A 4-Track Mind

In this short, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face off in an fMRI machine, the challenge is so unimaginably difficult that one man instantly gives up. But the other achieves a musical feat that ought to be impossible.

Episode 107 of the Radiolab podcast, hosted by WNYC Studios, titled "A 4-Track Mind" was published on July 26, 2011 and runs 19 minutes.

July 26, 2011 ·19m · Radiolab

Summary

In this short, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face off in an fMRI machine, the challenge is so unimaginably difficult that one man instantly gives up. But the other achieves a musical feat that ought to be impossible.

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