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Sound Files is a podcast about the preservation of recorded sounds and the people and organizations who preserve them.
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Preserving the Oldest Known Whale Song Recordings (opens the original)
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Join Sound Files as we dive into a remarkable project to preserve the oldest known audio recordings of humpback whale songs, made in 1949 using unexpected technology, rediscovered at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. You'll hear how archivist Ashley Jester stumbled upon these forgotten audio discs while leading tours, and how digitization expert Paul Adams determined that the "fish noises" were actually whale songs. These seven-decade-old recordings show us how listening matters for unde
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