WEBVTT - Second Cup: Put it on repeat

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning. This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is to listen to something more than once.

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<v Speaker 1>With any complex material. A second listen, or a third

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<v Speaker 1>or a four we'll reveal new things and most likely

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<v Speaker 1>increase the pleasure of the experience. Over the past few weeks,

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<v Speaker 1>I have been annoying my children by listening to Aaron

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<v Speaker 1>Copeland's Appalachian Spring in the car while I am driving

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<v Speaker 1>people around. This orchestral piece is under thirty minutes long,

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<v Speaker 1>so I can get through the whole thing on the

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<v Speaker 1>drive to Karate and back. It is also musically interesting

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<v Speaker 1>enough that I haven't gotten bored with it. As I

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<v Speaker 1>listened to it again and again, I hear new themes

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<v Speaker 1>and how different instruments interpret the themes as it becomes familiar.

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<v Speaker 1>Each listen is like greeting an old friend. Now, not

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<v Speaker 1>all music deserves such attention. A lot of pop songs

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<v Speaker 1>become annoying if you have to listen to them more

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<v Speaker 1>than a few times, but a work that has stood

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<v Speaker 1>the test of time is different. There is generally enough

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<v Speaker 1>there that your interest will grow rather than wayne. So

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<v Speaker 1>if there is a work you would like to become

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<v Speaker 1>more familiar with, why not try listening to it more

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<v Speaker 1>than once. You could listen to an opera or Beethoven's symphonies.

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<v Speaker 1>You could listen to box be Minor mass A hundred

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<v Speaker 1>times and still be learning something new every time. In

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<v Speaker 1>between listens, you might read up a bit on the

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<v Speaker 1>work to make sure you know what we're hearing. But

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<v Speaker 1>if you do this, chances are your car trips will

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<v Speaker 1>feel a lot more edifying. Same with listening to recorded

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<v Speaker 1>forms of written works. You could listen to an audiobook

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<v Speaker 1>multiple times to start picking up on new themes or

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<v Speaker 1>the twists in the way an author uses words. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>it's a novel like The Great Gatsby. Maybe it's recordings

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<v Speaker 1>of Shakespeare's plays are part of a sacred text like

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<v Speaker 1>the Psalms. But if you pick your material right, listening

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<v Speaker 1>once isn't going to reveal everything. It is only when

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<v Speaker 1>you listen again and again that you start to understand

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<v Speaker 1>a little more. As the world opens up after COVID,

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<v Speaker 1>many of us are spending a lot more time in

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<v Speaker 1>our cars, but we might be out of practice on

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<v Speaker 1>making good use of this time. If you listen to

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<v Speaker 1>this show. You probably listen to podcasts in the car,

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<v Speaker 1>which is wonderful, but it is not the only option,

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<v Speaker 1>Especially if you are spending a lot of time in

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<v Speaker 1>that car. Putting a classic work on repeat can help

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<v Speaker 1>you stretch your brain, and given how beautiful something like

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<v Speaker 1>Appalachian Spring is, this can make the time feel far

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<v Speaker 1>more pleasant. In the meantime. This is Laura. Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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