Fugues

Gabriel Berezin
  • 5.0(48개의 평가)
  • 일기
  • 매월 업데이트

***New episodes coming soon!*** What is Fugues? The quick answer - it’s The Moth with neuroscience and music (and a bit of sci-fi...) A fugue, conventionally, is: (1) a piece of music with multiple melodies played at the same time and... (2) a trance state where a person experiences amnesia, and loses their sense of self. Both uses of the word have a beginning, middle and end. Taking a bit of license, each story we tell in this podcast will be called a fugue. And each fugue will illustrate a handful of mental ingredients. A fugue will also refer to any temporary mental state one is in. For example, you are currently in a podcast description-reading fugue. Hosted by Gabriel Berezin, some fugues will be autobiographical, others are contributions from special guests. ***Episodes 1, 2, and 5 are great places to start!***

  1. Truth Is a Lie

    2025. 10. 29.

    Truth Is a Lie

    Ever had a little mouse in the house? They can be cute! Some folks I know have actually named them. But rats are not quite so endearing, especially when they’re cat-sized. My college roommates and I faced a full-blown rat infestation in our first NYC apartment in 1999. Twenty-five years later, I was catching up with fellow rat-trauma survivor and old friend Ned Rauch when we started swapping war fugues. But before we went any further, I had an idea: what if we each recorded our versions separately? My memory seemed crystal clear and I assumed his did too. So I listened back and stitched our stories together to see where they aligned and where they diverged. The result is a fun experiment in the Rashomon effect - how two people can experience the same event differently. Seeing the variation made me wonder if we can ever truly see the world as it actually is.  All this over some (slightly) oversized rats on West 109th Street. -- Written, hosted, and produced by Gabriel Berezin with special guest Ned Rauch. Music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky. Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok -- Learn More The Rashomon effect is actually derived from a Japanese movie called Roshomon. Learn about it in this 8-min pod episode. Learn about confabulation (and the Mandela Effect).

    23분
  2. Bully Smile

    2025. 09. 30.

    Bully Smile

    Do all bullies stay bullies? Growing up in 80s Lexington, Massachusetts, I was friends with Tyler Brooks - a kid who could terrorize smaller students one moment and charm parents and teachers the next. Something about him was uniquely Boston-coded. I figured my unofficial role as a bully's friend was to use my privilege for good. This episode was inspired by one fugue that I’ll never forget - an act of controversial kindness to save a younger kid from a beat down. My approach, while celebrated by my 80s family, would probably be frowned upon by modern standards.  Despite social media tearing apart the fabric of society, it gave me a good opportunity to see if Tyler is still a dick. -- Written, produced, and performed by Gabriel Berezin. Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok

    8분
  3. Remember I Adore You

    2025. 06. 17.

    Remember I Adore You

    The Fugues fiction expedition ventures into romcom territory - or maybe anti-romcom? Remember I Adore You began as a TV pilot my writing partner Natasha Schwartz and I wrote years ago. We loved the script so much we adapted it for audio and produced it ourselves with talented musician and actor friends, recording it live. It’s half table read, half audio drama. Based on a true story, we subverted the "will they/won't they" trope to focus on how relationships can become more meaningful after romance ends - a progressive take on male-female relationships and maybe even a blueprint for bridging divides. Yes, it's a departure from normal Fugues content, but don't worry - there's at least one inappropriate neuroscience joke. Please share if the story resonates! CREDITS Written and Directed by Natasha Schwartz and Gabriel Berezin Produced by Gabriel Berezin and Monty Montan Sound Design by Gabriel Berezin Recorded by Dylan McKinstry at GreenpointRecordingCollective Music by Casual Male, Emily Jackson and Monuments CAST Joan played by Emily Jackson Tom played by Tim Lappin Arthur played by JD Martin Suzie played by Katie Boland Hannah played by Monty Montan Cop played by Dylan Schwartz Kurt played by Goldie Schwartz & Loxley Matthews Narrator (2012 timeline) played by Natasha Schwartz  Narrator (2022 timeline) played by Gabriel Berezin Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok This is a fugues media production. All rights reserved.

    26분
  4. Heal Thyself

    2025. 05. 27.

    Heal Thyself

    The next evolutionary step of free will? This is an excerpt from a series called Audiocorpse. It's inspired by Exquisite Corpse, a game where participants take turns writing or drawing on a sheet of paper, folding it to conceal their contribution, and then passing it to the next player for the next contribution. It became popular in the 1920s when it was adopted as a technique by artists of the Surrealist (Dada) movement to generate collaborative compositions. In Audiocorpse (sponsored by All The Best Radio), the prompt is to create a 3-minute story based on the last 10 seconds of another creator and must include a particular sound cue. The last 10 seconds of my story seeded someone else's, and on and on. You can hear the whole audiocorpse (#2) here. This excerpt was written, mixed and performed by Gabriel Berezin. -- Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok Follow Audicorpse on All The Best Radio

    3분
  5. Field Trip

    2025. 05. 13.

    Field Trip

    This teacher and her class are learning all about earth in the 50s.   -- Take a close look at this episode’s thumbnail. This image (cartoonified for the purposes of this post) was the prompt for a recent Fugues submission to Audio Flux. We were challenged to create something in “3-D” audio. In other words, it should make use of spatial audio or stereo to give a sense of the space. Developed, written, and voiced by Gabriel Berezin and CG Foisy. Production, mixing and sound design by Gabriel Berezin. Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok Follow AudioFlux!

    3분
  6. A Morality Rat Tale

    2025. 04. 29.

    A Morality Rat Tale

    Look I’m not gonna get all gloomcore about the state of things in the world, but it does seem that our appreciation of morality has waned a bit in the last few years. It had me thinking of this one funny (and traumatic) memory from college. Recounting it made me wonder - is it better or worse to have morals? This little tail tale has me reconsidering long held beliefs. (PS - this is basically an audio snuff film, just warning you now, it's...graphic in parts.) -- Written and narrated by Gabriel Berezin. Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok

    5분
  7. 100 Ways to Get Over a Breakup

    2025. 04. 15.

    100 Ways to Get Over a Breakup

    If you’re going through a breakup right now, stop what you’re doing and listen to this, I think it will help. This is Fugues’ first guest contributor, Mae Nagusky.  She wrote, produced and performed this great piece of audio - it’s a brilliant series of tips to manage painful breakup fugues. Mae releases her podcast in June, 2025. Keep an eye out! -- Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok

    8분
  8. Lulu's First Mix Tape

    2024. 10. 22.

    Lulu's First Mix Tape

    When you have young children, the well-meaning, unsolicited advice flows. "Enjoy the moment, be present!" “It goes by so fast, cherish everything,” but also “don’t worry so much!” It feels like trying to grab a river with your bare hands. This short episode originated from a project I love called AudioFlux, they post open calls for audio submissions with specific prompts (1) focus on “firsts” (2) convey the idea of time passing without a ticking clock (3) keep the length to exactly three minutes.   At the time of recording this, our daughter Lulu had just turned one. Lulu’s mother Monty and I like to say “time is a feeling.” This collection of fugues is meant to convey that - how love and fear dilate and contract time.  They also asked  submitters to show their handwritten work.  I apologize in advance, but here it is. CREDITS: Lulu voiced by Louisa “Lulu” Montan-Berezin Monty voiced by Monty Montan Gabe voiced by Gabriel Berezin Editing by Gabriel Berezin Follow AudioFlux! Follow Fugues: Substack | Instagram | TikTok

    3분
모두 보기(19개)

예고편

5
최고 5점
48개의 평가

소개

***New episodes coming soon!*** What is Fugues? The quick answer - it’s The Moth with neuroscience and music (and a bit of sci-fi...) A fugue, conventionally, is: (1) a piece of music with multiple melodies played at the same time and... (2) a trance state where a person experiences amnesia, and loses their sense of self. Both uses of the word have a beginning, middle and end. Taking a bit of license, each story we tell in this podcast will be called a fugue. And each fugue will illustrate a handful of mental ingredients. A fugue will also refer to any temporary mental state one is in. For example, you are currently in a podcast description-reading fugue. Hosted by Gabriel Berezin, some fugues will be autobiographical, others are contributions from special guests. ***Episodes 1, 2, and 5 are great places to start!***

정보

  • 제작진
    Gabriel Berezin
  • 방송 연도
    2020년 - 2025년
  • 에피소드
    19
  • 등급
    무삭제판
  • 웹사이트 보기
    Fugues