Best Deep Convection Podcasts (2025)

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The Sumner Files, Episode Six: Cynthia Sobel 1:05:41

2d ago1:05:41

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Cynthia Sobel, born Cynthia Schoenwetter, is Adam’s mother, and Sumner’s sister. So she knew Sumner from the very beginning of his life to the end, and there’s no one else alive who remembers the things about him that she does. She talks at length about their parents, Charles and Sylvia Schoenwetter, and their childhoods in Elmhurst, Queens — essen…

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The Sumner Files, Episode Five: Arto Lindsay 54:17

16d ago54:17

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As the front man in DNA, Arto Lindsay was one of the core No Wave figures from the start, and he and Sumner were good friends from the mid-1970s, when Arto arrived in NYC (along with Mark Cunningham and Connie Burg, from Eckerd College in Florida), into the 1980s and beyond. Arto played on Sumner’s opera record John Gavanti, and in the early 1980s …

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The Sumner Files, Episode Four: David Reed 1:13:34

1M ago1:13:34

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In this episode of the Sumner Files, Adam talks with painter David Reed. David’s paintings have been shown in galleries and museums in the US and Europe from the 1970s to the present, in venues including the Guggenheim, Gagosian New York and Basel, Neues Museum Nürnberg, Häusler Contemporary, Zurich, and most recently at Galerie Nathalie Obadia in …

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The Sumner Files, Episode Three: Lydia Lunch 32:59

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In this episode of the Sumner Files, Adam talks with Lydia Lunch! Lydia is a singer, poet, writer, actress, and self-empowerment speaker. She got her start as the leader, singer and guitarist of Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, one of the four bands to appear on the compilation No New York, and moved on from there to a long career in which she’s manage…

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The Sumner Files, Episode Two: Julia Gorton 1:22:05

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In this episode of the Sumner Files, Adam talks with photographer and graphic designer Julia Gorton about her experiences in downtown Manhattan in the 1970s, and they share memories of Sumner. With Rick Brown, Julia produced the fanzine Beat It in the late 1970s, and that got her into shows free so that she could photograph people at CBGBs and Max’…

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The Sumner Files, Episode One: Mark Cunningham 1:20:42

2M ago1:20:42

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In this first proper episode of the Sumner Files, Adam talks with Mark Cunningham, the bass player in Mars and one of two surviving members of the band. Mark also played brass instruments on John Gavanti, and that record was released on Mark’s own label, Hyrax. Mark has had a long career since then, with bands including Don King, Raeo, Convolution,…

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The Sumner Files: Episode Zero 21:00

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This episode launches a new series about the artist and musician Sumner Crane (1946-2003). Scientist Adam Sobel — Sumner’s nephew, and the host of this series as well as the podcast Deep Convection, out of which it grows — introduces the whole thing, explaining who Sumner was, why he (Adam) is doing this, and how it came to be. Image credit: collag…

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Scratching a Deep, Eternal, and Endless Cave 10:06

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ASMR: Scratching Pinecones 10:43

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ASMR: Pouring Cups of Water 10:25

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ASMR: Glass of Sea Shells 59:59

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ASMR: The Roaming Roomba 1:05:30

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ASMR: Chewing Gum Hard 39:47

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ASMR: Convection Oven 1:08:37

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ASMR Emerald Rolling Pin 1:00:04

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ASMR Dishwasher Churning 1:00:02

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ASMR: Mint Shaker 1:02:00

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ASMR: Hair Clips 1:00:07

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Soft ASMR Whispers 1:00:02

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ASMR: Vacuuming my Room 1:02:49

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ASMR: Spa Tub Water Jets 1:00:03

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ASMR Glass Cup Clinking on my Teeth 1:00:10

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ASMR: Supreme Compilation #34 59:25

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ASMR Mega Compilation #33 1:00:09

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ASMR: Ultimate Compilation #32 1:00:04

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ASMR Squeezing a Squishy Goo Ball 1:00:13

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ASMR: When it Rains on a Tarp 1:01:40

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ASMR Pieces of a Puzzle 1:00:05

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ASMR: The Great Outdoors! Camping Insect Noises 1:18:25

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ASMR Water Dropping onto Plastic 31:09

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ASMR Drumming a Paper Cup 1:00:02

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ASMR Writing with a Fountain Pen 1:00:01

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ASMR Blanket Massaging 1:00:02

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ASMR “Dreaming” Whisper 1:00:12

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ASMR Toads 1:07:24

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ASMR Ice Maker 1:00:01

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ASMR Blowing Air Out and Sucking it In 1:00:03

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ASMR Tropical Forest 1:02:05

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ASMR Microphone Breathing 1:00:01

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ASMR Bracelet of Beads 1:00:02

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ASMR Inflated Yoga Ball 1:00:08

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ASMR Rock Rubbing 1:00:21

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ASMR Running my Dishwasher 1:00:02

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Episode 10: Frank Marks 1:50:53

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Shortly after Hurricane Otis hit Mexico in late October 2023 after a very rapid (and poorly forecast) intensification, Adam sat down with Frank Marks from NOAA’s Hurricane Research Division (HRD) for the last episode of this season. Frank is one of the central figures in the world of hurricane science. With a career spanning over four decades at th…