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I'm Maggie Smith, and this is The Slowdown.

Music It's something really special when someone you care about introduces you to the art that matters to them.

When a friend recommends a book to you or gives you a copy as a gift,

when a co-worker tells you about a movie they loved or an exhibition they recently saw at a

museum, when your partner or your child shares a new song or a record with you, and you get to listen to it together

and hear them hum or sing along. It's wonderful to find art on your own, but I think it's even

more meaningful when you find it thanks to someone else, and you can share it.

I love introducing my kids to the music, movies, and books that mean a lot to me.

I couldn't wait for them to be old enough to watch the Goonies and Ferris Bueller's Day Off,

so I could share that experience with them.

I've been sharing my favorite children's books and records with them

since they were babies, too.

Now they're old enough to introduce me to the art that moves them.

My daughter introduced me to Bad Bunny and the Marias.

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