We launch this February with this conversation with economist Robert Flanagan professor emeritus at Stanford Business School, and author of the great book The Perilous Life of Symphony Orchestras. We discuss the effects of Baulmol's "Cost Disease" on performing arts organizations, the proclivity of orchestras towards "silver bullet solutions" to long-term issues, and many other topics surrounding the performing arts.

In a week I will be posting a solo episode discussing the economic challenges facing the Los Angeles movie and TV studio musicians with the advent of AI technologies and growing competition in international markets. This will be followed by a conversation with Conductor Ryan Bancroft, and trumpeters Edward Carroll, Dave Bilger, Dovas Lietuvninkas, and Bailey Paugh about the Chosen Vale International Trumpet Seminar. We close off the month with our monthly conversation with Andres Caro where he will ask me questions about how to listen to classical music!