How music affects food and eating (PODCAST E51)

[abeetpaul]

In my religion (Sikhism)
Food for everyone is prepared while prayer songs are played in the background
The food is called Langar, It is considered to be a blessing also everyone can come in Gurudwara(Sikh place of worship) and eat for absolutely FREE
all of us regardless of who we are sit on floor and eat together

[bv]

Loved the long discussion about gamelan. As a part Indonesian-American, I love when my family's culture gets discussed.

[RemnantCult]

I always listen to Super Eurobeat when I have lunch and I only have 15 minutes to swallow an entire ham and swiss club in one go with coconut water.

[Thechessmaster]

I can’t believe you talked about Gamelan! I signed up for a Javanese Gamelan course in college for the heck of it — and it was amazing. Went from a course to meet my humanities credit to a complete paradigm shift on culture, music.

[covariance]

Hey Adam! Love your content as always! Some quick things I want to point out before i hop in the shower with this audio playing in the background:

- Collecting data on people without their informed consent isn't inherently a problem for research ethics boards (REBs) if the nature of the data collection is simply observation in a public setting wherein there's no expectation of privacy and so long as there is no identifying information. E.g., the number of people at the gym as a function of time of day. Perfectly fine to collect data in the aggregate like that.

- Administering an electric shock is not a form of "negative reinforcement" even though colloquially, we might consider it to be a "negative" experience and it feels like we're "adding" something (probably why the intuition is to call it "reinforcement.") Reinforcement, however, means a contingency that increases the probability of a behaviour whereas negative means to take something away. Distinguishing between positive and negative, then, while distinguishing between reinforcement and punishement creates a 2x2 table wherein we have positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, and negative punishment.

Positive reinforcement matches what I imagine we all intuit (e.g., give a kid some cookies for doing well at school to encourage the continued behaviour). Negative reinforcement means to take away something unpleasant in the environment (e.g., removing an unpleasant eyesore as a reward); positive punishment means applying something to diminish probability of future behaviour (e.g., spanking to discourage temper tantrums) while negative punishment means taking away something desirable to, again, discourage some kind of behavioru (e.g., taking away a video game from a child to discourage X).

I only mention these because (a) I love your content, (b) iirc, you enjoy some amount of pendatry yourself, and (c) I think I'm qualified to speak on the topics I just did.

Look forward to listening to the rest of the pod! :)

[dwaynezilla]

"I could make some communal rice pounding jokes, but I wont"
The same effect was achieved here, though. I just imagined the joke possibilities and started laughing like I had just heard a joke.

[mcstotti]

I was in Dublin this weekend and every pub having a live musician there at pretty much all times just did something for the experience and the mood of the people in the pubs that just playing the same songs without a musician present wouldnt have.

[everestjarvik]

I have a degree in music- it’s probably my biggest interest in the world and what I spend most of my time on YouTube learning about. So imagine my surprise when I start watching this channel thinking that it’s very different from my usual fare and then learning that Adam is in fact, also a music major

I was like “I knew this channel wasn’t as different as I thought from all the other stuff I watch!”

[elaimaro]

I think this theme (the later half of the pod) relates a lot to all the studies showing that gratitude increases the overall lever of happiness and sense of fulfillment a person may experience

[madisonmullen]

while listening to a pod cast is incomparable to a conversation with someone, its nice to listen to someone with thoughts of the same enigmatic levels about what could be considered everyday things.

[notacleverman]

In highschool I was in drumline. My first two years I was on the bass drum line. We had 4 bass drums all different sizes and our parts were all separated out like you were talking about. This is actually very common for most drumlines.

[CRSBO]

16:35 "What would make this situation even better?"
"Fuc..."
"Music!"
"Yeah, music, of course!"

[EndyHawk]

Man, when you get to go to a performance of organ music, composed back in that instrument's heyday, divested from the liturgical context and put on display solely for its compositional power performed on a real organ, it is nearly impossible not to have your metaphorical socks exploded off your metaphorical feet. That instrument in a room built for it is damned near COSMIC in beauty.

[CHoustonify]

I think your bit on aesthetic inflation might be the best thing you've ever written for the public.

[alwkw]

Interesting point about the top 40 songs and consumption. I grew up in the midwest and worked at a Pac Sun for a cpl years around 2000. When I started we were able to pick the music played at any given time and were supplied with a huge cd binder filled with mp3s, I believe. There was such a wide range of music that I wouldn't have been exposed to otherwise and I loved it. I copied as much as I could but eventually they switched us to a corporate controlled satellite radio with mostly top 40. It definitely took a chunk out of the little enjoyment you're able to squeeze out of a corporate retail job.

[shmaitingshmorshmeshmoap]

Just a suggestion, these videos would really benefit from being divided into different segments or chapters or whatever youtube calls it. It would make it a lot easier to find a specific part of a video or a specific topic you discussed

[rebeccacron]

Speaking of gross eating sounds, you may find researching misophonia interesting Adam. It is a neurological response to primarily chewing noises. Insufferable for the person with the condition, but far more manageable when you have a diagnosis. The reach of your platform would actually be a great thing for those with this condition if more people become aware. It is why I so appreciate you moving away from the mic to breath 😊

[dwaynezilla]

"That kind of subtle suggestion doesn't work on me!"
-type of person that the subtle suggestion does work on

[dominusalicorn]

Interesting you note that German and French music subtly influence people to buy German or French wines, and they may not be aware that's happening to them. I am FULLY aware that listening to my Mexican construction coworkers music makes me want sopitos or carne asada.

[jamesmusgrave]

Hi Adam, I wonder if the recent revival in the popularity on vinyl music is a response to the over abundance of music and therefore it’s decreased meaning or importance that you noted. People buy vinyl because they might want a deeper connection with the music, a way to make it more personal and meaningful. It also forces people to listen to larger pieces of music ie whole albums which I think also makes it more meaningful.