ABOUT THE POD
Synesthesia.
The music you listen to, art you hang on your wall—even the food you eat has been influenced by synesthesia. It has been touched or created by people who listen to a cello and see cobalt blue, picture the number two as a precocious young boy, or envision the year as having a specific shape.
Synesthesia is all around us—in Disney movies, in Pulitzer-prize winning literature, in the development of new technologies, and more.
But synesthesia can also be deeply personal: something that colors (literally) your day, your work, and the music you like. Many people have synesthesia without even realizing it. They know their distaste for the number 9, their affinity for Saturdays, and their rose gold nature seem odd to their friends. But these are integral aspects of synesthetes’ character and mind, attributes that are at once unique and shared by millions of other people around the world.
So how does synesthesia work? How does it impact the way we think, work, and create? Why do some people have synesthesia, while others do not?
In this podcast, Gracy and Christine unpack synesthesia, sharing both its challenges and its joys. They interview people who have leveraged their synesthesia to build remarkable and successful careers, and consider the various ways synesthesia influences our world. By making these connections, they help foster a community of people who experience the world in creative, unexpected ways.
SynPod will provide a platform for people with synesthesia to connect with each other and with their particular strengths—but the podcast is not just for people who have synesthesia. It’s for people who like to imagine in out-of-the-box ways, and who enjoy the wonder and mystery of the human brain.
Perhaps you have always wondered why you connect sound with color. Perhaps you have a spouse with misophonia and you just don't get why your chewing drives them insane. Regardless, there is something for you in this podcast.