All about the flute!! Joel Luks, CultureMap Houston editorial staffer and columnist, and classically trained flutist, teaches all about the history and surprising range of the dainty, lovely, badass, whale-sound-making, beatboxing flute. He takes us from "Carmen" to Mario Brothers (and a few other places in between).

Audio production by Todd “Big Head Todd” Hulslander with positive affirmations by Dacia Clay.

Warning: This episode contains a few naughty words.

Music used in this episode includes:

• Georges Bizet, Carmen: Entr’acte, Act III – Intermezzo (1875)
• Beastie Boys, “Sure Shot”, from Ill Communication (1994)
• Niccolò Paganini, 24 Caprices – No. 5 in A minor, Bonita Boyd flutist
• Andre Jolivet: Chant de Linos (1944) – Emmanuel Pahud from French Flute Music
• George Crumb – Vox Balaenae (1971) (Voice of the Whale) Movements I and II – Vocalise and Sea Theme
• PROJECT Trio’s Greg Pattillo, Beatboxing Flute: Super Mario Brothers Theme
• Gheorghe Zamfir, Einsamer Hirte