Best Murr Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 645: Murr and Q (Impractical Jokers) 27:19

12d ago27:19

27:19

Fun bonus episode this week, as we're joined by James "Murr" Muray and Brian "Q" Quinn of "Impractical Jokers. The pair discuss their upcoming tour and keeping the show fresh after 10 seasons. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 648: Emel Mathlouthi 43:45

8h ago43:45

43:45

For our conversation, Emel Mathlouthi popped into a Brooklyn coffee shop. It’s a little cacophonous, but also a fitting microcosm of the city she now calls home. The musician moved to the States after a stint in Paris, but a part of her home country of Tunisia always remains close. As she broadens her cultural and musical horizons, the North Africa…

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Episode 647: Mary Timony 52:57

6d ago52:57

52:57

Fifteen years is forever in the world of popular music. But the number doesn't tell the whole story. While it's been a decade-and-a-half since Mary Timony released her last solo record, the low-key guitar god has been plenty busy. She's released a pair of albums as part of Ex Hex, a record with indie rock supergroup Ex Hex with members of Sleater K…

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Episode 646: Don Was 44:45

12d ago44:45

44:45

Few individuals have left as an indelible a mark on late-20th century American popular culture as Don Was. As a producer, he work includes some of music’s biggest names, including Bob Dylan, The Rolling Stones and Iggy Pop. In the 80s, he found success on the other side of the microphone as one-half of the Was (Not Was). In 2012, he became the pres…

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Episode 644: Lauren Denitzio (Worriers) 46:18

20d ago46:18

46:18

Health scares have a way of prioritizing things. For Lauren Denitzio, undergoing heart surgery at the young age of 25 brought one key priority into sharp focus: music. Since then, the musician has approached their creative venue Worriers as a form of pure expression, both musically and emotion. The band's earnest, joyful music has earned it a place…

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Episode 643: Tom McGreevy (Ducks Ltd.) 55:52

29d ago55:52

55:52

Ducks Ltd. arrived out of nowhere with 2019's Get Bleak. The tight four-song EP offered grad-level crash course on perfect indie pop hits. This year's Harm's Way find the group plumbing the kind of jangle pop that made 2021's Modern Fiction a critical darling. Tom McGreevy, the singing/rhythm guitar playing half of the duo joins us to discuss life …

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Episode 642: Sean O'Hagan (High Llamas) 54:10

1M ago54:10

54:10

There are more than a few points when Hey Panda sounds like the work of an entirely different band. The songwriting is sharp as ever, but Sean O'Hagan gleefully pushes the High Llamas into new directions. It's an impressive accomplishment in itself more than three decades after the band's formed. O'Hagan was already a music industry vet by the time…

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Monstrosity with David Race Ep 32 - Jennifer Elise Cox ("Jan" from "Brady Bunch" movies), and Craig Campobasso (from TV's "Ancient Aliens") 1:05:06

1M ago1:05:06

1:05:06

Jan Brady and aliens. Together. As it should be! On this episode of "Monstrosity with David Race" Jennifer Elsie Cox, who was incredible as "Jan Brady" in the "Brady Bunch" movies - checks in. She's fun, has some deep thoughts on aliens, and says "Monstrosity" is the best podcast she's ever heard (FYI - we agree). Then we speak with Craig Campobass…

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Episode 641: Mayo Thompson (the Red Krayola) 1:11:54

1M ago1:11:54

1:11:54

In 1970, Mayo Thompson released his only solo record to date. It's a strange thing to write 50 years later, especially given the Texas-born musician's wildly prolific career as the sole consistent member of the eclectic and enigmatic Red Krayola. Ignored in many circles upon its release, Corky has grown in stature over the decades, which -- much li…

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Episode 640: Andrew 'Falco' Falkous (McLusky, Future of the Left) 58:26

2M ago58:26

58:26

The legend of McLusky has grown greatly since the the group's initial breakup in 2005. The release of the three-disc Mcluskyism compilation is no doubt reasonable for much of that prolonged success. So, too, are the members' post-McLusky projects, including Future of the Left. Formed by ex-members Andrew Falkous and Jack Egglestone shortly after br…

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Episode 639: Marta Cikojevic (Marci, Tops) 47:06

2M ago47:06

47:06

After half-a-decade with Montreal's dreamy synth pop group Tops, Marta Cikojevic took her own turn in the spotlight in 2022. The eponymous debut of her project Marci finds the musician embracing dance music, with one foot planted in yacht rock's golden era. Prior to her time in music, Cikojevic had a flourishing career in modeling that took her aro…

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Episode 638: Doug Gillard (Guided By Voices, Bambi Kino) 43:27

2M ago43:27

43:27

For a few decades now, it seems like Doug Gillard is everywhere. He's the second longest tenured member of the wildly prolific Guided By Voices, behind frontman, Robert Pollard, having been in and out (mostly in) of the band since the mid-90s. He is also a long-time guitarist for alternative rock stalwarts, Nada Surf, having played with the group s…

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Episode 637: BLKBOK 48:36

2M ago48:36

48:36

On 2022’s self-titled debut, BLKBOK enlisted poet (and English teacher) Lauren Delaphena to record spoken work tracks, which served to break up instrumental tracks. For the follow up, Charles Wilson III gave the job to his therapist, Dr. Felicia Thomas. Plenty of albums can be described as “deeply personal,” but in that respect, 9 is on another lev…

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Episode 636: Jillian Tamaki 51:53

2M ago51:53

51:53

By the time Roaming arrived last year, it had been nearly a decade since This One Summer, the last collaboration between cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki. The comic was their second joint project, follow 2008's award-winning debut, Skim. This One Summer won the pair an Eisner, Ignatz and Coldecott, before running afoul of overzealous censorship bo…

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Episode 635: Elizabeth Jancewicz (Pocket Vinyl) 38:56

2M ago38:56

38:56

World records can be tricky things. Rules enforced by governing bodies can disqualify potential contenders. While there was no likelihood of enshrinement at the finish line, Pocket Vinyl went for it nevertheless and got their own book in the process. How to Completely Lose Your Mind finds bandmates and husband/wife duo Elizabeth Jancewicz and Eric …

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Episode 634: Eugene Hütz (Gogol Bordello) 53:00

3M ago53:00

53:00

There's no one quite like Gogol Bordello. The band has cultivated a wildly joyful mix of Romani and Ukrainian music, crossed with punk, polka and any other genre that might suitable serve the chaos. Eugene Hütz stands in the eye of the storm, as frontman and ringleader. Growing up in Ukraine studying English language punk and folk, Hütz and family …

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Episode 633: Veronica Swift 49:50

3M ago49:50

49:50

By her early 20s, Veronica Swift was a jazz veteran. The daughter of musicians (pianist Hod O'Brien and singer Stephanie Nakasian), she recorded her debut at age nine. Swift’s career has taken its share of turns, including a rock opera in which she played a killer nun, composed while studying music at the University of Miami. Last year’s self-title…

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Episode 632: Meklit Hadero 53:15

3M ago53:15

53:15

Place invariably has a profound impact on the art we make. Immigration melds cultures and creative output, a phenomenon embodied by musical cross pollination. Movement, which began its second season this year, explores the lives and works of immigrant musicians. It’s a subject that is near and dear to the podcast’s host, Meklit Hadero, whose music …

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Episode 631: Ellis Ludwig-Leone (San Fermin) 56:02

3M ago56:02

56:02

As day jobs go, one could do a lot worse than composer. Classically trained at Yale, Ellis Ludwig-Leone spends much of his time writing music for institutions including the New York City Ballet. By night, he’s the principal songwriter and ostensible leader of San Fermin, whose indie-inclined chamber pop has earned a steady following and critical ac…

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Episode 630: Matt Pryor (of The Get Up Kids) 47:06

3M ago47:06

47:06

With a name borrowed from the Get Up Kids’ second EP, Red Letter Days finds front man Matt Pryor delving deep into personal stories. The memoir was adapted – in part – from the musician’s journals, beginning with his childhood diabetes diagnoses, through his musical journey. Formed in Kansas in the mid-90s, the Get Up Kids went on to become one of …

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Episode 629: Emily Whitehurst (of Survival Guide and Tsunami Bomb) 49:24

4M ago49:24

49:24

Survival Guide is, for all intents and purposes, Emily Whitehurst. What began as collaboration evolved into a solo act. For the project’s fourth album, deathdreams, the musician has continued to push her limits, playing nearly every instrument on its 11 tracks. Whitehurst has had plenty of collaborative projects over the years, including her stint …

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Episode 628: June Millington (Fanny) 46:04

4M ago46:04

46:04

Plenty of pioneers aren’t sufficiently recognized in their time. Fanny had its share of high profile champions, from David Bowie to Steely Dan, but nothing amounting to the level of stardom they might have achieved had they come around a decade later. The band’s legend has only grown in subsequent decades, however. More than a quarter-century after…

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Episode 627: MS Harkness 35:33

4M ago35:33

35:33

A deeply personal meditation on life, art and surviving capitalism, Time Under Tension further establishes MS Harkness as a formative voice in auto-bio comics. The book – her first for Fantagraphics – follows the Uncivilized Books titles, Tinderella and Desperate Pleasures. Harkness joins us to discuss her work, weightlifting and teaching comics. T…

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Monstrosity with David Race Ep 31 - Kelly Hu (from "Scorpion King"), and Katrina Weidman (from TV's "Portals to Hell") 57:25

4M ago57:25

57:25

Good-looking episode of Monstrosity with BOTH Kelly Hu and Katrina Weidman! First up is actress and model Kelly Hu, who discusses her beauty pageant wins, starring roles in "The Scorpion King" and "X2", and plays a great game of "Hu What Wear"! Then a return appearance from ghost hunting's only sex symbol, Katrina Weidman from TV's "Portals to Hell…

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Episode 626: Will Butler (Sister Squares, Arcade Fire) 50:14

4M ago50:14

50:14

When the time came to put out a new record, Will Butler formed a band. Comprised of the group he’d toured with for his 2015 debut, Policy, Will Butler and Sister Squares released a 14 track self-titled album that is as reflective as is it is danceable. It’s the work of a mature artist, propelled by his two decades playing alongside older brother, W…

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Episode 625: Chris Oliveros 45:20

4M ago45:20

45:20

In 1989, a 23-year-old Chris Oliveros founded a quarterly publication that grew into one of the world’s most respect independent comics publishers. In 2015, he left the company after 25 years, in order to focus on his own work. Oliveros released The Envelope Manufacturer the following year, chronicling the titular character’s financial and mental s…

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Episode 624: Jack Tatum (Wild Nothing) 48:32

5M ago48:32

48:32

In 2019, Jack Tatum and his wife made the move from Los Angeles to Virginia. As timing goes, the decision couldn't have been better, as they rode out the pandemic with considerably more space. Since then, the couple have had a son, a factor that weighs heavily on the themes of his latest, Hold. The album is his fifth as Wild Nothing, and his first …

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Episode 623: Joshua Cotter 50:34

5M ago50:34

50:34

A few months ago, Joshua Cotter did something difficult: he asked for help. Social media posts detailing the number of copies his Nod Away series have sold struck a chord. If a supremely talented artist like Cotter can’t make a living at comics, what hope does anyone else have? Over the years, Cotter has crafted many excellent works, including Skys…

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Episode 622: Kevin Hearn (of Barenaked Ladies) 39:57

5M ago39:57

39:57

Few bands reach the status of “institution.” It’s a qualifier that has applied to Barenaked Ladies for several decades now. Multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn has been a part of that journey since 1995, joining prior to the one-two punch of Born of a Pirate Ship and Stunt, the latter of which catapulted the already-popular band into the stratosphere…

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Episode 621: Zia McCabe (of the Dandy Warhols) 53:38

5M ago53:38

53:38

Last night was a late one – a big show at Pappy and Harriets in Pioneertown, California, followed by the inevitable after party. Zia McCabe dials in from the passenger seat of the tour bus, slightly worse for wear, but sharp as ever. After nearly 30 years, the Dandy Warhols know the road like few others – and like even fewer, they’re still committe…

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Episode 620: Jaime Wyatt 40:24

5M ago40:24

40:24

"World Worth Keeping" is a joyful song of existential crisis, celebrating a planet as it stares down the face of climate change. It's a perfect microcosm of its creator's work, at once serious and playful, with a country twang and a great hook. Jaime Wyatt hasn't always had the easiest existence, dealing with substance abuse and a stint in jail, bu…

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Episode 619: Riley Black 1:01:07

6M ago1:01:07

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Sixty-six million years ago, roughly three-quarters of the Earth’s plants and animals went extinct. As Riley Black notes, such deaths happened almost instantaneously. Those who survived asteroid impact perished shortly after. The Cretaceous–Paleogene extinction event is the cheery topic that forms the basis of Black’s best-selling, The Last Days of…

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Episode 618: Neil Gust (of Heatmiser, No. 2) 57:02

6M ago57:02

57:02

The Music of Heatmiser affords the titular band an occasion to step outside their own large shadow. It's an opportunity to judge the group on its own merit, beyond simply serving as a launchpad for its most famous member. College friends Neil Gust and Elliott Smith serve as the songwriting forces behind the Portland act, whose unreleased recordings…

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Episode 617: Josh Radnor 48:34

6M ago48:34

48:34

A dozen different songs about death. That's how one arrives at a title like Eulogy Volume 1. But not all deaths are equal. Some are metaphorical, representing a new beginning. Josh Radnor's first solo album finds him operating without the accomplished musical safety net that is longtime collaborator, Ben Lee. The actor/musician joins us to discuss …

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Episode 616: Nick Thorburn (of Islands and the Unicorns) 50:22

6M ago50:22

50:22

This month marks 20 years since the Who Will Cut Our Hair When We're Gone? The Unicorns' sophomore album is a singular triumph for a group that was clearly too beautiful to live. But it didn't take Nick Thorburn long to regroup after his seminal high school band imploded. There have been countless musical projects along the way, but Islands stands …

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Autumn Moss Penaloza - Head of Community, Algorand Foundation 28:14

6M ago28:14

28:14

On this episode of the Women in Web3 podcast, we have special guest Autumn Moss Penaloza. Autumn is the Head of Community at Algorand Foundation, whose mission is to enable an inclusive, decentralized, and borderless global economy - at scale - based on the Algorand blockchain technology. Throughout this episode, Autumn shares how she got into web3…

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Episode: 615: Jeremiah Fraites (of The Lumineers) 51:51

6M ago51:51

51:51

Northern (Redux) began as something altogether different. The planned record length cover of Taylor Deupree’s 2006 ambient album became a collaboration. Jeremiah Fraites brought Dupree into the projects to reimagine the original, with the Lumineers cofounder behind the piano. It was a departure from Fraites’ solo debut Piano Piano, but both project…

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Episode 614: Roger Eno 50:23

6M ago50:23

50:23

Sitting in the backseat of an Uber on the way home from a three week work trip, I tossed The Skies, They Shift Like Chords on my music player. “Centering” is the first word that comes to mind. A few minutes in, and your blood pressure starts to drop. Roger Eno has been an expert at centering for decades, constantly refining his music and distilling…

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Episode 613: Kristin Hersh (of Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave) 42:00

6M ago42:00

42:00

Some artists prefer to "let the art speak for themselves." It's a stance I respect, but hope to never encounter during an interview. Kristin Hersh, on the other hand, is an open book. The musician has faced adversity head on, and chronicled it great detail through memoir. It's a breath of fresh air -- particularly from an artists whose work stands …

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Episode 612b: Daniel Clowes again 38:44

6M ago38:44

38:44

Several months before the release of Monica, I spoke with Daniel Clowes for a magazine feature. I consider this a kind of companion piece to our more recent conversation, digging deeper into his latest book and the stories behind it. I hope you get something out of it, too. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.…

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Episode 612a: Daniel Clowes 50:50

6M ago50:50

50:50

With a few days between book tour dates, Daniel Clowes is decompressing in his Bay Area home. It had been a few months since we’d spoken for a magazine piece – a perfect time to reflect on the critical acclaim surrounding his latest book, Monica. It’s a deeply personal book in a number of ways, inspired by his mother who passed during the several y…

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Episode 611: Norman Blake (of Teenage Fanclub) 53:19

6M ago53:19

53:19

For 34 years, Teenage Fanclub has remained remarkably consistent, both in terms of lineup and quality. Emerging from the Glasgow scene at the tail end of the 80s, the band’s 11 records maintain a level of quality matched by remarkably few. The streak continues with the Ominously Named Nothing Last Forever, which arrived this September. The album em…

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Episode 610: Jerry Harrison (of The Modern Lovers and Talking Heads) 38:54

7M ago38:54

38:54

As a member of both the Modern Lovers and Talking Heads, Jerry Harrison has had a profound impact of rock music. Along with his solo work, he’s also produced some of equally influential acts, including the Violent Femmes, General Public and the Bogmen. Harrison took at extended break from touring, following the end of the David Byrne-free trio, The…

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Episode 609: Avey Tare (of Animal Collective) 56:13

7M ago56:13

56:13

Knowing full well that I've become the interviewer who asks about album names, I can't help but draw a parallel between Isn't it Now and Ram Daas. There's truth in the comparison, stemming from the band's evolving approach to music and the simple act of existing in the world. But there are countless other meanings to extract from those three words.…

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Episode 608: Ibrahim Maalouf 51:30

7M ago51:30

51:30

For some musicians, touring is a strange dichotomy. In him home of France, Ibrahim Maalouf plays stadiums. It’s a different vibe here in the States where he finds himself playing to a few hundred, in spite of last year’s Grammy nomination. The Lebanon-born musician was up for the award courtesy of Queen of Sheba, his reent collaboration with Angéli…

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Episode 607: Jon Lajoie (of Wolfie’s Just Fine) 1:03:23

7M ago1:03:23

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The first Wolfie's Just Fine album arrived in 2016. I Remembered, But Then I Forgot marked a major shift in Jon Lajoie’s music, toward more earnest songwriting.He admits to an initial hesitation. After all, Lajoie built a career around comedy songs, going on to star as Taco in FX’s beloved series, The League. The move worked. An EP arrived in 2018,…

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Episode 606: Shakey Graves 52:16

7M ago52:16

52:16

Soundtracking a movie was a perfect opportunity to flex new songwriting muscles. As is often the case in life, however, things went nowhere near according to plan. There's not a lot you can do when you and the director don't see eye to eye. But Alejandro Rose-Garcia found opportunity amid frustration. Movie of the Week finds Shakey Graves embarking…

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Episode 605: Laurie Berkner 59:44

7M ago59:44

59:44

Play children’s music long enough and something peculiar starts to happen: your fans start having kids of their own. A quarter century after releasing her album, Laurie Berkner is a veritable music institution. She’s racked up more than one million streams and 350 YouTube videos – but most importantly, her work has engaged multiple generations. Ber…

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Episode 604: Rina Ayuyang 59:16

7M ago59:16

59:16

Set during the first year of the Great Depression, The Man in the McIntosh Suit is a classic noir meets immigrant story. The book follows one-time lawyer from the Philippines, who finds employment as a migrant work, before heading to San Francisco to track down his missing wife. The book is Rina Ayuyang’s third. The Pittsburgh born, Oakland, CA-bas…

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Episode 603: Kyle Kinane 51:16

7M ago51:16

51:16

Released on YouTube earlier this year, Shocks & Struts finds Kyle Kinane in top form. The comedian may have intentionally slowed down his breakneck touring schedule, but he remains one of the consistently funny standups in the business. In addition to touring, Kinane also co-hosts the podcasts, The Boogie Monster amd No Accounting for Taste. He joi…

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