The music swells, a single spotlight falls on a well-dressed actor, who looks to the audience in reverence. A single note hangs from the violin, stretching a moment into minutes, as the audience waits with bated breath for the performer's first words.

How does music mold our perception of a story? Whether it be movies, audiobooks, musical soundtracks, the track that plays in the background often shapes what the listener feels. And how does the central character of the story change our perspective on the greater world at large? All that and more on this episode of Your Rivers Are Wrong.