The set list from Talia Augustidis’s event for In The Dark, where she played some of the sounds that make her laugh.

Two Little Girls Explain the Worst Haircut Ever (2012)

Produced by Jeff Cohen and released on PRX. It went viral and subsequently became a children’s book!

Mrs Cleese (1979)

A radio advert made by John Cleese.

This Gun That I Have in My Right Hand is Loaded (c. 1960)

A satirical radio play written by Timothy West. Adapted by H. and Cynthia Old Hardwick Box. Performed by John Pullen, Elizabeth Proud, Malcolm Hayes, Diana Olsson and Dorit Welles.

The Superchat (2014)

A couple months ago, a friend handed Julia a scrap of paper with a phone number on it. One night, bored and maybe a little tipsy, she called it up. This is who she met.

Produced by Julia DeWitt and Nick Van der Kolk for Love + Radio. Featuring Julia DeWitt and Pat Mesiti-Miller.

Meeting Karen (2016, unpublished)

Sometimes as audio producers we have funny interactions with people. Ultimately it’s a pretty strange job, dropping into a stranger’s life and asking them these personal, intimate questions, and expecting them to open up.

In 2016 the producer Nanna Hauge Kristensen had just recovered from cancer, but the recovery ended up causing the breakdown of her marriage. She moved out of the home she shared with her son’s father and felt a lot of guilt. So she wanted to find someone who had experienced something similar, and she was directed to Karen, who had a similar story. But, Nanna says: “Karen was not willing to share that story”.

The piece is in Danish with English subtitles. It has never been published anywhere for Karen’s privacy, so we will not be sharing a link.

The Inspired (2024)

In his series Laughing Tonalities, French sound artist Stéphane Borrel recorded three hundred participants naturally laughing and made them into 14 sound pieces, including “The Inspired”.

Ask Marty Time (2014)

The Cincenatti Reds’ baseball team has a regular segment called “Ask Marty!”, in which listeners get to ask a question to the legendary sports commentator Marty Brennaman — while he is commentating. Things like: what’s your favorite movie? Who’s your favourite player? Or… what’s your biggest fear?

Suggested by Chris Berube. Marty Brennaman interviewed by Jeff Brantley for WLW.

The Earliest Recording of the Human Voice (2008)

Charlotte Green has a giggle while announcing the headlines on BBC Radio 4.

Pot-8-Toes (c. 1990)

Billy Butler and Wally Scotts 1990s BBC Radio Merseyside quiz show “Hold your Plums” quizzed common sense (or lack thereof).

For You, Anything (2024)

How far will you go for those you love?

From Mind Your Own. Produced by David Exumé, hosted by Lupita N’yong’o, with assistance from Fiona Nyong’o. Original score by Clay Xavier. Featuring Kitt Nyang’aya-Kiarie, Tawi Nyang’aya and Mich Nyang’aya and Fiona.

Surprise at My Dissertation Defense (2024)

Marissa sees more of her mother than she’d like at her dissertation defence.

Story by Marissa from The Moth.

“Don’t I Know You?” (2003)

Contributor Starlee Kine talks to actor Tate Donovan about the day he felt he was being exactly the kind of celebrity he’d wanted to be: when suddenly, he was approached by a kid with a camera.

Produced by Starlee Kine for This American Life.

Could I Have My Leg Back Please? (1999)

An awkward encounter in a parking lot.

Produced by Jay Allison and Viki Merrick for WCAI’s Sonic IDs

Balache (2024)

A messaging miscommunication.

By Venitia for Joe Bloom’s A View from a Bridge.