55 episodes
Sing for Science Talkhouse Podcast Network
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5.0 • 57 Ratings
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Sing For Science is a science and music podcast produced with Talkhouse where musicians talk to scientists about science as it connects to their most famous songs. Created and hosted by New York musician, Matt Whyte, the podcast’s goal is to increase science literacy for as many people as possible by reaching a variety of different musicians’ fan bases. Listeners come to the show through their love of music and leave with a new piece of knowledge. Science literacy and respect for expertise are perhaps more vital now than ever before. The show’s chief tenet is that a more science and scientific process literate society can only contribute towards greater support for more fair, evidence-based policy in government. Sing For Science is listener supported; please contribute today at singforscience.org.
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Laraaji: Sun Piano/Moon Piano (Eclipse Science with Nikole Lewis)
Recorded Live at the Totality 2024 Festival in Hannibal, NY following the Total Solar Eclipse and Laraaji’s performance of his Sun Piano/Moon Piano albums. Ambient/New Age music legend Laraaji talks about how he represents the moon’s energy in 12 musical notes, his time at Howard University in the 1960s, his experience observing the Total Solar Eclipse. Cornell University Astronomer Dr. Nikole Lewis talks about the necessary conditions to allow for a Total Solar Eclipse, extraterrestrial life, Carl Sagan and more. This event was supported by the Simons Foundation and was part of its In The Path of Totality Initiative.
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LABS: José González and Dr. Brian Cox on Secular Humanism
Swedish Argentine folk singer José Gonzalez returns to the show along with our only other repeat guest, physicist Dr. Brian Cox of BBC and CERN fame. The two talk about secular humanism, atheism, finding meaning, black holes, Carl Sagan and more!
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Sid Sriram: Blue Spaces (Color Neuroscience with Bevil Conway)
Recorded live at 2024 On Air Fest in Brooklyn, NY: Indian Carnatic superstar Sid Sriram talks about his song “Blue Spaces” with visual neuroscientist/color expert, Dr. Bevil Conway. We talk about Sid’s personal and cultural associations with color, cultural appropriation, the brain’s visual system, “the dress” from 2015 which some saw as blue and black and others as white and gold, the subjectivity and illusory nature of color perception and more!
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LABS: Bethany Cosentino and Lisa Marchiano on Jungian Analysis
Best Coast lead singer and Jungian analysand, Bethany Cosentino and “This Jungian Life Podcast" host Lisa Marchiano do a deep dive on you guessed it…Jungian Analysis! We cover dream analysis, the unconscious, creativity, archetypes, personae and then some!
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Spyro Gyra: Catching The Sun (Harmful Algal Blooms with Holly Waterfield)
Spyro Gyra co-founder Jeremy Wall talks about the height of the jazz fusion era, composing and about about the ins and outs of lake formation, spirogyra algae, harmful algal blooms or HABS and more with lake ecologist, Holly Waterfield. This episode was co-produced with the AJ Reid Science Discovery Center at SUNY Oneonta where it was taped in front of a live audience on December 6, 2023.
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Sheila E: The Glamorous Life (Rhythm Neuroscience with Hugo Merchant)
Queen of Percussion and Prince collaborator Sheila E talks about her 1984 hit, working with Prince, salsa music and learning from her legendary father with University of Mexico Neuroscientist, Dr. Hugo Merchant. Hugo shares fascinating findings about how the mechanisms in the brain process rhythm and help us keep a beat.
Customer Reviews
654567 stars!!!
Every conversation is unlike anything I’ve ever heard before.
Why did I wait so long?
I found out about this podcast before it started, because I was in the email list for Matt’s old band, Earl Greyhound (Soft Targets is an amazing album and they were a killer live band). It sounded interesting, but it was mid-COVID and things got weird and I forgot. Finally started listening a few days ago and it’s fantastic. Brilliant guests and fascinating conversations - Matt deftly moderates and often has an interesting story to keep things moving. I started with the Pat Metheny/Charles Limb episode about the neuroscience of improvisation, incredible. It’s fun to hear really smart people explain what they do, and how. I’m hooked.
Brilliant
I love this show. It’s a great mix of culture and science that brings about revelations in every episode. The guests are exceptional from the featured musicians to the many authors and scientists that join them for conversation. I find every episode engaging even when the topic isn’t something I feel interested in. Sign up for this pod and don’t look back.