Sep 29, 2026 · 16 min · 9 segments
Tom and Mackenzie want to know, how do our ears work? And Harry asks, how are sounds made and how does it get to our ears? Nij and the kids are rocking out at band practice and it’s getting pretty…
Ah, a few of you have been curious about that.
My name is Tom.
I am four years old.
My question is, how do our ears work? Hi, I'm Harry and I'm four years old.
I would like to know how a sound made and how does it get to our ears? Hi, my name is Mackenzie and I'm four years old and I'd like to know how the ears work.
Any ideas? It travels.
Time
travels.
The senses of our body put a signal into our
brain to tell us that there's noise here.
It falls into our head from a very high cliff.
I really don't know, but I know someone who does.
Dr Viji Ishwar.
She's a scientist and an audiologist.
That's the type of doctor who knows all about ears and how they hear sounds.
That's her now.
Ah, a few of you have been curious about that.
My name is Tom.
I am four years old.
My question is, how do our ears work? Hi, I'm Harry and I'm four years old.
I would like to know how a sound made and how does it get to our ears? Hi, my name is Mackenzie and I'm four years old and I'd like to know how the ears work.
Any ideas? It travels.
Time
travels.
The senses of our body put a signal into our
brain to tell us that there's noise here.
It falls into our head from a very high cliff.
I really don't know, but I know someone who does.
Dr Viji Ishwar.
She's a scientist and an audiologist.
That's the type of doctor who knows all about ears and how they hear sounds.
That's her now.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.
