In this week's episode, Matthew Ferrandino discusses the idea of sonic identity as a cultural construct and how imitation plays a role in our critical listening skills. This episode was produced by Megan Lyons. SMT Pod's theme music was written by Zhangcheng Lu with closing music by David Voss. This episode features original compositions by Ljudevit Lausin, Nate Crowe, and Jared Thiede. For supplementary materials on this episode and more information on our authors and composers, check out our website: https://smt-pod.org/episodes/season01/.