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The Scourge of Modern Civilization



An episode about how scam and spam calls (and texts) work, why they’ve been so hard to stop, and what they can teach us about labor.

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Reasonably Sound is on Twitter: twitter.com/reasonablysnd
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I’m also on Twitter: twitter.com/mikerugnetta
And Instagram: instagram.com/mikerugnetta

SOURCES

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/u.s.-fcc-proposes-record-%24300-mln-fine-for-auto-warranty-robocalls

https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Media/News-Releases/March-2023/Attorney-General-Yost-Silences-Texas-based-Robocal

https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/21/tech/fcc-robocall-crackdown/index.html

https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R46311/2

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/robokiller-report-reveals-54-billion-spam-calls-reached-consumers-in-2020-301232640.html

https://techcrunch.com/2020/12/07/spam-calls-grew-18-this-year-despite-the-global-pandemic/

https://assets.website-files.com/61f9a8793a878d7f71c5505d/6400e06e514500224ad26830_The%20Robokiller%20phone%20scam%20report%20-%202022%20insights%20%26%20analysis.pdf

https://www.robokiller.com/the-robokiller-report

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/19/56percent-of-americans-cant-cover-a-1000-emergency-expense-with-savings.html

https://www.getkeepsafe.com/blog/eight-ways-robocallers-get-your-phone-number/

https://pos.toasttab.com/privacy

https://www.rcrwireless.com/20230322/policy/fcc-passes-rules-to-require-blocking-of-spam-scam-texts

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/pol.20190086

https://www.congress.gov/104/plaws/publ104/PLAW-104publ104.pdf

https://www.nclc.org/resources/scam-robocalls-telecom-providers-profit/

https://twitter.com/File411/status/1299134494511968257?s=20

https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/why-robocallers-win-even-if-you-dont-answer-1528104600

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-18-76A2.pdf

https://www.fcc.gov/spoofed-robocalls

https://robocallindex.com/history/time

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DOC-340873A1.pdf

https://www.truecaller.com/blog/insights/top-20-countries-affected-by-spam-calls-in-2021

https://value-privacy.com/south-america/brazil-lgpd/brazilian-anatel-affirms-mandatory-robocall-blocking/

https://www.wired.com/story/india-robocall-spam-caller-id/

https://www.techtimes.com/articles/276290/20220603/india-impose-regulatory-changes-combat-robocall-scams.htm

https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-can%E2%80%99t-we-hang-india%E2%80%99s-telemarketing-scams-179023

https://www.fcc.gov/call-authentication

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-04-02/opinion-the-supreme-court-just-opened-the-robocall-floodgates-call-congress

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/19-511_p86b.pdf

https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/events/2016/08/first-meeting-industry-led-robocall-strike-force

https://transition.fcc.gov/cgb/Robocall-Strike-Force-Final-Report.pdf

https://www.pcmag.com/news/robocall-strike-force-unite-or-something

https://transnexus.com/blog/2023/shaken-statistics-march/

https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/151/text

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/FCC-21-122A1.pdf

https://www.natlawreview.com/article/telephone-and-texting-compliance-news-regulatory-update-fcc-extends-stirshaken

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/03/fcc-orders-phone-companies-to-block-scam-text-messages/

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/27/magazine/scam-call-centers.html

Will Stratton is at https://willstratton.com/

Tida Tep is at http://tidatep.com/

CC-BY Licensed Music Used

https://soundcloud.com/steve-hutt-1/stormy-weather

https://soundcloud.com/xanifur/erik-satie-chiptune-gymnopedie

https://freesound.org/people/jordivburgel/sounds/156371/

https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon/awakening-dew-emotional-romantic-piano-free-download

Rumination 03: Grumble, Bubble, Roil and Rumble

The World Remade

On flailing in the rising tides, as well as the ecological impact of vinyl records and digital music streaming.

👕 – RS t-shirts available at Cotton Bureau.

 

— SOURCES —

Matthew Brennan, and Kyle Devine

Kyle’s forthcoming book, Decomposed: A Political Ecology of Music is out October 2019 on MIT Press.

 

Miriam Nielsen

 

Books

  • Uninhabitable Earth, David Wallace-Wells
  • Eco-Sonic Media, Jacob Smith

 

Articles and Posts

 

Videos

 

Old Records

 

Other Sounds

 

— THANKS! —

 

Thanks to all the show’s Patrons, subscribers, supporters and t-shirt wearers, without whom it would not be possible. Special thanks to: Oscar Acton, Kathy Ahfid, Andre Bach, Benjamin, hans buetow, David Booth, Harry Brisson, Jack Britton, Johnny  C, PA Campbell, Andrew Carlos, Jana Deppe, Santiago Espinosa Uribe, Talia F E, Elliott, Antoine Flamant, J Gingold, Nick Goertzen, Camilla Greer, Richard Hanson, Ethan Hermer, Dale Jakes, Kaya, Blake Kidd, Tod Kurt, Rachel L, Andrew MacLarty, J.S. Majer, Joseph maslov, Christopher McKitterick, Mahlen Morris, Adam Neely, Josef Nickerson, Rachaul Paul, Clarissa Redwine, Kelly Rivers, David Rorick, Susan Rugnetta, Kai Salmon, Cole Sarar, Jason Scott, Mischa Stanton, Herman Sundström, THUNK, Bernhard Werner, Chelsea Whyte and Vijile

 

— LINKS —

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— CREDITS —

Reasonably Sound’s theme is by Will Stratton. Reasonably Sound’s visual design is by Tida Tep.

This episode’s cover image is Vinyl Record by Marco Verch http://bit.ly/2Zn7sw5 

Vrooms And The Lack Thereof

What if your car’s engine could sound like anything?

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 — SOURCES —

Man Made Music

Richard Devine

Flatplane vs Crossplane Crank

Sounds

Articles and Posts

 

— THANKS! — 

Thanks to all the show’s Patrons, subscribers, supporters and tshirt wearers, without whom it would not be possible. Special thanks to: Adam Neely, Andrew Carlos, Andrew MacLarty, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Antoine Flamant, Ayla Ounce, Benjamin, Bernhard Werner, Blake Kidd, Camilla Greer, Cassandra Durnford, Chelsea Whyte, Christopher McKitterick, Clarissa Redwine, Cole Sarar, Dale Jakes, David Booth, David Rorick, Dylan Neal, Elliott, Ethan Hermer, hansbuetow, Harry Brisson, J Gingold, J.S. Majer, Jack Britton, Jana Deppe, Jason Scott, Johnny C, Josef Nickerson, Joseph maslov, Kathy Ahfid, Kaya, Mahlen Morris, Mischa Stanton, Nick Goertzen, Oscar Acton, Philip Campbell, Rachaul Paul, Rachel L, Richard Hanson, Talia F E, Tim, Tod Kurt, Vijile

If this is your first episode as a Patron, your name will be included in the next episode after your pledge clears. Drop me a line if you have any questions or problems!

 

— LINKS —

Support the show at
• patreon.com/reasonablysound
• d.rip/mikerugnetta

and follow me at

• twitter.com/reasonablysnd
• instagram.com/reasonablysnd
• twitter.com/mikerugnetta
• instagram.com/mikerugnetta

 

— CREDITS —

Reasonably Sound’s theme is by Will Stratton. Reasonably Sound’s visual design is by Tida Tep.

This episode’s cover image is “File:Single-cylinder T-head engine (Autocar Handbook, 13th ed, 1935).jpg”: http://bit.ly/2GetOGG

Hold, Please

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Your call is very important to us. Please stay on the line. A customer service representative will be with you shortly. Your call is important.

 — SOURCES —

Papers

  • US Patent US3246082A: Telephone hold program system – http://bit.ly/2Q3nhzx
  • Can Music Move People? The Effects of Musical Complexity and Silence on Waiting Time – Adrian C North, David J Hargreaves – http://bit.ly/2OMCxk7
  • The Impact of Music on Consumers’ Reactions to Waiting for Services – Hui et al – http://bit.ly/2OImCTQ
  • Music and on-hold waiting time – North, et al – http://bit.ly/2OOd3D5
  • The Effects of On-Hold Telephone Music on the Number of Premature Disconnections to a Statewide Protective Services Abuse Hot Line – Liesl-Vivoni Ramos – http://bit.ly/2OOYuij
  • The effects of music, wait-length evaluation, and mood on a low-cost wait experience – Cameron, et al – http://bit.ly/2OO7Niu
  • Integrating time from experience in the lateral entorhinal cortex – Tsao, et al – https://go.nature.com/2OMWx6e
  • Hippocampal “Time Cells” Bridge the Gap in Memory for Discontiguous Events – MacDonald, et al – http://bit.ly/2OO94Gi

 

Books

 

Articles

 

— THANKS! — 

Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would not be possible! Special thanks to: Thanks to all the show’s Patrons and supporters, without whom it would not be possible! Special thanks to Adam Neely, Andrew Carlos, Andrew Groot, Andrew MacLarty, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Antoine Flamant, Ayla Ounce, Benjamin, Bernhard Werner, Blake Kidd, Camilla Greer, Cassandra Durnford, Chelsea Whyte, Christopher McKitterick, Clarissa Redwine, Dale Jakes, David Booth, Dylan Neal, Elliott, Ethan Hermer, Hans Buetow, Harry Brisson, J Gingold, J.S. Majer, Jack Britton, Jana Deppe, Johnny C, Joseph maslov, Kathy Ahfid, Kaya, Keith Broni, Mahlen Morris, Mischa Stanton, Nick Goertzen, Oscar Acton, Philip Campbell, Rachaul Paul, Richard Hanson, Susan Rugnetta, Talia F E, Tim, and Tod Kurt!

If this is your first episode as a Patron, your name will be included in the next episode after your pledge clears. Drop me a line if you have any questions or problems!

 

— LINKS —

Support the show at
• patreon.com/reasonablysound
• d.rip/mikerugnetta

and follow me at
twitter.com/reasonablysnd
instagram.com/reasonablysnd
twitter.com/mikerugnetta
instagram.com/mikerugnetta

— CREDITS —

Reasonably Sound’s theme is by Will Stratton. Reasonably Sound’s visual design is by Tida Tep.

This episode’s hold music was provided by:

The Muzak example is “Casa Bossa Nova” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ http://bit.ly/2OO1Ulo

Stephen Bruckert, host of In Which We Reveal…, was your Alex Jones Impersonator

This episode’s cover image is “Telephone Line” by gawen947 on flickr: http://bit.ly/2OO6BvR

The Oddest Thing in the Universe

 

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Life, The Universe, and A Small, Yellow Leechlike Fish


— SOURCES —

UG OVERVIEWS

  • Chomsky’s Perspective: Three Factors in Language Design, Noam Chomsky – http://bit.ly/2mV2TEg
  • Outside Perspective: What’s universal grammar? Evidence rebuts Chomsky’s theory of language learning – http://bit.ly/2mS3QNB

On language and conflict:

  • Culture or Contiguity: Ethnic Conflict, the Similarity of States, and the Onset of War, 1820-1989, Errol A. Henderson – http://bit.ly/2OubsCD

ARTICLES

PAPERS

  • First steps toward a usage-based theory of language acquisition,  Michael Tomasello – http://bit.ly/2OtUm7O
  • The Faculty of Language: What Is It, Who Has It, and How Did It Evolve? – Marc D. Hauser, Noam Chomsky and W. Tecumseh Fitch – http://bit.ly/2OsV3OM
  • Universal Grammar and Semiotic Constraints, Terrence W. Deacon – http://bit.ly/2OsV7Ow
  • Language as an Adaptation to the Cognitive Niche, Steven Pinker – http://bit.ly/2mSm69F
  • Universal Grammar: Wittgenstein Versus Chomsky, Danièle Moyal-Sharrock – http://bit.ly/2mPrQ3Q

BOOKS

  • Chomsky’s Universal Grammar – An Introduction, 3rd Edition, Vivian J Cook and Mark Newson – http://bit.ly/2OudPFx
  • The Origins of Human Communication, Michael Tomasello – http://bit.ly/2mTCWVs
  • Animal Rites: American Culture, the Discourse of Species, and Posthumanist Theory, Cary Wolfe – http://bit.ly/2mUFz9H
  • Multilingualism: A Very Short Introduction, John C Maher – http://bit.ly/2Ov7zx5
  • Philosophical Investigations, Ludwig Wittgenstein – http://bit.ly/2OsYWTS

— THANKS —

Thanks to the shows current patrons and supporters! Without you the show would not be possible. Special thanks to: Oscar Acton, Kathy Ahfid, Harry Brisson, Jack Britton, Keith Broni, Hans Buetow, Johnny C, Philip Campbell, Andrew Carlos, Jana Deppe, Cassandra Durnford, Katherine E. Cunningham, Talia F E, Scott Fassett, Antoine Flamant, J Gingold, Nick Goertzen, Camilla Greer, Andrew Groot, Richard Hanson, Ethan Hermer, Dale Jakes, Blake Kidd, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Tod Kurt, Andrew MacLarty, J.S. Majer, Joseph maslov, Christopher McKitterick, Mahlen Morris, Dylan Neal, Adam Neely, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Clarissa Redwine, Susan Rugnetta, Mischa Stanton, Kaya Sybel, Bernhard Werner, Chelsea Whyte, Tim, Benjamin, and Elliott

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Reasonably Sound’s theme and act break music are by Will Stratton, and its visual design by Tida Tep.

A Not So Quiet Place

 

Exposure to noise pollution has serious health risks, and disproportionately affects certain communities. But what if regulating it would accidentally do more harm than good?

RS TSHIRTS https://cottonbureau.com/products/phonocloud

Check out Seeker’s NOISE WEEK at http://YouTube.com/Seeker

The Generation Gap by CBC’s Podcast Playlist: https://bit.ly/2wAgJU6

 

SOURCES

ARTICLES

 

PAPERS

  • White Faces in Intimate Spaces: Jamaican Popular Music in Global Circulation – Larisa Kingston Mann – http://bit.ly/2G1oEJx
  • Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, Residential Segregation, and Spatial Variation in Noise Exposure in the Contiguous United States – Casey et al – http://bit.ly/2G0zAY3
  • The Haves, the Have-Nots, and the Health of Everyone: The Relationship Between Social Inequality and Environmental Quality – Cushing et al – http://bit.ly/2G0Q5Di
  • Why Do People Like Loud Sound? A Qualitative Study – Welch & Fremaux – http://bit.ly/2G0Nlpp
  • GIS Metrics – Soundscape Modeling – Sherrill – https://bit.ly/2Ir4pdM [PDF]
  • NIGHT NOISE GUIDELINES FOR EUROPE – WHO – http://bit.ly/2FYy0WH [PDF]
  • Guidelines for community noise – WHO – http://bit.ly/2G0g4uK
  • Burden of disease from environmental noise – WHO – http://bit.ly/2FZIkO8 [PDF]
  • Breaking the Sound Barrier: A Historian Listens to Noise – Bailey – http://bit.ly/

 

FURTHER READING

 

THANKS 

Thanks to the shows current patrons and supporters! Without you the show would not be possible. Special thanks to: Oscar Acton, Kathy Ahfid, Harry Brisson, Jack Britton, Keith Broni, Hans Buetow, Philip Campbell, Andrew Carlos, Trey Connelly, Jana Deppe, Katherine E. Cunningham, Talia F E, Scott Fassett, J Gingold, Nick Goertzen, Camilla Greer, Richard Hanson, Ethan Hermer, Dale Jakes, Blake Kidd, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Tod Kurt, Andrew MacLarty, J.S. Majer, Christopher McKitterick, Mahlen Morris, Dylan Neal, Adam Neely, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Clarissa Redwine, Susan Rugnetta, Cole Sarar, Mischa Stanton, Hector Suzanne, Bernhard Werner, Chelsea Whyte, Johnny C, Tim, Benjamin, and Elliott!

 

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Reasonably Sound’s theme and act break music are by Will Stratton, and its visual design by Tida Tep. Cover image by USDAGov on Flickr: http://bit.ly/2jYgEAy

Helpful Mom Voices

On the pursuit of making machines talk, and the quality of digital assistants’ voices.

 

SOURCES

 

RESEARCH SOURCES

  • Are Consumers More Responsive to Male or Female Voices? – http://bit.ly/2sZHCin
  • Can Computer-Generated Speech Have Gender? An Experimental Test of Gender Stereotype – http://bit.ly/2t06BlJ
  • Gendered Voice and Robot Entities: Perceptions and Reactions of Male and Female Subjects – http://bit.ly/2sYBJSS [PDF]
  • How Do You Say ‘Hello’? Personality Impressions from Brief Novel Voices – http://bit.ly/2t06E0T
  • Implications of Using Male and Female Voices in Commercials: An Exploratory Study – http://bit.ly/2sWybAp
  • Making Social Robots More Attractive: The Effects of Voice Pitch, Humor and Empathy – http://bit.ly/2t06J4H
  • The influence of voice pitch on perceptions of trustworthiness across social contexts – http://bit.ly/2sVQfL3
  • The Materiality of the Digital and the Gendered Voice of Siri – http://bit.ly/2sWyew5 [PDF]
  • The speaker/gender effect: does the speaker’s gender matter when presenting auditory text in multimedia messages? – http://bit.ly/2sVT275
  • Wired for Speech: How Voice Activates and Advances the Human ­Computer Relationship – http://bit.ly/2sWyhYN

 

THANKS

Thanks to the shows current patrons and supporters! Without you the show would not be possible. Special thanks to: Adam Neely, Andrew MacLarty, Andrew Carlos, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Benjamin , Camilla Greer, Cassandra Durnford, Chelsea Whyte, Christopher McKitterick, Clarissa Redwine, Clayton Grey, Cole Sarar, Dale Jakes, Dylan Neal, Elliott , Ethan Hermer, Hans Buetow, Hector Suzanne, J.S. Majer, Jack Britton, Jana Deppe, Joe Krushinsky, Johnny C, Kathy Ahfid, Keith Broni, Mahlen Morris, Mischa Stanton, Nick Goertzen, Oscar Acton, Philip Campbell, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Scott Fassett, Susan Rugnetta, Talia F E, Tim, Tod Kurt, Trey Connelly

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Reasonably Sound’s theme and act break music are by Will Stratton, and its visual design by Tida Tep.

Automated Copywrongs

Or: Do Androids Dream of Pitch Shifted Music?

We talk about the algorithmic enforcement of copyright, how it works and why we have it. We talk to Parker Higgins, and speculate about a future beset by copyright robots.

 

— SOURCES —

 

— THANKS!  —

Thanks to the shows current patrons and supporters! Without you the show would not be possible. Special thanks to: Adam Neely, Andrew MacLarty, Andrew Carlos, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Benjamin , Brandon , Camilla Greer, Cassandra Durnford, Chelsea Whyte, Christopher McKitterick, Clarissa Redwine, Clayton Grey, Cole Sarar, Dale Jakes, Dylan Neal, Elliott , Ethan Hermer, hansbuetow , HectorSuzanne , J.S. Majer, Jack Britton, Jana Deppe, Jesse Gamble, Joachim , Joe Krushinsky, Johnny C, Kathy Ahfid, Keith Broni, Mahlen Morris, Mischa Stanton, Nick Goertzen, Oscar Acton, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Scott Fassett, Susan Rugnetta, Talia F E, Tim, Tod Kurt, and Tom Vickers!

 

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Find Parker at twitter.com/xor


This episode contained the following music:

Reasonably Sound’s theme and act break music are by Will Stratton, and its visual design by Tida Tep.

Why Are There No New Christmas Songs?

 

As of Recording, Wham’s “Last Christmas” was predicted to be the UK #1 Christmas single, but the honor officially went to Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” (not a year end song, despite what the music video would have you believe) as of publish.


— LINKS —

http://patreon.com/reasonablysound
http://d.rip/mikerugnetta

http://twitter.com/reasonablysnd
http://instagram.com/reasonablysnd

http://twitter.com/mikerugnetta
http://instagram.com/mikerugnetta


— SOURCES —


— SAMPLES —

“DID U KNOOOOOOW?” used w/ permission from Mikey Neumann of Movies w/ Mikey. Check out his awesome work here: bit.ly/2C47L3a

Kmart In-Store Music: Christmas 1974 – http://bit.ly/2BWVIof
Christmas Medley, 1953 – http://bit.ly/2BYPG6n
Emotions (Acapella) – Mariah Carey
Nat King Cole – “The Christmas Song”
Ennio Morricone – Story of a Soldier
Mario64


— EPISODE IMAGE —

Sleigh Bells by Richard Wheeler – http://bit.ly/2C2fmyW
CC-BY-SA licensed Ep Image Located Here: https://imgur.com/Vp6nvB8


— THANKS —

Thanks to all the show’s current patrons and supporters, with an extra special double thanks to:

Oscar Acton, Kathy Ahfid, Jack Britton, Keith Broni, Andrew Carlos, Jana Deppe, Cassandra Durnford, Talia F E, Scott Fassett, Jesse Gamble, Nick Goertzen, Camilla Greer, Clayton Grey, Ethan Hermer, Dale Jakes, Coral Kennelty-Cohen, Anthony Kirkpatrick, Joe Krushinsky, Tod Kurt, Andrew MacLarty, J.S. Majer, Mahlen Morris, Dylan Neal, Adam Neely, Rachaul Paul, Royce Rackham, Clarissa Redwine, Susan Rugnetta, Cole Sarar, Tom Vickers, Chelsea Whyte, Johnny C, Tim, Hans, Benjamin, HectorSuzanne, Joachim, and Elliott <3

Reasonably Sounds Theme and Act Break music are by Will Stratton (http://willstratton.bandcamp.com), and visual design by Tida Tep (http://tidatep.com)