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Is your brain lying to you? - Today, Explained

Is your brain lying to you? - Today, Explained

Update: 2025-12-21
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Our brain constructs the world we hear, see, and feel — but tinnitus shows how that superpower can backfire.


This episode is made in collaboration with Vox's Unexplainable. Hear their series on sound here.


This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by David Tatasciore, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images for the Hearing Health Foundation. 


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Is your brain lying to you? - Today, Explained

Is your brain lying to you? - Today, Explained