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Welcome to the Kotky Ride Home for Wednesday, November 4th, 2020.

I'm Jackson Bird.

Brian Eno's thoughts on social media and the role of the artist in these trying times,

as well as a related new finding that smartphones may actually be helping to pop people's filter bubbles when it

comes to news consumption. A new archaeological discovery that has upended previous conceptions

about gender roles in ancient hunter-gatherer societies. And Belgium's cuddle buddy mandate.

Here are some of the cool things from the news today.

This week, Brian Eno released a new EP of songs he's written that have appeared in films,

like Dune and The Lovely Bones.

It's a kind of follow-up to his 1978 album Music for Films, which was more aspirational.

He sent that album to filmmakers to be considered for use in their projects,

and eventually most of the songs did end up being used in movies.

And now, over 40 years later, his music has been used and made specifically for dozens of films.

He's collaborated with and produced for the likes of David Bowie, Devo, You Two, and the Talking Heads, among many others.

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