E45: Not an Enemy (Academic Analysis with Dr. Adam)

About this episode

Dr. Adam discusses the themes of identity and sincerity in Counting Crows' songwriting and fandom.

Dr. Adam (from the Sister Wives Professor Podcast) joins us. He's a professor of interpersonal and family communication, and a huge fan of Counting Crows. On this episode, Dr. Adam discusses (1) the pathos and identity concepts in Adam's songwriting, (2) CC fandom as "ingroup vs outgroup", and (3) the concept of sincerity as a songwriter and as fans. His very popular Sister Wives podcast can be found here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-sister-wives-professor/id1719547118

People in this episode

Host: Eric Vogelsang

Guest: Dr. Adam

Topics covered

• songwriting analysis
• Counting Crows fandom
• interpersonal communication
• identity concepts
• sincerity in music

Keywords

• Counting Crows
• Dr. Adam
• songwriting
• fandom
• interpersonal communication
• identity
• sincerity

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sister Wives Professor Podcast

Books & works: Counting Crows

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