Episode 5: The Left-brain vs. the Right-brain
Special thanks to Piotr Szulc for sound editing.
At some point in your life, someone may have asked you whether you are left brained, or right brained. Or maybe you have heard someone proudly proclaim that they are right brained.
This months show is all about ‘The Left Brain Vs. Right Brain’ and the long held belief that people tend to have a personality or style of thinking that is either “right-brained or left-brained”. As a musician is your right-brain really doing all the work? Myth, half myth or truth? Press play to find out.
Guests
Judith Sönnicken is a dimensional athlete and ancient cosmologist. She holds an MA in Fine Arts from the University of the Arts Berlin and certified in UX, Usui Reiki and Feng Shui. Her practice implies objects, installation, virtual reality, performance, geomancy, sound immersion and guided meditation. Her project Befriending Hyperobjects, a performative interaction with non-human entities in digital and analog geographies, connects art and technology to fund environmental action. Her work has been shown at Museu Geológico de Portugal/ Lisbon, Green Art Gallery/ Dubai, Spinnerei/ Leipzig, Klondike Institute of Art and Culture/Yukon, The Institute of Jamais Vu/ London, Cirrus Gallery/ Los Angeles, Icebox Projects/ Philadelphia, NAVEL/ Los Angeles, documenta14/ Athens and The Eighth Climate /11th Gwangju Biennial.
Dr. Rex Jung
Rex Eugene Jung is an American psychologist who has researched on the neural basis of human intelligence and creativity.
Rex Jung is a clinical professor of neurosurgery at the University of New Mexico, a research scientist at the Mind Research Network, and a practicing clinical neuropsychologist in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He studies both brain disease and what the brain does well—a field of research known as "positive neuroscience."
His research is designed to relate behavioral measures, including intelligence, personality, and creativity, to brain function and structure in healthy, neurological, and psychiatric subjects. He has published research articles across a wide range of disciplines, including traumatic brain injury, lupus, schizophrenia, intelligence, and creativity.
Track listing
Missy Elliott - Izzy Izzy Ahh
Isabella Lovestory - Humo
Auntie Flo - Havana Rhythm Dance (feat. Andrew Ashong)
Little Simz - 101 FM
Kilo Kish - San Pedro
Zé - Opening
Tom Tom Club - Wordy Rappinghood
Blackalicious - Alphabet Aerobics
El Coco - Cocomotion
Nina Simone - Baltimore
Mulatu Astatke - Tezeta (Nostalgia)
Souls Of Mischief - 93 'Til Infinity
The Pharcyde - My Soul
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y.
Pharoah Sanders - Love Is Everywhere
Duval Timothy - Ball
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Gregory Porter - 1960 What?
International Music System - Dancing Therapy - 128 Bpm