One of the most evocative sound recordings I've ever heard--Eliot's cadences are so rich and molasses-like.

(I used the YouTube video just because it was easiest to link to--I don't think the use of images is particularly stunning or anything.)

Posted by Nina.

The above link is an audio tribute to the late Tony Schwartz. "In his 84 years Tony Schwartz produced over 30,000 recordings, thousands of groundbreaking political ads, media theory books and Broadway sound design, invented the portable recorder, delivered hundreds of lectures and had full careers as an ad executive and a pioneering folklorist." - On the Media's website

Posted by Tracie

This is a collaboration between This American Life and All Things Considered that tries to tries to get a handle on the massive, complex entity that is the credit crisis. It's a good primer for people who don't know much and fun chance to hear the voices of the players involved for folks who are a little more familiar with the situation.

Posted by Ben.

"Sound envelops you, because it is spatial, totally environmental. It functions by moving the air. Walk to any part of a room and the sound you hear is substantially the same. To ask, 'Where is the center of the sound?' is like asking, 'Where is the center of the air in the room?' The center is everywhere."

-- Tony Schwartz, Media: The Second God, pg. 4

Posted by Tracie.