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Open Your Ears
Art + Stories
Experiences

Open Your Ears

Truly hearing what someone else has to say—or even the birds outside the window—is a rare skill. Yet it can benefit everyone’s health and well-being.
Aleksandra Pezda
Bored to Tears? Use Your Ears!
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

Bored to Tears? Use Your Ears!

We are so used to constant noise that we’ve stopped hearing quieter sounds: whispers, hums, and creaks. With soundwalking, we can open up to the world again.
Iza Smelczyńska
What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?
World + People
Nature

What Does the Amazon Rainforest Have to Say?

American acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton takes us on a sound trip to the first quiet park on Earth, where we can hear the gentle sounds of the Zabalo River, nestled deep in the Amazon rainforest.
Gordon Hempton
Holy Silence
Soul + Body
Breathe In

Holy Silence

Sometimes, our modern lives become cluttered with too much psychological noise. That’s when it’s nice to step away, perhaps to a convent, for a silent retreat.
Aleksandra Kozłowska
A Kingdom for Silence
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

A Kingdom for Silence

For most of us, exposure to noise is inescapable (and is only getting worse). Its consequences for our health are manifold.
Agnieszka Fiedorowicz
As Loud as Possible
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

As Loud as Possible

When was the last time that you were truly surrounded by silence? City life is inevitably always accompanied by noise, and it’s a growing problem for our health.
Paulina Wilk
Oh Silence, Oh Deathly Silent Uproar!*
World + People
Science

Oh Silence, Oh Deathly Silent Uproar!*

Noise is all around us. So it has been, ever since we swapped our hunter-gatherer lifestyle for city-living – which is where the ancients’ complicated relationship with silence began…
Paweł Janiszewski
The Extinction of Silence
World + People
Dreams and Visions

The Extinction of Silence

Acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton talks about the sound of melting snow, what it means to truly listen, and how silence continues to creep away from us.
Maria Hawranek
In Search of Silence
Soul + Body
Wellbeing

In Search of Silence

To our detriment, silence is in short supply. And constant noise can be harmful to both us humans and the environment we live in.
Julia Fiedorczuk