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Song Exploder

Hrishikesh Hirway

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Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode features an artist discussing a song of theirs, breaking down the sounds and ideas that went into the writing and recording. Hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway.
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Since launching in 2000, All Songs Considered has been NPR's flagship program for music discovery, artist interviews and conversations with friends and fellow music lovers about the really big questions, like what was the best decade for music, are there albums everyone can agree on, and what do you put on when you need a good cry? Weekly, with host Robin Hilton and the NPR Music family.
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Popcast

The New York Times

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The Popcast is hosted by Jon Caramanica, a pop music critic for The New York Times. It covers the latest in popular music criticism, trends and news. Listen to this podcast in New York Times Audio, our new iOS app for news subscribers. Download now at nytimes.com/audioapp
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Billboard's Keith Caulfield (Managing Director, Charts and Data Operations) and Katie Atkinson (Executive Digital Director, West Coast) offer weekly Billboard chart breakdowns, discuss the hottest music news and cover the year’s biggest musical events. Casual pop fans, chart junkies and everyone in between are invited to this weekly half-hour discussion.
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Tiny Desk Concerts from NPR Music feature your favorite musicians performing at All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen's desk in the NPR office. Hear Wilco, Adele, Passion Pit, Tinariwen, Miguel, The xx and many more. This is the audio version of the podcast. A video version is also available.
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Comedian and actor Gilbert Gottfried, a man Stephen King once called “a national treasure,” talks with the show business legends, icons and behind-the-scenes talents who shaped his childhood and influenced his comedy. Along with co-host and fellow pop culture fanatic Frank Santopadre, Gilbert is joined by comics, actors, musicians, talk show hosts, writers and other eyewitnesses to Hollywood history, including Bruce Dern, Chevy Chase, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Adam West, Steve Buscemi, Micky Dole ...
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When Heather isn't headlining theaters across the country as a top stand-up comedian or being the perfect wife and mother of three, she is diving into juicy pop culture. From all things Hollywood, celebrity romances, Bravo TV to her real-life drama, Heather tackles the juiciest and most controversial topics. She will not hold back on her opinion on anything or anyone. While talking to guests ranging anywhere from actors to comics to reality stars, Heather asks the juiciest questions you alwa ...
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Songlines Podcast

Songlines magazine

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Celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2019, Songlines magazine covers the world's most exciting music from traditional and popular to contemporary and fusion, featuring artists from all around the globe. Songlines is packed full of the latest CD reviews, artist interviews, guides to particular world music traditions, concert-listings, travel stories and every issue comes with an exclusive compilation CD.
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The Guardian's Music podcast is our irregular but ever excellent look at music culture. Each week a special guest joined the Guardian’s Kate Hutchinson to discuss a musical theme, from Neneh Cherry on her journey from jazz to punk, to Stewart Lee’s survey of music and stand-up comedy. It’s very Guardian
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The Watt From Pedro Show

Mike Watt (solo artist, Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Iggy Pop and The Stooges) playing some tunes and doing some spiel. Assisted by brother matt and coming to you from the wild kingdom at the pleasure point, in San Pedro California! TWFPS www.twfps.com

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Mike Watt (solo artist, Minutemen, fIREHOSE, Iggy Pop and The Stooges) playing some tunes and doing some spiel. Assisted by brother matt and coming to you from the wild kingdom at the pleasure point, in San Pedro California! TWFPS www.twfps.com
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Reality television star Brandi Glanville provides uncensored access to celebrities, and dishes about pop culture, fashion and celebrity gossip in Brandi Glanville Unfiltered! Listeners get the inside view of her latest reality tv appearances, personal gossip, family fun and relationship drama. It's Brandi at her best, and she's sharing it all with the world. From Straw Hut Media
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Awards Chatter

The Hollywood Reporter

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'Awards Chatter' is a podcast that features in-depth interviews with the most interesting and accomplished people in show business. Created and hosted by: Scott Feinberg
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Music Business Worldwide

Music Business Worldwide (MBW)

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Music Business Worldwide (MBW) is the leading information and jobs service for the global music industry. It publishes two podcasts: The weekly series, Talking Trends – which dives behind the biggest headlines in the music industry – as well as The MBW Podcast, which sees us interview some of the leading figures in the global business.
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What's hot? Perez and Chris let you know! These two pop culture experts bring you their unique perspective and insight into the trending stories of the week in the world of showbiz and beyond. Nothing is off the table! No holds barred! And these two usually disagree about everyone! It's a highly enjoyable and engaging listen!
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This is the Sub Pop Podcast, a product of Sub Pop Records, the Seattle-based record label since 1988. Hear stories from inside, outside, and adjacent to Sub Pop, straight from the horse's mouth. Season 3 begins May 23, 2017 with a new episode out every other Tuesday. Absolutely nothing sounds better.
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Composers Datebook

American Public Media

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Composers Datebook™ is a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. Each program notes significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present, with appropriate and accessible music related to each.
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The podcast about people who make cool music! BEYOND SYNTH is the best synth music chat show there is. Featuring artists and producers who make synthwave/new-retro/electronic music and much more!! We talk Music, games, movies, the 80s, and lots more while I play samples of the guests music.
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Build your career as a sound engineer. The podcast for live audio professionals. Interviews with the leading innovators in concert, theatre, and corporate production. Submit your questions: http://buff.ly/Nwpsf0 Nathan Lively is a Career Coach for Audio Professionals, Podcast Consultant for Small Businesses, and Author.
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Each week, Bobby and Lindsey delve into the Whos and Thems of the pop culture landscape—bravely daring to ask (and then, answer) the question on all of our minds: “Who?” Through banter, deep dives, games and call-ins (619-WHO-THEM) every week we'll ill-WHO-minate more celebs you’re not quite sure about. If you’ve ever found yourself waiting in the grocery store checkout line, staring at the slew of gossip rags, asking yourself, “Who even are these people?!” then I guess this is the podcast f ...
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Hear the interview of the week from the Music Show, where composer Andrew Ford entertains and informs a wide audience each week, providing two hours of essential listening from the world of music.
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Story Worthy

Christine Blackburn

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Celebrating 12 years podcasting in July 2022 and over 750 episodes as producer and host of the weekly storytelling podcast Story Worthy, Christine Blackburn has interviewed some of the biggest names in show business like Larry King, Sugar Ray Leonard, Greg Proops, Blaine Capatch, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Judy Gold, Marian Keyes, Bobcat Goldthwait, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Kevin Nealon and on and on. Over the last 12 years the stories have ranged from laugh out funny to heart-wrenching but always with ...
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In each episode of Tell Me About Your Song, host Jacob Haller talks to a different songwriter about a song they wrote. Concisely edited, with a variety of guests, this show is recommended for anyone who wants to take a deep dive into the creative process!
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iTunes and the Apple Store bring you up close and personal with some of today's hottest musicians, producers, singers, and songwriters. Subscribe to the podcast and stay up to date on the biggest names in the music industry.
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Music Business Facts- with Rodney Holder

Inspiring interviews with successful music industry experts

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Successful music industry experts share their secrets, insights and strategies on how to establish a career and monetize your passion within the music business. Whether you're an aspiring performer, songwriter, manager, promoter, indie label, studio owner or music entrepreneur, every episode of music business facts will give you the industry truths on how best to succeed in the music industry.
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Song Salad

Shannon & Scott

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Random topic + Random music genre = Song salad. Writing partners Shannon & Scott tempt the salad spinner of fate as they write a short song about a random topic in a random style of music. Can they successfully create a song using both? Can we be a little looser with the word "successfully"?
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Professional musician and educator Demian Arriaga created these 12-15min podcasts with the purpose of Motivating, Inspiring, Challenging, and Empowering young musicians, and people from all walks of life, through opinions, anecdotes and interviews. Some of his credits include: The Jonas Brothers, Richie Kotzen, Gary Cherone, Nick Jonas, Iggy Azalea, Streetlight Manifesto, Yordano, Victoria Justice and Cobra Starship among others. Demian proudly endorses: Zildjian, Vater, Ultimate Ears, Latin ...
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Inside MusiCast

Rick Such and Eddy Cabello

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Inside MusiCast provides in-depth interviews with amazing musicians, producers, session players, and front-line artists. We dedicate our podcast to those who go “beyond the liner notes”. Now, you’re inside the music scene.
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Sing Out! Radio Magazine

Sing Out! Radio Magazine

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The Sing Out! Radio Magazine is a weekly, hour-long “magazine format” program, hosted by Tom Druckenmiller, featuring interviews in addition to “live” and recorded music. The program is currently being aired in over 25 markets nationwide!
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The UBK Happy Funtime Hour

Gregory Scott (UBK) & Nathan Daniel

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Two passionate audio engineering nerds --- Kush Audio gear designer and avowed analog snob Gregory Scott, and ITB mixing pro Nathan Daniel --- crack themselves up while answering listeners' questions about everything from gear and plugins, to the psychology of mixing, to what makes a song grab the listener's ears and heart and how to get more of it into your productions. Whether you mix professionally on a 9000J or in your bedroom on Cubase, these ballbusting fanatics of sound will spark you ...
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Dale Speaking is a music company in Toronto, Ontario who's motto is 'We connect artists with audiences.' 'Radio Dale' features Dale, Amber, Roo and India as we look at music news, trends, musicians and the industry. The first part of each show looks at music in the past week, and the second part we focus on a subject, feature an interview, or hold a round table about a topic we've been pondering! We hope each episode gives musicians and music fans alike new insight into the Canadian music in ...
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Now Hear This Entertainment features interviews with guests who are having success in the entertainment business, with the content presented in a way that not only entertains fans of that guest and fans of good music interviews in general, but in a manner that educates musicians, singers, songwriters – entertainers who want to learn from those who are being interviewed each week by Bruce Wawrzyniak, president of Now Hear This, Inc. The guests come from a wide array of genres and locales.
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A one-of-a-kind insiders look at Hollywood from a totally different perspective. This inspirational weekly series provides an “all access pass” to the entertainment business through the eyes of comedy manager/producer Barry Katz and the industry's biggest "behind the scenes" players who candidly reveal the risky decisions they made that led to the most groundbreaking internet, television, radio, music, and film content in the world. Combining humor, insight, and motivation; Katz provides the ...
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Talk Music Talk is a weekly interview podcast hosted by singer-songwriter/author, boice-Terrel Allen. It features long-form discussions with singers, songwriters, authors, producers and others who are connected to music of all genres. Talk Music Talk isn't only about people who make music or write about music, it also gives voice to the behind-the-scenes players. Tune in every week to discover people whose lives range from music therapy and meditation to teaching and performing. Talk Music T ...
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A six part series about Irish Experimental Music. Ireland is home to a variety of underground music scenes, from electro acoustic, to new music to noise to free improv. I've interviewed dozens of Irish experimental musicians who are pushing the boundaries of what music is and can be. This series takes you on a tour of the fringes of music, and introduces you to a world of new sounds. It focuses in particular on circuit bending, chiptune, electroacoustic and collaborative music.
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The Hollywood Outsider

The Hollywood Outsider

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The Hollywood Outsider is a weekly entertainment podcast where we discuss specific topics in film and TV, review current movies, interview independent filmmakers, and put our own spin on movies and television. Podcast Awards winner for Best TV & Film podcast. Subscribe & listen to a new HO every week!
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The Checkout

Simon Rentner

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Voted "Best Jazz Podcast" in the JazzTimes Critics' Poll for four consecutive years, The Checkout championed the music we call jazz — along the trend lines and on its outer edges. Hosted, produced and curated by Simon Rentner, the show focused on the compelling personal narratives behind today's most exciting artists.Check out the rest of our line up at WBGO Studios.
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Sam Smith is a Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and songwriter from London, England. Their first album, In the Lonely Hour, came out in 2014. It went quintuple platinum in the US, and the biggest hit from that album is the song “Stay With Me,” which has over 2 billion streams on Spotify alone. For this episode, in honor of the song’s 10th anniversar…
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This week on the program, we feature music from The Mountain State. West Virginia has a rich musical heritage of both traditional and contemporary styles. We'll hear music from Tim O’Brien, Hazel Dickens, Jerry Douglas, Melvin Wine, Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller. Tune in to hear some great music from West Virginia … this week on The Sing Out! Radio M…
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What is it about natural disaster movies that excites audiences so much? Is it the occasional reality of the scenario? The fear of the worst case scenario coming to fruition? Or do we just love watching wanton destruction on a massive screen? On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it's time to look at films like Armageddon, Twister, The…
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The genre commonly referred to as "Chicano soul" has that "you know it if you hear it" kind of sound. It's a bicultural interpretation of late 1950s and early '60s African American R&B ballads by Mexican American youth, influenced by the operatic style of Mexican rancheras. Broken hearts, unrequited love and loving the wrong person are often the ma…
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Story Smash The Storytelling Game Show was played live at the Sessions Retreat in Big Bear, California Saturday July 20th, 2024. Listen to Host Christine Blackburn with Expert Judges Writer Danny Zuker, Comedian Blaine Capatch and Comedian Abby Schachner. The contestants spinning the wheel were comedians Zach Mendez, Tina Comedo and Craig Spivek. O…
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We update our running tally of the year's best songs with a return from Moses Sumney, 2022 Tiny Desk Contest winner Alisa Amador, Orville Peck's collaboration with Beck and more. Featured songs and artists: 1. Orville Peck and Beck: "Death Valley High," from Stampede 2. Nilüfer Yanya: "Call It Love," from My Method Actor 3. Alisa Amador: "Woke Up T…
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TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE FOR OUR FALL TOUR! GET 'EM AT WHOWEEKLY.US/LIVE. Huge news! Vice President Kamala Harris visited the newest location of Tyra Banks' ice-cream-meets-entrepreneurial-school-maybe-not-sure, Smize and Dream! Wahoo! Justin Long shit the bed, Tasha K gets sued again (this time by Soulja Boy), Joel Kinnaman (and Lily Allen) …
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My friend and now author, Jorge Perez is here! Jorge shares his inspiration for his new book “The Shut The Fuck Up Method, Silence your way to the life of your dreams” which emphasizes that there are times to speak up and times to shut up. Jorge and I met 15 years ago and have some crazy stories we share involving The SoHo house and Hollywood. We d…
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JoJo Siwa won't stop! And she might need to! Katy Perry has a flop on her hands, but the news isn't all bad. A Hollywood A+ lister has officially passed his crown to another. Princess Catherine is taking another break. Reality TV roundup! And a special tribute to Perez's dog, Teddy Hilton. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.…
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1996's Romeo + Juliet seemed like a slam-dunk ending to our soundtrack mini-season...but we have regrets! Epcot industrial music, lazy versions of Shakespeare, the psychotic hormonal jangling of youth, Scandinavian cultural crimes, and the returns of Teddy Ruxpin AND No Middle Ground with Paul Quinn accompany our struggling to remember the Wallflow…
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hour one:"liberia" (live excerpt 1960) john coltrane"hymns" objections"bsa day" objections"prompt/act like carlo magno and write a love letter to irene d'atene" superfreak"burkini" the twerks"insects" spectre"the pharaoh of upper and lower egypt" k. curtis lyle / george r. sams / ra kalam bob moses sextett"gravity margin" fegrus kelly"the garbage s…
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GGACP marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 feature film "North" (released July 22, 1994) with this ENCORE of an interview with the much-maligned movie's writer, Emmy-winner and Thurber Prize winner Alan Zweibel. In this episode, Alan discusses (among other topics) the evolution of “Saturday Night Live,” the genius of Larry Gelbart and Neil Simon …
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Kamilaroi and Tongan singer and musician Radical Son (AKA David Leha) has just released his second album, a full decade after his debut. Called Bilambiyal (The Learning) it demonstrates his growth as a songwriter with a knack for weaving personal stories alongside wider reflections on culture, community and Country. He's also a masterful collaborat…
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This week’s scheduled episode has been hit by a delay, so Andy called up Mike for an emergency Radio Fiasco recording! Today the gentleman hosts talk about Movie News, Mike is excited for Twisters and the new Running Man movie, and Andy has some thought on the upcoming Beetle Juice sequel. Apparently Dr. Pepper is now the #2 soft-drink in America a…
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Brett Dean and Matthew Jocelyn's Hamlet (2017) has been one of the most successful operas of recent years with performances at the Glyndebourne Festival, the Adelaide Festival, New York's Metropolitan Opera and the Bavarian State Opera. Now it comes to the Sydney Opera House in its original production by Neil Armfield, with the tenor Allan Clayton,…
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hour one:"body and soul" (live excerpt 1960) john coltrane"catgut IV" fencepost"el fenix chino" the book of imaginary beings"3" superfreak"troubadour" hackedepicciotto"wild kiss" karl d'silva"possente spirto" sarah davachi"j.u.n.k." bhajan bhoy"tri state" dim wisdom"stitches" physarum"totemic mnemonic" fegrus kelly"too late" dani scheffels"laudator…
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This week on New Music Friday from All Songs Considered, NPR Music's Daoud Tyler-Ameen and Stephen Thompson listen to a grab bag of new releases out on July 19, including what's being called the last Childish Gambino album ever, returns by public radio faves Los Campesinos and Dr. Dog and a vibe-heavy follow-up made by the creators of one of the lo…
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TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE FOR OUR FALL TOUR! GET 'EM AT WHOWEEKLY.US/LIVE. HAPPY TWISTERS DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE! 🌪️ 🌪️ On today's episode of Who's There, our weekly call-in show, we answer your questions about where the hell OGTwister star Jami Gertz has been, what the hell happened to Christina Haack's latest marriage, what the hell happen…
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Rich Ruth's Eclectic Fusion & Steve Roach Structures from Silence at 40 in Echoes Podcast. Rich Ruth with Mikaela Davis at Johnny Brenda’s Photo: J.Diliberto In a double-shot Echoes Podcast we’ll hear from Rich Ruth and Steve Roach talking about the anniversary of Structures from Silence First in the Echoes Podcast we talk to Rich Ruth. That’s the …
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GGACP celebrates the birthday of comedian and radio host Jim Norton (b. July 19) by revisiting this LIVE interview (in connection with NY Comic Con) from way back in 2015. In this episode, Jim holds court on topics ranging from his friendship with Sherman (George Jefferson) Hemsley to his love of Jack Klugman to his admiration for “Midnight Cowboy”…
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Comedian Jen Kober (No Flies On Me, Bitchin' Over Biscuits Podcast, Cirque De Soleil Mad Apple Show, The Mandalorian, Hacks, Dead To Me, American Horror Story, AJ & The Queen, NPR's Snap Judgement Comedic Performance of the Year Award) shares the story of being arrested in her hometown and sent to jail. The women she meets in the holding cell are p…
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Andrea Dunlop’s podcast “Nobody Should Believe Me” explores the criminology and psychopathology behind Munchausen by Proxy. She gives her background about why she started exploring Munchausen by Proxy - because of her sister having it. We discuss how in many cases of Munchausen and Munchausen by Proxy, people start to do fraudulent fundraising. Let…
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This week we're completing our two-week trip to Canada to escape the hot and humid summer in the Northeast. We'll hear more classic and recent music from Canadian artists. Included are Joni Mitchell, Stan Rogers, the Foghorn String Band, Bruce Cockburn, and Old Man Luedecke. Cooler days ahead … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine. Pete Seeger…
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On this episode of The Hollywood Outsider podcast, it’s been a bit of a week the past week with several TV icons lost, Richard Simmons, Dr. Ruth, Shannen Doherty, Shelly Duvall. Therefore, we thought it apropos to tweak a previous topic and discuss those beloved childhood icons - people that truly impacted us in our youth - and unpack why their eve…
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hour one:"body and soul" (live excerpt 1960) john coltrane"suicide" saupg"drugstory" saupg"vaccine (london '88)" allen ravenstein"vehicles and figures each sold seperatley" thousand dollar movie"you lied!" superfreak"barracuda cemeteries" shiverboard"untitled15" smokesito, zuko & aloisius"no man is an island" dtr + mike watt"slipping by" volksempfa…
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On the new Billboard Pop Shop Podcast, Katie & Keith are opening up the listener mailbag to answer your burning questions - including a question about why radio is still important (and very valuable) in the streaming age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesBy Billboard
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Katherine Blanford's Breakthrough Comedy Career Moment came when her Infectious Stand Up Performance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon went Viral. These days Katherine Blanford is a Venue-Filling Touring Comedian Selling-Out Shows from Atlanta to Los Angeles & Canada. She also Hosts the Podcast Cheaties with Lace Larrabee another Southern C…
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We pause to take a deep breath this week and chill out with a mix designed to slow the blood and calm the nerves, including the one song scientists say can reduce anxiety by up to 65%. Note: This episode originally ran on March 26, 2024. Featured songs and artists: • Marconi Union: "Weightless" • Mary Lattimore: "Wawa by the Ocean" from 'Collected …
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TICKETS ARE OFFICIALLY ON SALE FOR OUR FALL TOUR! GET 'EM AT WHOWEEKLY.US/LIVE. While we'll keep waiting for a jar of Meghan's jam, we'll never keep YOU waiting for a new episode of Who? Weekly — today we're talking ESPYs, 25 Things You Don't Know About [Melissa Etheridge's drinking habits] (and her #spon with OpenDoor), 2 nepo babies (Nash, Quaid)…
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Ms. Pat has an extraordinary life story which she shares here on Juicy Scoop with heart and hilarity. She is a successful stand-up comedian, writer, producer, mother and everything in between. You will laugh hard while being inspired as you listen to this very special episode. • Go to https://TheOuai.com and use code JUICY for 15% off your entire p…
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Discussing the shooting at the Donald Trump rally. Some personal info on the death of Shannen Doherty and her life. A tribute to Richard Simmons. Reacting to the latest cringe move from Katy Perry! Some soccer news! LOLs! And more! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.By iHeartPodcasts
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