TLDR - #10 – One Hundred Songs In A Day

One way to make money making music online is the boring way. Write one song that does incredibly well and live off the royalties for the rest of your life.

Matt Farley is a musician who’s gone a different route. He's written over 14,000 songs and he makes a tiny bit of money each time someone plays one on Spotify or iTunes. PJ visited Matt at his home recording studio to see how it all works.

The Goods from the Woods - Episode #20 – “The Ruckus Crew” with A.Lo

In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys are joined by Pella, Iowa's favorite son, comedian A.Lo! This week, the boys relive their misspent, mischievous youths and, lordy, it sure does involve a lot of poop and water balloons. Side tangents include the short-lived Marvel animated series Bucky O'Hare, Ric Flair's career as an open mic comedian, and the direct line that stretches from Disgraceland Studios all the way back to the first internet meme, "Mr. T Ate My Balls". Follow the show @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

More or Less: Behind the Stats - WS MoreOrLess: An apple-a-day

An apple-a-day will actually keep the doctors away, according to a study in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal. It generated headlines around the world. But were the media right to take the story so seriously? Tim interviews one of the study?s authors and critic Paul Marantz. And, mathemagical mind-reading: Jolyon Jenkins reveals the maths behind a classic long-distance mind-reading card trick. Presenter: Tim Harford. Producer: Ruth Alexander. This programme was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

Start the Week - Neuroscience and Free Will

Tom Sutcliffe talks to the neuroscientist Dick Swaab who argues that everything we do and don't do is determined by our brain. He explains why 'we are our brains'. The philosopher Julian Baggini doesn't dispute the pre-eminence of brain processes but believes it doesn't tell the whole story. As a writer Helen Dunmore must get into the minds of her characters - the latest a war-damaged soldier from the trenches. Natalie Abrahami only has the heads of her characters to play with as she directs Samuel Beckett's Happy Days about the amazing ability of a woman to survive by denying her ever-diminishing world. Producer: Katy Hickman.