Podcast Summary:
The story of the Civil War in Maryland—inspired by Adam Goodheart, and told in a cabaret. Plus, how your brain reacts to music.
January 29, 2014
Maryland historian Adam Goodheart wrote a book called 1861: The Civil War Awakeneing. It provided inspiration to a cabaret group called the Bearded Ladies. They're performing and teaching this week at Washington College in a show that uses cross-gender and race casting to make its points.
Then-How does your brain react to music? That's a question musicologists AND neurobiologists are exploring at the Peabody Conservatory this week. Tom Hall talks one of the conference organizers, and one of the speakers.
