Episodes

  • How Do Songs Get on Spotify Playlists?

    How Do Songs Get on Spotify Playlists?
    Nov 9 2026
    Getting onto a big playlist can change an artist's career. We break down the three kinds of Spotify playlists, editorial lists made by Spotify's curators, algorithmic and personalized lists, and playlists made by listeners, plus how artists pitch unreleased music, why listener behavior matters, and why you should be wary of anyone selling guaranteed playlist placements.

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    20 mins
  • How Does Spotify Pay Artists?

    How Does Spotify Pay Artists?
    Nov 8 2026
    Spotify doesn't pay a fixed rate per stream, so how do artists get paid? We explain the stream-share model, how money moves to labels, distributors, publishers, and songwriters, and why per-stream numbers you see online keep changing. We also cover the 2024 rule requiring 1,000 streams before a track earns, Discovery Mode, and the debate over user-centric payouts.

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    25 mins
  • Music Talks With Children-Thomas Tapper

    Music Talks With Children-Thomas Tapper
    Nov 8 2026
    Music Talks With Children by Thomas Tapper.

    "A book of this kind, though addressed to children, must necessarily reach them through an older person. The purpose is to suggest a few of the many aspects which music may have even to the mind of a child. If these chapters, or whatever may be logically suggested by them, be actually used as the basis of simple Talks with children, music may become to them more than drill and study. They should know it as an art, full of beauty and of dignity; full of pure thought and abounding in joy. Music with these characteristics is the true music of the heart. Unless music gives true pleasure to the young it may be doubted if it is wisely studied. Our failure to present music to the young in a manner that interests and holds them is due not so much to the fact that music is too difficult for children, but because the children themselves are too difficult for us.

    Featured on Spotify Explained.

    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    3 hrs and 2 mins
  • How the Spotify Algorithm Decides What You Hear Next

    How the Spotify Algorithm Decides What You Hear Next
    Nov 7 2026
    How does Spotify decide what plays next? We explain collaborative filtering, cultural and text signals, and audio analysis, plus the story of Discover Weekly, your Taste Profile, and why the occasional surprise pick is on purpose. We finish with the levers you control, like saves, hides, private sessions, and excluding playlists from your taste profile.

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    24 mins
  • Why We Love Music-Carl Emil Seashore

    Why We Love Music-Carl Emil Seashore
    Nov 7 2026
    Why We Love Music by Carl Emil Seashore.

    Psychologists have not explained why we love music. A technical psychologist indulges in generalizations and predictions in a practical and popular vein. He attempts to interpret and evaluate present tendencies of music to stimulate questioning various interests in the field. His aim was to tease out those elements in the musical situation which help to make music function in our lives and be appreciated.

    Featured on Spotify Explained.

    Public-domain recording courtesy of LibriVox (librivox.org).

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    3 hrs and 6 mins
  • Meteorology; or Weather Explained-J. G. M'Pherson

    Meteorology; or Weather Explained-J. G. M'Pherson
    Nov 3 2026
    Meteorology; or Weather Explained by J. G. M'Pherson.

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    3 hrs and 37 mins
  • Fourth Dimension Simply Explained-Henry Parker Manning

    Fourth Dimension Simply Explained-Henry Parker Manning
    Nov 2 2026
    Fourth Dimension Simply Explained by Henry Parker Manning.

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    8 hrs and 6 mins
  • The Book of Enoch - Explained

    The Book of Enoch - Explained
    Nov 1 2026
    The Book of Enoch by Explained.

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    4 hrs and 29 mins