Music and The Human Experience

Music & the Human Experience Music is found in every culture worldwide. It's our constant companion, from birth through childhood, love, marriage and death. It has a starring role on every stage of the great human drama - whether we are at war or at prayer, by ourselves or with others, happy or sad - music is there. But does it really have a purpose? Where does it come from? And why does it have such power over our hearts and minds? Taking a look at the How and Why of music, the team that brought you the Peabody-Award winning series The Wire: the Impact of Electricity on Music brings you a new six-part series, The Nerve: Music & the Human Experience.



The Nerve will be broadcast on Inside the Music starting on September 6: Saturdays at 12 PM (1:00 AT, 1:30 NT) on Radio 2 & Sundays at 8 PM (9:00 AT, 9:30 NT) on Radio 1(NOTE: Episodes will be available online the following Monday or Tuesday after broadcast on the Episode's page)



Episode 1: Wired for Sound (Music & the Brain)



September 6 & 7Episode 2: In the Key of DNA (Music & Evolution)



September 13 & 14 Episode 3: The Pipe, the Drum and the Thunder Run (Music & War)



September 20 & 21Episode 4: Enchanted, Entranced (Music & Spirituality)



September 27 & 28Episode 5: myTunes (Music & Identity)



October 4 & 5Epsiode 6: Sentimental Journey (Music & Emotion)October 11 & 12




The Nerve is: Jowi Taylor: Host/Producer, Paolo Pietropaolo: Producer, Chris Brookes: Producer, Ian Cauthery: Web Producer