JustArts: What is your show Braindeis about?JP Wiegand: Braindeis mostly features neuroscience news-I reflect upon some of the findings and critically analyze the studies. Sometimes I get listener feedback, and sometimes I'll have a guest or play back an interview with faculty.

JA: What inspired you to create a show about neuroscience?

JPW: Braindeis was my very first show on WBRS and the first day I came in, my plan was to just read and summarize articles on air but when I got there, I started commenting on the methods and results. I added my own predictions of the implications and I realized that there's a lot of differing opinions on the the future of neuroscience. So I decided to interview [Prof.] Eve Marder (BIOL), ask about her research and ask her opinions on the subject.

I think the last episode, I spoke on the subject of the Singularity, neural implants, and the far-reaching future of not only neuroscience but the accompanying technology. I did so mostly because my brother put it into my head, as he's working on a brain-machine interface project in the Northeastern grad program, but also because the covers of Time and Scientific American were The Science of Aging and Merging Man and Machine, respectively.

JA: What's the theme of 60 Minute Hate?

JPW: 60 Minute Hate is a show that my friend Aarish [Sheikh] '11 and I came up with because I didn't hear any brutal technical death metal around and he said that no one truly appreciated the old thrash metal bands. So we decided to combine our interests and create the most brutal metal show. It mixes a lot of old classic bands like Pantera with progressive metal bands like Powerglove and some heavy techdeath like Braindril. We like to cover the spectrum because a lot of people don't quite realize what versatility the metal scene really has. Along the way we've found a few bands that we both really like, such as Korplikaani and Stam1na.

JustArts: Which show is your favorite?

JPW: Funky Liquid is a personal favorite as it features a particular style of techno called drum and bass, but more specifically I focus on a style that was arguably first birthed by Hospital Records. It's been called liquid funk, diet drum 'n bass, or even junglelite. It's characterized by a light amen break sampled drum beat, played back at around 180bpm, and is usually accompanied by female vocals and soft melodies. I'm really proud of this show and how it's progressed in my own music library.

JA: Can you talk about how you came up with your other shows?

JPW: The Seattle Sound, to be honest, I started mostly for selfish reasons-as I'm from Seattle, I'm simply replaying a lot of childhood sounds that really conjure up nonstop nostalgic memories. However, I'm not limiting myself to Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains, but I'm digging back to the roots of the movement with Temple of the Dog, U-Men and Malfunkshun.

For some people, it might get repetitive to hear the same 10 artists over and over again, but for me, it was just the environment that I grew up in. Some radio stations back home would even devote three songs per hour to Nirvana, at the bottom of the hour.

And of course there's Pure & Uncut. That's simply classic for me, as my hands-down favorite style of music is funk. Not a lot of people have bothered to delve into such an influential genre and it still surprises me when someone doesn't know who did the song "Give Up the Funk: Tear the Roof off the Sucker."

JA: Why did you decide to take on so much airtime and so many different kinds of shows?

JPW: Given that music has been such a big part of my life, not only listening to it, but researching it and seeing the growth of music through time, I took on so much time as I'd like to save people the time of hunting down good bands themselves-though I'm far from discouraging it. Not to mention that music has shown itself to be neurologically beneficial.

60 Minute Hate airs Fridays from 6 to 7 p.m., followed by another of Wiegand's shows, Electroshock Treatment, until 8 p.m. Braindeis is broadcast from 11:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Saturday, followed by Funky Liquid until 1:30 p.m., The Seattle Sound from 1:30 to 3 p.m. and Pure & Uncut from 3 to 6 p.m.