Dr. Alice Cash’s Podcast Interviews

Dr. Cash regularly speaks on podcasts about the benefits of music medicine in a medical setting.

Here is a list of some of her podcast interviews:

1. “First Case: The Operating Room Podcast”

podcast cover from Melanie Perry

Melanie Perry, host and interviewer, publishes this podcast all about the operating room and how to help the patient get through the process in the safest way possible. Melanie has been in OR nurse for over 20 years and is dedicated to helping patients get through surgery with least amount of anxiety and pain perception possible.

In this interview, Dr Cash explains how her curated playlist activates rhythmic entrainment which helps the patient through their procedure with reduced anxiety and pain perception. Dr Cash also covers the methods she used to choose music that would engage rhythmic entrainment. Dr. Cash received a U.S. patient on her methodology in 2008. Listen to it here.



2. “Touchology Wellness Experience”

Njideka Olatunde, host and interviewer, publishes this podcast, which embraces a proven mental, physical and emotional health and wellness tradition in relieving pain and stress in every area of your life. Njideka has worked in the field of holistic health and wellness for over 25 years and uses not only music but a wide variety of non-invasive methods in the practice.

In this podcast, Dr. Cash focuses on pain management through music, from a holistic perspective. She discusses music with surgery but also covers how music can help with behavioral health, stress and anxiety. Listen to it here.


3. “Your Ageless Musical Brain”

Your Ageless Mucisal Brain podcast

Luz Blanco, podcast host and interviewer, focuses on how music can keep your brain healthy and thriving throughout your life. In this episode, Dr. Cash discusses how music affects your brain through the process of rhythmic entrainment and how that reduces anxiety and pain perception. Listen to it here.


4. “Mindy Peterson”

Having Surgery? podcast image - Mindy Peterson

In this podcast, music educator and podcast host Mindy Peterson explores the myriad ways music makes our lives better. The show spotlights practical ways music impacts our health, happiness, and wholeness in areas as varied as science & health, sports & entertainment, business, and education. In this episode, “Having Surgery? Using music to reduce anxiety and pain perception,” renowned clinical musicologist and author Dr. Alice Cash delves into the fascinating world of music medicine, particularly its impact on perioperative care. She explains how carefully curated music allows the power of rhythmic entrainment to significantly reduce anxiety, enhance patient outcomes, and even reduce the need for potentially-addictive medications before, during, and after medical and dental procedures. Dr. Cash shares her journey, success stories, and insights, shedding light on her innovative headphones and app-based solutions that have gained recognition in leading hospitals worldwide. Listen to it here.


5. OR Innovator: The Cutting Edge of Culture

OR Innovator Dolores Fazzino podcast

Dolores Fazzino interviews Dr. Alice H Cash about new ideas that are currently being implemented in operating rooms around the globe. Dolores Fazzino, DNP, does a weekly podcast about innovations in the OR. Dr. Cash discussed her innovation, which is music through preloaded headphones or MP3 players played during surgery. The reason this music is so innovative is that it’s chosen specially to engage rhythmic entrainment, which stabilizes the patient’s biorhythms. The music that surgeons play for themselves will rarely be appropriate for this purpose. Also, having the music played through headphones or earbuds blocks conversations in the OR. Listen to it here.