This is What It Sounds Like, What The Music You Love Says About You was chosen by our curators as one of the eight best nonfiction books published last year. Susan Kane and Daniel Leviton talk about what music has meant to their lives. They also debate what makes a generic artist different from a great one - and share some of their favorite records.
In this special episode, Susan Rogers, a record producer turned cognitive neuroscientist, and Daniel Levitin, author of “This Is Your Brain on Music,” get together to discuss what music has meant in their lives, debate what separates a great artist from a generic one, and share some of their favorite tunes.
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Susan’s new book, “This Is What It Sounds Like,” was chosen by our curators — Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Grant, Susan Cain, and Daniel Pink — as one of the eight best works of nonfiction published last year. She recently made a beautiful video e-course about the book, which you can experience by downloading the Next Big Idea app.