What Does a Robot With a Soul Sound Like?

灵魂附身的机器人会发出怎样的声音?

Radio Atlantic

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2025-02-28

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The sound designer Randy Thom was faced with a challenge: What does a robot sound like? And what if that robot learns to love? Get more from your favorite Atlantic voices when you subscribe. You’ll enjoy unlimited access to Pulitzer-winning journalism, from clear-eyed analysis and insight on breaking news to fascinating explorations of our world. Subscribe today at TheAtlantic.com/podsub. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • a podcast produced by Atlantic Rethink,

  • the Atlantic's creative marketing studio in collaboration with PwC.

  • Hey, it's Hannah again.

  • So, last year, we did an episode with the sound designer behind the Zone of Interest,

  • which ended up winning the Oscar for best sound.

  • We thought we'd do a similar episode with one of this year's nominated films,

  • which is the bonus episode you're about to hear.

  • Enjoy.

  • Hello.

  • Bonjour.

  • Guten tas o jambo.

  • Hola.

  • Congratulations on your purchase of a Universal Dynamics robot.

  • That is the voice of Raz from the animated film the Wild Robot,

  • up for three Oscars this weekend, including for best Sound.

  • Ra's, who's voiced by Lupita Nwongo, is a helper robot, a kind of turbocharged Siri,

  • who gets stranded on a deserted island and learns to communicate with the animals that live there.