{"podcast":{"title":"The Sound Around Us!","slug":"the-sound-around-us-5981081","podcast_index_feed_id":5981081,"rss_url":"https://media.rss.com/e-music/feed.xml","website_url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/e-music","image_url":"https://media.rss.com/e-music/20230120_110115_65b785c75a777379695a8c6858d37fb1.jpg","author":"E-Music","episode_count":2032,"summary":"\"Sound Around Us\" is a podcast that explores the various sounds in our environment and the impact they have on our daily lives. From the chirping of birds in a park to the hum of traffic on a busy street, the podcast delves into \"The Sound Around Us\", where the pun was most definitely intended! The program includes distinctive sounds from all around the world with a focus on allowing listeners to feel new emotions just by listening. The podcast seeks to increase listeners' awareness of how important sound is in creating our environment and to inspire people to pay closer attention to the noises they are surrounded by. Overall, music plays a huge role in our lives! Everywhere we turn, from the contemporary world to mother nature herself, we see it. Watch this space for weekly updates!","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T06:19:31.096889+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081"},"episode":{"title":"The World Built to Stay Cold | Refrigeration, Climate Control & The Engineering of Cooling","slug":"the-world-built-to-stay-cold-refrigeration-climate-control-the-engineering-of-cooling","published_at":"2026-06-12T15:39:20+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081/the-world-built-to-stay-cold-refrigeration-climate-control-the-engineering-of-cooling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081","url":"https://rss.com/podcasts/e-music/2907864","audio_url":"https://pdcn.co/e/content.rss.com/episodes/182253/2907864/e-music/2026_06_11_15_23_19_15a2a4f1-68bc-45a5-9542-e0bc3ae4d481.mp3","summary":"Modern life depends on something most people rarely think about: keeping things cold. From refrigerators and air conditioning systems to massive industrial freezers, cold storage warehouses, food distribution networks, medical preservation, and climate-controlled buildings, entire industries exist to fight heat and slow down time through temperature control. In this episode, we explore how humanity built a global system designed around cooling—reshaping food, medicine, transportation, and even where and how people live. This episode dives into thermodynamics, mechanical engineering, refrigeration cycles, HVAC systems, materials science, food logistics, chemical engineering, energy systems, and the infrastructure behind cold-chain storage. We also explore how refrigeration changed global trade, extended food shelf life, enabled modern medicine, and made hot climates more livable through air conditioning. If you enjoy engineering discussions, technology, infrastructure, and the hidden systems shaping modern life, this episode is for you. Start your own podcast today with RSS: https://rss.com/?via=71219c 🛒 Zivolife - Exclusive patented superfood! 💰 Get 30% OFF | Promo Code: SOUND https://promocode.to/zivolife/sound-j81 🛒 LiQure - Gummies that help prevent hangovers 💰 Get 20% OFF | Promo Code: SOUND https://promocode.to/liqure/sound-52k 🛒 Strong Coffee Company - Protein Coffee 💰 Get 20% OFF | Promo Code: SOUND https://promocode.to/strong-coffee-company/sound-txm #Engineering #Refrigeration #HVAC #ClimateControl #ColdChain #EngineeringPodcast #Thermodynamics #Technology #EngineeringInsights #ModernEngineering #STEM #FoodSystems #Infrastructure #Innovation #EngineeringExplained","meta_description":"Modern life depends on something most people rarely think about: keeping things cold. From refrigerators and air conditioning systems to massive industria…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2927,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-sound-around-us-5981081/episodes/the-world-built-to-stay-cold-refrigeration-climate-control-the-engineering-of-cooling/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-sound-around-us-5981081/the-world-built-to-stay-cold-refrigeration-climate-control-the-engineering-of-cooling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}