Clinical BOPulations

Introducing music therapists to new bops and new bops to music therapy

About the show

Clinical BOPulations is a music therapy podcast hosted by a collective of music therapists and music therapy educators. Every episode, the hosts introduce a new or undiscovered songwriter and/or producer, explore their music, and discuss the therapeutic implications of the featured bop (slang for “song”).

Available on here, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, GooglePodcasts, Amazon Music, and Castbox!

Our views are our own and do not represent AMTA or CBMT.

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Episodes

  • Episode 36: Bloopers with the Bop Squad

    June 2nd, 2020  |  Season 4  |  16 mins 27 secs
    bloopers, music, music therapy, outtakes, songwriting

    Listen to a few bloopers and outtakes with the Bop Squad and guests from previous episodes. Hope these bring you some laughs! Thank you so much for hanging around during Season 4...we'll be back in the fall with Season 5!

  • Episode 35: Sunshine by Amy de Jesus, MSW, MT Student [ARTIST INTERVIEW]

    May 19th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  55 mins 5 secs
    acoustic, bereavement, children, folk, grief, music, music therapy, perinatal, pregnancy, social work, songwriting

    Listen to "Sunshine” by Amy de Jesus, a social worker and soon-to-be music therapist based out of Nashville, TN and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 34: Nice Negro by Hakeem Leonard, PhD, MT-BC [ARTIST INTERVIEW]

    May 6th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  1 hr 7 mins
    critical, culture, diversity, health, hip hop, music, music therapy, psychology, rap, social justice

    Listen to "Nice Negro” by Hakeem Leonard, PhD, MT-BC, a professor, music therapist, and artist based out of Virginia and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 33: Through it All by Johnnybgood

    April 21st, 2020  |  Season 4  |  44 mins 46 secs
    composer, music, music therapy, producer, production, psychology, songwriting, technology

    Listen to "Through it All” by Johnnybgood, a producer and composer based out of Nashville and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 32: Body Cross, Applesauce by Rachel Rambach, MM, MT-BC [ARTIST INTERVIEW]

    April 7th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  51 mins 19 secs
    business owner, music, music therapy, songwriting

    Listen to "Body Cross, Applesauce” by Rachel Rambach, MM, MT-BC, a music therapist based out of Illinois and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 31: Speckles by Karter Shachner, MT-BC [ARTIST INTERVIEW]

    March 24th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  52 mins 51 secs
    identity, jung, music, music therapy, psychology, songwriting

    Listen to "Speckles” by Karter Schachner, MT-BC, based out of Pittsburgh, PA and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 30: Welcome Back with the Bop Squad: Pt. 2

    March 12th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  41 mins 20 secs

    Part 2! Listen to 10 seconds of songs our co-hosts love and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 29: Welcome Back with the Bop Squad: Pt. 1

    March 10th, 2020  |  Season 4  |  42 mins 14 secs
    music, music therapy, songwriting

    Part 1! Listen to 10 seconds of songs our co-hosts love and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 28: Time Will Heal Me by Everything + Light the Music App [ARTIST INTERVIEW]

    December 24th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  1 hr 11 mins
    music, music therapy, psychology, songwriting, technology, water boy

    Listen to "Time Will Heal Me” by Everything based out of Virginia and learn more about Light the Music, and and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.

  • Episode 27: My World by Irma Seleman [MALAYSIA with MingYuan Low, MA, MT-BC]

    December 10th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  59 mins 33 secs
    culture, malaysia, music, music therapy, songwriting

    Listen to "My World” by Irma Seleman, based out of Costa Rica, and and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy with MingYuan Low, MA, MT-BC

  • Episode 26: Twenty Two and Some Change by Stephen Day

    November 29th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  35 mins
    acoustic, adulthood, childhood, music, music therapy, songwriting

    Listen to "Twenty Two and Some Change” by Stephen Day, a singer-songwriter based out of Nashville, TN and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy LIVE from AMTA National Conference!

  • Episode 25: Whether To by Jessica Gerhardt

    October 29th, 2019  |  Season 3  |  43 mins 29 secs
    music, music therapy, relationships, songwriting, ukulele

    Listen to "Whether To” by Jessica Gerhardt, a singer-songwriter based out of California and join us as we explore its possible uses in the field of music therapy.