
I Like The Sound
Frank Burton
I Like The Sound is a podcast about the sound of things. It’s a work of creative non-fiction, incorporating interviews, stories, poems, jokes, songs, audio experiments and all kinds of wonderful sounds.
Check out https://www.frankburton.co.uk/.
Connect on Twitter and Instagram @ragbagpresents
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Introducing Frank And Claude Are Following You
I Like The Sound
03/27/23 • 3 min
Introducing a brand new podcast: Frank And Claude Are Following You. Subscribe to it now: https://shows.acast.com/frank-and-claude-are-following
Frank And Claude Are Following You is a big-hearted audio sitcom about two men and their obsessive pursuit of life’s minor mysteries. In the midst of a midlife crisis, author and podcaster Frank Burton has decided to record all of his conversations with his recently-retired uncle, Claude. The result is a hilarious and unique series of low-stakes adventures, from lost keys and misplaced sheep to a four thousand mile trek to a burger restaurant. It’s a story about an unlikely friendship, and an exploration of the minutia of modern living. Weird character comedy at its best.
This is a work of fiction. Honest.
Written and performed by Frank Burton.
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Frank And Claude Are Following You Episode 1: The Orange Peel
I Like The Sound
03/27/23 • 32 min
Showcasing Episode 1 of our brand new podcast sitcom, Frank And Claude Are Following You. To hear the rest of the series, make sure to subscribe or whatever: https://shows.acast.com/frank-and-claude-are-following/
https://shows.acast.com/frank-and-claude-are-following/
Frank And Claude Are Following You is a big-hearted audio sitcom about two men and their obsessive pursuit of life’s minor mysteries. In the midst of a midlife crisis, author and podcaster Frank Burton has decided to record all of his conversations with his recently-retired uncle, Claude. The result is a hilarious and unique series of low-stakes adventures, from lost keys and misplaced sheep to a four thousand mile trek to a burger restaurant. It’s a story about an unlikely friendship, and an exploration of the minutia of modern living. Weird character comedy at its best.
This is a work of fiction. Honest.
Written and performed by Frank Burton.
Episode 1: The Orange Peel
Frank and Claude’s discovery of a discarded orange peel kick-starts an investigation that changes the course of their lives – or, at least, the course of their afternoon.
More information: http://frankburton.co.uk
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11/14/20 • 0 min
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Voice Box, Purr and The Glass Harp
I Like The Sound
01/11/21 • 19 min
This week, we find out why cats make those noises, learn how to make a glass harp, and hear some early experiments in voice distortion.
We also hear what maverick musician Thomas Truax likes the sound of.
More from Thomas Truax here: https://www.thomastruax.com/
Source material:
Glass harp: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass_harp
A Toast To Christmas with the Singing Glasses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkjcjfirKlU&list=OLAK5uy_lDFHNHLvjJ4L7TV9E-a8DBiwMLhG-zKx4
Cats:
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/zoology/item/why-and-how-do-cats-purr/
https://www.loc.gov/everyday-mysteries/zoology/item/how-do-cats-communicate-with-each-other/
Talk Box:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_box
Music by Lee Rosevere: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk/ (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Twitter & Instagram: @ragbagpresents
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A Walk By The River
I Like The Sound
06/07/21 • 31 min
Join Frank for a walk along the river, exploring various sounds along the way. Listen out for the steam train.
Source material:
Trevor Cox, Sonic Wonderland: A Scientific Odyssey of Sound: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sonic-Wonderland-Scientific-Odyssey-Sound/dp/0099572400/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=trevor+cox&qid=1622838815&sr=8-1
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Twitter & Instagram: @ragbagpresents
Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131
Frank’s brand new novel, Getting Away With It, is out now:
Paperback: https://tinyurl.com/4dm8bak2
Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/1oq9zgba
Audiobook: https://tinyurl.com/1a1cr4wi
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Words
I Like The Sound
04/27/21 • 30 min
Frank explores the sound of words, with Neo Geo, Reg Seeton, Mike Burton, Reid Messerschmidt, Suzie Buttress and Chris Christodoulou.
Check out all of this week’s guests here:
Chris Christodoulou: https://www.chrischristodoulou.com/
Neo Geo: https://neogeo.bandcamp.com/
Check out Reg’s podcast, Starting Overdrive: https://www.startingoverdrive.com/
Here’s Suzy’s podcast, The Casual Birder: https://casualbirder.com/
Reid’s podcast, The Irrationally Exuberant, is here: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-irrationally-exuberant/id1289105880
Here’s Mike’s podcast, Genuine Chit Chat: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/genuine-chit-chat/id1280472886
And here’s Mike’s other show, Comics in Canon: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/comics-in-motion/id1350425403
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Twitter & Instagram: @ragbagpresents
Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131
Frank’s brand new novel, Getting Away With It, is out now:
Paperback: https://tinyurl.com/4dm8bak2
Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/1oq9zgba
Audiobook: https://tinyurl.com/1a1cr4wi
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The Rhythm Of Things
I Like The Sound
04/12/21 • 22 min
This week we explore the rhythm of things in the company of Chris Christodoulou, Neo Geo, John Bartmann, David Ivar from Herman Dune, Georgia Train, and Cullah.
Check out our contributors’ music here:
Chris Christodoulou: https://www.chrischristodoulou.com/
Neo Geo: https://neogeo.bandcamp.com/
John Bartmann: https://johnbartmann.com/
Herman Dune: https://hermandune.net/
Cullah: https://www.cullah.com/
Georgia Train: http://georgiatrain.bandcamp.com
This episode features the track Orientation by Birocratic. More of Birocratic’s music here: http://birocratic.lnk.to/thisis
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Twitter & Instagram: @ragbagpresents
Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131
Frank’s brand new novel, Getting Away With It, is out now:
Paperback: https://tinyurl.com/4dm8bak2
Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/1oq9zgba
Audiobook: https://tinyurl.com/1a1cr4wi
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Birds & Dinosaurs
I Like The Sound
03/08/21 • 23 min
This week, we discover how the study of birds has helped to determine what dinosaurs sounded like, and hear about the innovative sound design that went into creating the dinosaur noises in the film Jurassic Park.
We hear briefly from regular contributors Neo Geo, Georgia Train, Suzy Buttress and Manda Rin, talking about birds. Check out our contributors other stuff here:
The Casual Birder Podcast: https://casualbirder.com/
Neo Geo: https://neogeo.bandcamp.com/
Bis: http://bisnation.com
Georgia Train: http://georgiatrain.bandcamp.com
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Twitter & Instagram: @ragbagpresents
Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131
Frank’s brand new novel, Getting Away With It, is out now:
Paperback: https://tinyurl.com/4dm8bak2
Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/1oq9zgba
Audiobook: https://tinyurl.com/1a1cr4wi
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Crunch, Squawk & Crazy Frog
I Like The Sound
11/23/20 • 23 min
Welcome to the first ever I Like The Sound podcast, written, presented and produced by Frank Burton.
In this episode, we learn about the importance of sound in food, the meaning of ‘glossolalia’ and the origins of the Crazy Frog noise.
Manda Rin from Bis tells us about how much she enjoys hearing seagulls. Sheetal Singh, AKA Forest Bees, talks about how her children respond to sounds that they like.
Check out Bis here: https://bisnation.com/
Forest Bees on Bandcamp: https://forestbees.bandcamp.com/album/forest-bees
Source material for this week’s episode:
Charles Spence, Eating with our ears: Assessing the importance of the sounds of consumption to our perception and enjoyment of multisensory flavour experiences: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/278716173_Eating_with_our_ears_Assessing_the_importance_of_the_sounds_of_consumption_to_our_perception_and_enjoyment_of_multisensory_flavour_experiences
Christian Bök on Ubuweb: http://ubu-mirror.ch/sound/bok.html
Adriano Celentano – Prisencolinensinainciusol: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VsmF9m_Nt8
Glosollalia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaking_in_tongues
Crazy Frog: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crazy_Frog
Music by Lee Rosevere: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk/ (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131
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Echo, Space Invaders & The Big Bang
I Like The Sound
11/30/20 • 27 min
This week, we hear what The Big Bang sounded like, investigate the world’s greatest echo chambers, and consider the impact Space Invaders had on video game music.
We hear from musicians Kathy Lowe and Martin Austwick (AKA Pale Bird) about their experiences of using different types of reverb.
Kathy’s website: https://www.kathylowemusic.com/
Pale Bird: https://palebird.bandcamp.com/
Source material for this week’s episode:
Small Gods by Terry Pratchett: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Small_Gods
World’s Longest Duration Echo: https://phys.org/news/2014-01-world-longest-duration-echo-man-made.html
The Sound Of The Big Bang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpchtF6KnMg
Sonic Wonderland: https://soundcloud.com/sonicwonderland/sonic-wonderland-worlds
I Am Sitting In A Room by Alvin Lucier: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Sitting_in_a_Room
The World’s Weirdest Echos And Where To Hear Them: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/worlds-weirdest-echoes-where-hear-them-180963307/
Andrew Schartmann - Maestro Mario: How Nintendo Transformed Videogame Music into an Art (Thought Catalog, 2013): https://www.amazon.co.uk/Maestro-Mario-Nintendo-Transformed-Videogame/dp/B00M3AJJWA
Space Invaders: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Invaders
Music by Lee Rosevere: https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/
Further details about Frank Burton:
Frank’s website: https://www.frankburton.co.uk/ (Visit for more details about Frank’s books, A History of Sarcasm, One Hundred, and Everything I Am, plus the video series The Ragbag Rambler.)
Ragbag podcast: https://shows.acast.com/5b93ef1248d0840933a8f131
Frank’s email: [email protected]
Twitter & Instagram: @ragbagpresents
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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How many episodes does I Like The Sound have?
I Like The Sound currently has 43 episodes available.
What topics does I Like The Sound cover?
The podcast is about Poetry, Sound, Music, Podcasts, Education, Science and Arts.
What is the most popular episode on I Like The Sound?
The episode title 'Music And Things' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on I Like The Sound?
The average episode length on I Like The Sound is 23 minutes.
How often are episodes of I Like The Sound released?
Episodes of I Like The Sound are typically released every 7 days, 3 hours.
When was the first episode of I Like The Sound?
The first episode of I Like The Sound was released on Nov 14, 2020.
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