About our guest ---Dr Toni Eagar,Ph.D. is a Senior Marketing professor at the Austrailian National University whose research addresses the relationship between consumers, culture and the marketplace.  With a focus on human branding, Toni has used the contexts of David Bowie to understand the limitations of celebrity within marketplaces.  Read full
bio here. 

On this episode, we talk about music as a source of joy during recent and continuing social unrest, as well as throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.  Find some delight as we highlight the efforts of two marketing researchers, guests Dr. Kevin Thomas and our podcast cohost Natalie, who discuss their interest and research study on the Verzuz live streaming events that featured music through our troubled times.  

Guest info:
Dr. Kevin Thomas https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-thomas-81591310/

Listen in as we wax on Music Healing,  an actual discipline and non-traditional treatment option.  Our guest Keturah McClendon, M.S./Ed. (Specialist in Counseling & Human Systems), serves as the Admissions Associate at the Center for Arts in Medicine program at the University of Florida. She provides an insightful overview of Music Therapy as a career path and its growth and usefulness today.

Guest Info:
Keturah McClendon, M.S./Ed.
https://arts.ufl.edu/directory/profile/201407

 Satisfying your music sweet tooth.  Natalie and Keli introduce the show concept, inspirations, and  background.