Summarise. Summarise. Summarise. Make it easy. Make it quick. Remove my capacity to think. Force feed me the highlight reel. All I want are headlines. Other people's opinions. Other people's thoughts.

When you rely on AI to think for you, when everything you read is a hastily constructed summary, when you stop reading between the lines because you convince yourself you don't need to, little by little, shallow insight by shallow insight, you are removing your capacity to think for yourself.

Are you really happy with that?

That's why we created book club.

And the first rule of book club is you have to read the damn book.

Are you with us?

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Karlyn is an expert in the field of music academia, podcasting, and global presentations, having built up a rich portfolio as a published author, lecturer, and researcher with engagements spanning the UK and the USA. As a sought-after panelist and presenter at conferences worldwide, Karlyn is particularly known for her contributions to discussions surrounding the significance of vinyl in contemporary music culture.

Karlyn's lockdown project, "The Songs Are Spells Podcast," is a platform where she produces and hosts insightful discussions with prominent figures from the music industry. This podcast has garnered acclaim, earning praise from Sony Music as the "magical rendition of Song Exploder."

As an academic, she is on the verge of completing her doctoral studies at the University of Birmingham, delving into the enduring allure of vinyl within the context of popular culture and fan engagement. Notably, her research has already yielded a published chapter in Routledge Music's Handbook of Women's Work in Music.

Music Mentions

• Nirvana
• The Hardy Boys (band)
• Janis Joplin
• BB King

Work today & power of music (8:34):

• Women in Vinyl
• Pure Vinyl Records
• Lion Vibes

Resurgence of vinyl (18:59):

• “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” by the Beatles
• “Dark Side of the Moon” by Pink Floyd
• Amy Winehouse
• Foo Fighters
• Kings of Leon

Q&A

• Sophie Ellis-Bextor
• “Murder on the Dancefloor” by Sophie Ellis-Bextor
• Taylor Swift
• “Tennessee Whiskey” by Chris Stapleton
• Sam Phillips Recording Studio
• Take Out Vinyl

Discovering music today (26:46):

• Record stores in-person
• Spotify
• YouTube

First album ever purchased (30:50):

• “Up” by Right Said Fred

Most recent album purchased (32:05):

• “Cowboy Carter” by Beyoncé

Artists discovered in the past year(34:40):

• Royel Otis
• Doja Cat
• Chris Stapleton

Desert island discs (37:00):

• “Nevermind” by Nirvana
• “Black on Both Sides” by Mos Def
• “At the Royal Albert Hall” by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Recommendations for future guests (42:07):

• Jeff Powell