The sound of whispering
Jacob Kingsbury Downs visits St Paul's and explores the world of ASMR and whispering.
What sensations can whispering produce, and why has this sound world grown in popularity? Dr Jacob Kingsbury Downs is a composer and music researcher at the University of Oxford. He's been to test out the acoustics in St Paul's Whispering Gallery.
Jacob Kingsbury Downs is on the New Generation Thinkers scheme run by the BBC and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to share research on the radio.
Producer: Simon Funnell
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- Sun 13 Sep 202619:30BBC Radio 3
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