everything was breathing

This podcast from Radiolab examines the underlying logic of the urban environment in terms of the patterns of footfall on the pavement, suggesting they produce a unique rhythm, or beat, of a particular place. The scientists interviewed provide interesting theories but can't define the actual soul that emerges from collective living. Sxip Shirley's ("everything was breathing") music-centred creative approach provides a more intuitive analysis. The podcast itself, with its overlapping voices and recorded sounds, never presenting a dominant authorial BBC-style guiding voice, becomes part of the thing
observed.

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