bennett & Williams play two “phonofiddles.” http://youtu.be/gjNIJoIz9V0   A modern Strohcello. http://youtu.be/S6bNKmjw2Fk Pic of romanian horn-violin: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Horn-violin_%28also_called_trumpet-violin%29_with_its_%28normal%29_violin_bow.jpg

Episode 76: My Dinner With Physicists .. Hai-Ting, in Toronto at the Luminato Festival, has dinner with Lee Smolin, Robert Spekkens, Hector Bombin, Peter Hatch, and Carlos Tamarit from the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

Episode 75B: World Science Festival 2012 – Final Report A report from the end of the World Science Festival 2012. Jim Fallon’s TED talk.

Episode 75A: World Science Festival 2012 – Icarus, Levar A report from the opening night of the World Science Festival 2012. Icarus at the Edge of Time. And we meet LeVar Burton.

Episode 81 Derek’s Music Therapy Experience We interview Derek Colanduno about his post-stroke experience with music therapy, and how his relationship with music changed. Mentioned: The Shepherd Center.

Episode 80 Avocado, Fly-sex bat attacks, Interview with a synesthete We’re back from The Amazing Meeting. Putting out fire with sound. Ultrasonic avocado testing. (Early research) Fly sex ups bat attacks. (coverage, paper)

Episode 79 PianoSleep, GenY, EyeMusic .. Hearing known songs during a snooze may help people play them later. Does generation Y prefer low-res sound? Converting Images Into Music for the visually impaired. (reporting, paper) Listen to samples. The other shape/sound study we mentioned.

Episode 86 (January, 2014) Castrati!

Episode 85 (September 2012) Interview with Sean Carrol ( website )

Episode 84 Interview with Indre Viskontas (website)