The Story Behind Binaural Beats - Cory Allen - #254

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
Hello, friends. Welcome back. Can you hear that lovely, warm, Shure SM7B microphone sound? I may be sad to be back from Dubai because it is absolutely fucking freezing in the UK, but I'm finally back with my proper setup. It was lovely being away, but yeah, I have missed the glorious warm tones of this beautiful microphone. Anyway, on to today's episode. I'm speaking to Cory Allen, who was episode like 12 or something on the show. He's a meditation expert, but I got him on today to talk about binaural beats. You may have seen this term touted around the internet. It's a specific type of music sound that you listen to, which is proclaimed to assist with focus, with relaxation, with meditating, with going to sleep, a whole bunch of different things. And Cory makes some of the coolest binaural beats that I've ever heard. So I thought, come on, explain to us what they are. And we've done a super special edit on this episode, and he's actually spliced some of the songs that we're talking about. So you'll actually get to hear binaural beats throughout this episode. I'm not sure if I need to give a warning. I don't know how effective a 30 second sample of binaural beats will be at putting someone to sleep. But if you are tired and driving on the motorway and it's late at night, maybe pick something else that isn't one with music designed to make you relax thrown in part way through. Longer term, I would certainly be very, very interested in doing more stuff like this. I have a ton of exciting ideas of how I can deliver a podcast in a unique and novel way. And this is just the first of that. Sadly, I'm not an audio engineer, as you may be able to hear from some of the errors that inevitably creep through as these episodes go out.
I do all of the edits myself, but the show is getting to this stage where hopefully I'll be able to employ an audio engineer who will be able to come in and do all sorts of different things, splicing in interviews, original footage, original sound, recordings from vlogs and other bits that I've taken as a part of life, I suppose, or from media on the wider internet. So yeah, let me know what you think about this. I think it could be pretty cool to try and do more things like this. And I just like playing around with the medium of podcasts, other other news, the next month, I know I keep going on about it, but the next month is just so good. Rory Sutherland is coming this Monday. He genuinely is one of the best guests on the internet. So get ready for that one. Nims Perja, MBE, talking about his ridiculous mountain climbing he's been doing recently. Dyrin, Mr. Dyrin himself is also coming on after our trip out to Dubai. Yeah, it's a packed, packed month in other news. This episode of the show is brought to you by Woven. If you're listening today because you think I want Binaural Beats to make me focus more, then perhaps you need to sort your calendar out as well. Woven is the all-in-one calendar solution. It syncs all your calendars in one place and upgrades them with powerful scheduling tools, share your availability directly from your calendar, rapidly build your day with smart templates or tag every event and automatically see how you spend your week with analytics. Woven puts you back in control of your schedule and helps you to spend time on what matters most. If you haven't sorted out the way that you time block your days, if you feel like you're always working but never getting anything done, like you're bouncing from meeting to task to urgent email that you need to reply to, Woven will assist. Woven connects with Google G Suite and Office 365, plus the app is available on Mac, Windows and iOS. So you can always optimise your time no matter where you are. If you've been struggling with your schedule in 2020, then Woven is the solution for you. And Modern Wisdom listeners are getting free access to Woven for 21 days. Simply head to bit.ly slash Woven Wisdom, or there is a link in the show notes below that you can follow, bit.ly slash Woven Wisdom, and you can try it out for free. No obligations. Go and see if it is the answer to your scheduling and calendar problems. The most powerful scheduling and calendar app on the planet. Woven bit.ly slash Woven Wisdom. But for now, it's time for the wise and wonderful Cory Allen.