In this episode, Ryan sits down with Dr. Sean Young, Professor of Emergency Medicine at the UC Irvine School of Medicine and Professor of Informatics in the Department of Information and Computer Sciences — and a lifelong bassist.

Dr. Young holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Stanford University, an M.S. in Health Services Research from Stanford School of Medicine, and a B.A. in Ethnomusicology from UCLA. His work bridges music, psychology, medicine, and technology, offering a rare perspective on how sound shapes human behavior.

Together, they explore how jazz and reggae affect pain perception, why improvisation creates narrative and emotional immersion, how personal history influences the way we hear music, and why creativity resists being reduced to algorithms. The conversation also dives into AI, culture, and the ethical limits of technology.

This episode is a thoughtful look at music as both a scientific phenomenon and a deeply human experience.

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