What can an NBA coach teach us about business? 🏀 In our final podcast before the summer break, ethnomusicologist Jordan Zalis explores the NBA's hidden soundtrack. 🎧 Listen now on musicthinking.com/what-does-ba... or your favourite podcast app #MusicThinking #NBA @torontoraptor.bsky.social

Intrinsic motivation – the activity is the reward. 🎻🔬 Together with Ralph Meulenbroeks, we explore how musical discipline and "ensemble forgiveness" build great teams. Learn to read the emotional temperature under pressure. Listen: musicthinking.com/intrinsic-mo... #musicthinking

Intrinsic Motivation in Science and Music with Ralph Meulenbroek - Music Thinking

Christof Zürn talks with Viola Da Gamba player and Professor of Physics Ralph Meulenroeks about intrinsic motivation in science and music

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5 years of The Power of Music Thinking podcast! 🎙️✨ To celebrate, I’ve curated 20 leadership questions & answers from our archives—from leading without a conductor to navigating AI. Plus, sonic journeys from the Sagrada Familia to Nara. Listen & search: musicthinking.com/take-five-hi...

Innovation happens when you change the lens. Together with Emma‑Kate Matthews, we explore why architecture is an active collaborator and listen to the massive contrast between an anechoic chamber and the Sagrada Família. musicthinking.com/resonant-bod... #MusicThinking @emmatr0n.bsky.social

Resonant Bodies with Emma Kate Matthews - Music Thinking

Resonant bodies and sound-based architecture. Listen to the conversation with Emma-Kate Matthews and Christof Zürn.

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Listen to the underground. Soil ecoacoustics is at the heart of our new episode. 🐜🎼 My Guest @alexftaylor.bsky.social shares insights from his research – plus the sound of a very curious caterpillar. Listen: musicthinking.com/soil-ecoacou... #MusicThinking #Ecoacoustics

Our latest release: enjoy field recording, saxophone, shakuhachi and a lot of Synth! Live under the bridge in #Nijmegen mrznl.bandcamp.com/album/under-... #ambientmusic #improvisation #bandcampfriday

Under the Bridge - TWO, by Meulmeester, van Rijsewijk, Zürn

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Is AI replacing creativity – or is it just "email autocomplete" for the arts? 🤖🎼 New episode with Dr Matthias Röder – the man behind the AI completion of Beethoven’s 10th Symphony – on the future of human-machine co-creation. Listen: musicthinking.com/from-beethov... #MusicThinking #Beethoven #AI

From Beethoven to AI Agents with Matthias Röder - Music Thinking

Matthias is an internationally recognised expert at the intersection of creativity, leadership, and artificial intelligence.  He was the Director of the Karajan Institute and led the team that used AI...

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Walking with a Shakuhachi Priest ⛩️🍃 An immersive soundwalk through Nara, Japan. Join me and Jonen, a priest, as we discuss "reading the air" and the power of the bamboo flute. Listen to the field recording: musicthinking.com/walking-with... #MusicThinking #Podcast #Japan #Soundscape #Shakuhachi

Walking with a Shakuhachi Priest - Music Thinking

We step out of the studio and into the heat of Nara, Japan, for a "soundwalk" with Jonen, a shakuhachi priest and former Komuso monk.

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Like every year, the sixth of January is the moment to wish you all the best for the new year. This year's epiphany story is about maintaining. I've included it on the music thinking website. You can read and listen here: musicthinking.com/maintaining-... #epiphany #epiphany2026 #musicthinking

Maintaining what is important - Happy Epiphany 2026 - Music Thinking

This is my epiphany story for 2026, January 6th, this year, it is about maintenance. Epiphany Story 2026 I thought I was on time.  It is 10 minutes to nine in the morning, and I am at the Kongobu-ji T...

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Sound isn't just what we hear. It's evidence. 🎙️ I spoke to audio investigator Fabio Cervi about using audio forensics to expose human rights abuses. musicthinking.com/audio-invest... #AudioForensics #HumanRights #Podcast #musicthinking #earshot Distributed via @podbean.bsky.social

Audio investigation for human rights with Fabio Cervi - Music Thinking

Earshot, a non-profit audio investigation organisation that works on the front lines of human rights and environmental advocacy.

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Just in time for #bandcampfriday here's our latest release. Recorded live under the lentloper bridge in #nijmegen Check it out on mrznl.bandcamp.com/album/under-... Buy on Friday to guarantee 100% revenue for the artist #bandcamp #nijmegen #nijmegenmuziek #ambient #experimental #improvisation

New #MusicThinking podcast! 🎙️ I tried an experiment: I fed my new academic paper on "Orchestration" to an AI and had it generate the episode. A 16-min deep dive into what orchestration really means for business. Listen: musicthinking.com/orchestratin... #podcast #ai #innovation #leadership

Orchestrating Innovation and AI for your business - Music Thinking

Learn about Orchestrating Innovation for your business. This is a special episode with an AI-generated podcast based on a research paper.

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🎙️ I chatted with Jessica Wan about embracing all parts of your identity. A truly inspiring story! As a bonus, you'll hear a clip from her recital where she sings '月亮代表我的心' (The Moon Represents My Heart) with the audience. Listen here: musicthinking.com/marketing-si... #MusicThinking #Podcast

Marketing & Singing with Jessica Wan - Music Thinking

Learn about the &-sign: the ampersand. Join us in a conversation with Jessica Wan about combining your passions for Marketing and Singing.

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Meet-Up 27 Zondag 9 nov 2025 Jacobiberg , Groningensingel 1245, Arnhem, NL 13:00 - Inloop 13:30 - Kristina Mau Hansen: Field recording performance + 14:15 – Interactie: Water-geluid-laboratorium 15:00 – Groepsimprovisatie met resonantie van metalen objecten Sibylle en Johannes Eimermacher

New podcast episode with Sonic UX researcher Caitlyn Trevor about how sound shapes our world. Listen here: musicthinking.com/sonic-ux-res... #Podcast #MusicThinking #SonicUX #SoundDesign #UX #Neuroscience #FediCast

Sonic UX Research with Caitlyn Trevor - Music Thinking

What is Sonic UX research? Learn from neuroscientist Cailtyn Trevor in a conversation with Christof Zürn in The Power of Music Thinking.

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🎧 We're back! The new Power of Music Thinking episode is a journey for your ears. I’m sending you 'audio postcards' from Japan 🇯🇵 + sharing 3 big announcements about the future of the show. Listen to the full story and all the news here: musicthinking.com/audio-postca... #podcast #newepisode #japan

Audio Postcards and Music Thinking Development

Audio postcards are like normal postcards, with the difference that you listen to them instead of looking. Music Thinking in postcard format.

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My new podcast episode explores the paradox of sad music and its deep connection to our mental health. Find The Power of Music Thinking here: musicthinking.com/why-do-we-li... #MusicThinking #Podcast #MentalHealth #MusicTherapy #Psychology #Wellbeing

Why do we listen to sad music? With Sandra Garrido

Researcher and musician Sandra Garrido in conversation with Christof Zürn about why we listen to sad music, and the power of the playlist.

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LAPD when they think nobody is watching

A fascinating new Music Thinking podcast episode is out! I spoke with AI expert Dr. Maya Ackerman about challenging the idea of AI as an "all-knowing oracle." musicthinking.com/challenging-... #Podcast #AI #Creativity #MusicThinking #MusicTech #GenerativeAI #HumanMachineCollaboration

Challenging the AI Oracle: Maya Ackerman on Music, Creativity, and Collaboration

Maya Ackerman, a world-renowned AI expert, opera singer, and piano player, challenges the AI oracle in conversation with Christof Zürn.

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Take a trip down memory lane to 1997! 🎶 My latest special Power of Music Thinking podcast episode revisits my FIRST-EVER online interview with the one and only Daniel Barenboim (it was his first too!). Listen here: t.ly/3lyGD #MusicThinking #DanielBarenboim #Podcast #ClassicalMusic #EarlyInternet

Pioneering music thinking and first online interview with Daniel Barenboim - special episode

The early days of the internet and pioneering music thinking. Listen to historical material from an interview with Daniel Barenboim.

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What can research with Congolese Pygmies teach us about music and emotion? 🤔 Dive into the latest Power of Music Thinking episode featuring Prof. Hauke Egermann. #MusicThinking #Podcast #Science #Musicology #Culture #Emotions #Innovation #Musikwissenschaft musicthinking.com/science-musi...

Science, Music and Regulating Emotions with Hauke Egermann

How do pygmies in the Congo regulate their emotions. Do we all hear the same? Hauke Egermann in conversation with Christof Zürn.

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New episode of The Power of Music Thinking #podcast We speak with Robin Hoffmann, a prize-winning composer, arranger and orchestrator from #berlin, about the difference between composing, orchestrating, arranging and conducting. musicthinking.com/everything-a... #musicthinking #podcast #orchestra

Everything about Orchestration with Robin Hoffmann

What is orchestration? Today we speak with composer, arranger, orchestrator Robin Hoffmann from Berlin. Robin has a great story to share.

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Brilliant State of The Culture 2025 by Ted Gioia The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened www.honest-broker.com/p/the-world-...

The World Was Flat. Now It's Flattened

The state of the culture, 2025

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New episode: inspiring books on music thinking Let’s talk about books today. What was the last book that inspired you? Was it a novel, a non-fiction book, a design book, a music book or a cookbook? #podcast #musicthinking #music #books musicthinking.com/inspiring-bo...

Inspiring Books on Music Thinking

Inspiring books about Music Thinking with Christof Zürn and Geert van Mol as guest talking about his book inspired by Music Thinking.

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Was Joseph Beuys sagt!

New EP: MRZ creates electro-acoustic soundscapes with a saxophone connected to a granular synthesiser and filters. An experimental set-up with contact microphones attached to the sax. mrznl.bandcamp.com/album/circul... #bandcampfriday #bandcamp #ambient #experiemental #circularbreathing

Circular Electronic Breath, by Meulmeester, van Rijsewijk, Zürn

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Welcome to The Power of Music Thinking - the podcast for people with a musical heart and a wicked job. Listen now to extraordinary people who are also musicians; we speak business, music and everything creative. musicthinking.podbean.com #musicthinking #podcast #creativity #leadership