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504- Bleep!

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08/23/22 • 31 min

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There's a particular one-kilohertz tone that is universally understood to be covering up inappropriate words on radio and TV. But there are other options, too, like silence -- so why did this particular *bleep* sound become ubiquitous?

Bleep!

08/23/22 • 31 min

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