This Song Changed My Life

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No. 148 - Jurassic 5’s “Quality Control” Changed My Life
Wes Fox goes down an early internet rabbit hole, and ends up on the beach
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No. 147 - Zim Ngqawana’s “Four Part Suite: (Opus #20) Baby Angelina” Changed My Life
Artist Melissa Joseph is spellbound by South African jazz
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No. 144 - Teresa Teng’s 月亮代表我的心 (“The Moon Represents My Heart”) Changed My Life
The 1977 Taiwanese hit that soundtracked Kathleen Barnes’s childhood
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No. 131 - Beck’s “Everybody’s Gotta Learn Sometime” Changed My Life
Masha Makutonina swore off The Sims and found solace in the soundtrack to Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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No. 109 - Mac Miller’s “Ascension” Changed My Life
How a shift in perspective changed everything for Xavier Griffin
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No. 083 - Scott Joplin’s “Solace” Changed My Life
Lost to memory for over three years, the composition that Adam D’Agostino needed to discover and re-discover
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No. 071 - Nick Drake’s “Road” Changed My Life
A rotting picnic table, the Grand Tetons, and a secret stash of film reels under the stairs — Josh Cohen assembles memories of his grandfather
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No. 050 - Paul Simon’s “You Can Call Me Al” Changed My Life
MJ Sieber's family odyssey, set to the sounds of Graceland
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No. 044 - Raveena’s “Time Flies” Changed My Life
The song that reminds Kathryn Curtis that the cost of love is worth it
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No. 042 - Van Morrison’s “Caravan” Changed My Life
Fateful friendship, heart-shattering loss, and the farewell concert clip that Joe Kubler returns to time and again
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No. 031 - Dead Man’s Bones’ “My Body’s a Zombie for You” Changed My Life
When you know, you know. The spooky, sweet song that affirmed Lee Havlicek's intuition.
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No. 020 - Paramore’s “Ain’t It Fun” Changed My Life
Musician Marcus Drew talks visiting Florida without a phone, local radio, and the tune that kept him going in the face of chaos
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