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You deserve a good night's sleep...or whatever. Relax and unwind while award-winning radio host and podcaster, Sloane Spencer, lulls you with boring retellings about bands and musicians beloved by Gen X. Start with a familiar meditation to train your brain that it's time to sleep, then settle in and drift off with a low, mellow, sometimes whispering history lesson about the best bands to ever make your mixed tapes. Sleep with Rock Stars, the Gen X sleep podcast.

Brought to you by Penguin. From the author of Abbey Road comes the story of how enduring rock icons like Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen and many more have remained in the ever changing music game. When Paul McCartney closed Live Aid in July 1985 we thought he was rock's Grand Old Man. He was...

He is largely considered the greatest composer who ever lived. Throughout his life, he managed to compose 600 pieces of music that strongly influenced many other famous composers, such as Beethoven, Schubert, Rossini, and Chopin. He was a true rock star of his time: he created popular music, earned lots of money, and lived in luxurious apartments in Vienna. Today’s episode is about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.