This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Trinnov Audio general manager Jon Herron to discuss the company’s history, the synergy between physical room acoustics and DSP room optimization, why different frequencies of sound require a different approach, and how the company’s new WaveForming technology is a whole new approach to perfecting bass perfor…

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Pro Audio Technology owner/president L. Paul Hales to discuss his history in audio, how audio research has guided the development of his speakers over the years, what really matters in audio and what doesn’t, and why most consumer speakers fall short in one significant way. Sources: “Theory Audio Design Sys5…

A discussion about the impact of creative writing activities on our wellbeing. With guests author Matthew Colfer, singer-songwriter Hannah Popey and participants of the 'Deud O!' poetry workshops in Conwy. First aired on Bayside Radio in May 2024By TAPE

The Wellbeing Podcast are at the Youth Work Excellence Awards at Venue Cymru in Llandudno! First Aired on Bayside Radio in February 2024By TAPE

A time-travelling new years special where the group discusses their goals for 2024 and what tools exist to help achieve them. First Aired on Bayside Radio in January 2024By TAPE

A special collaboration with Amdani! Conwy about how helping others through voluntary work can help us achieve greater wellbeing. Introducing Finlay, Cal and Alex! First Aired on Bayside Radio in November 2023By TAPE

Might 'artificial intelligence' help us look after our wellbeing? Also, Bryn’s belated birthday chat with a chatbot! First Aired on Bayside Radio in October 2023By TAPE

Large-language models and image generation…causes for concern or just hype? Our previous artistic guests share their thoughts! First Aired on Bayside Radio in September 2023By TAPE

A special episode to coincide with the launch of the fifth episode of the ‘Life After School’ web-series, a collaboration between TAPE and North Wales Together. Does co-creation help with our wellbeing? First Aired on Bayside Radio in September 2023By TAPE

Social media can provide tools for self-promotion and connection, as well as a minefield of negativity. Is forty-two minutes enough time for a nuanced debate? Noah and Ethan join the chat. First Aired: August 2023By TAPE

From mental picture to pencil to paper, how does creating a piece of art improve our wellbeing? Noah, Shane, Isaac and Annabel share their thoughts. First Aired: July 2023By TAPE

Does a Tik-Tok count as a film…? Ethan and Curtis join the podcast to discuss filmmaking and wellbeing. First Aired on Bayside Radio in June 2023By TAPE

What makes a great photo? Might taking up photography improve our mental and physical health? Hedd and Sophie join to chat. First Aired on Bayside Radio in May 2023By TAPE

What is the ‘Google effect’? What are our favourite pieces of tech? Mafhuz and Sydney join in the chat on tech and wellbeing! First Aired on Bayside Radio May 2023By TAPE

Mafhuz, Sydney and TAPE’s Media Club join the podcast for a chat about cinema. How does watching films relate to the five ways to wellbeing? First Aired on Bayside Radio April 2023By TAPE

Sydney joins the Wellbeing podcast with Mafhuz and TAPE’s Media Club for a chat about cinema. First Aired on Bayside Radio in March 2023By TAPE

Does watching or performing stand-up comedy check all five ways to wellbeing? Tom Spencer shares his thoughts! First Aired on Bayside Radio in March 2023By TAPE

Talking sports and the brain, the pros and perils of being competitive (and remaining so) as well as risk-taking. Mafhuz and Jude from TAPE Backstage chat to Theo Goodsmith and Kath Goody about mountain biking! First Aired on Bayside Radio in February 2023By TAPE

What is eco-therapy and forest-bathing? Charles talks to the Wellbeing Podcast about the Bangor Forest Garden. First Aired on Bayside Radio in January 2023By TAPE

A special episode recorded during TAF '22, TAPE's first Animation Festival! With special guest Marc Silk. First Aired: December 2022By TAPE

Another episode recorded during TAPE's first Animation Festival in the summer of 2022, with guest animators Kate Jessop and Linda McCarthy. First aired on Bayside Radio in December 2022.By TAPE

A chat about connecting music composition with our wellbeing. Hear a powerful story from Charlotte concerning bullying, musicals and the power of self-expression. WARNING: This episode contains sensitive subject matters some listeners may find distressing. First Aired: January 2023By TAPE

Does listening to music boost your wellbeing? Also, the power of thinking of others while making a playlist! First Aired: January 2023By TAPE

A light-hearted Christmassy chat starring TAPE Backstage! First Aired: December 2022By TAPE

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by the SoundStage! Network’s Joseph Taylor, Jason Thorpe, and Dennis Burger to discuss records and turntables, from the perspective of two old pros and one recent convert to the format. Sources: “A Vinyl-Apathist’s Quest for His Perfect First Turntable” by Dennis Burger: https://soundstageaccess.com/index.php/f…

Elliott takes us through the programme for TAPE's sixth Coastline Film Festival, 14-16 August 2024!By TAPE

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined once again by Simaudio product director Dominique Poupart and marketing director Étienne Gautier to discuss how making its products locally affects the quality of the components, their serviceable life, rolling changes to production, and adapting to tough times like global pandemics. Sources: North Collection: …

This week, host Jorden Guth continues his conversation with Dr. Floyd Toole, exploring the origins of the Athena project at Canada’s NRC, the reasons for and details of his move to Harman International, some of the most misunderstood aspects of his research, the origins of his legendary book Sound Reproduction: The Acoustics and Psychoacoustics of …

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by the loudspeaker legend himself, Dr. Floyd Toole, whose research at Canada’s National Research Council (NRC), followed by his tenure at Harman International, resulted in arguably more improvements to the fidelity of audio we hear at home than anything attributable to any one person. In this first of our two-p…

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Dr. Sean Olive, senior fellow at Harman International, to discuss his time at NRC with Dr. Floyd Toole, his move from there to Harman, the development of the Harman target curves for headphones and earphones, and his thoughts on the future of immersive audio and more. Sources: Dr. Sean Olive on 35 Years of “…

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by SoundStage’s Doug Schneider, Jason Thorpe, and Matt Bonaccio to discuss the biggest audio show in the world, what’s new, what’s different, and what were their favorite sights and sounds this time around. Sources: Coverage of High End 2024 - Munich, Germany: https://soundstageglobal.com/index.php/shows-events…

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by James Tanner, CEO of Bryston Ltd., to discuss the company’s origins in the medical industry, the design of its original amplifiers, how the company has evolved over time, and how he eventually joined forces with Axiom Audio’s Ian Colquhoun. Sources: “Canadian Hi-Fi Trilogy: Axiom Audio, Bryston, and Magnum D…

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by sound engineer, educator, and content developer Marcela Rada to discuss her obsession with sound, her personal history, how she became involved with the recording industry, and what’s different about mixing for immersive formats like Dolby Atmos. Sources: Marcela Rada: https://marcelarada.com/ “Audiophile At…

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Ian Colquhoun, founder of Axiom Audio and now also the owner of Bryston and Magnum Dynalab, to discuss the origins of the company, its connection with the National Research Council, his own relationship with Dr. Floyd Toole, and how the company’s speakers evolved after the legendary NRC research wound down. …

This week, host Jorden Guth continues his conversation with Dr. Peter Schuck, technical director at Paradigm Electronics Inc. The two cover the birth of Anthem Room Correction, the pros and cons of IIR and FIR filters, side quests, diversions, why flat in-room response isn’t actually the goal, and how ARC has evolved in response to market pressures…

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek tells host Carolyn Beeler about his first stop after having walked through the Middle East. On Cyprus, he found beaches with baking European tourists, a busy port city and a checkerboard of olive groves and yellow hay fields. But he also found the vestigial border line that divides the island's Greek and Tu…

Sudanese American Haneen Sidahmed is digitizing cassettes tapes of classic Sudanese songs dating back to the 1960s. In the process, she's created a music archive called Sudan Tapes Archive. Reporter Hana Baba, of station KALW and the podcast, "The Stoop," talked to Sidahmed about how her work has taken on new urgency amid war in Sudan.…

Antoine Carrier, a middle school teacher in Bordeaux, southwest France, stays up late many nights, pen in hand, crafting math rhymes. Online, tens of thousands of kids know him as A’Rieka, the rapping math teacher.By The World

Brazil is remembering the 1964 coup that began on March 31 that year. The event 60 years ago sunk Brazil into a brutal 21-yearlong dictatorship that would last until 1985. Today, the country is still grappling with the meaning and memory of what happened.By The World

This week, host Jorden Guth is joined by Dr. Peter Schuck, technical director at Paradigm Electronics Inc., to discuss his history in hi-fi, how he ended up at the NRC, how his work with Dr. Floyd Toole evolved into the pioneering Athena project, and exactly what sorts of tests he and others constructed and conducted to determine listener preferenc…

Jews around the world just celebrated the holiday of Purim, which is said to mark the survival of Jews in ancient Persia. In Israel, it is known for being a raucous holiday with parties, costumes, sweets and drinking. But for many Israelis, the war meant this year’s holiday felt different.By The World

University Art Gallery at San Diego State University has just unveiled an exhibit, "The Imaginary Amazon," featuring works by contemporary artists, many of them Indigenous inhabitants of the forest. The artists' intent is to address some of the stereotypical Western perspectives of the Amazon.By The World

Hello and thank you so much to everyone that has decide to sit down and watch the first ever arty bunch podcast episode! I hope you all enjoyed and found it entertaining huge thanks to Ophelia Talks also known as Anja for agreeing to be in this podcast. Anja is a crochet youtuber over on YouTube with unique and colourful work to check out more of h…

First of all I would like to thank Sarah Jayne also known as Bella Coco over on YouTube. Bella Coco is a crochet youtuber who offers a variety of tutorials as well as tips for new aspiring crocheters to check out her channel click here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQEzmjboJ_6-uG8-1j4coNw And of course, huge thanks to TAPE Community Music and Fi…

Hello again everyone, welcome back to the 3rd episode of the arty bunch podcast. I’m so grateful for all those young artists out there listening! I really appreciate every single one of you. And huge thanks to Noah Greenhalgh for agreeing to be part of this episode it was a blast! To find out more about Noah click here: https://www.artstation.com/n…

Lawmakers in Ghana recently passed a bill that could lead to a severe crackdown on LGBTQ activities that have many people worried. Ghana's president is under pressure domestically to sign the bill into law, but could face economic consequences if he does.By The World

March 18 marks the 10-year anniversary of a movement that changed Taiwanese politics for a generation. The Sunflower Movement saw hundreds of students occupy Taiwan’s Legislature — demanding that lawmakers reconsider a trade deal they were about to ratify with China.By The World

This week, host Jorden Guth continues his conversation with Paul Barton, founder of PSB Speakers. If you haven’t listened to season 3, episode 1 yet, do check that out first! In this second half of their conversation, the two discuss how the research at NRC contributed to the evolution of PSB speakers. Along the way, Paul gives the most cogent expl…

New York City is home to over 700 languages, but some will soon cease to exist. Is there still time to save them? The World’s Carolyn Beeler talks to linguist and author Ross Perlin about his new book, “Language City: The Fight to Preserve Endangered Mother Tongues in New York."By The World

‘Oppenheimer’ is expected to win big at the 2024 Academy Awards. But one point of controversy is that the director did not depict any images of the devastating aftermath of the dropping of the atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Getting those images out to the public was a longtime quest for Herbert Sussan, then a 24-year-old filmmaker who film…