S1 Episode 4: The Incredible World of Reverse Speech with David Oates

We think of speech as something that travels in one direction. But there seems to be another conversation happening the other way, out loud and hiding in plain sight. Record ordinary human speech, play it backwards, and at certain points you can actually hear words and phrases.

Chris talks with Reverse Speech pioneer David Oates, who has spent more than 40 years exploring the phenomenon. They listen to some remarkable examples, revisit reversals from Chris's own sessions with David, and explore what Reverse Speech might reveal about the unconscious mind, metaphor, therapy and the hidden layers of human communication.