Podcast
Chasing Life
During the episode, Dr. Sanjay Gupta praised the book as beautifully written prose rather than a dry academic text, describing it as a love letter to sound. Nina Kraus also reflected on how the book revealed the surprising importance of sound to listeners. The discussion highlighted the book's engaging exploration of how our brains construct a meaningful sonic world, leading the hosts to recommend it enthusiastically.
Episode: The Power of Sound
It was described as a beautifully written book, not a dry academic text, exploring how our brains make sense of sound; the author considered it a love letter to sound.
It's called Of Sound Mind, How Our Brain Constructs a Meaningful Sonic World. But make no mistake, this isn't a dry academic text. It's beautifully written prose. She calls it her love letter to sound.
When I sent it off to the editor, I thought, you know, why did I even write this book? Everything that I say is so obvious. And yet the resounding comments that I get from people all over the place is I had no idea sound is so important.