<p>Our slightly loosey-goosey math tells us that only one out of every  600,000 Americans is an orchestra conductor! As a wee one, Bradley  Thachuk dreamed of growing into this rare art profession, and the dream  realized took him around the globe. Could a monkey have done it? No,  OBV. In this episode, hear Thachuk’s reflections on this  dream-come-true.</p>

Our slightly loosey-goosey math tells us that only one out of every 600,000 Americans is an orchestra conductor! As a wee one, Bradley Thachuk dreamed of growing into this rare art profession, and the dream realized took him around the globe. Could a monkey have done it? No, OBV. In this episode, hear Thachuk’s reflections on this dream-come-true.

<p>Our slightly loosey-goosey math tells us that only one out of every &nbsp;600,000 Americans is an orchestra conductor! As a wee one, Bradley &nbsp;Thachuk dreamed of growing into this rare art profession, and the dream &nbsp;realized took him around the globe. Could a monkey have done it? No, &nbsp;OBV. In this episode, hear Thachuk’s reflections on this &nbsp;dream-come-true.</p>

Ep 4 - Bradley Thachuk, Globetrotting Conductor

What (if anything) makes us—Homo sapiens—superior to (or at least distinct from) our close cousins, those happenin' haplorrhine primates?

WQLN's premier podcast Better than Monkeys posits that it’s our forays into the arts and sciences that make us, well . . . human. BTM takes a monthly deep-dive behind the scenes of the arts and sciences, alongside local luminaries working in both disciplines, in order to answer that unwieldy question: What makes us human? 

Listen on, and dig into your humanity with a new episode every month!

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What (if anything) makes us—Homo sapiens—superior to (or at least distinct from) our close cousins, those happenin' haplorrhine primates? WQLN's premier podcast Better than Monkeys posits that it’s our forays into the arts and sciences that make us, well . . . human. BTM takes a monthly deep-dive behind the scenes of the arts and sciences, alongside local luminaries working in both disciplines, in order to answer that unwieldy question: What makes us human? Listen on, and dig into your humanity with a new episode every month!

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Ep 4 - Bradley Thachuk, Globetrotting Conductor

Ep 4 - Bradley Thachuk, Globetrotting Conductor