Is Music Controlling You?

Music is both art form and tool. It can be abused in the same way as food, sex, or alcohol. How music can hijack the brain, how fandom slips into idol worship, and how artists like Springsteen and McCartney use or don’t use their influence to shape beliefs and politics. Music can shift from communication to manipulation. Cape Cod’s weird “mutant” jellyfish that only sting locals. Dr. Bronner’s psychedelic-tinged gender-bending CEO. Does the long-lost Gospel of Thomas belong in the Bible? The controversial “saying” about Mary Magdalen becoming male and what it might really mean. Ep. 0040 Follow Dan - https://x.com/danschwarzhoff Follow Dan Jr. - ⁠⁠https://x.com/dschwarzhoffjr Build resilience to stress using Non-Contemplative Meditation. Try the See App: https://theseeapp.com Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/0xYfkD7LvM7NBqw2J8R9mx Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/schwarzhoff/id1351385218 X - https://x.com/SchwarzhoffPod Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@schwarzhoff 00:00 - Greedy Reverends and Phony Televangelists 05:49 - Is Music a Tool of the Devil? Abuse vs. Art 10:50 - Using Music to Manipulate Politics 19:56 - Earworms: Getting Music "Unstuck" from Your Head 25:44 - Twisted Sister Rock Clubbing 29:24 - The Evolutionary Benefit to Liking Music 40:07 - Disco, Studio 54, and Poppers 45:07 - Mutant Stinging Moon Jellies Take Over Cape Cod 49:12 - Dr. Bronner’s genderfluid CEO, Psychedelics, and Pantheism 57:41 - The Gospel of Thomas: Eastern Nonsense or Jesus' Private Teachings? 1:11:32 - This Discovery Changes Everything: Gospel of Thomas Papyrus 1:15:26 - “There is Light Within a Man of Light"