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Noise: A Human History: Radio Everywhere

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Noise: A Human History

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Radio seemed like magic to begin with, then the Nazis exploited its darker powers.

David Hendy explores the arrival of radio, but all too soon the seductive power of the disembodied voice was being misused.

In the early days, listening to radio was a magical, uncanny experience. Voices arrived out of thin air from hundreds of miles away. In time, the radio became a trusted part of family life - and by the 1930s and 40s, the perfect medium for propaganda, as Joseph Goebbels recognized. 

Professor David Hendy of the University of Sussex considers the seductive power of the disembodied voice.

30-part series made in collaboration with the British Library Sound Archive.

Signature tune composed by Joe Acheson 
Producer: Matt Thompson

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Prof David Hendy on the role of sound and listening in 100,000 years of human history.

Prof David Hendy presents a 30-part series exploring the role of sound, and listening, in the past 100,000 years of human history.

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