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Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,101 --> 00:00:03,701 CHARLIE: Hey guys! Charlie here, you know my sister, Kirby. KIRBY: Hey guys! 2 00:00:03,770 --> 00:00:06,540 CHARLIE: Weird but True, did you know the world's first digital recording studio was 3 00:00:06,606 --> 00:00:09,076 built right here in Minneapolis, Minnesota? 4 00:00:09,142 --> 00:00:13,052 And you hear that? Me either. 5 00:00:13,113 --> 00:00:16,083 This is the quietest place in the whole world. 6 00:00:16,149 --> 00:00:18,119 KIRBY: It's time for Weird but True! 7 00:00:22,589 --> 00:00:26,889 (theme music plays) 8 00:00:38,505 --> 00:00:41,435 CHARLIE: And that just about wraps things up for today's episode, 9 00:00:41,508 --> 00:00:47,008 a quick shout out to our sponsor, Bo Patrevia's Encyclopedias. 10 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:50,820 KIRBY: There's no Encyclopedia, like a Patrevia. 11 00:00:50,884 --> 00:00:52,494 CHARLIE: I'm Kirby's brother, Charlie. 12 00:00:52,552 --> 00:00:54,252 KIRBY: And I'm Charlie's sister, Kirby. 13 00:00:54,320 --> 00:00:57,660 CHARLIE: We'll see you on the next podcast episode of "Crafternoons!" 14 00:00:57,724 --> 00:01:00,234 Keep craftin' out there. 15 00:01:00,293 --> 00:01:02,633 KIRBY: Well, that was a disaster! 16 00:01:02,695 --> 00:01:05,665 CHARLIE: Hey, guys. Glad you're here, we're having a little trouble today. 17 00:01:05,732 --> 00:01:07,202 KIRBY: A lot of trouble. 18 00:01:07,267 --> 00:01:08,867 CHARLIE: We started a new podcast. 19 00:01:08,935 --> 00:01:13,865 "Crafternoons," where we talk about scissors, glue, and the variable bonding abilities of 20 00:01:13,940 --> 00:01:15,740 epoxy based adhesives. 21 00:01:15,809 --> 00:01:16,979 You know, the good stuff. 22 00:01:17,043 --> 00:01:18,983 KIRBY: But we're having a lot of trouble recording. 23 00:01:19,045 --> 00:01:23,945 CHARLIE: Welcome to another episode of "Crafternoons." 24 00:01:24,017 --> 00:01:25,847 Today we're talking about. 25 00:01:25,919 --> 00:01:27,849 MAN (off-screen): How come you never take out the trash? 26 00:01:27,921 --> 00:01:30,121 WOMAN (off-screen): What? MAN (off-screen): The trash! WOMAN (off-screen): Huh? 27 00:01:30,190 --> 00:01:31,930 KIRBY: So when you hold this. 28 00:01:31,991 --> 00:01:32,661 (barking) 29 00:01:32,725 --> 00:01:33,825 When you hold this. 30 00:01:33,893 --> 00:01:35,503 (barking) 31 00:01:35,562 --> 00:01:36,602 When you. 32 00:01:36,663 --> 00:01:38,733 (barking) 33 00:01:38,798 --> 00:01:41,698 CHARLIE: You fold the corners in. 34 00:01:41,768 --> 00:01:43,298 KIRBY: And then you flip it over. 35 00:01:43,369 --> 00:01:45,209 And repeat the process. 36 00:01:45,271 --> 00:01:46,411 CHARLIE: Corners to the middle. 37 00:01:46,473 --> 00:01:47,713 (barking) 38 00:01:47,774 --> 00:01:51,784 Fold it in half. Put your fingers in the pockets. 39 00:01:51,845 --> 00:01:53,945 And there you go! 40 00:01:54,013 --> 00:01:57,953 KIRBY: You should have a basic fortune teller. 41 00:01:58,017 --> 00:02:01,117 CHARLIE: Birds. KIRBY: Neighbors. CHARLIE: Winnie. 42 00:02:01,187 --> 00:02:02,657 KIRBY: Everything. CHARLIE: Madness. 43 00:02:02,722 --> 00:02:05,962 KIRBY: If we could control all these sounds around us, our podcasts would be amazing. 44 00:02:06,025 --> 00:02:09,095 CHARLIE: So that means today, we're unraveling the world of. 45 00:02:12,265 --> 00:02:13,925 BOTH (off-screen): Sound! 46 00:02:16,169 --> 00:02:18,739 KIRBY: First things first. What is sound? 47 00:02:18,805 --> 00:02:21,705 CHARLIE: Well according to this, sound is just vibrations. 48 00:02:21,774 --> 00:02:26,884 When you make a sound you're causing a vibration, 49 00:02:26,946 --> 00:02:30,346 which means you're making a bunch of particles wiggle around. 50 00:02:30,416 --> 00:02:33,346 Those particles bump into other particles near them, which bump into 51 00:02:33,419 --> 00:02:37,919 more particles, and more particles, and more particles. 52 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:39,891 It's like a domino effect. 53 00:02:39,959 --> 00:02:42,659 This is called a sound wave. 54 00:02:42,729 --> 00:02:45,799 KIRBY: So sound's not a physical thing. 55 00:02:45,865 --> 00:02:47,665 It's a wave of vibrations. 56 00:02:47,734 --> 00:02:51,844 CHARLIE: Mhm. And the cool thing is, that means sound can travel through things. 57 00:02:51,905 --> 00:02:57,535 We all know that sound can travel through gases like air, but it can even travel through 58 00:02:57,610 --> 00:03:00,350 liquids and solids too! 59 00:03:00,413 --> 00:03:01,583 Weird but True! 60 00:03:01,648 --> 00:03:04,378 Sound can travel four times faster in water. 61 00:03:04,450 --> 00:03:08,490 And 15 times faster in steel. 62 00:03:08,555 --> 00:03:12,455 Kirb, it's like sound cannot be stopped. 63 00:03:12,525 --> 00:03:14,725 KIRBY: Weird, it's gonna be hard to figure out then. 64 00:03:14,794 --> 00:03:18,334 'Cause sound starts at a source, it vibrates all the particles around it, 65 00:03:18,398 --> 00:03:21,938 then it can travel through water, through steel, through the walls of this room, 66 00:03:22,001 --> 00:03:23,771 into our ears. 67 00:03:23,836 --> 00:03:25,606 CHARLIE: What happens next? 68 00:03:25,672 --> 00:03:28,312 KIRBY (off-screen): Well let's take a look at how our ears work in our heads. 69 00:03:28,374 --> 00:03:31,684 Imagine, this is your ear, and this is your brain. 70 00:03:31,744 --> 00:03:33,954 And this is all the stuff in between. 71 00:03:34,013 --> 00:03:38,453 So sound waves enter our outer ear and travel through the ear canal into the middle ear. 72 00:03:38,518 --> 00:03:40,988 The sound waves vibrate our eardrums. 73 00:03:41,054 --> 00:03:45,494 Those vibrations are transferred to the inner ear where they move fluid that 74 00:03:45,558 --> 00:03:50,028 stimulates these tiny hairs on this thing, the cochlea, that create nerve signals, 75 00:03:50,096 --> 00:03:53,096 which the brain interprets as sound. 76 00:03:53,166 --> 00:03:57,536 CHARLIE: So we need to stop these vibrations from entering our ears. 77 00:03:57,604 --> 00:03:59,114 We need to block them. 78 00:03:59,172 --> 00:04:02,042 KIRBY: But how can you block something that can move through stuff? 79 00:04:02,108 --> 00:04:04,508 CHARLIE: Have you ever heard of noise cancellation? 80 00:04:04,577 --> 00:04:06,877 Like noise canceling headphones. 81 00:04:06,946 --> 00:04:08,476 I feel like it's exactly what we need. 82 00:04:08,548 --> 00:04:10,248 KIRBY: How do those work? CHARLIE: Let's check it out. 83 00:04:13,286 --> 00:04:17,656 Hello ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Weird but True flight 2251 bound for 84 00:04:17,724 --> 00:04:20,234 Hush Town, Pennsylvania with continued service to 85 00:04:20,293 --> 00:04:23,033 Peace & Quiet International Airport. 86 00:04:23,096 --> 00:04:25,026 Thank you so much for flying with us today. 87 00:04:25,098 --> 00:04:28,668 If at any moment during your flight there's an increase in background noise, 88 00:04:28,735 --> 00:04:33,335 panels above your head will open, revealing noise canceling headphones. 89 00:04:33,406 --> 00:04:37,576 These headphones employ two different techniques to block background noise. 90 00:04:37,644 --> 00:04:42,154 Feel free to follow along in the information guide located in the back seat pocket in 91 00:04:42,215 --> 00:04:44,075 front of you. 92 00:04:44,150 --> 00:04:49,660 First, these headphones use passive noise control, which is a super fancy way of saying 93 00:04:49,722 --> 00:04:51,992 they cover your ears. 94 00:04:52,058 --> 00:04:55,598 Some headphones do this by creating a seal around your ears. 95 00:04:55,662 --> 00:05:00,772 This is functionally similar to taking a pillow, wrapping it around your head, 96 00:05:00,833 --> 00:05:02,503 and blocking your ears. 97 00:05:02,568 --> 00:05:04,998 Other headphones feed into your ear. 98 00:05:05,071 --> 00:05:11,011 To mimic this idea simply take a finger and insert it into both ears located on either 99 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:12,607 side of your head. 100 00:05:12,679 --> 00:05:16,549 In the likely event that passive noise control does not block out enough background 101 00:05:16,616 --> 00:05:21,016 noise, the headphones employ a second technique, active noise control. 102 00:05:21,087 --> 00:05:26,427 Simple physics principles and regulations require noise to travel in waves. 103 00:05:26,492 --> 00:05:30,632 When two sound waves meet each other, they combine and then pass through, 104 00:05:30,697 --> 00:05:32,897 like actual waves in the ocean. 105 00:05:32,965 --> 00:05:37,135 As part of this form of noise control, we've place a super tiny microphone on the 106 00:05:37,203 --> 00:05:39,773 headphones where sound enters the ear. 107 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:45,179 It registers the incoming noise, and plays a sound that has a waveform exactly 108 00:05:45,244 --> 00:05:47,814 180 degrees opposite, like this. 109 00:05:47,880 --> 00:05:50,880 When these waves combine, they cancel each other out. 110 00:05:50,950 --> 00:05:55,420 Breathe easily and note that although you can't hear that microphone, it is working. 111 00:05:55,488 --> 00:05:59,158 Adjust your own headphones, before helping others, and let passive and active noise 112 00:05:59,225 --> 00:06:01,425 control do their thing. 113 00:06:01,494 --> 00:06:03,864 Thank you so much for choosing Weird but True Airlines. 114 00:06:03,930 --> 00:06:05,500 Enjoy your flight. 115 00:06:05,565 --> 00:06:08,365 KIRBY: That's exactly what we need! 116 00:06:08,434 --> 00:06:11,804 No more Winnie, no more neighbors, no more birds. 117 00:06:11,871 --> 00:06:14,641 CHARLIE: Already ahead of you, Kirb. Check these out. 118 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:19,777 Kirb? Kirb, can you hear me? Kirby, can you hear me? 119 00:06:19,846 --> 00:06:22,946 KIRBY: Oh, hey! CHARLIE: How cool are these? KIRBY: Amazing! 120 00:06:23,015 --> 00:06:24,545 CHARLIE: They muffle everything! 121 00:06:24,617 --> 00:06:26,247 KIRBY: Yeah! CHARLIE: Let's try them out! 122 00:06:28,621 --> 00:06:34,031 Craft scissors, not just a tool for craft projects. 123 00:06:34,093 --> 00:06:38,263 KIRBY: They say a lot about the real you. 124 00:06:38,331 --> 00:06:42,771 Good show. Never interrupted. No outside noises. 125 00:06:42,835 --> 00:06:44,635 Let's play it back. 126 00:06:44,704 --> 00:06:48,984 They say a lot about the real you. 127 00:06:49,041 --> 00:06:50,581 CHARLIE: I can still hear the birds! 128 00:06:50,643 --> 00:06:52,983 KIRBY: And Winnie. CHARLIE: The microphone's picking up everything. 129 00:06:53,045 --> 00:06:56,145 How do you make a room that's completely quiet? 130 00:06:56,215 --> 00:06:59,145 KIRBY: Have you ever heard of the quietest place in the entire world? 131 00:06:59,218 --> 00:07:00,618 CHARLIE: Nope. 132 00:07:00,686 --> 00:07:02,956 KIRBY: Well if anyone knows about making a room quiet, it's gotta be these guys. 133 00:07:03,022 --> 00:07:04,322 CHARLIE: We gotta go. 134 00:07:04,390 --> 00:07:07,060 The future of our podcast depends on it. 135 00:07:07,126 --> 00:07:13,066 We're off to Minneapolis, Minnesota to visit Orfield Laboratories. 136 00:07:13,132 --> 00:07:17,372 Minnesota is a Midwestern state that borders Canada and Lake Superior, 137 00:07:17,437 --> 00:07:21,067 and it's nicknamed, "Land of 10,000 Lakes." 138 00:07:21,140 --> 00:07:22,680 KIRBY (off-screen): Hey guys. 139 00:07:22,742 --> 00:07:26,212 CHARLIE: We made it. We're here at Orfield Laboratories in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 140 00:07:26,279 --> 00:07:29,349 KIRBY: We're here to visit the quietest room in the world, to figure out how 141 00:07:29,415 --> 00:07:31,115 we can soundproof HQ. 142 00:07:31,184 --> 00:07:33,524 CHARLIE: And finally record the perfect podcast. 143 00:07:33,586 --> 00:07:36,056 And the guy who's gonna help us out is Steve Orfield. 144 00:07:36,122 --> 00:07:38,692 Sound expert. 145 00:07:38,758 --> 00:07:43,558 His lab mainly does research, testing, and design of all kinds of products based on how 146 00:07:43,629 --> 00:07:45,899 they sound to the people that use them. 147 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:50,295 And his favorite Weird but True fact is, there's a new acoustic technology that 148 00:07:50,369 --> 00:07:52,539 allows you to visualize sound. 149 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:55,170 Hey Steve. How's it going? 150 00:07:55,241 --> 00:07:56,241 KIRBY (off-screen): Hi Steve. STEVE: Welcome. 151 00:07:56,309 --> 00:07:57,709 CHARLIE: What can you tell us about this place? 152 00:07:57,777 --> 00:08:00,777 STEVE: We're the only multi-perceptual lab in the United States or Canada. 153 00:08:00,847 --> 00:08:04,577 CHARLIE: It seems like everything related to sound but a lot of how people 154 00:08:04,650 --> 00:08:06,750 perceive sound in different spaces. 155 00:08:06,819 --> 00:08:08,189 Is that correct? 156 00:08:08,254 --> 00:08:11,124 STEVE: Yeah. Everything related to sound and all the other senses that impact sound. 157 00:08:11,190 --> 00:08:15,760 If you're in a quiet restaurant, that steak is going to taste differently 158 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:17,828 than if, in fact, you're in a noisy restaurant. 159 00:08:21,133 --> 00:08:23,643 CHARLIE: How? STEVE: Because your senses work in combination. 160 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:27,073 And as one sense works harder, another sense works less. 161 00:08:27,139 --> 00:08:30,079 KIRBY: Sound is a full body experience. CHARLIE: Yeah. 162 00:08:30,142 --> 00:08:33,452 KIRBY: So what kind of methods and instruments do you guys use here? 163 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:35,053 STEVE: To measure sound? KIRBY: Mhm. 164 00:08:35,114 --> 00:08:37,784 STEVE: Well, we have probably a dozen different sound level meters with different levels 165 00:08:37,850 --> 00:08:39,250 of complexity. 166 00:08:39,318 --> 00:08:41,848 CHARLIE: And this is one of the pieces of equipment that you use right here? 167 00:08:41,921 --> 00:08:44,021 STEVE: Yeah. This is a head and torso simulator. 168 00:08:44,090 --> 00:08:48,830 These guys record sound by using artificial ears with microphones. 169 00:08:48,895 --> 00:08:50,555 And so this is a? 170 00:08:50,630 --> 00:08:52,130 CHARLIE: Oh my gosh, you just rip them off. KIRBY: Oh! 171 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:55,968 STEVE: This is the pinna, or the outer ear, and the outer ear provides a set of 172 00:08:56,035 --> 00:09:00,435 reflections that give you your three-dimensional sense of the world so you can know where 173 00:09:00,506 --> 00:09:01,936 sound is coming from. 174 00:09:02,008 --> 00:09:05,338 So this torso is designed to imitate your ears so that when you listen on a stereo 175 00:09:05,411 --> 00:09:09,921 headset, you can hear side to side, up to down, and front to back. 176 00:09:09,982 --> 00:09:11,252 CHARLIE: Yeah. 177 00:09:11,317 --> 00:09:15,187 STEVE (off-screen): Now we have something called an acoustic camera, 178 00:09:15,254 --> 00:09:17,264 which is the first piece of measurement gear of its type in the United States. 179 00:09:17,323 --> 00:09:20,863 The acoustic camera, actually, is a disc of about a foot and a half that has 180 00:09:20,927 --> 00:09:22,897 128 microphones in it. 181 00:09:22,962 --> 00:09:25,262 KIRBY: Whoa. STEVE (off-screen): And you aim it at a device and it'll 182 00:09:25,331 --> 00:09:27,231 show you where the sound is coming from on the device. 183 00:09:27,300 --> 00:09:29,570 It's the first device that can visualize sound. 184 00:09:29,635 --> 00:09:30,565 CHARLIE: That's absolutely incredible. 185 00:09:30,636 --> 00:09:32,136 KIRBY: That's amazing. STEVE: Yeah. 186 00:09:32,204 --> 00:09:35,914 CHARLIE: It seems like that's your specialty here, trying to capture sounds and record 187 00:09:35,975 --> 00:09:37,375 things perfectly. 188 00:09:37,443 --> 00:09:39,983 We'd love to check out some of these spaces so we can maybe pick up some ideas. 189 00:09:40,046 --> 00:09:43,116 We heard that you guys have a pretty quiet room here. 190 00:09:43,182 --> 00:09:44,282 Is that true? 191 00:09:44,350 --> 00:09:47,490 STEVE: Pretty quiet. CHARLIE: Pretty quiet? Alright, let's do it. 192 00:09:47,553 --> 00:09:50,593 We're heading off to the quietest room in the entire world, 193 00:09:50,656 --> 00:09:53,286 but Steve's got a surprise stop along the way. 194 00:09:53,359 --> 00:09:55,229 KIRBY (off-screen): Weird but True. 195 00:10:03,536 --> 00:10:05,866 CHARLIE (off-screen): Hey guys! We're here at Orfield Laboratories to learn 196 00:10:05,938 --> 00:10:09,838 everything we can about sound, mostly how to control it. 197 00:10:09,909 --> 00:10:11,979 And Steve's got a really cool surprise for us. 198 00:10:15,681 --> 00:10:20,091 Wow! Whoa! Hello! 199 00:10:20,152 --> 00:10:22,152 What room is this? 200 00:10:22,221 --> 00:10:24,321 STEVE: It's called the reverberation chamber. 201 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:28,590 CHARLIE: Is this echoiest room in the entire world? Because it's very echoey. 202 00:10:28,661 --> 00:10:30,401 STEVE: It's one of the better ones. CHARLIE: Yeah? 203 00:10:30,463 --> 00:10:34,873 STEVE: Reverberation chambers are 99.9% reflective. 204 00:10:34,934 --> 00:10:38,244 CHARLIE: 99.9% reflective? STEVE: Right. CHARLIE: What does that mean? 205 00:10:38,304 --> 00:10:40,774 STEVE: The walls are completely solid concrete block. 206 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:44,380 The ceilings are solid concrete, so there's no sound absorption in the room. 207 00:10:44,443 --> 00:10:46,913 CHARLIE: So it just keeps bouncing around inside? 208 00:10:51,217 --> 00:10:52,687 (whistles) 209 00:10:52,752 --> 00:10:54,392 (barks) 210 00:10:57,023 --> 00:10:58,323 Woop! 211 00:10:58,391 --> 00:10:59,431 (whistles) 212 00:11:01,861 --> 00:11:04,831 The other room that you got is not as echoey as this, correct? 213 00:11:04,897 --> 00:11:07,727 STEVE: It's the opposite of this. It's a 99.9% absorbent room. 214 00:11:07,800 --> 00:11:10,400 CHARLIE: Oh, the exact opposite. Let's go check it out. 215 00:11:13,706 --> 00:11:16,976 Whoa. 216 00:11:17,043 --> 00:11:19,613 KIRBY: What are we doing? 217 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:25,579 Wow. This room, you have padding on all the walls, the floor, the ceiling, 218 00:11:25,651 --> 00:11:28,591 and it's soaking up any other noise. 219 00:11:28,654 --> 00:11:32,064 STEVE: Yeah. This is called the full anechoic chamber. 220 00:11:32,124 --> 00:11:34,834 CHARLIE: What's the magic behind this room? What makes it so quiet? 221 00:11:34,894 --> 00:11:38,664 STEVE: So we've got two double wall steel barriers with absorption inside. 222 00:11:38,731 --> 00:11:41,371 The walls are about this thick, and they're, they have insulation inside and steel 223 00:11:41,434 --> 00:11:45,544 sheet on both sides, so we have an inner chamber and an outer chamber made of that 224 00:11:45,604 --> 00:11:47,914 substantial steel construction. 225 00:11:47,973 --> 00:11:49,443 And that's what stops the sound. 226 00:11:49,508 --> 00:11:54,278 CHARLIE: These two rooms Steve's shown us could not be more opposite. 227 00:11:54,346 --> 00:11:57,516 Kirby's gonna demonstrate the difference. 228 00:11:57,583 --> 00:11:58,683 KIRBY: You wanna go first? 229 00:11:58,751 --> 00:11:59,551 Go ahead. Okay. 230 00:11:59,618 --> 00:12:01,248 One, two, three. 231 00:12:06,592 --> 00:12:10,032 CHARLIE: How many decibels is the background noise in this room? 232 00:12:10,096 --> 00:12:13,096 STEVE: Negative 13 decibels or 13 decibels below the threshold 233 00:12:13,165 --> 00:12:14,795 of perfect human hearing. 234 00:12:14,867 --> 00:12:18,467 CHARLIE: Alright guys, a decibel is one of the few units that we can use to 235 00:12:18,537 --> 00:12:19,907 describe sound. 236 00:12:19,972 --> 00:12:23,712 That negative 13 decibel reading is so crazy small. 237 00:12:23,776 --> 00:12:25,036 Check it out. 238 00:12:26,278 --> 00:12:28,908 Atta boy, Billy! Good hustle kid! 239 00:12:28,981 --> 00:12:30,781 KIRBY: Shhh! CHARLIE: Hey! KIRBY: Hello! 240 00:12:30,850 --> 00:12:32,650 CHARLIE: So you wanna learn about sound? 241 00:12:32,718 --> 00:12:34,188 KIRBY: We know all about sound. 242 00:12:34,253 --> 00:12:38,723 CHARLIE: Jimmy, get back on defense! KIRBY: Shhh! 243 00:12:38,791 --> 00:12:41,031 CHARLIE: There are two ways to measure sound. 244 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:43,063 The first, frequency. 245 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:45,099 KIRBY: That measures how high. CHARLIE: Or how low. 246 00:12:45,164 --> 00:12:47,204 KIRBY: A sound can be. And it's measured in hertz. 247 00:12:47,266 --> 00:12:50,066 Humans can detect sounds as high as 20,000 hertz. 248 00:12:50,136 --> 00:12:52,266 CHARLIE: Or as low as 20 hertz. 249 00:12:52,338 --> 00:12:54,738 KIRBY: The second way to measure something is with intensity, which is how. 250 00:12:54,807 --> 00:12:58,937 CHARLIE: Loud something is! Come on boys, serpentine! 251 00:12:59,011 --> 00:13:01,111 Serpentine boys! 252 00:13:01,180 --> 00:13:03,580 KIRBY: Shh! This is measured in decibels. 253 00:13:03,649 --> 00:13:06,119 Something with a low decibel readings is very soft. 254 00:13:06,185 --> 00:13:09,315 CHARLIE: Sounds with high decibel readings are really loud! 255 00:13:09,388 --> 00:13:11,458 KIRBY: Human breathing is around ten decibels. 256 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:12,934 A whisper is around 20. 257 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:15,092 And my library is around 40 decibels. 258 00:13:15,161 --> 00:13:17,731 CHARLIE (off-screen): A garbage disposal's around 80 decibels. 259 00:13:17,797 --> 00:13:20,327 A jack hammer is around 100 decibels. 260 00:13:20,399 --> 00:13:24,839 And a jet engine is around 150 decibels! 261 00:13:24,904 --> 00:13:27,314 Come on boys, touch and pass! 262 00:13:27,373 --> 00:13:31,113 KIRBY: The quietest room in the world is negative 13 decibels, 263 00:13:31,177 --> 00:13:33,107 which is nearly indiscernible. 264 00:13:33,179 --> 00:13:34,949 CHARLIE: Indiscernible! 265 00:13:35,014 --> 00:13:38,054 Ref! Are you kidding me, ref? Come on! 266 00:13:38,117 --> 00:13:40,017 KIRBY: Shh! 267 00:13:41,987 --> 00:13:43,317 CHARLIE: This feels like. KIRBY: Contained. 268 00:13:43,389 --> 00:13:44,959 CHARLIE: There's cotton in your ears. KIRBY: Mhm. 269 00:13:45,024 --> 00:13:46,564 CHARLIE: Or like you're almost in a, a dream. 270 00:13:46,625 --> 00:13:50,355 STEVE: If you sat in here for a period of time, you'll begin to hear your joints in your 271 00:13:50,429 --> 00:13:53,529 elbows and your wrists and your arms, you'll be able to hear your heartbeat, 272 00:13:53,599 --> 00:13:56,369 you'll be able to hear the flowing of your lungs. 273 00:13:56,435 --> 00:13:59,435 If your stomach starts to gurgle, it'll sound really loud. 274 00:13:59,505 --> 00:14:02,575 CHARLIE: Oh, man. I don't know how I feel about this. 275 00:14:02,641 --> 00:14:05,881 STEVE: So you'll become the source of entertainment. 276 00:14:05,945 --> 00:14:09,075 CHARLIE: Can we give it a shot? Kirby, you feeling up to it? KIRBY: Absolutely. 277 00:14:09,148 --> 00:14:10,818 STEVE: You just can't talk to each other. 278 00:14:10,883 --> 00:14:13,053 You have to both be quiet as if no-one's here. 279 00:14:13,118 --> 00:14:14,788 CHARLIE: Alright. Let's go, I'm ready. 280 00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:24,264 Roar! 281 00:14:24,330 --> 00:14:25,500 Mwahaha! 282 00:14:25,564 --> 00:14:27,204 KIRBY: Stop! CHARLIE: Spooky room! 283 00:14:27,266 --> 00:14:31,136 KIRBY: Stop shh, shh, shush turn the light off. CHARLIE: Ready? Set? 284 00:14:31,203 --> 00:14:37,143 KIRBY: Shh, shh, shh. Shh. 285 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:53,129 (heartbeat) 286 00:15:00,132 --> 00:15:01,532 Hey Steve. 287 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:04,800 CHARLIE: Hi. STEVE: Are you awake? KIRBY: How's it going? 288 00:15:04,870 --> 00:15:06,570 CHARLIE: Yeah. STEVE: You got off the chairs. 289 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:09,479 CHARLIE: Yeah, we had to move around a little I guess. 290 00:15:09,541 --> 00:15:11,441 STEVE: Was it bothering you? 291 00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:14,180 KIRBY: No. CHARLIE: I felt a little weird throughout the whole thing. 292 00:15:14,246 --> 00:15:15,676 STEVE: I knew you would. 293 00:15:15,748 --> 00:15:18,878 CHARLIE: Oh man. KIRBY: I liked it. Nothing is going on in there. 294 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:20,421 STEVE: That's right. 295 00:15:20,486 --> 00:15:25,216 CHARLIE: It's like for the first five minutes, you're just kind of in the space, 296 00:15:25,291 --> 00:15:27,961 but after a while, things start changing. 297 00:15:28,027 --> 00:15:29,557 My ears are all fuzzy. 298 00:15:29,628 --> 00:15:32,928 I could feel these, I could feel these little pops happening in my tummy and I 299 00:15:32,998 --> 00:15:35,098 couldn't figure out what was going on! 300 00:15:35,167 --> 00:15:36,897 How'd you feel, Kirb? 301 00:15:36,969 --> 00:15:38,539 KIRBY: I felt good. My mind didn't wander. 302 00:15:38,604 --> 00:15:42,644 I thought about that at the end, how I expected to have all these thoughts 303 00:15:42,708 --> 00:15:44,238 swirling around. 304 00:15:44,310 --> 00:15:46,310 Eventually, they went away. 305 00:15:46,378 --> 00:15:47,378 STEVE: Your, your mind went peaceful. 306 00:15:47,446 --> 00:15:48,506 KIRBY: Mhm. STEVE: Yeah. 307 00:15:48,580 --> 00:15:51,720 CHARLIE: You were thinking about nothing, the whole time in there? 308 00:15:51,784 --> 00:15:54,254 KIRBY: Eventually, yeah. STEVE: See, brother and sister are opposite. 309 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:55,620 CHARLIE: I'm glad to be out of that room. 310 00:15:55,688 --> 00:15:57,358 I feel like we picked up a bunch of stuff. 311 00:15:57,423 --> 00:15:59,023 KIRBY: Oh yeah. CHARLIE: To help us give us some ideas of how to soundproof HQ, 312 00:15:59,091 --> 00:16:00,961 which is the number one goal right now. 313 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:03,026 KIRBY: We're ready. CHARLIE: Alright, Steve thanks so much. 314 00:16:03,095 --> 00:16:04,825 STEVE: You're welcome. CHARLIE: We had a blast here. Thanks for your help. 315 00:16:04,897 --> 00:16:06,327 KIRBY: Thanks, Steve. STEVE: You're welcome. 316 00:16:06,398 --> 00:16:08,698 CHARLIE: Alright guys, we're gonna hop back to HQ, start sound proofing things and 317 00:16:08,767 --> 00:16:10,537 we'll see you there in a bit. 318 00:16:10,602 --> 00:16:11,542 Sounds good? Awesome? 319 00:16:11,603 --> 00:16:13,343 KIRBY (off-screen): Weird but True. 320 00:16:24,383 --> 00:16:27,923 CHARLIE: One final touch. And. We're done. 321 00:16:27,987 --> 00:16:29,087 KIRBY: That didn't take too long. 322 00:16:29,154 --> 00:16:31,724 CHARLIE: We got that super quiet room that we're looking for. 323 00:16:31,790 --> 00:16:35,190 We applied everything that Steve mentioned back at Orfield Labs. 324 00:16:35,260 --> 00:16:39,800 To stop outside noises from coming in, we added a bunch of stuff to the walls, 325 00:16:39,865 --> 00:16:42,935 including pool noodles on the window, our weak point. 326 00:16:43,002 --> 00:16:46,972 To stop reverberations inside the room, we added blankets to the walls, 327 00:16:47,039 --> 00:16:51,409 carpet on the ground, and we put stuffed animals all over the place to mimic those cones 328 00:16:51,477 --> 00:16:53,977 in the quietest room in the world. 329 00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:56,176 No sounds getting in here. 330 00:16:56,248 --> 00:16:57,918 KIRBY: It's like we got our own quietest room. 331 00:16:57,983 --> 00:16:59,493 CHARLIE: Not even a decibel. 332 00:16:59,551 --> 00:17:01,391 KIRBY: Not. CHARLIE: A. KIRBY: Decibel. 333 00:17:01,453 --> 00:17:05,893 CHARLIE: Mm. Ooo, this feels kind of weird in here. 334 00:17:05,958 --> 00:17:07,758 It's like a weird thing. Do you feel kinds of like weird? 335 00:17:07,826 --> 00:17:09,256 KIRBY: It's quiet. I like it. 336 00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:11,798 CHARLIE: Gee, I don't like it at all. This is exactly how I felt in Minnesota. 337 00:17:11,864 --> 00:17:13,704 I feel kind of weird and I'm already seeing colors. 338 00:17:13,766 --> 00:17:16,166 It's like I'm antsy and I wanna run around and just like make a lot of noise and I 339 00:17:16,235 --> 00:17:17,695 don't, I don't get it Kirb! 340 00:17:17,770 --> 00:17:20,970 It's like when sound is there it's bad, but when it's not there I feel really weird 341 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,310 about it and I wanna solve this problem, but nothing's working. 342 00:17:24,376 --> 00:17:25,976 KIRBY: Charles. 343 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:27,345 Do we have to talk some things through? 344 00:17:27,413 --> 00:17:29,313 CHARLIE: I think we do. 345 00:17:29,381 --> 00:17:32,951 KIRBY: So Charlie, tell me, how have you been feeling? 346 00:17:33,018 --> 00:17:34,448 CHARLIE: It's these sounds. 347 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,760 It's like I want them to go away but when they're gone it's too quiet. 348 00:17:37,823 --> 00:17:40,793 Are sounds good? Are sounds bad? What's going on? 349 00:17:40,859 --> 00:17:42,089 KIRBY: You know it depends. 350 00:17:42,161 --> 00:17:43,731 It's all contextual. 351 00:17:43,796 --> 00:17:45,956 Here's a good example from one of my good friends. 352 00:17:46,031 --> 00:17:49,971 He's an auditory neuroscientist at Brown University. 353 00:17:51,837 --> 00:17:53,407 CHARLIE: Listen to this sound. 354 00:17:56,175 --> 00:17:57,505 It's pretty good, right? 355 00:17:57,576 --> 00:18:01,576 It sounds like rain pitter patter on a tin roof. 356 00:18:01,647 --> 00:18:04,617 Think of how you're feeling right now. 357 00:18:04,683 --> 00:18:06,293 Mm. 358 00:18:06,351 --> 00:18:09,491 The truth is, it's not the sound of rain on a tin roof. 359 00:18:09,555 --> 00:18:14,125 It's the sound of a bunch of mealworms gnawing on a bat carcass. 360 00:18:14,193 --> 00:18:16,433 How are you feeling now? 361 00:18:19,164 --> 00:18:22,974 KIRBY: So you see it depends on what you associate those sounds with. 362 00:18:23,035 --> 00:18:24,595 CHARLIE: That was gross. 363 00:18:24,670 --> 00:18:26,070 KIRBY: Precisely! 364 00:18:26,138 --> 00:18:28,738 And here's something that might help you feel a bit better. 365 00:18:28,807 --> 00:18:34,347 You see, there are some good sounds and some bad sounds that are communal for everyone. 366 00:18:34,413 --> 00:18:38,853 So meet good sound cop and bad sound cop. 367 00:18:41,086 --> 00:18:42,146 (groans) 368 00:18:42,221 --> 00:18:43,691 CHARLIE: Bad cop, settle down! 369 00:18:43,755 --> 00:18:45,215 KIRBY: You think you're so tough? 370 00:18:45,290 --> 00:18:47,960 You want to hear some bad sounds? 371 00:18:48,026 --> 00:18:49,656 CHARLIE: Bad cop, take a break. 372 00:18:49,728 --> 00:18:54,368 So they did this study at Salford University in Britain where they found some very, 373 00:18:54,433 --> 00:18:56,873 unpleasant sounds. 374 00:18:56,935 --> 00:18:59,965 KIRBY: The most unpleasant sounds. 375 00:19:00,038 --> 00:19:01,138 CHARLIE: Here's what they found. 376 00:19:01,206 --> 00:19:06,706 KIRBY: Bad sound number one is a human just vomiting. 377 00:19:06,778 --> 00:19:11,048 Bad sound number two was a microphone feedback sound. 378 00:19:11,116 --> 00:19:13,916 You know? Like, eeee. 379 00:19:13,986 --> 00:19:19,726 And sound number three is a baby just wailing, crying up a storm. 380 00:19:19,791 --> 00:19:22,691 Like wah wah wah. 381 00:19:22,761 --> 00:19:24,101 You think you're so tough? 382 00:19:24,163 --> 00:19:26,303 I can break you in two seconds with these sounds. 383 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:31,495 CHARLIE: Okay okay, okay, but these studies also found the most pleasant sounds. 384 00:19:31,570 --> 00:19:33,140 Here's what they found. 385 00:19:33,205 --> 00:19:37,575 The number one most pleasant sound, a friendly applause. 386 00:19:37,643 --> 00:19:41,183 Number two, a giggly baby. 387 00:19:41,246 --> 00:19:46,286 And number three, a nice roll of thunder off in the distance. 388 00:19:46,351 --> 00:19:49,991 KIRBY: Aaaahhh! CHARLIE: I like these puppets. 389 00:19:50,055 --> 00:19:53,355 KIRBY: So, yeah, you see sound doesn't just have to be overwhelming. 390 00:19:53,425 --> 00:19:57,925 They found that premature babies gained more weight when they listened to Mozart. 391 00:19:57,996 --> 00:19:59,426 CHARLIE: Hmm. 392 00:19:59,498 --> 00:20:02,898 KIRBY: Thought that the music relaxed them and encouraged them to use less energy. 393 00:20:02,968 --> 00:20:05,238 So yeah, sound can be used for good. 394 00:20:05,304 --> 00:20:07,114 CHARLIE: Hmmm. 395 00:20:07,172 --> 00:20:08,612 I think I get it now. 396 00:20:08,674 --> 00:20:11,214 I need to embrace the good sounds. 397 00:20:11,276 --> 00:20:15,246 KIRBY: Maybe we're just lacking good sounds. 398 00:20:15,314 --> 00:20:18,884 CHARLIE: Yeah, like we need to Mozart this premature baby of a podcast. 399 00:20:18,951 --> 00:20:21,121 KIRBY: If you want to use that wording, sure. 400 00:20:21,186 --> 00:20:23,116 CHARLIE: Kirb, grab the mic. 401 00:20:23,188 --> 00:20:24,488 I got an idea. 402 00:20:24,556 --> 00:20:27,126 Guys, we're gonna go outside real quick but when we get back, I guarantee, 403 00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:29,832 we're finally gonna have the perfect podcast. 404 00:20:29,895 --> 00:20:31,155 We'll see you soon. 405 00:20:32,497 --> 00:20:33,767 KIRBY (off-screen): Weird but True. 406 00:20:41,006 --> 00:20:45,876 CHARLIE: And that just about wraps up today's episode, a quick shout out to our 407 00:20:45,944 --> 00:20:50,184 sponsor, Madame Eruption's Geological Art Guides. 408 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:53,589 KIRBY: They'll make your art skills explode. 409 00:20:53,652 --> 00:20:55,522 CHARLIE: I'm Kirby's brother, Charlie. 410 00:20:55,587 --> 00:20:57,317 KIRBY: And I'm Charlie's sister, Kirby. 411 00:20:57,389 --> 00:21:00,589 CHARLIE: We'll see you on the next episode of "Crafternoons!" 412 00:21:00,659 --> 00:21:02,329 Keep craftin' out there. 413 00:21:02,394 --> 00:21:05,064 KIRBY: Charles we crushed it! 414 00:21:05,130 --> 00:21:08,670 CHARLIE: Guys, we solved all of our problems, check it out. 415 00:21:08,734 --> 00:21:12,804 As you know, HQ is sound-proofed to control all the background noise levels. 416 00:21:12,871 --> 00:21:16,681 KIRBY: We recorded nature sounds, and now that we can control the levels, 417 00:21:16,742 --> 00:21:18,682 they've become good background noise. 418 00:21:18,744 --> 00:21:21,384 CHARLIE: It finally sounds good in here. 419 00:21:21,446 --> 00:21:25,416 We have noise-canceling headphones to help us focus, pump in some Mozart every now 420 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:29,154 and then to relax the listeners, and control the decibel levels. 421 00:21:29,221 --> 00:21:31,561 This podcast is off the charts. 422 00:21:31,623 --> 00:21:33,363 KIRBY: We got a new episode coming up. 423 00:21:33,425 --> 00:21:36,755 It dives into the big paperclip versus stapler debate. 424 00:21:36,828 --> 00:21:41,298 If you're a regular listener I'm sure you know I am a big fan of the paper clip. 425 00:21:41,366 --> 00:21:43,666 CHARLIE: Alright guys, it looks like we have a new project on our hands. 426 00:21:43,735 --> 00:21:46,735 KIRBY: And Charles is a passionate member of Team Staple. 427 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:48,365 CHARLIE: But thanks so much for stopping by. 428 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,840 KIRBY: I guess he just likes poking holes in perfect paper. 429 00:21:50,909 --> 00:21:53,179 CHARLIE: Come by again when we discover more things that are weird. 430 00:21:53,245 --> 00:21:56,745 KIRBY: But true! CHARLIE: We'll see you later! One word Kirb, "Slippage." 431 00:21:56,815 --> 00:21:58,075 You ever experience slippage with a staple? 432 00:21:58,150 --> 00:21:59,250 Captioned by Cotter Captioning Services 38024

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