You don't have to be the son of a jazz singer to recognize the voice of a loved one as music, made up of sounds so basic to our understanding that they precede language. And yet our digital devices strip much of that away, trading intimacy for efficiency. But what is the essential part of our voices, and what isn’t? Guests include: jazz singer (and Damon's m ... Show More
Aug 2017
Ways of Hearing 3.5 – BONUS: Ways of Song Exploding
On the hit podcast Song Exploder, we learn the digital secrets behind some of today's best songs. But we hardly ever hear the voice of the show's creator, Hrishikesh Hirway. In a special bonus episode to Ways of Hearing, Damon Krukowski interviews Hrishikesh — and explodes Song E ... Show More
16m 2s
Sep 2017
Ways of Hearing 4 – MONEY
In the 20th century, music seemed like an object — bought and sold like any other product. But digital technology has dematerialized music, separating it from money and revealing its real terms of exchange. Guests include: Artist and writer Jace Clayton, also known as DJ /rupture ... Show More
23m 12s
Sep 2017
Ways of Hearing 5 – POWER
When you go into a bookstore, or record store, or library, you enter another world that you have to learn to navigate. You adapt to it. But today’s digital corporations have created a musical universe that adapts, predictably, to you. Guests include: Jimmy Johnson, owner/founder ... Show More
23m 43s
Apr 2023
The Artist Who Was Both Loved and Disdained
We bring you a special episode from Sidedoor, a podcast about the treasures that fill the vaults of the Smithsonian. This story is inspired by “Big Band,” a defining work by the painter LeRoy Neiman. Neiman was a character, a cultural gadfly and an omnipresent artist who sat for ... Show More
33m 12s
Apr 2023
The Making of "Ways of Hearing"
Bonus to the Ways of Hearing podcast and book
A behind-the-scenes conversation with the creators of Ways of Hearing, the podcast and book. Hosted by author Damon Krukowski, with Radiotopia and Showcase executive producer Julie Shapiro, sound designer Ian Coss, MIT Press editor Ma ... Show More
1h 7m
Dec 2021
#52 - Que signifie un like sur la photo d’un corps féminin stéréotypé et sexualisé ?
<p>Que signifie un like de mon partenaire sur la photo d'un corps féminin stéréotypé et sexualisé ? Pour Illana Weizman, sociologue, il est important de rappeler qu’un like est un acte mineur, faiblement significatif. Pour autant, rien de plus légitime que de se poser cette quest ... Show More
11m 4s
Jul 2023
Le Bémol 2/5 : De la musique de filles
Les stéréotypes de genre sont particulièrement forts dans le monde de la musique - des idées reçues qui font que, dans l’esprit des musicien·ne·s, des spectateur·ice·s et des décideur·euse·s, il y a dans la musique des rôles “féminins” et des rôles “masculins”. Qu’est-ce qui fait ... Show More
20m 19s
Jul 2021
9. L'ingénieur et l'infirmière
Comment se parler, comment se comprendre, comment résoudre un conflit… Alors qu’il est politique et essentiel à toutes nos relations affectives, ce travail émotionnel est souvent dénigré et associé à la seule sphère du développement personnel. Plus encore, il repose très largemen ... Show More
52 m
Jan 2024
Runaway Joe: 02 - June and Joe
<p>We travel to Rochester, New York, back to the beginning, to find out where this story really starts. What we find is a young girl who grew into a woman, living her dream and looking for true love. And a young boy who liked to talk with an Irish accent who grew into a man but n ... Show More
32m 59s
Apr 2024
Making Real Music for a Fake Band
Pop culture is full of fictional bands singing songs purpose-made to capture a moment, a sound. This music doesn’t organically emerge from a scene or genre, hoping to find an audience. Instead it fulfills an assignment: it needs to be 1960s folk music, 1970s guitar rock, 80s hair ... Show More
37m 45s
<p>Is Nick hearing his dead brother’s voice in a song by a Grammy-nominated musician?</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Credits</strong></p><p><em>Heavyweight</em> is hosted and produced by Jonathan Goldstein.</p><p>This episode was produced by senior producer Kalila Holt, along with Mohi ... Show More
