Dr. Daniel J. Levitin – "Music On The Brain"

Originally Broadcast: November 1, 2006 This Is Your Brain On Music: The Science of a Human Obsession The understanding of how we humans experience music and why it plays a unique role in our lives is this topic of two interviews with Dr. Daniel Levitin, author of, “This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession,” recorded from his home in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in late October 2006. Professor Levitin runs the Laboratory for Musical Perception, Cognition and Expertise at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He asserts that our brains are hardwired for music and therefore we are all more musically equipped than we think, and that music is an obsession at the heart of human nature, perhaps even more fundamental to our species than language. Professor Levitin believes that the music we end up liking meets our expectations of what we anticipate hearing, just enough of the time that we feel rewarded, and the music that we like also violates those expectations just enough of the time that we’re intrigued. In the first interview Dr. Levitin begins by describing how the human brain learns to distinguish between music and language. The second interview begins with a discussion of what happens when people listen to music they like. www.yourbrainonmusic.com Dr. Daniel J. Levitin recommends, “Another Day in the Frontal Lobe,” by Katrina Firlik, and, “The Human Stain,” by Philip Roth.

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The Shortwave Report 12/15/23

A weekly 30 minute review of international news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio and the internet. With times, frequencies, and websites for listening at home. 3 files- Highest quality broadcast, regular broadcast, and slow-modem streaming. Radio Deutsche-Welle, Radio Havana Cuba, France 24, and NHK World Japan.

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Redwood Wonk_12132023

Eric Kirk and David Frank discuss the political news of the day.

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Redwood Wonk_12132023

Eric Kirk and David Frank discuss the political news of the day.

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Celt In A Twist December 17 2023

This week we're riding the rails and rolling on the waves. Plus, two tales of the US Mexican War, and Scandi Celtic from Sweden and Norway. History remembered and in the making with the best in contemporary Celtic music, For 20 years you've got your Celt In A Twist!

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World Beat Canada Radio December 16 2023

A couple of ground pounders to start; rai and chaabi from Sami Galibi and Gdzilla from Lagos with a new EP. Cool Canadian from Kiran Ahluwalia and Eccodek remixed by the Delia Derbbyshire Appreciation Society. Madrid Trio, Demetrio riff on Argentine Electric Chacarera and The Ventures surf through Fly Me To The Moon. World Beat that's out of this world from World ​Beat Canada!

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Pandemic II and the New Pandemic Treaty Part Two. Countering Propaganda with Truth

This week on the Global Research News Hour as people getting Booster shots for COVID-19 has begun to wade and as more and more indications suggest that the Vaccine is not safe and effective, we have a look at the possibility that a second even more dangerous pandemic is on the way with the vaccine already being prepared to increase numbers getting the jab. In our first half hour, we are joined by Dr William Makis who discloses his research into the dozen or so Mainstream articles talking about a second pandemic and how the research patterns indicate this could be a man made pandemic designed to increase cratering numbers of people not getting the shot. In our second half hour, journalist Naomi Wolf returns to the show with recent updates into her research of the Pfizer report the company and FDA tried to keep out of the public eye, and of the repercussions on her running a story journalistically against the current of standard COVID-19 reporting.

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Pandemic II and the New Pandemic Treaty Part Two. Countering Propaganda with Truth

This week on the Global Research News Hour as people getting Booster shots for COVID-19 has begun to wade and as more and more indications suggest that the Vaccine is not safe and effective, we have a look at the possibility that a second even more dangerous pandemic is on the way with the vaccine already being prepared to increase numbers getting the jab. In our first half hour, we are joined by Dr William Makis who discloses his research into the dozen or so Mainstream articles talking about a second pandemic and how the research patterns indicate this could be a man made pandemic designed to increase cratering numbers of people not getting the shot. In our second half hour, journalist Naomi Wolf returns to the show with recent updates into her research of the Pfizer report the company and FDA tried to keep out of the public eye, and of the repercussions on her running a story journalistically against the current of standard COVID-19 reporting.

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Cheeze Pleeze # 1016-A CP Christmas 2023 Show 3 of 4

Our hosts are as busy as santa's elves whipping up batches for $$$ to buy each other presents, so they multitasked by broadcasting from the massive bunker kitchen with some aural cheeze for the holidays! Yeah, you're probably right if you think everything won't go well.

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The Repository_128

The Repository is an oubliette of musique concrete, nocturnal emanations and audio oddities. An hour of strange music, spoken word musical mash ups of questionable taste. All material is royalty-free, public domain or Creative Commons. This show makes perfect late-night faire. Please let us know if you are broadcasting this show. Our host, Jack Bailey will give your radio station a shout out! Email us at kzzh@accesshumboldt.net.

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Between the Lines for December 13, 2023

Protecting Free Speech on Campus as Israel-Hamas War Stokes Antisemitism, Islamophobia; Republicans Tie Support for Israel, Ukraine Aid to Imposing New Draconian Immigration Laws; Too Little Too Late at the UN COP28 Climate Summit in Dubai.

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IS CAPITALISM CHRISTIAN DR ROBERT JENSEN

**Encore Christmas Show** Latin waves host Sylvia Richardson speaks with Robert Jensen about our “dead culture” of state Fundamentalism. Jensen says that absolute beliefs that ignore life’s complexities are used to support the politics of empire. He gives examples of these, including market fundamentalism (capitalism), moral fundamentalism (of spreading ‘democracy’), or technological fundamentalism – the belief that technology will solve the environmental problems it causes. Jensen claims that capitalist fundamentalism is in fact incompatible with Christianity, which. like many the other great religions, are calls to recognize the universal human family. He describes alternative types of power that can lead to a hopeful future. Support Latin Waves by becoming a member for as little as $1 per month. https://latinwavesmedia.com/wordpress/

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In the wake of the murder of Refaat Alareer, The Michael Slate Show will replay a Conversation with Refaat Alareer and Laila El-Haddad. Plus Bob Avakian on Internationalism

On December 7, an Israel airstrike murdered Refaat Alareer, a poet, writer, editor and teacher. This show is a memorial to his life and work. We present an interview with Refaat Alareer and Laila El-Haddad, co-editors of “Gaza Unsilenced. Written in the aftermath of the 2014 Israeli pogrom. Many of their statements bear directly on the situation today. In an excerpt from the talk “Revolution, Nothing Less,” Bob Avakian speaks to the importance of Internationalism, The Whole World Comes First.

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War and Peace, The Climate Toll

The panel of experts are concerned that at a time, when humanity needs to focus on the restoration of land and water, wars around the planet are destroying cities, lives and ecosystems. Peace is essential, they say, for keeping the climate system from catastrophic failure. Raya Salter and Carlos Garcia are co-hosts of this panel on the impact of War and Peace on the climate. Carlos Garcia is VP of Impact & Partnership for the Astra Project. The Astra Project also hosted ‘The COP28 Methane Reduction Intensive’ on December 10, 2023. Raya Salter is an energy justice movement attorney, activist, author and the founder and executive director of the Energy Justice Law & Policy Center. Panelists: Tamara Lorincz is a long-time environmentalist, feminist, peace activist and PhD candidate at Wilfrid Laurier University. She is a member of the Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom-Canada. She is also on the advisory committee of the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and the No to NATO Network. 
John D. Liu is a journalist, filmmaker, ecologist whose work documents that it is possible to restore natural ecological systems rather than simply accepting their loss. He has produced and directed dozens of films on Environment and Ecology that have aired on the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, and other networks. Dr. Amara Enyia is a Strategist and Public Policy Expert on city and state policy as well as international affairs with expertise in Africa, Latin America, and Central Asia. She also serves as Senior Advisor for the Institute on Race, Power, and Political Economy at The New School. Find the full recording of this press conference held on Dec. 4, 2023, at the COP28 in Dubai on the YouTube channel of Facing Futures TV under the title: War and Peace, The Climate Toll. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mmzOkyTTp0 DATE Dec. 4, 2023 LOCATION: COP28, Dubai

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If Music Could Talk - Dec 10 2023

a rainy night in Richmond… ‘feels like it’s rainin’ all over the world’ let’s find some shelter in the soothing sounds of obscure psych rock and other various meditative & transcendental music

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Christine Yoo: 26.2 To Life

For many of us, the holiday season presents an opportunity to spend some time thinking about people less fortunate than ourselves. This week on Sea Change Radio, we spotlight a story of hope, determination and redemption. Our guest is Christine Yoo the director and producer of the new documentary film 26.2 to Life which takes viewers into the San Quentin Prison Marathon and 1000 Mile Club. We learn about the inspiration behind the film, discuss the challenges of long distance running behind bars, and look at what the film reveals about our prison system and the effect it has on millions.

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Live on the Radio

The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit Show - A musical mid-life crisis -- a late-night search for meaning and happiness airs on WRIR LP Monday nights from 9 PM to 11 PM. Stream the show @ www.wrir.org

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The Motherland Influence: Decmber 10, 2023

African, Latin & Caribbean music

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Max Blumenthal and Chris Hedges analyze the mendacious mainstream reporting concerning the rationale for Israel’s destruction of hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza

Mainstream media’s coverage of the genocide in Gaza is of course mostly focused through the lens Israel provides on a daily basis to filter the news in its favor. It has really been independent media that has, through its investigative reporting, exposed the mendacity at the heart of the Israeli narrative. These lies are picked up not only by corporate media, but also by the US Government, echoed all the way up to the President of the United States, who has perpetrated some of the lies in his speeches to the nation. It is such media as the The Nation Magazine, The Intercept , +972 magazine, The Grayzone, Chris Hedges Report, Al-Jazeera, and of course Democracy Now that are doing the hard investigative journalism, presenting facts that lay waste to the lies we are being feed. There are more, a lot more, independent news sources and I encourage you to filter your news intake through them. After some 50 years of subscribing to The New York Times, I finally canceled my subscription this week. I found it increasingly biased particularly their reporting on the Middle East. I depend more and more on the independent media to get the news, and encourage you to do so also. So today we feature one of those independent investigative reports, researched and written by The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal. He appears on the Chris Hedges podcast. It begins with Chris’s introduction. Before we go I want to share a truly excruciating statistic put forward this past week by Jewish Voice for Peace. The Gaza genocide’s numbers have officially surpassed the numbers of the 1948 Nakba. During the Nakba in 1948, 750,000 Palestinians were displaced, and 15,000 killed. In Gaza in 2023, 1,700,000 are already displaced, and 20,031 killed, this time with our tax dollars.

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Episode 289 - Going down like the titantic on your tinder date,

We resurrect the Titanic and ask McDonald's to listen to us in the future. What could go wrong? Tune in live every Monday Night at 8pm est / 7pm cst over at chiampa.org :)

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A Progressive Texas Christian & McKellen’s Queer Wizardry & global LGBTQ news!

How Sir Ian celebrated the demise of the UK’s Section 28; a devout Texas Democrat rebukes bible-bangers with the Good Book; challengers test the constitutionality of Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” law, Scotland loses the first battle in its gender war with the U.K., Jordan cracks down on LGBTQ activists and advocacy, Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers vetoes a Republican bill to ban pediatric gender-affirming healthcare, Florida Republicans claim that school board book bans are “protected government speech”, and Bucks County, Pennsylvania voters celebrate rescuing their school board from right-wing wackos. Those stories and more this week when you discover "This Way Out": the world's audio oasis for queer news and culture.

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Ali Abunimah exposes the history of lies behind the Israeli narrative concerning the alleged role of Al-Shifah Hospital as an Hamas headquarters; a European take on the Israel Hamas war by Yanis Varoufakis, the outspoken former Finance Minister of Greece

We begin with Palestinian journalist Ali Abunimah exposing the history of lies behind the Israeli narrative concerning the alleged role of Al-Shifah Hospital as an Hamas headquarters, which according to the narrative, justified the destruction of the hospital complex. The continuing inability of Israel to provide evidence of this allegation is raising deep concerns about its veracity. We follow this with comments by former Greek Finance minister, Yanis Varoufakis.

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Episode 546: There's a lunatic in the house

SMOKES Episode – A factory takeover with Aganorsa. One of the newer Cuban born cigar makers now working in Nicaragua. You get to enjoy that fact that all of us failed English and mispronounce nearly 5 words. We establish that cake donuts suck. A great lineup and so good we did not even get to the 4th stick in this episode.

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December 10, 2023: Top 10 new albums of 2023

Global A Go-Go's favorite recordings of 2023, part 1 of a 3 part series: Top ten new albums, plus ten more honorable mentions

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Faustin Twagiramungu remembered

Faustin Twagiramungu remembered: His political life story exposed the deceit practiced by Paul Kagame and the RPF.

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The Other Black Music Dec. 10, 2023

Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST

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The Motherland Influence Dec, 3. 2023

African, Latin & Caribbean music

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The Other Black Music Nov. 26, 2023

Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST

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When Will the Food Riots Come?

Experts find food riots are possible in the United Kingdom as climate change ramps up. From Cambridge Aled Jones outlines how food stress boils over. Around the world, crops may not be planted or harvested when it gets too hot to work outside. From Columbia University, Connor Dunn Diaz reports. Dr. Vanessa Andreotti on final care for an age on life support: - "Hospicing Modernity".

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The Other Black music Nov. 26, 2023

Broadcasting from WRIR-LP 97.3 FM and www.wrir.org in Richmond, Virginia USA. "The Other Black Music" broadcast Black music ignored by other Richmond stations. Soul, Zydeco, Funk, Afro-Pop, Blues and more. Every other Sunday 3-5pm EST

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