A story that spans from the tiniest cells in your inner ear to a technology that changed the world and will shape our future. It takes us through all of recorded history, uncovering not only how we hear the world, but how biased that world is too. Maren tells Greg a tale of biophysics, Alexander Graham Bell, the future of brain implants, and how we can reframe our perceptions of language and sensory experience. Show notes, sources, and transcript can be found at https://linktr.ee/surprisinglybrilliant Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers