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The Deep End explores the science that changes lives. In Season 2, discover how our voices shape who we are — and what happens when we lose them. In Season 1, meet people testing brain implants for depression. Each season will change how you think about the brain — and maybe yourself.
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- Who owns your voice after you die? · 26 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 5Your voice can now be cloned — and used without you. The same AI that can give a voice back to someone who has lost it can also separate a voice from the person it belongs to…
- What’s it like to speak with your brain? · 34 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 4Casey thinks of a sentence. A computer says it out loud, in a voice that sounds like his. Brain implants are beginning to turn thoughts into speech, bringing scientists closer to…
- Could an AI voice give someone a reason to keep living? · 27 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 3Jules lost his voice. Then AI gave it back. Voice-cloning technology can now recreate voices for people who can no longer speak — raising a remarkable possibility: How much of a…
- The decision that could silence him for good · 27 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 2Jules is losing his ability to talk. Now he faces a decision that could silence his natural voice for good. A voice carries more than words — emotion, identity, even a smile. As…
- What happens when you lose your voice? · 20 min · Seizoen 2 Aflevering 1Jules Rodriguez has always had a lot to say — as a dad, podcaster and stand-up comedian. As ALS takes away his ability to speak, we discover why voices are so deeply tied to who…
- Season 2 Trailer: Talk to Me · 2 min · Seizoen 2What if you lost your voice? Today, AI can recreate it, and brain implants can turn your thoughts into speech. This season of The Deep End: Talk to Me follows the people living…
- Life after deep brain stimulation · 40 minJon Nelson shares how he’s doing these days, now that his depression is gone.
- Their depression is gone. Now what? · 24 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 6Several years after surgery, Jon and others have found relief. Here’s a look at what’s next for them and what’s next for deep brain stimulation research.
- A 'no casserole' disease · 23 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 5Jon details the intense stigma, shame and judgement that comes with depression and its treatments. Is there something different about changing our brains versus other body parts?
- Living with brain electrodes · 26 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 4After surgery, Jon went through some big transformations. But his relief came with trade-offs.
- The void is gone · 24 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 3Jon Nelson wasn’t scared of brain surgery. His worry about the procedure was the same amount of worry he had about getting his teeth cleaned — none. What happened next was surreal.
- ‘It felt like dread’ · 25 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 2Jon Nelson explains what it’s like to live with severe depression, and listeners hear the backstory of an experimental treatment involving brain implants.
- Meet Jon Nelson · 23 min · Seizoen 1 Aflevering 1Hear why he volunteered to get brain implants for his relentless depression.
- The Deep End Trailer · 3 min · Seizoen 1Brain implants for depression: It sounds like science fiction but it’s real. The Deep End, a new podcast from Science News, will give you a glimpse of what it’s like to live with…
