Things I like today

A door creaks, footsteps echo, someone’s breathing - and we are terrified. But why? Sean Street investigates the psychology of fear, so potently sensitive to sound. He hears from musician and writer David Toop and film-maker Chu-Li Shrewring how sounds trigger fear and the way this inspires them. The neuro-scientist Sophie Scott explains how our brains process terror. (via BBC - BBC Radio 4 Programmes - The Sound of Fear)