Hey Joel,

I had some thoughts about non-Western music, trying to answer the question: why twelve notes? I didn’t get a complete answer, but I have the beginnings of one.

Cheers,

Ben

Links:

Shakuhachi music courtesy of Rodrigo Rodriguez

Adam Neely interview

Dear Ben,

I wanted to make sure that I let you know what I thought of your question from last time, but I wanted to expand on the idea of fonts. Why are there so many of them, and how important are they really?

Sincerely,

Joel

Dear Joel,

I don’t have any links for this episode, but I still have thoughts. I don’t have anyone to interview, though. I should get on that…

—Ben

Hey Ben,

You had me stumped after last week’s episode. So, I went to someone who I knew could help me answer your question of what is the lasting value of writing well. I hope this summary of our conversation will be enough to suffice.

Hey Joel,

I hope this scratches a little at the itch you had. I’ll be thinking about that in the back of my head (i.e., why is music so cross-cultural) for the rest of this conversation. And who knows? It might just pop back up.

Music by Kimiko Ishizaka

It’s funny that you bring up piano Ben, because my experience with the instrument correlates perfectly with my fears of people misunderstanding college writing centers.

Sincerely,

Joel

Links

Music from https://filmmusic.io

By Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)

License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Hey Joel,

I’ve been learning piano recently. It’s been a slow process, but I think it’s been a great object lesson in the truth that beauty can contain. Also it sounds nice.

One of my favorite channels is Nahre Sol. She’s a trained concert pianist whose playing is an absolute delight to watch. I highly recommend anything she does, but I especially enjoyed her video "How to Sound Like Chopin.”

College Writing Centers can be very help spaces, but are they misunderstood? Is there a chance that the way that Writing Centers are used and even thought of is fundamentally flawed? I certainly think that.

Sincerely,

Joel

Links

Essay “The Idea of a Writing Center” By Stephen M. North

Music from https://filmmusic.io
By Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Ben and Joel have covered a wide range of topics in the past, each time with a slightly different flavor. This time, though, they plan not only to change minds, but to change the podcast. It's time to reconceive Reconceived.

Music by The Dominican Jazz Project

Joel and Ben absorb arguments about almond juice (and its various relatives) and discuss whether or not it should be called “milk.”

Music by The Dominican Jazz Project