Podcasts

Lol fuck yeah

Tried to listen to the Celebration Rock ep w/ Dan Bejar on 80's Dylan and couldn't make out a word he was saying wtf

Appropriate for 80s Dylan

Any good podcasts that interview smaller-time musicians beyond the NPR-related shows, getting into talking about making music?

While I can't really recommend The Hustle (the host loves everything and isn't particularly good at drawing out reticent guests) - I've rarely/never seen or heard any of the guests interviewed anywhere else. Danielle Dax, Alannah Myles, Dave Gregory of XTC, Fee Waybill, Voice Of The Beehive, Stu Cook of CCR, etc.

https://thehustle.podbean.com

Any good podcasts that interview smaller-time musicians beyond the NPR-related shows, getting into talking about making music?

This is what I do, but fair warning, I only interview jazz musicians.

https://burningambulance.com/tag/podcast/

I think The Books' edition of Song Exploder is the most Song Exploder-y, Song Exploder edition.

If you really want to get upset about a music podcast that really tries to break things down, I recommend Switched on Pop. It's been my hate-listen for the past week or so. I'm not ususally one to hate-listen or hate-read things, but there's something weirdly compelling about having Katy Perry Big-Birded to me by two guys who sound just like the Wild Kratts.

i would listen to a wild kratts podcast

Deep self interest but my friend Michael has a podcast called This Is Your Mixtape, where a guest goes over five songs in their life. Anyway, I was the subject of the most recent episode:

https://www.megaphonic.fm/mixtape/6

But check out the others, it's a fun idea!

I love Wild Kratts. I don't like these guys whose radio voices/attitudes seem totally copped from them.

xp

yes same

basically i am lobbying for a wild kratts podcast, let's make this happen

that sounds good ned and i will check it out. keep in mind these exist!

desert island discs (podcast archives go back to the 1940s!)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/5qhJd1byxhTBYbSCFmw580y/desert-island-discs-podcasts

inheritance tracks
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9my/episodes/downloads (suzi quatro did one!)

so like... i'm reading flaubert's salammbo:

https://www.acast.com/elireads

fans of cannibalism, human sacrifice and detailed descriptions of clothing and foodstuffs please drop in

Kevin Conroy of Gilmore Guys has a newish show called Good Christian Fun that i really love
It’s basically for reformed Christians & they talk Christian tv and movies & music with ppl who grew up in churches etc

I spent a lot of Sundays in church and like, 10 summers at youth missions so it’s kind of a secret treat to hear ppl talk about this stuff in a fun way

(and randomly burst into song)

Kevin Conroy? ugh. I meant Kevin PORTER
i hate my brain

A friend turned me on to Cocaine & Rhinestones last weekend and I've done three episodes now. They're looooong, and the host/narrator is kind of awkward, but if you want deeeeeeep dives into facets of the history of 20th century country music, this seems like the one to hit up.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:04 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Tyler Mahan Coe, the host/narrator, is apparently David Allan Coe's kid it turns out.

― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:13 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Just binged 3 of these in a row and had been wondering about the "I've been hearing these stories my whole life" disclaimer. Holy shit.

• lament insurmountable size of podcast queue
• browse for some reason
• somehow end up with 30 more episodes
• lament insurmountable size of podcast queue
• repeat forever

yep

* skip everything in favour of another episode of hello from the magic tavern

• ever more insurmountable size of podcast queue

Tracer, I've been enjoying that Desert Island Discs archive for a couple years now. Such a great resource.

yes it's incredible. there are actually more in the archive and there is a project underway to get them up :)

Anyone else listening to the Crooked Media podcasts (Pod Save America, Keep It, etc)? Surprised to not see them mentioned here.

I gave up on them very quickly

Why?

too many other political podcasts that I like more
they feel a bit too close to cable tv commentary

Fair enough. Curious as to what other political podcasts you prefer.

Majority Report/ Michael Brooks Show/ Intercepted/ Professional Left/ Champagne Sharks

I listen to too many obv. including stuff like Deep State Radio/ Rational Security/ Trump Inc./ Chapo even some of the Vox podcasts

Champagne Sharks is great, I need to catch up.

Thanks!

A friend turned me on to Cocaine & Rhinestones last weekend and I've done three episodes now. They're looooong, and the host/narrator is kind of awkward, but if you want deeeeeeep dives into facets of the history of 20th century country music, this seems like the one to hit up.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, January 31, 2018 10:04 PM (one month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah wanna keep going w/ this but can't get with this bizarre speak-and-spell inflection. Guy sounds like if Ira Glass produced To Catch A Predator.

It took me a good 20 minutes to get used to it. I stopped noticing and/or he gets a little less awkward (can't tell which) as it goes

My podcast queue is like a stack of New Yorkers anything older than a year gets deleted and if it tops 30 unlistened episodes I unsubscribe.

I tried Scroobius Pip's podcast the other day on a week-long commute -mild speech impediment to one side - he just talks and talks over his guests and frames the same frigging question six times before he shuts up, it's unendurable.

it's a testament to the power of consistency that he can produce such an offputting show and pull in the big numbers

i feel like anybody who can put up one show a week on something they really care about, even if they're terrible at speaking/podcasting/etc, will start to do well after 150 episodes or so... is how i break it down to an extent

It took me a good 20 minutes to get used to it. I stopped noticing and/or he gets a little less awkward (can't tell which) as it goes

― Simon H., Tuesday, 6 March 2018 20:19 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this happened to me with jon ronson on butterfly effect

Little bit of self-promotion: just posted an episode talking about UFOs, ufologists who become media figures, Posadism and how space comrades can help us bring about communist utopia. It’s fin.

https://soundcloud.com/givingthemic/close-encounters-of-the-posadist-kind-with-douglas-lain-and-comrade-communicator

re: the awkwardness of TMC on Cocaine & Rhinestones. I think he does get less awkward by the end of S1, and also you get more used to it. He still sounds like the dude who will dominate any conversation at a table of several people, but not in a particularly offputting way. He's put in the work, and there's a lot to say.

This being a total one-man operations scares me, though. He's either going to have to get some assistance/assistants or he's going to burn himself out.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/podcast-dept/cocaine-and-rhinestones-an-addictive-sparkling-podcast-about-country-music

"Coe, who is currently working on the second season of the show, was recently invited to use the archives in the Country Music Hall of Fame, where, he wrote in an e-mail, there “are at least 500 unwritten books in that data and probably closer to 1,000. . . . Half or more of those books will not be written.”"

guys

https://www.modcloth.com/shop/hidden/podcast-co-host-sleeveless-top/151049.html

what the shit

i'm sure it'd look lovely on matt from chapo

modcloth have nice stuff but they have some of the all-time dumbest names for their clothes.

There’s a new podcast that caught my eye yesterday

It’s called “Dear Franklin Jones” about cult leader Adi Da aka Franklin Jones (aka Bubba Free John and like 15 other acronyms). The host grew up in the cult & he investigates what went on

I <3 cults so obv i am going to check this out

Found one because of the Coathangers Instagram account - The Trap Set w/ James Wong, interviews with drummers.

Only listened to the Stephanie Luke episode but it’s good. Wong has a great radio voice.

yeah La Lechera put me onto Trap Set, it’s great!

I fell off The Trap Set a long time ago, but if you dig way back in the archives, the Stewart Copeland episode is great. Ernie Isley's too.

I had forgotten about that one. I listened to the first handful of episodes and now they've got ... 158! Looks like that will give me something good to sift through.

I listened through all the Cocaine & Rhinestones episodes. It's definitely a favorite now. There are weird bits every now and then, like in the Kershaws ep he suggests that the label's shelving of "Tonight's the Night" is a sign of its poor quality

Yeah, that was a head-scratcher. Overall though, I think he makes a really good effort to be well-researched.

He also has a podcast called Your Favorite Band Sucks. That one is not as good. It's a lot more freewheeling. Just him and a buddy riffing on not-particularly-challenging opinions about some of rock's sacred cows just some rock bands, really.

I listened to all three Harper Valley PTA episodes over the weekend and now that song is stuck in my head (along with its sequels).

Are there any good contemporary classical music podcasts out there?