How Music Does That

By Dale McGowan

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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.

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Episode Date
The 1977 Line
Aug 11, 2024
The Haunting of Figure 8
Jul 24, 2024
How MUZAK Does That
Feb 13, 2024
Riffing on Each Other
Jan 07, 2024
Anatomy of an Earworm
Dec 14, 2023
When the Music Doesn't Trust You
Oct 29, 2023
Unsung
Oct 15, 2023
The King of Space-Age Pop!
Sep 30, 2023
Clap When You Damn Well Please [Encore]
Jan 02, 2022
The Bagpipe Incident on Which I Thought We Had Agreed Not to Dwell [Encore]
Dec 08, 2021
The Evolution of Cool [Encore]
Nov 28, 2021
Grooves [Encore]
Nov 11, 2021
Beethoven Was Deaf [Encore]
Oct 28, 2021
Silence [Encore]
Sep 29, 2021
Where Did We Put Vivaldi? [Encore]
Sep 15, 2021
Encore: Stop Practicing, You're Ruining EVERYTHING
Sep 01, 2021
ENCORE: The Rage of the Third Sons (Carmina Burana)
Aug 19, 2021
ENCORE: The Aging White Suburban Music Professor's Guide to Hip Hop
Aug 03, 2021
ENCORE: The Bones of Yellow Brick Road
Jul 14, 2021
ENCORE: The Sweet Madness of Big Meters
Jun 30, 2021
The Worst Song In The World
Jun 16, 2021
The Man Who Tried to Strangle Film Music in Its Crib
Jun 02, 2021
ENCORE: As White as Classical
May 26, 2021
When You Were Twelve
May 19, 2021
When Mind and Music Fall Apart
May 05, 2021
Dickinson's Island, and Other Unholy Monsters
Apr 21, 2021
The Unwiggled String
Apr 08, 2021
The Long Way Home in 'Hallelujah'
Mar 23, 2021
Black Shanty
Feb 17, 2021
Where Did We Put Vivaldi?
Jan 17, 2021
TikTok and the Hypnotics
Dec 31, 2020
TikTok and the Vibe
Nov 18, 2020
Music is Made of Time
Oct 04, 2020
The Deep Playlist of Generation Z
Sep 29, 2020
Yeah, But Why THOSE 4 Chords?
Sep 14, 2020
Whose Monkey Chant Is It Anyway?
Aug 16, 2020
As White as Classical
Jul 29, 2020
The Words Get In the Way
Jul 21, 2020
Shortcut: How I Solved the Musical Mystery of My Life
May 31, 2020
The Epitome Trap
May 09, 2020
Minimal.
Apr 16, 2020
The Aging White Suburban Music Professor's Guide to Hip Hop
Apr 11, 2020
When Ravel Met Ravel
Mar 21, 2020
Clap When You Damn Well Please
Mar 07, 2020
Silence
Feb 23, 2020
The Dead and the Impossible
Feb 07, 2020
Grooves
Jan 25, 2020
Too Many Notes!
Jan 10, 2020
The Rage of the Third Sons (Carmina Burana)
Dec 19, 2019
Missing Music
Nov 28, 2019
Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah
Nov 08, 2019
The Jabberwocky of Harry Potter
Oct 25, 2019
The Magical Bell Piano
Oct 12, 2019
Stop Practicing, You're Ruining EVERYTHING
Sep 25, 2019
The Bones of Yellow Brick Road
Sep 14, 2019
The Fingerprints of Music
Aug 26, 2019
Beethoven was Deaf
Aug 09, 2019
Disoriented
Jul 25, 2019
The Sweet Madness of Big Meters
Jul 11, 2019
Sometimes It's the Little Things
Jun 27, 2019
The Mellotron
Jun 05, 2019
Simplicity, in Three Pärts
May 23, 2019
The Gnome
May 13, 2019
Mister Rogers and the Musical Easter Egg
Apr 29, 2019
Isn't It Iconic?
Apr 11, 2019
Wolfie's Alarm Clock (The Leading Tone)
Apr 03, 2019
The Bagpipe Incident on Which I Thought We Had Agreed Not to Dwell
Mar 26, 2019
When Pianos Land in Oz
Mar 05, 2019
Hating Your Golden Goose
Feb 26, 2019
I Coulda Been Peter Best
Feb 19, 2019
I Coulda Been John Williams
Feb 12, 2019
Yes, 'Stairway' Was Stolen... Just Like Everything Else
Feb 05, 2019
Two Kinds of Hurt
Jan 29, 2019
Dissonance is Delicious
Jan 22, 2019
The Pokémon Suicide Song
Jan 15, 2019
Surprise Part 2 - The Rite of Spring
Jan 08, 2019
A Brief History of Surprise (I)
Jan 01, 2019
The Music That Broke My Heart
Nov 05, 2018
Every Note is a Chord
Oct 28, 2018
The Moment I Surrendered to John Williams
Oct 21, 2018
Shortcut: The Most Hopeful Music in the World
Oct 13, 2018
Cage Unlocked
Oct 07, 2018
The Masterpiece I Never Heard Of
Sep 29, 2018
Let's Get Sad with Galileo's Dad
Sep 22, 2018
When Truman Touches the Wall
Sep 15, 2018
The Strange DNA of a Surf Song
Sep 08, 2018
The Evolution of Cool
Sep 01, 2018