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How Music Does That

79 Episodes

27 minutes | Jan 2, 2022
Clap When You Damn Well Please [Encore]
The revolution starts right damn now.
20 minutes | Dec 8, 2021
The Bagpipe Incident on Which I Thought We Had Agreed Not to Dwell [Encore]
30,000 people. 16 measures. One bad decision.
14 minutes | Nov 28, 2021
The Evolution of Cool [Encore]
The quality of 'cool' in music has deep evolutionary roots in the brain.
17 minutes | Nov 11, 2021
Grooves [Encore]
In Hungary, road plays you!
26 minutes | Oct 28, 2021
Beethoven Was Deaf [Encore]
That's not the amazing part.
23 minutes | Sep 29, 2021
Silence [Encore]
Sometimes the greatest moment in music is the one you don't hear.
22 minutes | Sep 15, 2021
Where Did We Put Vivaldi? [Encore]
After greatness came one bad decision—and then, the forgetting.
19 minutes | Sep 1, 2021
Encore: Stop Practicing, You're Ruining EVERYTHING
Sometimes it's supposed to hurt.
23 minutes | Aug 19, 2021
ENCORE: The Rage of the Third Sons (Carmina Burana)
Eight hundred years ago, they left the church and found the world.
22 minutes | Aug 3, 2021
ENCORE: The Aging White Suburban Music Professor's Guide to Hip Hop
Put on the good Dockers, Chad. We're going in.
21 minutes | Jul 14, 2021
ENCORE: The Bones of Yellow Brick Road
Most covers stay on the surface. Sara Bareilles got down into the bones.
19 minutes | Jun 30, 2021
ENCORE: The Sweet Madness of Big Meters
Let's have a wild time.
17 minutes | Jun 16, 2021
The Worst Song In The World
It could be worse. Just kidding.
21 minutes | Jun 2, 2021
The Man Who Tried to Strangle Film Music in Its Crib
Sternberg didn't like film music—until he needed it.
24 minutes | May 26, 2021
ENCORE: As White as Classical
Classical music isn't that white by accident -- and it can't afford to stay that way.
13 minutes | May 19, 2021
When You Were Twelve
If you love a song you don't really care about, see if it's from the year you were 12.
38 minutes | May 5, 2021
When Mind and Music Fall Apart
Can music capture the experience of dementia?
15 minutes | Apr 21, 2021
Dickinson's Island, and Other Unholy Monsters
When I was a boy, I sat bored in church, trying to break a code.
18 minutes | Apr 8, 2021
The Unwiggled String
Children are taught to fear and avoid this sound. All the more reason to love it.
23 minutes | Mar 23, 2021
The Long Way Home in 'Hallelujah'
The lyrics are poetic and evocative. But let's talk about that long trip home.
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