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Music finds its way into every corner of our world. Whether it's sounds written to soothe our four-legged friends, or a loud, politically charged punk song, music can change the way we feel and often has larger implications than we imagine. In the latest Audible Original series, Pitch, you'll hear an incredible range of stories that illustrate why music is so central in our connections to each other, our history, and how we navigate the culture and the current moment.

When you add Pitch to your library you will receive all 9 episodes, each with a runtime of approximately 25 minutes. To hear more great podcasts and short listens, visit Audible.com/AudioShows.

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  • Ep. 9: Blue Skies

    Ep. 9: Blue Skies
    Jun 28 2018

    There are concertgoers who like having their phones out to capture short videos or photos as they enjoy a show. Others absolutely hate this and argue that phones should be banned from these spaces. Pitch’s Whitney Jones digs into 200 years of US cultural history to get at the roots of what is “OK” at concerts, what isn’t and who gets to decide that.
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    28 mins
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  • Ep. 8: Home

    Ep. 8: Home
    Jun 28 2018

    In the low-income - but rapidly gentrifying - neighbourhood of South Philadelphia, Andrew Jackson School’s first music teacher in 20 years builds a new middle school program that becomes a massive success story. The program, called “Home,” became a refuge for Jackson’s underserved, low-income students. But as Pitch contributor Avi Wolfman-Arendt reports, "Home’s" very success could in fact drive the demise of the values that made "Home" so important to the kids who participate in it.
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    23 mins
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  • Ep. 7: Mother Tongue

    Ep. 7: Mother Tongue
    Jun 28 2018

    Why would a musician make a pop album in a language spoken by fewer than a thousand people? Pitch contributor, Laura Snapes, revisits Cornwall, England with musician Gwenno as she contemplates her native languages, her identity and her new album.
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This is fascinating stuff, everything from Cornish pop music to how a singer and her music came crashing into 1950s American identity politics. The stories were all interesting, extremely diverse and if it did nothing else it taught me just how little I know about the world's music. One of my favourites, even though some of the journalism in it came across as a little condescending, covered how French government attempts to protect traditional French music actually led to a massive explosion of the country's hip hop scene. I'd recommend this to anyone interested in stories about world music, some of its big personalities and how music has helped shape our world.

Diverse but Consistently Interesting

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while all the topics covered in this podcast are relevant, the treatment to a few is very interesting and insightful while others sounded more superficial. nevertheless, I am restraining from giving each chapterwise feedback coz it was s worth enduring all the chapters.

some stories are interesting and insightful

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Definitely not my cup of tea. Boring content ,had to give it a low score.

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