Musical Language

I've just started to become addicted to podcasts via iTunes and I discovered one of the most fascinating programs. My discovery of cool podcasts is a pretty random affair; I'll just click on stuff that looks interesting and then listen to them later either on walks or at the gym (did you know that gym means naked? LOL, just a random aside.) I was on a walk (fully clothed, thank you very much) and began to play a podcast originally broadcast on WNYC public radio. I'm a big public radio fan, so this seemed like a good choice for blind downloading. The particular segment was from their RadioLab program, entitled "Musical Language." It's fascinating... I was mesmerized listening to it, and I kept walking further than I was going to go because I was so lost in it. I won't go into too much detail cause it's best you listen to it yourself, but essentially they discuss how music is related to language and why music makes you feel. Great stuff.

Check out RadioLab. They have their downloadable podcasts available there. It's a trip.