
Ep. #1048: Mark Molnar
Mark Molnar is here to discuss his new album EXO, being made to take classical music lessons at three years old over pursuing sports, key figures in his life who exposed him to music, musicians, and w...
11 Dec 20251h 25min

Ep. #1047: Lonnie Holley
Lonnie Holley is here to discuss his 2025 album Tonky, his view of and appreciation for Canada, the role the country played for African-American slaves and the evolution of terms ascribed to Black peo...
9 Dec 202531min

Buck 65 on Bike For Three! (2009)
Sometime this past November, a Patreon subscriber named Brian asked me if I might have any older interviews with Buck 65 in my archives. So, I took a look and sure enough, I do, including a 2009 talk ...
8 Dec 202511min

Ep. #1046: Jim White and Guy Picciotto
Jim White and Guy Picciotto return to discuss Jim’s new album Inner Day, the beginning of New York City’s Zohran Mamdani era, Jim’s recent shows with Ed Kuepper, Jim’s decision to write lyrics and sin...
4 Dec 20251h 10min

Ep. #1045: The Beths
Elizabeth Stokes and Jonathan Pearce from the Beths are back to discuss their new album, Straight Line Was a Lie, NBA basketball, cricket, and baseball, overcoming writer’s block by reading a book by ...
2 Dec 202532min

Ep. #1044: Steve Albini (2008)
On Saturday, November 29, 2025, the annual Letters to Santa Holiday Gala is taking place at the Chop Shop in Chicago. This year’s event is headlined by Fred Armisen and Jeff Tweedy and if you can’t ma...
27 Nov 202553min

Ep. #1043: Hélène Barbier
Hélène Barbier is here to discuss her excellent new record Panorama, difficulties an untrained musician might have playing music publicly in France compared to Montreal, being drawn to the low notes, ...
26 Nov 202559min

Ep. #1042: Liam Kazar
Liam Kazar is here to discuss his lovely new album Pilot Light, parts of Canada, living in Brooklyn but missing Chicago, being in Jeff Tweedy’s solo band and working on his recent triple album, Twilig...
25 Nov 202531min



















