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10.12.2025
1 Stunde 16 Minuten
Recorded live at London’s Natural History Museum on November 24,
2025. Breaking Bad fanatics, have a fresh pair of trousers at the
ready—Bryan Cranston delivers an unforgettable conversation packed
with behind-the-scenes stories from his years playing Walter White.
He shares how DEA agents taught him the fundamentals of meth
production, what he learned shadowing a USC chemistry professor to
prepare for the role, and the surprising science details the show
actually got right. A Hollywood legend through and through,
Cranston does not disappoint. Joining him is the eminent Alan
Hart—mineralogist, science historian, and keeper of extraordinary
knowledge about the material world. Hart breaks down the real
science behind Heisenberg’s Uncertainty Principle, the intricate
chemistry of organic and inorganic crystal structures, and the
remarkable history of how the Periodic Table came to be. Together,
Cranston and Hart illuminate the scientific heart of Breaking Bad
in a way fans have never heard before.
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26.11.2025
34 Minuten
Recorded live at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto, this
episode features world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming and
vocal-science researcher Dr. Sean Hutchins in a conversation that
plays like part masterclass, part science session. Together they
explore how the anatomy and neuroscience of singing shape
everything from breath and resonance to pitch and vocal control.
Fleming reflects on the physical and artistic realities of life as
a singer, while Hutchins breaks down what’s happening in the brain
and body when a voice truly connects.
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12.11.2025
49 Minuten
Recorded live at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto on
October 31, 2025, this episode brings together beloved children’s
musician and advocate Raffi and University of Toronto
psychologist Dr. Jennifer Stellar for a conversation
about how music helps shape our earliest experiences of empathy,
gratitude, and wonder. Raffi reflects on three songs spanning
nearly three decades of his career—“The More We Get Together,”
“Thanks a Lot,”and “Bananaphone”—and how they came to embody
his philosophy of Child Honouring, a vision that places the
well-being of children at the center of community and culture. Dr.
Stellar, director of University of Toronto's HEAL Lab (Health,
Emotions, and Altruism Laboratory), explains how these songs map
onto what psychologists call self-transcendent emotions:
feelings that expand our sense of self and deepen our connections
with others. Together, they explore why compassion tends to emerge
in children around the ages of five to eight, how gratitude can
encourage cooperation and trust, and how awe invites us to
reimagine what is possible. They discuss the science of
co-regulation, the role of music in developing social awareness,
and why playful imagination—like pretending a banana is a phone—can
support a child’s ability to see the world in new ways. The episode
ends with a joyful reflection on the enduring power of communal
singing—reminding us that “the more we get together, the happier
we’ll be,” not just as a lyric, but as a lifelong practice in
belonging.
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29.10.2025
1 Stunde 1 Minute
Recorded live at Emory IDEAS Fest in Covington, GA on
October 18, 2025, this episode brings together Rosanne
Cash—four-time Grammy winner, songwriter, and Americana icon—and
psychologist Dr. Robyn Fivush for a conversation about
how the stories we tell across generations shape who we become.
Rosanne shares the story of “The List”—the 100 essential
country songs her father, Johnny Cash, gave her when she
turned 18—and how a vivid dream involving Linda
Ronstadt sparked her decision to leave Nashville and reinvent
herself in midlife. Dr. Fivush unpacks these moments through the
lens of psychology, explaining how researchers classify such
turning points, or “crises,” and how Erik
Erikson’s theories of identity and midlife development help
make sense of them. Together, they explore the overlap
between Joseph Campbell’s power of myth and Rosanne’s
work as a storyteller, and Dr. Fivush discusses her
landmark dinnertime study, which found that children who grow
up hearing family stories at the table tend to become more
resilient and grounded adults. The episode ends on a high note
as Matt and Rosanne lead the audience in a joyful
sing-along—reminding us that sometimes the best way to pass down a
story is through song.
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22.10.2025
37 Minuten
Subscribe to Fela Kuti: Fear No Man. In a world that’s on fire,
what is the role of art? What can music actually…do? Can a song
save a life? Change a law? Topple a president? Get you killed? In
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, Jad Abumrad—creator of Radiolab, More
Perfect, and Dolly Parton’s America—tells the story of one of the
great political awakenings in music: how a classically trained
'colonial boy’ traveled to America, in search of Africa, only to
return to Nigeria and transform his sound into a battering ram
against the state—creating a new musical language of resistance
called Afrobeat. For years, the world’s biggest stars made
pilgrimages to Nigeria to experience Fela’s Shrine, the epicenter
of his musical revolution. But when the mix of art and activism got
too hot, the state pulled out its guns, and literally opened fire.
Fela Kuti: Fear No Man is an uncategorizable mix of oral history,
musicology, deep dive journalism, and cutting edge sound design
that takes listeners deep inside Fela’s life, music, and legacy.
Drawing from over 200 interviews with Fela Kuti’s family, friends,
as well as scholars, activists, and luminaries like Burna Boy, Paul
McCartney, Questlove, Santigold, and former President Barack Obama
(just to name a few), Fela Kuti: Fear No Man journeys deep into the
soul of Afrobeat to explore the transformative power of art and the
role artists can play in this current moment of global unrest. An
Audible Original presented by Audible and Higher Ground. Produced
by Western Sound and Talkhouse. 2025 Higher Ground, LLC (P)2025
Audible Originals, LLC.
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Sing For Science is a science-and-music podcast where
musicians sit down with scientists to explore the scientific ideas
hidden in their most iconic songs. Listen to JD from Korn talk
about “Dead Bodies Everywhere” with a mortuary-science
expert, Sia explore one of her breakup ballads with an
attachment-theory psychologist, and many, many more. Created and
hosted by New York musician Matt Whyte, the show seeks to uncover
connections wherever they may exist and build bridges between
seemingly disparate voices, styles, and walks of life. Sing
For Science is made possible in part by a grant from the
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