About the human voice, the difference between speaking and singing, speech melody and the Speech to Song Illusion, the strengths and weaknesses of operatic recitative, and emotion as a justification for the absurdity of singing by way of speaking.Music and sound excerpts:*Lodewijk Muns, pianoOn the Speech to Song Illusion, see Lodewijk Muns, Speech melody and the Speech-to-Song Illusion https://lodewijkmuns.nl/music/music-and-language/speech-to-song-illusion/Selected references for episodes 24 and 25: see https://lodewijkmuns.nl/singing-by-way-of-speaking-1