How Music Does That podcast

How Music Does That

Dale McGowan

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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87 Episodes

The 1977 Line
8/11/2024
24:35
One film score changed everything.
The Haunting of Figure 8
7/24/2024
17:32
Schoolhouse Rock was always great. But the music from one particular episode has haunted us down the years.
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How MUZAK Does That
2/13/2024
20:17
How did wall-to-wall music find its way into every public space? Meet General George Squier.
Riffing on Each Other
1/7/2024
23:45
How a few inaccurate jingles came to represent entire cultures.
Anatomy of an Earworm
12/14/2023
17:41
After a month at the mercy of an earworm, I found the cure. Then it all went wrong.
When the Music Doesn't Trust You
10/29/2023
31:19
The mark of a great film score is knowing when to shut up.
Unsung
10/15/2023
27:10
They are some of your favorite artists of all time. And you don't even know their names.
The King of Space-Age Pop!
9/30/2023
26:41
HOW MUSIC DOES THAT returns with a Mexican bandleader whose coloristic imagination defined the sound of the space age.
Clap When You Damn Well Please [Encore]
1/2/2022
26:55
The revolution starts right damn now.
The Bagpipe Incident on Which I Thought We Had Agreed Not to Dwell [Encore]
12/8/2021
19:37
30,000 people. 16 measures. One bad decision.

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