Ep. 10 - Becoming Your Favorite Self: Finding Your Voice in Philosophy and Punk Rock

A Life in Six Songs

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Fulden İbrahimhakkıoğlu, a passionate academic and punk musician, is our final guest on this first album of the show! Fulden, an associate professor of philosophy and gender and women's studies at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey, traces her musical voyage from Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" and connecting with Courtney Love to finding her voice with Babes in Toyland while an undergrad in Istanbul and being inspired by Bratmobile while doing her PhD in Eugene, Oregon. We finish with Fulden’s own voice in her bands, Literally Anything Before Bros and Emaskülatör. It’s a riot grrrl, punk rock trip! Pull up a folding chair, grab a drink, find a spot in the mosh pit, and enjoy the conversation and community.

Listen to Fulden’s bands Literally Anything Before Bros and Emaskülatör

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Follow your hosts David, Raza, and Carolina every week as they embark on an epic adventure to find the songs that are stuck to us like audible tattoos to tell the story of who we are and where we’ve been. It’s a life story told through 6 songs.

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Chapter

1. A Life in Six Songs (00:00:00)

2. Our guest today is Fulden İbrahimhakkıoğlu (00:01:13)

3. Britney Spears' "...Baby One More Time" and Driving with Dad (00:04:41)

4. "Teenage Whore" and Courtney Love's Influence and Misunderstanding (00:13:09)

5. Record Stores and Metal Music Genres (00:26:05)

6. Babes in Toyland, Leaving for College, and Music's Power of Authentic Expression (00:32:55)

7. Modern Baseball's "Your Graduation" as a Life-Preserver Song (00:47:59)

8. Memories of Oregon, Riot Grrrl, and Bratmobile's "Richard" (01:03:23)

9. Fulden's Band, Literally Anything Before Bros' "Cargo Shorts and Broken Hearts" (01:20:18)

10. Exploring Concert Experiences (01:35:20)

11. Contacting Fulden and Finding Her Music (01:41:30)

12. A Life in Six Songs PLAYLIST (01:43:10)