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October 14, 2025 16 mins

Episode Discussion Topics:

– Melancholy/sad songs. 

– Color and contrast to position story. 

– Organizing artforms by emotion. 

 

Tracks: Tracy Chapman’s “Fast Car” DUG’s “In Memorium

Further Listening/Reading:

Wong Kar-Wai’s In the Mood for Love

Thom Yorke's defense of sad music

Ander Monson’s “The Sadnesses of March: In Search of Extreme Emotions

2016 March Sadness Essay Tournament 

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