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What can a lump of whale earwax tell us about human history?

What does the end of the universe sound like?

And how do you play the sea like a synthesiser?


This episode of Steve Pretty On The Origin of the Pieces goes from marine mammal physiology to cosmological heat death, taking in hydrophones, cultural transmission in humpbacks, the physics of underwater sound, and an improvised trumpet elegy for the end of everything.


My guests are:



We also:



Recorded live at the brilliant First Light Festival in a sweltering tent by the sea (thanks again to them for hosting us).



🧠 Bonus content


🎥 The full, uncut interview with Richard Sabin — including audience Q&A and extended hydrophone demos — is available on Patreon.






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