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April 25, 2025 65 mins

Welcome back to The Information Entropy Podcast! This week, we’re diving into the fascinating world of music. Mitch kicks things off with some important news and clarifications for the ASD community, clearing up a few common misconceptions. Then it’s straight into the science, as Tom unpacks the origins of musical notes — where they came from, and why we even have them in the first place. From there, the conversation flows into the physics of harmonics and the evolution of the orchestra as an organised collective of sound-makers. To wrap it all up, Mitch asks the question we’ve all thought at some point: what exactly is the conductor doing up there? Music: HOME – AWAY

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