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Podcast 'The Deep End' Returns to Explore the Power of Voice
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In Short: The new season of 'The Deep End' podcast, hosted by Laura Sanders, explores the profound impact and transformations of the human voice.
Sanders highlights how voices can connect, soothe, inspire, and even make us laugh, emphasizing their unique power.
The podcast features a range of voices, including those of individuals who have undergone vocal transformations, such as Casey, who has a brain implant that translates thoughts into speech.
In the trailer for the new season, Sanders notes that voices can reveal personal identity and bring people closer together.
The podcast also examines synthetic voice clones and AI voices, such as those that can speak at their own funerals, showcasing the evolving landscape of vocal technology.
Sanders introduces the listener to MA Fernandez, who shares a poignant moment of hearing the first change in her son's voice during puberty.
Across six episodes, 'The Deep End' will follow people experiencing vocal transformations and explore what these technologies can teach us about the importance of our voices.
The podcast aims to uncover the emotional and social significance of the human voice, from voicemail messages to AI-generated speech.
What's confirmed
- Sanders highlights how voices can connect, soothe, inspire, and even make us laugh, emphasizing their unique power.
- The podcast features a range of voices, including those of individuals who have undergone vocal transformations, such as Casey, who has a brain implant that translates thoughts into speech.
- In the trailer for the new season, Sanders notes that voices can reveal personal identity and bring people closer together.
- The podcast also examines synthetic voice clones and AI voices, such as those that can speak at their own funerals, showcasing the evolving landscape of vocal technology.
- Sanders introduces the listener to MA Fernandez, who shares a poignant moment of hearing the first change in her son's voice during puberty.
- Across six episodes, 'The Deep End' will follow people experiencing vocal transformations and explore what these technologies can teach us about the importance of our voices.
- The podcast aims to uncover the emotional and social significance of the human voice, from voicemail messages to AI-generated speech.
What's still developing
- Laura Sanders: One of today’s most powerful pieces of technology is something we’ve had all along… Laura: The human voice.
- If you’ve ever saved and replayed a voicemail, or called someone just to hear their voice… Female voice : Hey dude, I’m just calling to say hi and chitchat.
- [laughter] Laura : Our voices make us who we are, but what happens when they are lost?
- MA Fernandez : I still remember the first time that I heard the first little crack in his voice that let me know something’s changing.
- Laura : Welcome to The Deep End, a podcast about our brains and ourselves.
- How quickly will the newcomers get thrown into the deep end?