Marked by Music explores how music shapes the inner architecture of our lives—holding memory, grief, longing, and belonging long after moments pass. In a culture that moves quickly, it offers a quieter space for reflection and conversation, inviting us to stay present, listen with intention, and recognize the humanity we share.
Marked By Music Episode 6: The Summer God Spoke Thru Song
In the summer of 2018, my life was divided into before and after. Ten weeks after my mom was diagnosed with Stage IV stomach cancer, she was gone. During those weeks, as I traveled between Austin and Topeka, wrestled with anticipatory grief, leaned on the people who loved me, and watched my family struggle under the weight of loss, music became a source of comfort, shelter, and prayer. In this deeply personal episode of Marked by Music, I share the songs that found me when I needed them most—...
27 Oct 2026
Marked By Music Episode 5: Against All Odds
Marked by Music — Episode 6: Against All Odds A year in Monterrey, Mexico. A first love. A magical night of music, dancing, and a goodbye I wasn't ready to say. In this deeply personal episode, I revisit the summer of 1984, when I discovered friendship, belonging, and a version of myself I didn't want to leave behind. With Phil Collins' Against All Odds as the soundtrack, I explore the bittersweet beauty of first love, the heartbreak of leaving, and how music can preserve the moments that cha...
20 Oct 2026
Marked By Music Episode 4: Modern Love
Marked by Music — Episode 3: Modern Love What if one song could take you back to the year you discovered you could be someone different? In this episode of Marked by Music, Sara Driver revisits 1983–84, when she left Topeka, Kansas, to spend her sophomore year living with a family in Monterrey, Mexico. Suddenly, the shy, nerdy violin girl found herself surrounded by new siblings, new friends, teenage parties, and a freedom she had never experienced before. With David Bowie's “Modern Love” as ...
18 Oct 2026
Marked By Music Episode 3: Bad Girls
What happens when a twelve-year-old falls in love with Donna Summer’s Bad Girls—without realizing what the song is actually about? In this episode of Marked by Music, Sara remembers begging her parents for the album, playing it at full volume, and singing about the streetwalkers of Sunset Boulevard with complete enthusiasm and total innocence. The irony? Welcome Back, Kotter was considered too controversial in her house. Bad Girls became Sara’s first non-classical album and opened the door to...
7 Oct 2026
Marked By Music Episode 2: The Summer of 1989
The summer of 1989 still lives in my head like a mixtape. Certain songs can take me right back—to the heat, the people, the places, the version of me I was then, and all the things I thought were still ahead of me. It was one of those summers that somehow became bigger in memory, stitched together by music and moments I didn’t know I would still be carrying decades later. In this episode of Marked By Music, I go back to that summer and the soundtrack that held it all. Because sometimes a song...
29 Sept 2026
Marked By Music Episode 1: The Adagio That Holds Everything
Marked by Music is a podcast about the music that leaves a mark on us. Hosted by Sara Driver, this show explores the way music attaches itself to memory, identity, grief, love, longing, and joy. Some songs are background noise. Some pieces become part of the architecture of our lives. They hold our stories. They take us back. They remind us who we were, who we loved, and what mattered. This is not just a podcast about music. It is a podcast about meaning—and about the moments music carries fo...
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