With this podcast, I can relate so much because I take transportation to go to school or go to places in the city with friends or family, and we hear car noises from people’s conversations with other people or just on the phone. Sometimes I’m not too fond of the noise around me when I’m going somewhere, or only in my house; there will be times when my neighborhood would be silent, and I like it, but there were times when the weekend came people would be yelling or fighting. Cops or fire trucks sirenes. When Krukowski and his guest mention earbuds, they were stating, “In Tokyo, people on crowded train pretend they’re asleep to avoid eye contact. but here with all these headphones, it’s like were avoiding ear contact.” which I agree because when going to the train to LaGuardia back then or going to NYC I would put on my headphones and ignore my surrounding and be in my personal bubble sometimes I don’t like hearing people conversation or strangers talking to me to ask a question.