Is Music Controlling You?

Music is both art form and tool. It can be abused in the same way as food, sex, or alcohol. How music can hijack the brain, how fandom slips into idol worship, and how artists like Springsteen and McCartney use or don’t use their influence to shape beliefs and politics. Music can shift from communication to manipulation. Cape Cod’s weird “mutant” jellyfish that only sting locals. Dr. Bronner’s psychedelic-tinged gender-bending CEO. Does the long-lost Gospel of Thomas belong in the Bible? The controversial “saying” about Mary Magdalen becoming male and what it might really mean. Ep. 0040

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00:00 - Greedy Reverends and Phony Televangelists
05:49 - Is Music a Tool of the Devil? Abuse vs. Art
10:50 - Using Music to Manipulate Politics
19:56 - Earworms: Getting Music "Unstuck" from Your Head
25:44 - Twisted Sister Rock Clubbing
29:24 - The Evolutionary Benefit to Liking Music
40:07 - Disco, Studio 54, and Poppers
45:07 - Mutant Stinging Moon Jellies Take Over Cape Cod
49:12 - Dr. Bronner’s genderfluid CEO, Psychedelics, and Pantheism
57:41 - The Gospel of Thomas: Eastern Nonsense or Jesus' Private Teachings?
1:11:32 - This Discovery Changes Everything: Gospel of Thomas Papyrus
1:15:26 - “There is Light Within a Man of Light"