Flora Lichtman
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5,440 appearances
87 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
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Flora Lichtman’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Fish has toured for over 40 years, and one of the draws of their performances, which can go on for many hours, are finding these moments of flow.
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That feeling of being locked in or in the zone.
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Musicians and artists talk about it.
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Athletes do, too.
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You've probably experienced it.
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For Fish, it's when the band members sync up in an improvised jam and find new musical ideas in real time.
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Fish fans live for these transcendent moments, but so do Fish's musicians.
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The band is flow-seeking and flow-obsessed, to the point that Mike Gordon, the band's bassist, is funding scientific research to better understand flow state.
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Mike is here to tell us about this work, along with his research collaborator, neuroscientist Dr. Greg Appelbaum from the University of California, San Diego.
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Great to have you both here.
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Okay, Mike, when you and the band talk about flow state, is that the language that you use?
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What do you call it?
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We've had those on Science Friday here and there.
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I bet.
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Why not?
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Is it just that it's too overwhelming to sort of call it what it feels like?
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Does the music change when the band hooks up?
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And do you have an example you might walk us through?
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Is this song a prime example of the band in a flow state?
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Greg, you've been working on this for years now.
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