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Introducing Sound Detectives from LeVar Burton
Join LeVar Burton in 'Sound Detectives,' a comedic adventure where sounds mysteriously vanish, and it's up to Detective Hunch and his quirky sidekick, Audie the Ear, to track them down....
Introducing Sound Detectives from LeVar Burton
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Hi, it's Lovar Burton and I've got a brand new podcast called Sound Detectives.
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It's a fun-filled comedy adventure about the magic and mystery of sound.
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In this world, sounds have mysteriously gone missing, followed detective hunch and his
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sidekick Audie the Ear as they track them down and find the nefarious sound swinder.
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All with a little help from me, Lovar Burton.
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Would you like to hear a clip?
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Thought you'd never ask.
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It started off like any other day.
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The birds were chirping.
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The wind was whistling and the ticked talk of the clock in my office was tick-talking.
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I fed my pet gerbil.
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I sat back in my old creaky chair and then suddenly...
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Silence!
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I got up, but my creaky chair wasn't creaking.
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My gerbil stopped squeaking and as I came to discover, it wasn't just my office.
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Sounds had gone missing everywhere.
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This was the beginning of the greatest case of my career.
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Wait, wait, wait.
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Let me back up.
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Hunch is the name.
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You can call me Detective Hunch.
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I'm a private eye.
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I look.
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I inspect.
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I investigate.
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And I've cracked some of the hardest cases in the game.
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If you hear a bump in the night, it's me you call.
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Empty ice cream carton.
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I'll find out who done it.
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Case of the missing sock.
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I'm the person for the job.
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When the sounds went missing, at first I didn't think much of it.
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I thought maybe I was just imagining things.
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But when my toaster oven didn't ding and I burnt my toaster...
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Well, that it was personal.
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I love my toaster.
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Don't we all?
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I flipped on the TV and luckily the sound on that still worked.
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When got some breaking news, sounds are disappearing across the country.
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We've received reports that farmers are watching cows open their mouths,
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but they aren't hearing the mues.
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Cow mues have disappeared.
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Okay, and I'm being told now, car horns won't honk.
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Jerbils aren't squeaking and many musical instruments have gone silent.
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Soon the news was sharing reports from around the world.
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This just in panic erupts as lavatory patrons jiggle toilet handles.
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Realizing they cannot hear them flush.
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Who's responsible?
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Well, they're calling this person the sound swindler.
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The sound swindler.
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The Miwa sound swindler.
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Jamaban el sospechoso, it sounds swindler.
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So now we had a mystery and a world thrown into chaos.
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Who was this villain, this sound swindler?
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The phone rang.
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This is Hunch.
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Detective Hunch, your reputation precedes you.
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Thank you and you are.
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Lavaar, Lavaar Burton, I take it you've heard the news.
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Sounds have gone missing.
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Yes, I've been monitoring the situation.
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I come to you with a plea for help, Detective.
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In two months time, I'll be unveiling my latest endeavor,
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the first of its kind, an immersive auditory experience, a feast for the ears,
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a museum, a sound.
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You get where I'm going with this, don't you?
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Sure, sure.
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How can there be a museum of sound if there aren't any sounds?
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Exactly.
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You've had a long, storied career detective, decorated and honored in six countries.
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Seven, but who's counting?
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Well, I'm counting on you, Detective.
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I've sunk every last penny into the museum of sound.
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It's my love letter to the people, places, and things that make up our collective story.
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So it's absolutely crucial that these sounds are restored.
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And it's not just my museum that's at stake.
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Imagine a world without the swift rip of wrapping paper
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as you tear open a gift.
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The sizzle of bacon as it meets a hot pan,
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or the delicate mu of a tiny kitten.
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Oh no.
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These are the sounds that make up our world detective.
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I need them returned, and I need you to take the case.
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Every detective in the world is going to want to take this case to try and find these missing sounds
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and stop the sound swindler.
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Why me?
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Those other detectives don't have your intuition and not for problem solving.
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You're the best there is.
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You flatter me, Lavar.
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But in order those other detectives have the resources I can offer?
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Resources?
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You've got my attention.
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On your desk there is a box containing several of the missing sounds.
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Wait, how?
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How did you get a box into my office?
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And also, how do you get sounds in a box?
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Well, let's just say it's far easier to find the missing sounds than it is to return them.
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Now wait a minute, how do you return a sound?
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Well, that's where you come in.
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Okay.
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I gave the sounds in the box a listen, but I can't make out what they are.
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I need your top notch detective skills to identify the sounds,
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figure out where they came from, and to return them to their rightful owners.
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What do you say, Hunch?
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Aren't you in?
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Well, I'm not out.
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Thank you for taking the case.
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Oh, one last thing.
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I'm sending along my most trusted companion to assist you.
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I actually prefer to work alone.
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You see, I'm kind of solitary, like a tortoise or like a whale shark.
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I don't normally travel in a group, you see.
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It's usually just me.
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I'm kind of like a lone wolf, which is the opposite of a regular wolf.
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She should be there any minute.
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I'm sorry, I've got to get the door.
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Could you just hang on for a second?
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No need.
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That will be odd.
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She'll explain the rest.
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Speak with you again soon.
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I'm sorry, who is Oddie?
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I'm coming.
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I'm coming.
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Just a little bit.
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Hello, there's no one here.
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Oh, down here.
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Oh, Mike.
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Hi.
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Hi, Detective.
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Someone left this here.
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Oh, no, it's me, Oddie.
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I'm an Eir.
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Any Eir?
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Oh, um, okay.
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Hello, a human ear.
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Yeah, I mean, you're a private eye, aren't you?
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I thought you'd be used to this kind of thing.
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Okay, let's not joke.
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Private eye is a figure of speech, and you are a literal human ear.
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Yep, a three foot, five inch tall walking, talking, human ear.
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And you're talking.
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I'm talking arms and legs.
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Mm-hmm.
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Okay, fascinating.
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Okay, I've got a few questions.
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And you probably have a few questions yourself about how hunch and oddie
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are going to return these mystery sounds and save the world from silence.
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So, to hear more, listen to Sound Detectives on Sirius XM, Pandora, or wherever.
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You get your podcasts, and don't forget to follow the show so you never miss an episode.
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Sound good to you?
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Sounds great to me.