Pandora is the internet radio jukebox that enables you to create your own personalized radio “stations” based on your likes. Its inner workings are founded on something called the Music Genome Project. The Music Genome Project is a taxonomy of musical information that looks at more than 400 musical characteristics of a song. This information is used to create the Pandora radio stream custom tailored to your taste.

This past week on Studio 360 – one of my favorite NPR weeklies – Kurt Andersen got to chat with the founder of Pandora about how the whole thing works. For a geek like me, it was an interesting interview…

If you’re on an iPhone or non-Flash device, here are some helpful links:

Studio 360 August 13, 2010 episode
Studio 360 Podcast Feed on iTunes