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🗓️ 21 January 2025
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Introducing Music, Movement, and Meaning: Hanging Out with DJ Cosmo from Know What You See with Brian Lowery.
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In this episode of Know What You See, Brian Lowery talks with DJ Colleen "Cosmo" Murphy, an acclaimed broadcaster, DJ, and founder of Classic Album Sundays. Colleen shares her journey from a high school radio station to becoming a global curator of transformative musical experiences. Whether it's finding community through the airwaves, or the shared euphoria of the dance floor, or the relaxed vibe of group listening events, Brian and Colleen reflect on the healing and uniting power of music.
For more about DJ Cosmo visit colleencosmomurphy.com, and for more on Brian check out his website at brianloweryphd.com.
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0:00.0 | Music tends to allow me to not retreat from my own feelings, but confront and process them. |
0:11.0 | So it's quite emotional going through this. |
0:13.0 | Then there's moments of euphoria, there's moments of oneness. |
0:17.0 | And at the end, it just feels cathartic. |
0:21.6 | Like I've been on a whole journey with a whole group of people. |
0:24.6 | We've gone from A to B and share this incredible experience together. |
0:29.6 | Imagine stepping onto a dance floor and feeling the music not just in your ears, but deep in your soul. It can be more than moving to music or fun night out. |
0:40.3 | You can become one with those around you and get swept away in the moment. |
0:44.3 | What if you're the person whose job it is to create these moments? |
0:48.3 | What's in it for the DJ choosing the music, |
0:50.3 | and why trade the pleasure of enjoying music on your own |
0:53.3 | with the unpredictable energy |
0:55.2 | and demands of a crowd? |
1:00.9 | I'm Brian Lowry, Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. |
1:08.8 | Welcome to Know What You See. |
1:10.8 | In this season of the podcast, I'm diving into a big question. |
1:14.3 | What's the point? |
1:16.0 | In conversations with people who have committed themselves to a range of pursuits, |
1:20.6 | will have answers to that question that might surprise and inspire us all. Music has always been one of my biggest passions. Certain songs and albums are like mild markers in my life. |
1:42.3 | And I'm sure the same is probably true for you. |
1:45.0 | For me, Funkadelic, One Nation Under Groove, is my earliest music memory. |
1:52.5 | And growing up in Chicago, arguably the birthplace of house music, with iconic spots like |
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