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Feb 2025
Ask Me Anything with Microsoft CTO, Kevin Scott
In this AMA episode of "Behind the Tech," Kevin Scott and Christina Warren address a variety of listener questions, ranging from the impact of AI on learning and personal projects to the future of software development and AI regulation. Kevin shares his experience using AI for pe ... Show More
41m 30s
Jan 2025
Michele Elam, William Robertson Coe Professor in the Humanities; Senior Fellow, Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence; Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education
Michele Elam, the William Robertson Coe Professor of Humanities in the English Department at Stanford University and a Race and Technology Affiliate at the Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, joins Behind the Tech to discuss her journey and work. Michele shares ... Show More
1h 5m
Dec 2024
Year in Review 2024
As 2024 comes to an end, we take a look back at some of the biggest themes that emerged on Behind the Tech over this incredibly exciting year for tech and AI: creativity, education, and transformation. And we take a stroll through some of Kevin's obsessions – from ceramics to Mak ... Show More
33m 43s
Sep 2024
1The Journey of Music: How It Spreads in Just 5 Minutes | Michael Spitzer - BIGTHINK
Expert Michael Spitzer explains how culture can “tune” your musical taste. Do humans have something like an instinct for music? The musicologist Michael Spitzer thinks so. As he points out, every person is born with an innate ability to recognize rhythm, beat in time to it, and t ... Show More
11m 2s
Oct 2024
158 | Live Q&A Replay: Expert Answers From The Middle School Music Summit
36m 36s
Oct 2024
Upper-intermediate | Piano Class
<p>Today's lesson is for everyone interested in talking about music in Chinese. And no, we're not talking about listening to music, we're talking about playing it! Join us for a piano lesson and learn all about keys, scales, and taking instructions from a (strict) piano teacher! ... Show More
17m 50s
Nov 2024
Making human music in an AI world
For the third episode in our series about the future of music, we talk with Ge Wang. Ge is a professor at Stanford, a co-founder of Smule, the conductor of Stanford’s laptop orchestra, and has been at the center of technology and artistry for most of his life. We talk about how h ... Show More
50m 39s
Jun 2021
Trauma Informed Music Education with Karen Salvador and Rebecca DeWan
Some students find it difficult to engage in their learning. Emotional and cognitive difficulties can affect a student’s motivation to learn and may make it difficult for them to participate in class-based educational activities. Music is a unique medium of engagement and creativ ... Show More
58m 27s
Aug 2025
A survival guide for musicians in the age of AI | Harvey Mason jr.
Artificial intelligence can write a song in seconds, but does that mean human songwriters will become obsolete? Recording Academy CEO Harvey Mason jr. doesn’t think so. A songwriter himself, he offers a four-step “survival guide” for human creators to endure the age of AI, urging ... Show More
15m 36s
Mar 2021
35 | Anne Mileski's Music Teacher Journey
36m 44s
Dec 2021
David Sulzer, "Music, Math, and Mind: The Physics and Neuroscience of Music" (Columbia UP, 2021)
Why does a clarinet play at lower pitches than a flute? What does it mean for sounds to be in or out of tune? How are emotions carried by music? Do other animals perceive sound like we do? How might a musician use math to come up with new ideas?
This book offers a lively explorat ... Show More
1h 14m
Sep 2025
197 | How to Include Music from Other Cultures Authentically and Respectfully
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2469774/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>In this episode of That Music Podcast, Bryson tackles a tough but essential topic: how to include music and cultural activities that aren’t from our own backgrou ... Show More
14m 6s
Sep 2025
A.I. School Is in Session: Two Takes on the Future of Education
<p>This week, we check in on the state of artificial intelligence in education. We talk with a co-founder of Alpha Schools, MacKenzie Price, about how her private K-12 schools are using A.I. to generate personalized lesson plans and enabling teachers to spend their time motivatin ... Show More
1h 11m
Ben Laude, a concert pianist and music educator, joins Behind the Tech to discuss his journey from a suburban childhood in Austin, Texas to becoming a world-renowned classical pianist and YouTube creator. Ben shares his early inspirations—including his father's dabbling in piano and his own private obsession with classical music that began in high school—and discusses the importance of having a good teacher and the role of the early Internet in fueling his passion for piano.
In this episode, Kevin and Ben explore the impact of AI on art and artists, the significance of classical piano in Ben's life and his efforts to popularize classical piano through educational content. They discuss the challenges and rewards of pursuing a career in music, the magic of bringing encoded scores (musical notations that serve as instructions for how to perform the music) to life, and the importance of community and feedback in achieving success.
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2469774/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p> <p>This week’s episode features a replay of the live Q&A panel from the Middle School Music Summit.<span style='font-weight: 400;'> Bryson is joined by ... Show More
<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2469774/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p> <p>In this episode I share a conversation with Anne Mileski on her music teacher journey.</p><p>Anne Mileski is an elementary music specialist in Eastern Wa ... Show More
