The band Phish has toured for over 40 years. One of the draws of their legendary live shows—which can go on for 8 hours—is finding moments of “flow,” when the band members lock into an improvised jam, finding <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/phish-flow-state-research/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">new musical ideas</a> in real time.Phish fans live for these transcendent moments, but so do the musicians—to the point that Mike Gordon, the band’s bass player, is funding scientific research to <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/phish-flow-state-research/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">better understand flow state.</a>Host Flora Lichtman sits down with Mike and his research collaborator, neuroscientist Greg Appelbaum, to unpack their research so far and how it’s helping to inform other neuroscience.Guests:Mike Gordon is bassist and co-founder of the rock band Phish. Dr. Greg Appelbaum is a professor in the department of psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego.Transcripts for each episode are available within 1-3 days at <a href="https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/phish-flow-state-research/?utm_source=wnyc&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=scifri" target="_blank">sciencefriday.com.</a> 
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