Daniel J. Levitin Audio & Video

Whether you load your iPod with Bach or Bono, music has a significant role in your life—even if you never realized it. Why does music evoke such powerful moods?

Ever wonder what's going on in your brain when you tune in to your favorite radio station or hum that song stuck in your head?

Daniel Levitin follows up his acclaimed New York Times–bestselling first book, This Is Your Brain on Music, with The World in Six Songs, an audacious look at how the brain evolved to play and listen to music in six fundamental forms and gave rise to human culture.

The information age is drowning us with an unprecedented deluge of data. At the same time, we're expected to make more-and faster-decisions about our lives than ever before.

From the New York Times best-selling author of The Organized Mind and This Is Your Brain on Music, a primer to the critical thinking that is more necessary now than ever.

Previously published as A Field Guide to Lies. We're surrounded by fringe theories, fake news, and pseudofacts. These lies are getting repeated.