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Diminished History
by Diminished History
Stories about music, history, and the ideas that shape how we listen. Diminished History connects remarkable lives and overlooked turning points with questions that still matter today. Original, source-based narratives explore creativity, philosophy, and culture. AI-narrated.
Episodes
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What Bob Marley's Image Leaves Out
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Bob Marley is instantly recognizable. But what disappears when an artist becomes a symbol? This episode separates Rastafari faith, cannabis, and reggae rather than treating them as...
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Why Do Songs Get Stuck in Your Head? Earworms, Memory and Mark Twain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Why does a tune keep returning after the music stops? Explore earworms, also called involuntary musical imagery, through an original musical demonstration, research on exposure and melodic...
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Before AI Music: The Piano-Roll Fight Over Human Creativity
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Who deserves credit and payment when a machine plays music? The piano-roll dispute offers a revealing history of authorship, listening and creative work. Follow Sousa's concerns, the Supreme...
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Why Music Gives You Goosebumps — Even When You Know the Song
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Why can familiar music still produce a shiver? Explore musical chills, anticipation, reward and the changing experience of listening. This episode distinguishes scientific findings from...
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Can a Song Change an Election? Chile, 1988
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! In Chile in 1988, an accessible pop jingle became part of the No campaign. Diminished History follows the music's creative intentions, public participation and the practical work surrounding a...
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Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize: Can a Song Be Literature?
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Why was Bob Dylan awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature? Marking the tenth anniversary of the October 13, 2016 announcement, Diminished History explores the literary craft of songwriting and...
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Seikilos: The Oldest Complete Song and Its Message About Life
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! The Seikilos epitaph preserves a short ancient Greek song with its musical notation. What does its message mean, and what can we really know about a melody carved into stone nearly 2,000 years...
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Sergiu Celibidache: Can a Recording Preserve Music?
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! Can pressing play bring back a musical experience? Romanian conductor Sergiu Celibidache argued that music belonged to a particular moment, room and audience. Yet the recordings he distrusted...
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How Did Beethoven Compose When He Was Deaf?
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! How could Beethoven write for an orchestra as his hearing deteriorated? His letters, sketches and conversation books reveal a working process built on musical experience, imagination, notation...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Stories about music, history, and the ideas that shape how we listen. Diminished History connects remarkable lives and overlooked turning points with questions that still matter today. Original, source-based narratives explore creativity, philosophy, and culture. AI-narrated.
HOSTED BY
Diminished History
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Diminished History currently has 9 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
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Stories about music, history, and the ideas that shape how we listen. Diminished History connects remarkable lives and overlooked turning points with questions that still matter today. Original, source-based narratives explore creativity, philosophy, and culture. AI-narrated.
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Diminished History is created and hosted by Diminished History.
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