Episode 279: Welcome To The Machine (Taylor's Version)

1

Introduction

00:00 • 2min

2

Taylor Swift and the Death of David Foster Wallace

02:16 • 2min

3

How to Catch a Vibe

03:53 • 3min

4

The Changes in the Music Industry

06:36 • 3min

5

The History of Recorded Music

09:35 • 3min

6

The Rise and Fall of the Record Store

12:18 • 2min

7

The Rise and Fall of the B Side

13:49 • 2min

8

The Rise and Fall of the Double LP

16:10 • 2min

9

The Rise of the MP3

17:47 • 3min

10

The Rise and Fall of the MP3 Player

20:30 • 2min

11

The Rise and Fall of Record Labels

22:37 • 2min

12

Taylor's Version

24:09 • 2min

13

The History of Recorded Music

25:43 • 2min

14

How to Make Money With a Record Label

27:14 • 2min

15

The Impact of Spotify on Artists

29:06 • 2min

16

The Fallout From the Age of the Streaming Platform

31:28 • 2min

17

The Costs of Live Shows

33:01 • 5min

18

The Great Flippening

37:40 • 2min

19

The Moral Argument for Streaming Music

39:18 • 2min

20

The Different Types of Streaming Music

41:24 • 2min

21

Spotify: The Swedish Man Brain Bombs

43:17 • 3min

22

Spotify's Unsustainable Business Model

46:02 • 3min

23

The Problems With Spotify

49:06 • 3min

24

Beast Mode: How to Use It for Focusing

51:40 • 2min

25

The Nextness of Music

53:26 • 2min

26

The Mood Tropic: A Radical Deviation From the Past

55:12 • 2min

27

How Spotify Calculates Music Preferences

57:28 • 3min

28

The Power of Natural Language Processing

01:00:20 • 2min

29

The Effect of Music on Emotional Life

01:01:52 • 2min

30

Spotify: Predictive Playlists Less in Genre Form and More in Mood

01:03:29 • 2min

31

The Importance of Predictive Algorithms in Music

01:05:15 • 2min

32

The Impact of Spotify on Music

01:07:36 • 5min

33

The Importance of Consistency in Music

01:12:35 • 3min

34

The Predictive Algorithm and the Spotify Playlist

01:15:41 • 4min

35

Spotify's Predictive Algorithms

01:19:35 • 3min

36

The Insides of a Grape

01:22:23 • 3min

37

The Oppression of Endless Choice

01:25:44 • 3min

38

The Importance of Listening to Worst Music

01:28:41 • 2min

39

The Rise and Fall of Single Ticket Holders

01:30:15 • 2min