Talkhouse Launches Season 3 of Matt Whyte's Sing For Science, The Podcast Creating New Connections Between Musicians, Scientists & Listeners

Guests Include Jeff Tweedy, Arlo Guthrie, mxmtoon, Nick Kroll, Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock, Margo Price, Alec Benjamin, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Korn's Jonathan Davis & Rhiannon Giddens in Conversation With Experts on Psychology, Nutritional Anthropology, Ethnobotany, Pediatric Endocrinology, Mycology, Reproductive Healthcare, Psychiatry, Computer Programming & Beyond

New Episode With Jeff Tweedy Out Today, Exploring Human Consciousness via Wilco's "Less Than You Think": LISTEN

 

Today, with a brand new episode that brings together Jeff Tweedy and Cornell University computational psychologist Dr. Shimon Edelman, Talkhouse launches the third season of its groundbreaking, multidisciplinary podcast, Sing For Science. Created and hosted by New York musician Matt Whyte, the series is driven by the goal of inspiring deeper conversations and the pursuit of making connections everywhere they are available. Each episode pairs an acclaimed recording artist with a specially-chosen scientist: by using one of the musician's most beloved songs as the launching pad for a discussion about a specific topic in a connected field, listeners leave with a new piece of knowledge and often a collaborative call to action. 

Additional guests for season three include folk legend Arlo Guthrie exploring nutritional anthropology and how it relates to hunger, war and his 1967 masterpiece "Alice's Restaurant," as well as singer, songwriter and plant enthusiast mxmtoon discussing ethnobotany and her song "Florida." Nick Kroll talks about the Big Mouth theme, pediatric endocrinology, and the science of puberty; Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock and famed mycologist Paul Stamets dive deep into mushrooms, and Margo Price, Alec Benjamin, Weezer's Rivers Cuomo, Korn's Jonathan Davis and Rhiannon Giddensshine a light on reproductive healthcare, psychiatry, computer programming, biology and ethnomusicology, respectively. 

Subscribe to Sing For Science and hear the first episode of season three, where Jeff Tweedy looks at Wilco's "Less Than You Think" through Dr. Edelman's theory of human consciousness, in which it is entirely the product of a virtual reality simulation created by our brain: HERE

While new episodes of Sing For Science continue to be released weekly on Wednesdays, Matt Whyte will also bring the show to a number of events this fall. Details will soon be announced for a special series of tapings at the MIT Science Museum, and on October 25th, the podcast will present Richard Reed Parry and Susie Ibarra at Public Records, in a live conversation about cardiology. Find additional information at singforscience.org/events. 

With the hope that a more science-literate society can contribute towards greater support for evidence-based policy in government, Sing For Science is "podcasting for a better planet" (UPROXX). Previous guests like Blondie, Duran Duran, Living Colour, Kilo Kish, Mac Demarco, MGMT, Norah Jones, Sia and more have broken down ecological and philosophical barriers with clarity and creativity at the heart of conversation, and season three will deliver the most exciting slate of music and topics yet. 

"I started Sing For Science to inspire bigger conversations about my favorite songs - this season's episodes bring a new level of dynamism between musician and scientist," says Matt Whyte. "A reverent Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse reveals that renowned mushroom expert Paul Stamets is 'his Beatles and his Stones' and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy debates with a Cornell psychologist about the latter's assessment that a lyric of Jeff's is depressing. Whether we're talking about metal, pop, physics or psychiatry I always leave these conversations with a greater appreciation for how everything is connected and we are all far more alike than we are different."

 

Sing For Science - Season 3 Episode List

1. Wilco's Jeff Tweedy

Consciousness | Shimon Edelman

Less Than You Think: Demystifying the Hard Problem of Consciousness with Computational Psychology 

 

2. Arlo Guthrie

Nutritional Anthropology | Ellen Messer

Alice's Restaurant: Breaking the Links Between Hunger and War 

 

3. mxmtoon

Ethnobotany | Cassandra Quave

Florida: Hunting for Plant Medicine in the Everglades 

 

4. Nick Kroll

Pediatric Endocrinology | Emily Breidbart

I'm Going Through Changes: Adolescent Hormones and the Science of Puberty 

 

5. Margo Price

Reproductive Healthcare | Monica McLemore

Fight To Make It: Defending Reproductive Healthcare with Evidence-Based Policy Research 

 

6. Modest Mouse's Isaac Brock

Mycology | Paul Stamets

The Best Room: Upgrading Civilization Through Partnerships with Fungi 

 

7. Alec Benjamin

Psychiatry | Anna Lembke

Dopamine Addict: Understanding the Brain Mechanisms that Govern Pain and Pleasure 

 

8. Weezer's Rivers Cuomo

Computer Programming | Guido Van Rossum

Come Undone: Revolutionizing the Digital Age with Open Source Coding 

 

9. Korn's Jonathan Davis

Biology | Mary Roach

Dead Bodies Everywhere: Postmortem Biology and The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers

 

10. Rhiannon Giddens

Ethnomusicology | Portia Maultsby

At The Purchaser's Option: Mapping the African Diaspora with Ethnomusicology

 

Matt Whyte

 

About Sing For Science Sing For Science is a science and music podcast produced with Talkhouse where musicians talk to scientists about science as it connects to their most famous songs. Created and hosted by New York musician Matt Whyte, the podcast's goal is to increase science literacy for as many people as possible by reaching a variety of different musicians' fan bases. Listeners come to the show through their love of music and leave with a new piece of knowledge about science and the scientific process. Science literacy and respect for expertise are perhaps more vital now more than ever before. The show's chief tenet is that a more science and scientific process literate society can only contribute towards greater support for more fair, evidence-based policy in government. Follow Sing For Science on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.    About Talkhouse Talkhouse is a Webby-Award-winning first-person media company and outlet for musicians, actors, filmmakers, and others in their respective fields. Artists write essays and criticism from firsthand perspectives, speak one-on-one with their peers via the Talkhouse Podcast and Talkhouse Live events, and offer readers and listeners unique insight into creative work of all genres and generations. Talkhouse is writing and conversations about music and film, from the people who make them. Recently launched series include Listening, an unprecedented new program featuring Jeff Tweedy, Neko Case and more that The Guardian describes as "part podcast, part album," as well as Björk: Sonic Symbolism, which GQ praises as "a road map to the creative life," delivering what The New Yorker calls "a rare chance to listen in as one of the most mysterious and mystical artists working today explains herself." Our audience has come to understand and cherish the fact that we serve as a platform for getting them inside the minds of their favorite artists and filmmakers. As one of the only "first-person" media outlets, Talkhouse allows musicians, actors and filmmakers to reach fans directly, in their own words. By working directly with creators from the worlds of music and film, Talkhouse has built a media brand that is firmly rooted in authenticity, credibility, and creativity - and, through branded content initiatives and special projects, we aim to bring those values to life together with like-minded partners. Follow Talkhouse at Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

 

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