Podcast Episodes

Key Change: Jia Tolentino on "I Love You Always Forever"

Episode 7

My guest today is Jia Tolentino. Jia is the author of the essay collection Trick Mirror, which was named one of the best books of 2019 by The New York Times Book Review, NPR, The Paris Review, and mo…

Published on 14 hours ago

Jay Som - Tenderness

Episode 172

Melina Duterte goes by the name Jay Som. She’s a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She’s released three albums as Jay Som, and has produced, engineered, and mixed each one.

Her third albu…

Published on 1 week ago

Fall Out Boy - Sugar, We're Goin Down

Episode 297

Fall Out Boy is a band from Chicago that formed in 2001. Their first album, Take This To Your Grave, was a hit, especially in the punk rock world. When they put out their second album, though, in 200…

Published on 3 weeks ago

Gigi Perez - Sailor Song

Episode 296

Gigi Perez is a singer and songwriter from Florida, and at 25 years old, she’s already had so many ups and downs in her music career. She started sharing her songs on TikTok, where they got enough at…

Published on 1 month ago

Key Change: Jason Schwartzman on the ‘Rushmore’ soundtrack

Episode 6

Jason Schwartzman, actor, songwriter, and musician, talks  about how the soundtrack to 'Rushmore'—his first film—changed his life. I met Jason briefly in 2017, as he was leaving the room where I was …

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Goo Goo Dolls - Iris

Episode 295

Goo Goo Dolls formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York, and by the time 1998 rolled around, they’d already had a pretty successful career. They’d released five albums, and one of their songs, “Name,” from…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Little Simz - Free

Episode 294

Little Simz is a rapper from England who put out her first album in 2015. She’s won the Mercury Prize, a Brit Award, and three MOBO awards. She also starred in the Netflix series Top Boy. Her most re…

Published on 2 months ago

Key Change: Shirley Manson on Siouxsie and the Banshees

Episode 5

My guest today is Shirley Manson. Since 1994, she’s been the lead singer of the band Garbage, and she is a bona fide rock icon. The two of us worked together on a different podcast called The Jump, w…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Anohni - 4 Degrees

Episode 293

Anohni is a singer and songwriter originally from England, who started putting out music in 2000. She’s released 6 albums, and won the Mercury Prize. She’s also been nominated for two Brit Awards, an…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

Jeff Tweedy - How to Write One Song

In June 2024, I got to go to the Solid Sound Festival in North Adams, Massachusetts, which is organized by the band Wilco. I performed some of my new songs, and I got to interview Jeff Tweedy, the le…

Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago