<p>🎥 Here is the trailer for our new eps featuring <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.seanhickey.com/"><strong>Sean Hickey</strong></a>, Composer/Record Label Executive </p><p>Composer Sean Hickey joins <em>The Piano Pod</em> to discuss <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.seanhickey.com/recordings/sapiens-a-brief-history-of-humankind"><strong><em>Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind for the Piano</em> </strong></a>— his monumental piano cycle inspired by Yuval Noah Harari’s bestselling book.</p><p>From imagined orders and human cooperation to empire, biology, AI, and the future of artistic sustainability, this conversation explores what it means to create — and remain human — in a rapidly accelerating world.</p><p>Performed by pianist Vladimir Rumyantsev, <em>Sapiens</em> translates sweeping philosophical questions into sound, structure, and silence.</p><p>This episode moves from macro-history to the deeply personal — from Detroit and electric guitar to leading major international record labels — and ultimately asks:</p><p><strong>What allows music to endure?</strong></p><p>📆 Join the premiere tomorrow, Tuesday, February 24, at 8:00 PM ET. </p><p>📺 Set a reminder and join us live via YouTube: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/sx0nR48wNYg">https://youtu.be/sx0nR48wNYg</a></p><p>🎧 Listen on your favorite podcast platforms: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://linktr.ee/ThePianoPodAudio">https://linktr.ee/ThePianoPodAudio</a></p><p>📖 Read our blog review on Substack: <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://thepianopod.substack.com/p/meet-our-guest-sean-hickey-composer">https://thepianopod.substack.com/p/meet-our-guest-sean-hickey-composer</a></p>