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Jim Babjak (The Smithereens)
Season 1 Episode 241
Smithereens guitarist Jim Babjak shared a love of the British Invasion and Beach Boys with classmate and drummer (and previous Caropop guest) Dennis …
10 hours ago
Bill Wyman (Writer)
Season 1 Episode 240
Song-ranking articles can be annoying clickbait, but those written by longtime journalist Bill Wyman are endlessly provocative, entertaining and info…
1 week ago
Natalie Merchant
Season 1 Episode 239
After making widely loved music as a solo artist and, beforehand, with 10,000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant is focusing on children with her latest proje…
2 weeks ago
Susan Orlean
Season 1 Episode 238
Susan Orlean has a brilliant talent for crafting compelling narratives from idiosyncratic topics that have piqued her interest: orchid poachers in Fl…
3 weeks ago
Caropop Summer Recess 2026
Season 1
We're going on break! We'll be back the Thursday after Labor Day!
In the meantime, you can listen to this message and catch up on old Caropop episode…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Laura Benanti
Season 1 Episode 237
Laura Benanti is a Tony Award-winning Broadway musical star who noticed some things while looking back on her life and career. She has channeled thes…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Michael Hampton (Funkadelic/Parliament)
Season 1 Episode 236
Michael Hampton earned the nickname Kidd Funkadelic as the hotshot guitarist who at age 17 joined the Funkadelic/Parliament universe after wowing P-F…
2 months ago
Urge Overkill/Exit the Dragon
Season 1 Episode 235
Urge Overkill appeared to be riding high after the critical triumph of its 1993 album, Saturation, and the prominent appearance of its Neil Diamond c…
2 months, 1 week ago
Jason Ringenberg (Jason and the Scorchers/Still Standing)
Season 1 Episode 234
Jason and the Scorchers (née Jason and the Nashville Scorchers) were cowpunk trailblazers before anyone was talking about alt-country or Americana. F…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Glenn Morrow (Bar/None, Cry for Help)
Season 1 Episode 233
Glenn Morrow owned and ran Bar/None Records for decades, signing acts such as They Might Be Giants, Yo La Tengo, Freedy Johnston, Alex Chilton, Ezra …
2 months, 3 weeks ago