Sound Philosophy podcast

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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…

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A podcast exploring philosophical and interpretive approaches to the history of popular music.

113 episoade

#Music #Chadwick Jenkins

Sound Philosophy

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A podcast exploring philosophical and interpretive approaches to the history of popular music.

113 episoade

#Music #Chadwick Jenkins

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115-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Chapters 3-4 1:09:06

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Eric Taxier and I discuss chapters 3-4 for Book 4 of Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, which focus on the proper relationship to ambition.

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114-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Chapter 2 33:27

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Eric Taxier and I discuss Book 4, Chapter 2 in Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, his treatment of the virtue of magnificence (grand spending).

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113-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4, Chapter 1 49:09

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Eric Taxier and I discuss chapter 1 of Book 4 of the Nicomachean Ethics, a chapter on the virtue of generosity.

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112-J Dilla 29:40

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This episode briefly examines two tracks produced by J Dilla: "Runnin'" by the Pharcyde and "Show Me What You Got" by Busta Rhymes. I discuss the stratification in Dilla's beats, their stuttering quality, their use and avoidance of quantization, and the response of the rappers to those beats.

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111-Rhyme, Flow, Content: Eminem and Mac Miller 39:24

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This episode explores the relationship among flow, content, and rhyme by looking at some excerpts from Eminem and Mac Miller.

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110-Tool 29:49

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This episode looks at "Sober" and "Vicarious" by Tool and discusses the release and impact of Fear Inoculum.

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109-Math Rock 30:59

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A brief look at Math Rock from a guitarist's point of view.

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108-Funk Counterpoint and James Brown 39:25

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A look at the shift from funky R&B to Funk as a standalone genre. I discuss the various elements of Funk, particularly what I'm calling "Funk Counterpoint" by examining The Meters' "Cissy Strut," and James Brown's "Cold Sweat."

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107-The Bass and Larry Graham 30:36

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This episode discusses the role of the bass in popular music, specifically in funk, and more specifically in the work of the bass player for Sly and the Family Stone (and later for his own group, Graham Central Station), Larry Graham--renowned for inventing the slap bass technique.

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106-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 10-12 1:18:05

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Eric Taxier and I finish our discussion of Book 3 of the Nicomachean Ethics by examining Aristotle's analysis of temperance.

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105-Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3, Chapters 8-9 44:20

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Eric Taxier and I continue to discuss Aristotle's take on courage.

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104-Minimalism and Popular Music 47:16

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This episode discusses claims that Minimalism (and minimal music more widely understood) boils down to advertising and propaganda (riffing on interviews by Elliott Carter and Philip Glass). I look at some pop songs that were clearly influenced by Minimalism, some that are parallel to it, and some that are simply minimalist in some manner.…

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103-Minimalism, Temporality, Repetition 54:41

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This episode uses Minimalism (and specifically Terry Riley's In C ) to examine the issues of temporality and repetition in music.

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102-Flamenco, Compas, and the Siguiriyas 34:49

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This episode briefly introduces flamenco music and then touches on the compas--the approach to meter within this music--by specifically looking at the genre of the siguiriyas.

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101-Twos and Threes: Hemiola, Odd Meters, Tresillo 41:00

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