WHISTLE WHILE YOU CRY
The Worst Sound In The World
John Osborne has always hated the sound of whistling. But it wasn't until a man whistling in a café infuriated him so much that he got up and left that he realized it was becoming a problem. Could he even be suffering from misophonia – a condition characterized by a strong dislike of certain sounds?
To get to the root of the issue, John embarks on a whimsical journey of self-discovery, diving headfirst into the worlds of professional whistling and psychology in an attempt to understand if he could ever learn to tolerate – or even love – the sound of whistling.
You can read a full transcript of the episode at Mosaic.
This article first appeared on Mosaic and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
<p>John Osborne writes books, poems and stories. He regularly performs at festivals including Latitude, Glastonbury and the Edinburgh Fringe, and has performed poetry on BBC Radio 1, Radio 3 and 6Music. He has written and performed six half-hour stories on Radio 4, most recently The New Blur Album and Don't Need the Sunshine, an adaptation of his non-fiction book of the same name. He co-wrote and created After Hours, a comedy drama for Sky One, directed by Craig Cash. He lives in Norwich and walks around with his shoelaces undone.</p>