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🗓️ 7 November 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

California synth-pop duo PRXZM joins us in studio for a live musical performance. Classically trained musicians Nick Ortega and Emma Maidenberg host a weekly livestream where fans can watch them compose in real-time and offer feedback. PRXZM’s latest project? Remixing our Forum theme song! We’ll talk to them about the process of remixing and what it’s like to collaborate so closely with their fans. Guests: Nick Ortega, synth, PRXZM Emma Maidenberg, vocals, PRXZM Daniel Reiter, guitar, PRXZM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.0	Welcome to Forum.
0:44.3	I'm Mina Kim.
0:45.4	You've heard the 10 a.m.
0:46.7	Forum theme song many times, I hope.
1:13.6	Yeah. But you've never heard it like this. The The The
1:30.3	The Well, What you've just heard is a drill-style remix of the forum theme composed by today's guest, Prism,
2:09.9	a California synth-pop duo known for their electrifying performances and their live-stream
2:15.1	sessions on the platform Twitch, where they compose music by incorporating feedback from their fans.
2:21.4	Their fans suggested a drill version and also asked for a disco and Brazilian funk remix of the foreign theme,
2:28.1	which we will get to here a little later.
2:30.7	But first, let's meet Prism.
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