How Music Does That
Music -- just vibrations in the air -- can make you feel heartbroken or elated, peaceful or stabby, inspired to save the whales or to invade Poland. This is HOW MUSIC DOES THAT.Click the website link to subscribe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you get your podcasts.
Podcasts
Riffing on Each Other
Published: Jan. 7, 2024, 6:44 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 45 seconds
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Anatomy of an Earworm
Published: Dec. 14, 2023, 4:38 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 41 seconds
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When the Music Doesn't Trust You
Published: Oct. 29, 2023, 8:51 p.m.Duration: 31 minutes 19 seconds
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The King of Space-Age Pop!
Published: Sept. 30, 2023, 4:12 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 41 seconds
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Clap When You Damn Well Please [Encore]
Published: Jan. 2, 2022, 8:59 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 55 seconds
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The Evolution of Cool [Encore]
Published: Nov. 28, 2021, 4:59 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds
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Grooves [Encore]
Published: Nov. 11, 2021, 12:43 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 36 seconds
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Beethoven Was Deaf [Encore]
Published: Oct. 28, 2021, 12:06 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds
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Silence [Encore]
Published: Sept. 29, 2021, 2:33 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 47 seconds
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Where Did We Put Vivaldi? [Encore]
Published: Sept. 15, 2021, 6:42 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 30 seconds
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Encore: Stop Practicing, You're Ruining EVERYTHING
Published: Sept. 1, 2021, 11:12 a.m.Duration: 18 minutes 55 seconds
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ENCORE: The Rage of the Third Sons (Carmina Burana)
Published: Aug. 19, 2021, 12:20 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 43 seconds
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ENCORE: The Aging White Suburban Music Professor's Guide to Hip Hop
Published: Aug. 3, 2021, 5:22 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 54 seconds
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ENCORE: The Bones of Yellow Brick Road
Published: July 14, 2021, 11:56 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 43 seconds
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ENCORE: The Sweet Madness of Big Meters
Published: June 30, 2021, 9:14 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 40 seconds
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The Worst Song In The World
Published: June 16, 2021, 8:21 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 26 seconds
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The Man Who Tried to Strangle Film Music in Its Crib
Published: June 2, 2021, 3:47 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 18 seconds
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ENCORE: As White as Classical
Published: May 26, 2021, 6:10 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 8 seconds
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When You Were Twelve
Published: May 19, 2021, 4:28 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 45 seconds
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When Mind and Music Fall Apart
Published: May 5, 2021, 7:02 p.m.Duration: 38 minutes 17 seconds
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Dickinson's Island, and Other Unholy Monsters
Published: April 21, 2021, 11:37 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 37 seconds
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The Unwiggled String
Published: April 8, 2021, 3:17 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 40 seconds
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The Long Way Home in 'Hallelujah'
Published: March 23, 2021, 8:06 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 12 seconds
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Where Did We Put Vivaldi?
Published: Jan. 17, 2021, 10:26 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 30 seconds
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TikTok and the Hypnotics
Published: Dec. 31, 2020, 8:39 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 51 seconds
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TikTok and the Vibe
Published: Nov. 18, 2020, 5:04 p.m.Duration: 24 minutes 1 second
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Music is Made of Time
Published: Oct. 4, 2020, 6:24 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 1 second
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The Deep Playlist of Generation Z
Published: Sept. 29, 2020, 6:06 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 1 second
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Yeah, But Why THOSE 4 Chords?
Published: Sept. 14, 2020, 5:19 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 41 seconds
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Whose Monkey Chant Is It Anyway?
Published: Aug. 16, 2020, 8:41 p.m.Duration: 17 minutes 38 seconds
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As White as Classical
Published: July 29, 2020, 8:24 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 51 seconds
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The Words Get In the Way
Published: July 21, 2020, 7:46 p.m.Duration: 23 minutes 3 seconds
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Shortcut: How I Solved the Musical Mystery of My Life
Published: May 31, 2020, 8:34 p.m.Duration: 7 minutes 15 seconds
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The Aging White Suburban Music Professor's Guide to Hip Hop
Published: April 11, 2020, 7:36 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 54 seconds
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When Ravel Met Ravel
Published: March 21, 2020, 2:07 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 24 seconds
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Clap When You Damn Well Please
Published: March 7, 2020, 4:53 p.m.Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds
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The Dead and the Impossible
Published: Feb. 7, 2020, 3:33 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds
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Too Many Notes!
Published: Jan. 10, 2020, 7:49 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 31 seconds
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The Rage of the Third Sons (Carmina Burana)
Published: Dec. 19, 2019, 5:26 p.m.Duration: 22 minutes 43 seconds
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Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah
Published: Nov. 8, 2019, 12:34 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 19 seconds
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The Jabberwocky of Harry Potter
Published: Oct. 25, 2019, 3:37 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 18 seconds
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The Magical Bell Piano
Published: Oct. 12, 2019, 6:04 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 1 second
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Stop Practicing, You're Ruining EVERYTHING
Published: Sept. 25, 2019, 3:50 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 55 seconds
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The Bones of Yellow Brick Road
Published: Sept. 14, 2019, 7:12 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 43 seconds
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The Fingerprints of Music
Published: Aug. 26, 2019, 2:04 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 3 seconds
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Beethoven was Deaf
Published: Aug. 9, 2019, 2:09 a.m.Duration: 26 minutes 30 seconds
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The Sweet Madness of Big Meters
Published: July 11, 2019, 3:22 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 40 seconds
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Sometimes It's the Little Things
Published: June 27, 2019, 5:38 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 57 seconds
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Simplicity, in Three Parts
Published: May 23, 2019, 7 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 22 seconds
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Mister Rogers and the Musical Easter Egg
Published: April 29, 2019, 6:07 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 41 seconds
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Isn't It Iconic?
Published: April 11, 2019, 12:22 a.m.Duration: 13 minutes 58 seconds
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Wolfie's Alarm Clock (The Leading Tone)
Published: April 3, 2019, 9:20 p.m.Duration: 11 minutes 25 seconds
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The Bagpipe Incident on Which I Thought We Had Agreed Not to Dwell
Published: March 26, 2019, 2:16 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 37 seconds
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When Pianos Land in Oz
Published: March 5, 2019, 10:14 p.m.Duration: 19 minutes 59 seconds
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Hating Your Golden Goose
Published: Feb. 26, 2019, 7:23 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 6 seconds
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I Coulda Been Peter Best
Published: Feb. 19, 2019, 7:29 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 45 seconds
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I Coulda Been John Williams
Published: Feb. 12, 2019, 12:23 p.m.Duration: 21 minutes 19 seconds
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Yes, 'Stairway' Was Stolen... Just Like Everything Else
Published: Feb. 5, 2019, 7:18 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 43 seconds
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Two Kinds of Hurt
Published: Jan. 29, 2019, 6:14 p.m.Duration: 10 minutes 20 seconds
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Dissonance is Delicious
Published: Jan. 22, 2019, 8:55 p.m.Duration: 15 minutes 28 seconds
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The Pokemon Suicide Song
Published: Jan. 15, 2019, 8:04 p.m.Duration: 16 minutes 41 seconds
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Surprise Part 2 - The Rite of Spring
Published: Jan. 8, 2019, 11:06 p.m.Duration: 18 minutes 45 seconds
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A Brief History of Surprise (I)
Published: Jan. 1, 2019, 6:57 p.m.Duration: 20 minutes 5 seconds
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The Music That Broke My Heart
Published: Nov. 5, 2018, 7:47 p.m.Duration: 25 minutes 29 seconds
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The Moment I Surrendered to John Williams
Published: Oct. 21, 2018, 3:29 p.m.Duration: 12 minutes 49 seconds
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The Most Hopeful Music in the World
Published: Oct. 13, 2018, 11:35 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 59 seconds
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Shortcut: The Most Hopeful Music in the World
Published: Oct. 13, 2018, 11:35 a.m.Duration: 8 minutes 46 seconds
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The Masterpiece I Never Heard Of
Published: Sept. 29, 2018, 10:46 a.m.Duration: 17 minutes 23 seconds
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Let's Get Sad with Galileo's Dad
Published: Sept. 22, 2018, 11:27 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 35 seconds
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When Truman Touches the Wall
Published: Sept. 15, 2018, 2:33 p.m.Duration: 13 minutes 11 seconds
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The Strange DNA of a Surf Song
Published: Sept. 8, 2018, 11:28 a.m.Duration: 16 minutes 21 seconds
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The Evolution of Cool
Published: Sept. 1, 2018, 2:48 p.m.Duration: 14 minutes 26 seconds
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