Fugues
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsWhat is Fugues? The quick answer - it’s The Moth with neuroscience and music (and a bit of sci-fi...)
The detailed answer - a fugue, conventionally, is:
(1) a piece of music with multiple melodies played at the same time and...
(2) a trance state where a person experiences amnesia, and loses their sense of self.
Both uses of the word have a beginning, middle and end. Taking a bit of license, each story we tell in this podcast will be called a fugue. And each fugue will illustrate a handful of mental ingredients.
A fugue will also refer to any temporary mental state one is in. For example, you are currently in a podcast description-reading fugue.
Hosted by Gabriel Berezin, some fugues will be autobiographical, others will come from special guests, and others may be...science-fictional.
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Episodes
An Asshole Walks Into a Group Meditation | 3
October 27, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBThe Reveal. Find out how this Mediclub experience ends. The Assholes push the outer limits of the ASS scale. (What geminis!) They stumble on unexpected terrain, questioning the very nature of reality. This is Part 3 of 3. -- Credits: Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin. Original music by Santiago Arias-Rozo. Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar)) Script editing an...
An Asshole Walks Into a Group Meditation | 2
October 20, 2022 12:00 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MBIn part 2 of Assholes, the immersive story of the Mediclub experience continues with three more fugues. The Asshole co-hosts review the similarities between meditation, marijuana and the right hemisphere of your brain. Then you'll see if 12-step programs fit or (don't fit) into the event. Most importantly you'll find out what Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” has to do with the most under-appreciated part of your brain. All culminating in a new and surprising ASS score. See how deep these assh...
An Asshole Walks Into a Group Meditation | 1
October 11, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes - 21.8 MBEver been to a group meditation? How did you feel? Third eye open and a blissful permagrin? Or awkward and self conscious? Fugues is back with a new talk show that measures gullibility and skepticism using a powerful scale. This new spectrum is defined by Larry David, Woody Harrelson, Betty White, Bill Murray and cats (not the musical). Gabe and his Inner voice co-host discuss the neurological and psychological mental phenomena activated during a Brooklyn meditation retreat. Find out what...
Keeper of the Peace Officer | Fate and Biology | 3
September 15, 2021 05:53 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MBHow does increased power impact human minds? It’s almost not someone’s fault if empathy wanes while power accumulates. In fact, it’s basically inevitable. Joe Smarro, one of the subjects of the HBO documentary, "Crisis Cops: Ernie and Joe," is an exception to the rule. Joe is a police officer and trainer who gives a Master Class in how to sidestep fate when encountering people in crisis. We hear a few fugues from Joe illustrating what it's like to be a cop in these situations. And we give...
Bonding, for Better or Worse
June 11, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBWritten and produced by Gabriel Berezin. Original music and sound design by Kirk Schoenherr and additional music by Grant Zubritsky. Opening and closing music by Monuments - featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar). Editorial assistance by Melissa "Monty" Montan. Logo design by Justin Montan. Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram. Help us out - rate and comment on iTunes! Further reading: Part 1 of Fate and Biolo...
Bonding, for Better or Worse | Fate & Biology | 2
June 11, 2021 11:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBWhy do we help strangers? And why do we love revenge stories so much? The same thing that connects those questions connects us all - bonding. There’s an invisible line between groups of people - it can be a thin dotted line between acquaintances, a steel girder between mother and child, or a series of chain links between millions of people in the same country. In Part 2 of this series on fate and biology, we identify the brain chemical that plays a central role in how we bond, and explore...
The Brain's Molotov Cocktail
April 06, 2021 04:33 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBWritten and produced by Gabriel Berezin. Original music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar)) Editorial insight by Melissa "Monty" Montan Logo design by Justin Montan Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram. References: Study on GABA, serotonin and dopamine and its relation to aggressive behavior (And another study) Pic of my eye pos...
Fate and Biology Part 1: The Brain's Molotov Cocktail
April 06, 2021 04:33 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBWritten and produced by Gabriel Berezin. Original music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar)) Editorial insight by Melissa "Monty" Montan Logo design by Justin Montan For press/media or to be a part of Fugues, email: fuguespod AT gmail DOT com References: Study on GABA, serotonin and dopamine and its relation to aggressive behavior ...
The Brain's Molotov Cocktail | Fate & Biology | 1
April 06, 2021 04:33 - 17 minutes - 15.6 MBYou ever get in a fight? I did. Once. Wearing my Red Sox hat at Yankee Stadium. Me (and two Yankees fans) were basically high on an aggressive cocktail of brain chemicals that forced our collective hand. Stupid, pointless violence with strangers that almost cost me an eye. This episode’s fugue will describe the experience, followed by Inner Voice and I doing a post-fugue analysis. Together we’ll review the ingredients of a lethal cocktail that drove me into a dangerous, seemingly unavoid...
Why So Irrational?
February 10, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBWhy are we so prone to bad logic? We’re going to hear two everyday fugues in this episode: the search for a lost spatula and a spilled beer. The real story here is how easy it is to be irrational. Who is “we” in this episode? It’s me and my inner voice obviously. Inner Voice and I will do some post-fugue analysis to find out what mental phenomena are at play while I make really bad assumptions about events in my surroundings. By the end of the episode maybe you’ll appreciate why we’re actu...
Why so Irrational?
February 10, 2021 13:00 - 16 minutes - 14.8 MBWhy are we so prone to bad logic? We’re going to hear two everyday fugues in this episode: the search for a lost spatula and a spilled beer. The real story here is how easy it is to be irrational. Who is “we” in this episode? It’s me and my inner voice obviously. Inner Voice and I will do some post-fugue analysis to find out what mental phenomena are at play while I make really bad assumptions about events in my surroundings. By the end of the episode maybe you’ll appreciate why we’re actu...
Trailer
February 01, 2021 23:04 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MBWhat's a fugue? In this podcast it's a story - a story that sheds light on how our conscious experience of any given moment operates. Find out what each fugue tell us about the basic ingredients of mind. -- Credits: Written, produced and hosted by Gabriel Berezin. Music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky and Monuments. Logo and art design by Justin Montan. Follow Fugues on Twitter and Instagram.
Fugues Trailer
November 20, 2020 23:04 - 4 minutes - 4.52 MBHosted by Gabriel Berezin at Fugues Media. Music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky and Monuments. Logo and art design by Justin Montan. Reach out to [email protected] to submit a story for the podcast.