Cadence is a podcast about music: how it affects your brain, your life, and the community in which you live.
Join our host, cognitive neuroscientist and classically trained opera singer Indre Viskontas while we talk to scientists, musicians, musicologists, and composers to find answers to some of the biggest questions still surrounding the intersection of music and science. How much can we learn about the mind with music as the lens?
25 Available Episodes (25 Total)Average duration: 00:34:53
Mar 30, 2021
S03 Episode 07: Music and Prisons, Part 2
01:00:30
S03 Episode 07: Music and Prisons, Part 2 by Indre Viskontas
Feb 18, 2021
S03 Episode 06: Music and Prisons, Part 1
00:35:34
S03 Episode 06: Music and Prisons, Part 1 by Indre Viskontas
Jan 14, 2021
S03 Episode 05: How Music Affects Animals
00:49:33
S03 Episode 05: How Music Affects Animals by Indre Viskontas
Dec 16, 2020
S03 Episode 04: Music During the Holidays
00:29:13
S03 Episode 04: Music During the Holidays by Indre Viskontas
Dec 08, 2020
S03 Episode 03: Why Queer Music Matters
00:29:06
S03 Episode 03: Why Queer Music Matters by Indre Viskontas
Nov 16, 2020
S03 Episode 02: Lullabies and Feelings
00:19:38
S03 Episode 02: Lullabies and Feelings by Indre Viskontas
Nov 03, 2020
S03 Episode 01: The Music of Politics
00:32:52
S03 Episode 01: The Music of Politics by Indre Viskontas
Jun 10, 2018
S02 Episode 08: Music to Remember
00:41:22
In this final episode of season 2, we look at the dramatic effects music can have on patients with dementia—in some cases, it can bring back people who seem to be almost completely lost.
May 02, 2018
S02 Episode 07: Putting Music in the Hands of Sick Kids
00:32:13
Watching someone suffer through a serious illness is heartbreaking—especially if it’s a child, and even more if it affects their ability to communicate. Can music empower such people by giving them a way to express themselves during moments when they may not be otherwise capable? MyMusicRx, a unique program that puts control into the hands of the kids, is attempting to do just that.
Mar 31, 2018
S02 Episode 06: The Case of the Autistic Savant: Unleashing Extraordinary Musical Ability
00:43:54
In this episode, we meet Tony Deblois, an individual with autism who is also blind. Tony can play 23 instruments, has toured all over the world, and has accompanied musical theater productions—all without out ever opening a score. How does he do it? Where does this prodigious talent come from? And what can we learn about ourselves from Tony’s story?
Mar 30 | 01:00:30
S03 Episode 07: Music and Prisons, Part 2
Feb 18 | 00:35:34
S03 Episode 06: Music and Prisons, Part 1
Jan 14 | 00:49:33
S03 Episode 05: How Music Affects Animals
Dec 16 | 00:29:13
S03 Episode 04: Music During the Holidays
Dec 08 | 00:29:06
S03 Episode 03: Why Queer Music Matters
Nov 16 | 00:19:38
S03 Episode 02: Lullabies and Feelings
Nov 03 | 00:32:52
S03 Episode 01: The Music of Politics
Jun 10 | 00:41:22
S02 Episode 08: Music to Remember
May 02 | 00:32:13
S02 Episode 07: Putting Music in the Hands of Sick Kids
Mar 31 | 00:43:54
S02 Episode 06: The Case of the Autistic Savant: Unleashing Extraordinary Musical Ability
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