{"podcast":{"title":"Who Arted: Weekly Art History for All Ages","slug":"who-arted-weekly-art-history-for-all-ages-506807","podcast_index_feed_id":506807,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/ARML1644080429","website_url":"https://www.whoartedpodcast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/5c1ab758-b6b6-11ec-a9c4-4f68156b4087/image/1dae40fc25f0f38fbc5d6b6810be7cc1.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Kyle Wood","episode_count":778,"summary":"Who Arted is art history and art education for everyone. While most art history podcasts focus on the traditional \"fine art\" we see in museums around the world, Who ARTed celebrates art in all of its forms and in terms anyone can understand. Each episode tells the story of a different artist and artwork including the traditional big names like Leonardo da Vinci, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol along with lesser-known artists working in such diverse media as video game design, dance, the culinary arts, and more. Who Arted is written and produced by an art teacher with the goal of creating a classroom resource that makes art history fun and accessible to everyone. Whether you are cramming for your AP Art History exam, trying to learn a few facts so you can sound smart at fashionable dinner parties, or just looking to hear something with a more positive tone, we’ve got you covered with episodes every Monday and Friday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T14:21:36.544760+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/who-arted-weekly-art-history-for-all-ages-506807"},"episode":{"title":"Neil Harbisson | Cyborg Artist (encore)","slug":"neil-harbisson-cyborg-artist-encore","published_at":"2026-07-27T07:10:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/who-arted-weekly-art-history-for-all-ages-506807/neil-harbisson-cyborg-artist-encore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/who-arted-weekly-art-history-for-all-ages-506807","url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/211/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6841130248.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/211/tracking.swap.fm/track/YfZO4tERxneauNcW9Fgn/traffic.megaphone.fm/ARML6841130248.mp3","summary":"Neil Harbisson is a contemporary artist who hears colors. He deliberately chose to hear colors and to make that happen, he underwent surgery which has caused him to become the first person ever to be issued a government ID recognizing him as a cyborg. Harbisson has a condition known as achromatopsia. For him and others with complete achromatopsia, all three types of cones in the retina are nonfunctional. He sees using only his rods meaning there is no color in his vision. It is a relatively rare condition affecting only about one in every 30,000 people. The thing that is even more rare though is Harbisson’s management of the condition. First off, you might expect someone with this condition not to gravitate toward the arts, but while color is one of the elements of art, it is not required. Art is about human expression and creativity. Harbisson found a very creative means of enhancing his senses. Neil Harbisson has an antenna. Basically, there is a camera at the end of the antenna. A digital camera detects light and stores it as electrical signals. Inside the antenna, the colors are translated into sound. Different hues or colors are converted to different sound frequencies. It is actually attuned to even detect light that is invisible in the infrared and ultraviolet spectra. Related Episodes: ⁠Who ARTed | Wassily Kandinsky⁠ ⁠Art Smart | Photography I am taking some time off to rest over the summer. I will be putting encore presentations of previous episodes to make it easy for those who subscribe to the feed to discover or rediscover some great artists/works. I will be back with new episodes right around back to school season.  ⁠Listen Ad-Free on Patreon. ⁠ For just $3 per month, you can get ad-free versions of Fun Facts Daily, Who ARTed and Art Smart. Head…","meta_description":"Neil Harbisson is a contemporary artist who hears colors. He deliberately chose to hear colors and to make that happen, he underwent surgery which has cau…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":546,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/who-arted-weekly-art-history-for-all-ages-506807/episodes/neil-harbisson-cyborg-artist-encore/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/who-arted-weekly-art-history-for-all-ages-506807/neil-harbisson-cyborg-artist-encore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}