A Year of Bach

My top 47 Albums of 2025

From J.S. Bach all the way down to Wet Leg

Nov 25 • 

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Year of Bach Addendum: New Bach!

On the recently certified BWV 1178 and 1179

Nov 24 • 

Evan Goldfine

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2

4

October 2025

How Ambitious Are You? (Or, Delete the NYT Games App)

On the path to ever enhancing my Evan-ness

Oct 3 • 

Evan Goldfine

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25

7

September 2025

Historian Richard Tedlow on Bach's Charisma, and Trump's

Listen now | Historian Richard Tedlow joins me to ask what made Bach charismatic in his own time and ours.

Sep 22 • 

Evan Goldfine

 and 

Richard S. Tedlow

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2

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51:20

August 2025

FCC Commissioner Reed Hundt on the early Internet, Bach, and "ER"

As Commissioner of the FCC during the Clinton administration, Reed Hundt helped shape the modern internet.

Aug 19 • 

Evan Goldfine

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3

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46:38

Tyler Cowen on Bach, Beethoven, John, and Paul

I’ve listened to Tyler Cowen talk for hundreds of hours about economics, music, history, art, travel, and regional cuisine, so meeting him on Zoom felt…

Aug 7 • 

Evan Goldfine

 and 

Tyler Cowen

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10

6

44:58

July 2025

‘Everything is melody’: Classical Guitarist Jason Vieaux on Bach

A Year of Bach Podcast: Episode 2

Jul 10 • 

Evan Goldfine

14

1

3

39:55

June 2025

The Expectation of Astonishment: Henry Oliver on Bach and the Hunger for Seriousness

Year of Bach Podcast: Episode 1

Jun 2 • 

Evan Goldfine

 and 

Henry Oliver

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7

4

40:51

May 2025

An interlude: Living the Steely Dan Dream

My morning with Don, Walt, and Katie Couric in 2000

May 6 • 

Evan Goldfine

14

4

1

April 2025

37 takeaways from 200 hours with Bach

And about YoB's Year Two

Apr 21 • 

Evan Goldfine

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49

18

December 2024

December 10: The Chaconne, and the Meaning of Life (Itzhak Perlman, violin)

My Year of Bach ends in calamity, and in hope.

Dec 10, 2024

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December 2: Miscellaneous and reconstructed works (Various Artists)

A hodgepodge as we approach the end

Dec 2, 2024 • 

Evan Goldfine

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