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See, you're not just a big blob of hot mess to us Mr Sun, you're the head of our family.

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I recently collaborated with Joe Hanson of the YouTube channel It’s Okay to be Smart and helped him write an episode about pattern recognition. I thought it would be great to bring him on the show and interview him in an episode all about the new science communicators.

We learn what it is like to be part of the new wave of science communication, talk about science literacy, and discuss the ramifications of rubbing a beard with an infected chicken before conducting lab work.

After the interview, I discuss a study about the difference between dogma and belief superiority, and how it helps explain why some politicians will never compromise.

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Rome and Cam, of the hilarious Dormtainment, join the show to talk Tidal, Karrueche and gas money. Visit them at dormtainment.com and check out their Comedy Central web series, Six Guys One Car.

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World’s Fair. Julian Lage’s first solo guitar album, is so spontaneous and intimate in feel it’s as if this prodigious guitarist had just arrived in your living room, picked up his vintage Martin, and simply started to play.

“I always had a fantasy about doing a solo guitar project, “ Lage explains, “especially one that highlighted various orchestrational aspects of guitar playing and guitar techniques, drawing from the structure of the three to four minute song, pieces that did not depend as much on improvisation but on moods, or musical attitudes. When I started recording, I discovered what a rare opportunity this was for me to recalibrate my senses to one instrument and within that recalibration learn to savor the vast world of intimacy and nuance, both qualities so inherent to the guitar.”

While conceiving of and recording World’s Fair, Lage was inspired by the orchestral approach to the guitar of the great Andres Segovia and by the music of the early 20th Century, of “jazz before be-bop. He found a similarly unbound spirit in the early seventies work of singer-songwriters like Randy Newman, who managed to incorporate a sophisticated range of ideas into the concise pop-song format. He was drawn, in other words, to sounds that were both challenging and pleasing -- work, much like his own, that defies easy categorization.

As the New York Times has put it, the 26 year-old Lage is a an artist whose roots are “tangled in jazz, folk, classical and country music.” A child guitar prodigy, he was the subject of the 1997 Oscar-nominated documentary short, Jules at 8.; he made his first recording, with David Grisman, at the age of 11. His first recording as a leader, 2009’s Sounding Point, garnered a Grammy nomination as Best Contemporary Jazz Album. Up to now, collaboration has been essential to Lage’s process; he has toured and/or recorded with such artists as Gary Burton, Nels Cline, Fred Hersch, and Jim Hall, who was a major influence on the young Lage. His most recent project is Room, a live-in-the-studio exchange with experimental guitarist Cline. Earlier this year, he released Avalon, a duo recording with fellow guitarist Chris “Critter” Eldridge (of Punch Brothers) that surveyed the American Songbook with an easygoing virtuosity.

World’s Fair, co-produced by Matt Munisteri and engineered by Armand Hirsch, sets up a new sort of relationship between Lage and his audience, as about as one-on-one as a musician can get without physically being there. Says Lage, “Here are twelve songs that represent this opening into my world, a musical and personal aesthetic I haven’t yet had the opportunity to express in full on record. This music, these explorations, this overarching narrative -- taken together, they represent one of my long times dreams, to create music for one guitar, played by one person, for you.”

- Michael Hill
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released February 3, 2015

Produced by Matt Munisteri and Julian Lage
Engineered and Mixed by Armand Hirsch
Assistant Engineered by Teddy Tuthill
Mastered by Dan Millice at The Engine Room
Design: Matt Pfahlert for www.thesilentp.com

Recorded June 16-17, 2014 at Sear Sound in New York City, with the exception of "Double Stops" and "Where or When" which were recorded March 19, 2014 at Echo Mountain in Asheville, NC with Assistant Engineer, Jon Ashley. Mixed at Sterling Studios in NYC. 

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This track is from a collection of tunes from the live streamed sessions with Slamhaus. While bands or users will inspire me, every song was composed live on stream without any pre-thought melodies, progressions or beats. Watch a piece of music composed 100% in front of your eyes.

Watch this track composed lived from here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIQrfYLFlWE

Be a part of the music making! Watch Tunesday at 2pm CT every Tuesday!
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Album Artwork by Chris Amhaus

August 22nd {She knows my Weaknesses}

Released by sonic pieces on September 30, 2016
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MInor Planet

By The Window

Mary Oliver was one of our greatest and most beloved poets. She is often quoted by people across ages and backgrounds — and it’s fitting, since she described poetry as a sacred community ritual. “When you write a poem, you write it for anybody and everybody,” she said. Mary died on January 17, 2019, at the age of 83. She was a prolific and decorated poet, whose honors included the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. In this 2015 conversation — one of the rare interviews she granted during her lifetime — she discussed the wisdom of the world, the salvation of poetry, and the life behind her writing.

Mary Oliver published over 25 books of poetry and prose, including "Dream Work," "A Thousand Mornings," and "A Poetry Handbook." She won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984 for her book "American Primitive." Her final work, "Devotions," is a curated collection of poetry from her more than 50-year career.

Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

On Being with Krista Tippett

Mary Oliver — Listening to the World

James Hill on trumpet and me on cello reworking the beautiful Peace Piece by Bill Evans, flow with it and take care!

Bill Evans Peace Piece reworked by James Hill and Henrik Meierkord

You Are Not So Smart is a show about psychology that celebrates science and self delusion. In each episode, we explore what we've learned so far about reasoning, biases, judgments, and decision-making.

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