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A door creaks, footsteps echo, someone's breathing - and we are terrified. But why? Sean Street investigates the psychology of fear, so potently sensitive to sound. Talking to musicians, writers, film-makers, neuro-scientists and sound researchers, he investigates how sounds trigger fear. He discovers the importance of context, asks whether sound and fear are culturally specific and hears how scary sounds are created. He also experiences what might be the most frightening sound of all - absolute silence.

We all have our own philosophy about life and things that we believe in and topics that we like to discuss. This podcast is about that for me. This is where I am going to talk about things in life that interest me, things that I want to learn more about, things that I think are worth discussing and in general, things that I hope you will find interesting and thought-provoking. I am Sean Street - Life Coach, Hypnotist, Mentor and Trainer - your host and long-distance friend and it is my hope that each week, we will find something current and noteworthy to talk about. Welcome!

For generations, we've been told that "Real Men Don't Cry". I've called my movement The UnReal Man. My aim with this movement and this podcast is to challenge the societal belief that in order to be considered a "Real" man, men need to be cold, hard, emotionless robots who just get things done. If men open up and admit to having a problem, they are often called a "baby" or simply told "don't worry about it mate - everything will be ok". They are often afraid to admit to having any problems, because it makes them somehow weak or less of a man to be struggling. This is the belief process that I ...