🎶 Music as Mind Control: 440Hz

🎶 Music as Mind Control: 440Hz

From The Power Couple by Bohdanna Diduch & Roman Shapoval

June 4, 2026 · 31 min

About this episode

The episode explores the impact of 440 Hz music on cognitive performance and its historical context.

Today we’ll discuss: How 440 Hz became a global tuning standard How background music affects cognitive performance How the Rockefellers funded research into psychoacoustics 432 Hz as the beat of the Earth and its calming affect SUBSCRIBE to our SUBSTACK f or the full experience! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit romanshapoval.substack.com/subscribe

People in this episode

Hosts: Bohdanna Diduch, Roman Shapoval

Topics covered

  • music
  • cognitive performance
  • psychoacoustics
  • tuning standards
  • calming effects

Keywords

  • 440 Hz
  • 432 Hz
  • psychoacoustics
  • cognitive performance
  • music
  • tuning standard
  • calming effects

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rockefellers

Products: 440 Hz, 432 Hz

Books & works: Music as Mind Control

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