Podcast
99% Invisible
The book explores the transformative power of silence in a noisy world, featuring stories from a former Lieutenant Governor who took a vow of silence and a death row inmate who discovered Buddhist practices.
Lee showed up on a mini story episode of 99 PI a few months back talking about the ever increasing loudness of sirens as a way of measuring how loud our world has become. But the story 20,000 Hertz pr...
— Episode: Twenty Thousand Hertz- Golden
Episode: Twenty Thousand Hertz- Golden
The book explores the transformative power of silence in a noisy world, featuring stories from a former Lieutenant Governor who took a vow of silence and a death row inmate who discovered Buddhist practices.
Lee showed up on a mini story episode of 99 PI a few months back talking about the ever increasing loudness of sirens as a way of measuring how loud our world has become. But the story 20,000 Hertz produced tackles the main thesis of Golden more head on. And I love this episode. I love how it turned out. And I'm so proud of everyone involved that I just wanted to share it with you as a bonus episode.
That book is called Golden, The Power of Silence in a World of Noise.
Lee spent a lot of time interviewing Jarvis for the book Golden.
The two stories you just heard came from the book Golden, The Power of Silence in a World of Noise.
Take a moment to go buy it wherever you get your books. It's also available as an audiobook.