Dr. Scott Catey
@scottcatey.com
Creator & Host, The Sum of All Wisdom Podcast | Music IS the Sum of All Wisdom: I Help Artists Bring Their Wisdom to Light | Felinetrovert. Corvidophile. Need a mountain.
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: There is No Time Limit: Erika Horsey on Talent, Missed Opportunities, and a Long Creative Life. Have a listen:
There is No Time Limit: Erika Horsey on Talent, Missed Opportunities, and a Long Creative Life
Creative talent does not follow straight lines. The zigs and zags of a...
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September 23, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: There is No Time Limit: Erika Horsey on Talent, Missed Opportunities, and a Long Creative Life. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: If It Isn’t Singing, Take It Out: Rich Ferguson on poetry, rhythm, and the embodied word. Have a listen:
If It Isn’t Singing, Take It Out: Rich Ferguson on poetry, rhythm, and the embodied word
Where is a poem?
For poet, drummer, novelist, and performer Rich...
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September 16, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: If It Isn’t Singing, Take It Out: Rich Ferguson on poetry, rhythm, and the embodied word. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: There are a Lot of People in a Tune: Stephen Wade on Banjo History, Folk Tradition, and Our Common Life. Have a listen:
There are a Lot of People in a Tune: Stephen Wade on Banjo History, Folk Tradition, and Our Common Life
Stephen Wade is a renowned banjo player, folklorist, and author. He...
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September 9, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: There are a Lot of People in a Tune: Stephen Wade on Banjo History, Folk Tradition, and Our Common Life. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Something Sacred in That: Emma Swift on songwriting, interpretation, creativity, listening beyond the algorithm…and Dylan. Have a listen:
Something Sacred in That: Emma Swift on songwriting, interpretation, creativity, listening beyond the algorithm…and Dylan
What happens when we stop asking whether art is successful—and instead...
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September 2, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Something Sacred in That: Emma Swift on songwriting, interpretation, creativity, listening beyond the algorithm…and Dylan. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: You Already Know How to Make Music: Kalani Das on play, listening, imperfection, and finding our way to music. Have a listen:
You Already Know How to Make Music: Kalani Das on play, listening, imperfection, and finding our way to music
What if learning music begins with listening, not learning how to play...
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August 26, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: You Already Know How to Make Music: Kalani Das on play, listening, imperfection, and finding our way to music. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Earl Slick on David Bowie, John Lennon & the most memorable moment of his incredible career. Have a listen:
Earl Slick on David Bowie, John Lennon & the most memorable moment of his incredible career
Earl Slick has spent more than five decades alongside some of the most...
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August 19, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Earl Slick on David Bowie, John Lennon & the most memorable moment of his incredible career. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: How Creative Excellence Actually Works: Learning from Rich Mangicaro. Have a listen:
How Creative Excellence Actually Works: Learning from Rich Mangicaro
Episode SummaryFor more than four decades, percussionist, composer,...
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August 12, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: How Creative Excellence Actually Works: Learning from Rich Mangicaro. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: The Cheese Line: Tom Catmull on Songwriting & Staying Human. Have a listen:
The Cheese Line: Tom Catmull on Songwriting & Staying Human
Over a career spanning—at this point—more than three decades, Tom...
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August 5, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: The Cheese Line: Tom Catmull on Songwriting & Staying Human. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Always Almost Famous: Earl Okin on Creativity, Music, Success, and How Craft Matters. Have a listen:
Always Almost Famous: Earl Okin on Creativity, Music, Success, and How Craft Matters
What does a lifetime in music actually look like?
For singer,...
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July 29, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Always Almost Famous: Earl Okin on Creativity, Music, Success, and How Craft Matters. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: “Everything I do is to be of service”: Butch Norton on Listening as a creative act. Have a listen:
“Everything I do is to be of service”: Butch Norton on Listening as a creative act
What does it mean to be a musician in service of others?
Butch Norton...
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July 22, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: “Everything I do is to be of service”: Butch Norton on Listening as a creative act. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: “It’s Not Factual, But It’s True”: A Conversation with Robyn Hitchcock. Have a listen:
“It’s Not Factual, But It’s True”: A Conversation with Robyn Hitchcock
Few songwriters have constructed imaginative worlds as distinctive, or...
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July 15, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: “It’s Not Factual, But It’s True”: A Conversation with Robyn Hitchcock. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: What is Art For in an Age of Distraction? Matthias Sturm on the Art of Paying Attention. Have a listen:
What is Art For in an Age of Distraction? Matthias Sturm on the Art of Paying Attention
Matthias Sturm: Music, Memory, & the Future of ListeningWhat happens to...
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July 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: What is Art For in an Age of Distraction? Matthias Sturm on the Art of Paying Attention. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Re-Enchanting the World through Music: An intimate conversation with Karo Glazer & Michal Rosicki (Part 2). Have a listen:
Re-Enchanting the World through Music: An intimate conversation with Karo Glazer & Michal Rosicki (Part 2)
Last time, we asked, “What happens when music stops being content and...
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July 1, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Conversations on Music, Makers, Meaning & More: Re-Enchanting the World through Music: An intimate conversation with Karo Glazer & Michal Rosicki (Part 2). Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Close Your Eyes and. Listen: Karo Glazer & Michal Rosicki of RED Producers. Have a listen:
Close Your Eyes and Listen: Karo Glazer & Michal Rosicki of RED Producers
What happens when music stops being content and becomes an experience?In...
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June 24, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Close Your Eyes and. Listen: Karo Glazer & Michal Rosicki of RED Producers. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Finding Music in the Unexpected: A Conversation with Jeff Tripoli. Have a listen:
Finding Music in the Unexpected: A Conversation with Jeff Tripoli
In this episode of The Sum of All Wisdom, Scott Catey sits down with...
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June 10, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Finding Music in the Unexpected: A Conversation with Jeff Tripoli. Have a listen:
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Architecting Atmosphere & the Luminous Darkness of Sound: A Conversation with Matthijs Kouw. Have a listen:
Architecting Atmosphere & the Luminous Darkness of Sound: A Conversation with Matthijs Kouw
“How would you like to spend some time with music that can reconfigure...
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May 27, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Architecting Atmosphere & the Luminous Darkness of Sound: A Conversation with Matthijs Kouw. Have a listen:
We're building an oral history and aural history in an archive of public memory, one tasty conversation at a time. Join us?
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May 14, 2026 at 9:36 AM
We're building an oral history and aural history in an archive of public memory, one tasty conversation at a time. Join us?
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“I have a lump in my throat. He’s so good.”
Unsolicited feedback from a listener, on The Sum of All Wisdom, Episode 6 and my conversation with Andrew Hunt.
Want to hear more?
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Unsolicited feedback from a listener, on The Sum of All Wisdom, Episode 6 and my conversation with Andrew Hunt.
Want to hear more?
tinyurl.com/TheSumofAllW...
May 13, 2026 at 6:47 PM
“I have a lump in my throat. He’s so good.”
Unsolicited feedback from a listener, on The Sum of All Wisdom, Episode 6 and my conversation with Andrew Hunt.
Want to hear more?
tinyurl.com/TheSumofAllW...
Unsolicited feedback from a listener, on The Sum of All Wisdom, Episode 6 and my conversation with Andrew Hunt.
Want to hear more?
tinyurl.com/TheSumofAllW...
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Bigfoot and Terraformers and Stage Fright... Oh My! Part 2 of a Conversation with Andrew Hunt. Have a listen:
Bigfoot and Terraformers and Stage Fright... Oh My! Part 2 of a Conversation with Andrew Hunt
Episode SummaryWhat does it mean to make music—and to keep making...
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May 13, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: Bigfoot and Terraformers and Stage Fright... Oh My! Part 2 of a Conversation with Andrew Hunt. Have a listen:
What on earth does #Bigfoot have to do with music? Be the first kid on your block to know... thesumofallwisdom.com New episode tomorrow, 5/13
May 12, 2026 at 8:12 PM
What on earth does #Bigfoot have to do with music? Be the first kid on your block to know... thesumofallwisdom.com New episode tomorrow, 5/13
May 7, 2026 at 2:51 PM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: The Three-Day Rule: Songs We Keep (and Why We Kill the Rest): A Conversation with Andrew Hunt . Have a listen:
The Three-Day Rule: Songs We Keep (and Why We Kill the Rest): A Conversation with Andrew Hunt
Episode SummaryWhat does it mean to make music—and to keep making...
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May 6, 2026 at 4:01 AM
🎙️ Just published a new episode of The Sum of All Wisdom: The Three-Day Rule: Songs We Keep (and Why We Kill the Rest): A Conversation with Andrew Hunt . Have a listen:
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 begins with a simple idea: 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗦 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺. Music and creative practice are not just forms of expression—they are ways of knowing.
Each podcast conversation, essay, and book I produce explores how artists and thinkers make meaning.
We're building an ecosystem.
Each podcast conversation, essay, and book I produce explores how artists and thinkers make meaning.
We're building an ecosystem.
April 27, 2026 at 1:30 PM
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘶𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘞𝘪𝘴𝘥𝘰𝘮 begins with a simple idea: 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗜𝗦 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘄𝗶𝘀𝗱𝗼𝗺. Music and creative practice are not just forms of expression—they are ways of knowing.
Each podcast conversation, essay, and book I produce explores how artists and thinkers make meaning.
We're building an ecosystem.
Each podcast conversation, essay, and book I produce explores how artists and thinkers make meaning.
We're building an ecosystem.
I felt like I had a little bit of explaining to do, so today I published a new essay to accompany The Sum of All Wisdom podcast.
You can find the essay here: open.substack.com/.../but-what....
And if you haven't already, give a listen to the show! thesumofallwisdom.com
You can find the essay here: open.substack.com/.../but-what....
And if you haven't already, give a listen to the show! thesumofallwisdom.com
April 24, 2026 at 4:13 PM
I felt like I had a little bit of explaining to do, so today I published a new essay to accompany The Sum of All Wisdom podcast.
You can find the essay here: open.substack.com/.../but-what....
And if you haven't already, give a listen to the show! thesumofallwisdom.com
You can find the essay here: open.substack.com/.../but-what....
And if you haven't already, give a listen to the show! thesumofallwisdom.com