Chris Berdik

Are Noise Cameras the Key to Quieter Streets? Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment

Are Noise Cameras the Key to Quieter Streets?
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BEEP! Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment

A startup in India takes aim at honk-happy drivers. open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...

School closures are accelerating in rural America. But research on whether they help students is mixed Rural school closures are a growing trend, and Vermont, like many states, has recently proposed merging school districts to cope with falling enrollment.

Schools are closing across rural America. Here’s how a battle over small districts is playing out in one state hechingerreport.org/schools-are-...

Open looting - directly providing favors and funds to Trump allies at the Kennedy Center's expense

Space Jams and Other Sonic Wonders Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment

For the holidays, a reflection on humanity's sonic message in a bottle. open.substack.com/pub/clamorin...

So many great books here. Honored to be among them and thankful to @larrygennari.bsky.social for including me.

Honored to make this list! Thanks @greenspotlight.bsky.social

Spineless creatures, possibly the world’s oldest beer receipt and more: 2025’s best Books in brief Bibliophile Andrew Robinson reveals 10 essential science reads from the past year.

I’m thrilled to see Clamor make Nature’s top 10 science books for 2025! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

What Is Noise Beyond Decibels?

🎥 Watch Episode #30 with Chris Berdik @cberdik.bsky.social to explore how #noise shapes our #health, #focus, and #wellbeing in a noisy world.

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Chris Berdik supports MLSC YouTube video by Panpathic Communications

Spreading the word with Make Listening Safe! Hearing is precious, and we need to protect it. #noise #clamor youtu.be/nEal61rpHzw?...

No Kings-Pittsburgh, PA

Who's afraid of a little killer sound? Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment

In the October edition of Clamor: Jimmy Page, William S. Burroughs, and reflections on killer sound. Plus, inclusive acoustic design, birds that sound like car alarms, and a quiet bit of good news for Southwest Detroit.
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Biblio File: What to Read Now — Autumn 2025 New releases that inspire us.

Thanks for including Clamor in the recommended reads for this fall, Stanford magazine! stanfordmag.org/contents/bib...

From Homer's Sirens to Led Zeppelin Sound as a deadly force has long captivated us. But have we overlooked its true dangers?

airmail.news/books/2025/1... I reflect on killer noise for @airmail.news

Guilty-ish

Doesn’t the Pentagon already have a comms team?

love some loops, blips beats n beeps with sounds of nature

Ignorance is strength, y’all!

Happy 180th birthday @sciam.bsky.social ! I’m honored to have Clamor be part of the celebration 🎉

Larry Rifkin cuts through the noise with me to talk about the power of sound (both good and bad) for our health and our planet’s health on his America Trends podcast. www.americatrendspodcast.com

Trump Administration Live Updates: President Says He Is Removing Lisa Cook From Federal Reserve Board

It’s hard to overstate how big a deal this is - for the economy (ours and globally), for the rule of law, and for the proper and efficient function of government.

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How a fraudulent scientist faked his career and other cautionary tales: Books in brief Andrew Robinson reviews five of the best science picks.

@nature.com recommends! #clamor #noise #soundscapes www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Clamor A May 2025 Next Big Idea Club Must-Read Book <br /><br /> An eye- (and ear-) opening investigation into how our ever-noisier world affects our health, our well-being, and our planet., Clamor, How No...

I enjoyed digging beyond the decibels and talking about my new noise book wwnorton.com/books/clamor with Grant Reeher, host of The Campbell Conversations on @wrvo.org.

Why Noise Pollution Is Slowly Killing Us All Noise pollution is wreaking havoc on the world’s population as well as threatening marine life and wildlife above ground.  A new book explains why.

@forbes.com calls Clamor “A comprehensive and well-crafted narrative of the history of noise pollution as well as what hope we have in countering this threat.” www.forbes.com/sites/bruced...

Keep Calm and Collect Evidence: Noise Fighting 101 Plus some acoustic odds and ends for your enjoyment

By popular demand, this month's Clamor newsletter digs into the nitty gritty of noise fights.

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Reconsidering Our Soundscapes CLAMOR: How Noise Took Over the World and How We Can Take It Back. Chris Berdik. 272 pp. W. W. Norton & Co., 2025. $29.99.

@americanscientist.org review of Clamor!
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July-August - 2025 - Volume: 113 - Number: 4 Unseen animals can often still be heard. That’s part of the impetus behind the growing field of ecoacoustics, which aims to measure entire soundscapes in different habitats as a way of gauging an…

Soundscapes reveal hidden details of complex ecosystems.

I’m psyched that Clamor was included among these recommended books by @greenspotlight.bsky.social

The Invention of “Sesame Street” Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television.

“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.

The commissars are literally using government power to attack and suppress political speech. Whatever you think about "cancel culture," this is 100x worse. Deeply authoritarian.