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All the Light We Cannot See — How Invisible Systems Shape What We Hear

What happens when a technology capable of opening the world becomes part of a system that narrows what people are allowed to hear?

Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.

Using All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr as our lens, this investigation explores the invisible systems surrounding communication, perception, institutional power, and individual choice during the Second World War.

Radio begins as a source of wonder for Werner Pfennig, connecting an impoverished German orphan to science, music, and distant voices. But the same technological…

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