The Jimi Hendrix of the Cello (with Joshua Roman)

This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed human. Pushkin. This season of the Happiness Lab Is all about coping strategies.

And one of my favorite go-to coping strategies is music. With just a few clicks on my phone, I can pick a track that will help calm me down in times of stress, or pump me up when I'm facing a challenge, or transport me back to happier times when I'm feeling blue. But as a professional composer and celebrated cellist, My guest on today's episode has developed a way more profound relationship with music. Joshua Roman began playing a child-sized cello at age three and gave his first public recital at age 10.

He's now played with great orchestras and collaborated with some of the top names in classical music. Joshua was a huge rising star and driving himself to ever greater heights until he was struck down by long COVID. And it took a debilitating condition to strip me of all ability before I let myself just be. And that has changed everything about how I feel with music and and really with life and the people around me.

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