A 4-Track Mind
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A 4-Track Mind

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 2, 202621 min
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In this short episode, first aired in 2011, a neurologist issues a dare to a ragtime piano player and a famous conductor. When the two men face off in an fMRI machine, the challenge is so unimaginably difficult that one man instantly gives up. But the other achieves a musical feat that ought to be impossible. Reporter Jessica Benko went to Michigan to visit Bob Milne, one of the best ragtime piano players in the world, and a preternaturally talented musician. Usually, Bob sticks to playing piano for small groups of ragtime enthusiasts, but he recently caught the...

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Hey, I'm Molly Webster from Radiolab, and I am in studio today with Anisa Vizzo. Hi, Molly. Who is our assistant producer, but also a really amazing artist. And so we have her do a lot of our cool visuals for the show.

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And Anisa, you're here to talk about this awesome thing you just made for us. What is it? I have been wanting a Radiolab fanny pack slash crossbody bag for probably as long as I've worked here, but everyone hated the idea.

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And then some listeners asked us for it, and now all of a sudden everyone's finally ready to do my vision. I will just say I am a good pairing for you on this fanny pack promo because I love a fanny pack slash crossbody bag. So what does this one look like and how often will I use it? So I wanted to do some drawings that were Radiolab related.

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