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12tone & Polyphonic

It"s a podcast about music? By the creators of 12tone and Polyphonic.

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00:55:59

Rock & Roll As Children's Music

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2025/11/15

Cory and Noah reflect on their experiences with early rock & roll from their childhoods and reflect on what that trend says about both the music and the culture it grew out of.Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula:

01:16:32

Rockism

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2025/10/15

Cory and Noah reflect on the trend of rockism, its influence on music culture, and the ways in which it misunderstands what rock is all about.Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula:

00:58:09

Invisible Listening Games

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2025/09/15

Cory and Noah consider invisible listening games, or the ways we structure our musical listening in order to get the most out of our experiences.Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula:

01:20:35

Great Art By Bad People

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2025/08/15

Cory and Noah consider the thorny question of what to do with art that you love made by people who've caused real harm.Hear new episodes a month early on Nebula:

01:09:29

Song Sequels

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2025/07/15

Cory and Noah discuss the complex history of song sequels and try to figure out why they don't happen that much.

00:55:59

Canadian Music

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2025/06/15

Cory and Noah discuss the rich, complex music culture of Noah's home country of Canada, with a look at both how it differs from American music culture and some of the ways the two interact.

01:05:59

Music Venues

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2025/05/15

Cory and Noah discuss the surprising impact of music venues on the music played in them, and how those impacts have shaped musical movements throughout history.

01:29:05

Sympathy For The Devil

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2025/04/15

Cory and Noah discuss their recent collaboration, where they both made videos about the same song, and look at how their different perspectives and processes created two completely different analyses.

01:00:54

Ghost Notes and Friends: Mic The Snare

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2025/03/15

Cory and Noah are joined by Nick from Mic The Snare to discuss the history, legacy, and practice of music piracy, all without confessing to anything.

01:02:48

Third Albums

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2025/02/15

Cory and Noah discuss the long-await conclusion of Cory's third-album experiment, including lessons learned and some of the unexpected highlights. (Plus why it took so much longer than expected...)

00:59:22

Christmas Music

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2025/01/15

Cory and Noah discuss what makes the music of Christmas so unique, and how our relationships to it have changed over the years.

01:26:11

Ghost Notes and Friends: MegaThem

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2025/01/01

Cory and Noah are joined by Will from Maggie Mae Fish to discuss their fascination with noise music, as well as the broader concept of noise in music, and it only took us one try to record this episode.

01:10:11

Guitar Solos

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2024/12/15

Cory and Noah discuss what makes a guitar solo and what makes the guitar so perfect as a solo instrument in the first place.

01:01:15

Revival Scenes

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2024/11/15

Cory and Noah discuss the complicated world of genre revival scenes, from the folk revival of the '60s to the swing revival of the '90s to... well, to whatever's coming next.

01:14:59

Ghost Notes and Friends: It's Boundo

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2024/11/01

Cory and Noah are joined by Boundo to discuss all the various ways that people discover new music, to consider the pros and cons of different approaches, and to ramble about why that's a good thing in the first place.Check out Ghost Notes on Nebula, where you can hear the new episodes a month

00:58:35

Early Music Videos

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2024/10/15

Cory and Noah explore the surprisingly rich history of music videos made before the MTV era and ask what a music video even is.

00:56:36

Classic Rock

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2024/09/15

Cory and Noah dive into one of their favorite topics, the genre of Classic Rock, and ask what it means for rock to count as "classic" in the first place.

01:24:16

Ghost Notes and Friends: Her Music Academia

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2024/09/01

Cory and Noah are joined by Lydia Bangura of Her Music Academia to talk all about the complicated world of music academia and the strengths and weaknesses of moving those discussions to more public platforms. (like this one!)

01:10:30

The Death of Genre

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2024/08/15

Cory and Noah finally resolve their bitter dispute about the death of genre by diving deep into the question of what genres are actually for.

00:56:54

New Album Drops

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2024/07/15

Cory and Noah discuss the cultural phenomenon of new album drops, the excitement of collectively experiencing a new work of art, and also get sidetracked about the new Billie Eilish album a bunch.

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