Music for PhDs
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Music for PhDs
Music - theoretically just soundwaves hitting our eardrums - has an outsize effect on our emotions. Visual artist Sunita LeGallou live-paints to music, and Dr. Kate drops knowledge about how it affects our brains and bodies along the way. Music for PhDs is an art project disguised as a podcast.
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Music and (Non) Human Culture (Feat. Whale Songs)
What purpose does music serve? The answer is a mystery, whether you have feet, feathers, or fins.
We talk about dancing parrots, singing...
Foreign Affairs: Opera (Feat. Caitlin Wood)
Ah the good old days, when the upper class spoke five court languages and everyone else couldn’t read. Still, opera endures as powerful emotional stor...
Song, Speech and Social Behaviors (Feat. Kathleen Allan)
Did you know more adults in Canada sing in choirs than play on hockey teams? In. Canada.
Singing is the ultimate combination of music + l...
The Mozart Effect is Bul$#@! (Feat. Actual Study Music)
Yep, science confirms that listening to old dead white men does not make you - or your baby - smarter.
Instead, listen to what you enjoy...
S2E1: How Babies Learn (Feat. Imogen Heap)
Babies are Pattern Detection Machines™. They’re always soaking up information around them, both in speech and music (and unusual robot sounds somewher...
S2E1: Is Music a Language? (Feat. Natalie Meisner)
Is music a language? Not really. But speech does have musical elements! Featuring a spoken word poem by Calgary's poet laureate Natalie Meisner, "Carr...
Alexina Louie: Music for Heaven and Earth
On the season finale for Music for PhDs, Alexina Louie draws inspiration from astronauts and her Asian heritage. We talk about imposter syndrome and f...
Kristin Flores: Waves
We are ringing in 2020 with Alberta based composer, Kristin Flores. Kristin is inspired by nature, and has even composed for specific outdoor spaces....
Jocelyn Morlock: Golden
Happy Holidays! My gift to you is this episode with the hilarious - and very modest - Jocelyn Morlock. We talk about the creative process, i.e. plumme...
Jared Miller: Under Sea, Above Sky
We chat with Jared Miller and get the low-down on his piece Under Sea, Above Sky, which one reviewer called "a love letter to Planet Earth." Dr. Kate...
Bekah Simms: ForeverDark
Bekah Simms gets real on negative self-talk, owning your fun, and returning to her goth roots in “ForeverDark” with live electronics. Dr. Kate explain...
Harry Stafylakis: Calibrating Friction
Harry Stafylakis is a metal-head turned composer, and we chat about travel stories, life in New York, and cat parenthood. His piece ‘Calibrating Frict...
Jesse Dietschi: Canmore
We talk to composer Jesse Dietschi about his beautiful piece 'Canmore', which straddles the line between jazz and classical. We also hear from Dr. Kat...
Vince Ho: Sandman's Castle
We talk to composer Vince Ho about his moody, mystical piece 'Sandman's Castle'. I'll be live-painting to this piece at a concert in October! We also...