Ranked #1
Episode #242: Amy Hobby
Episode #242: Amy Hobby
Amy Hobby is an Academy Award nominated producer for her work on the documentary What Happened, Miss Simone. So yeah, I ... Read more
16 Feb 2016
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36mins
Ranked #2
Episode #238: Julia Wiedeman
Episode #238: Julia Wiedeman
You probably know someone who has been an extra in a movie or on TV, but do you know someone who does it for the Metropo... Read more
17 Dec 2015
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33mins
Ranked #3
Episode #237: Daniel Sears
Episode #237: Daniel Sears
Nobody has a stack of records like this man right here. Dana talks to Daniel Sears about the art of collecting music and... Read more
17 Nov 2015
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31mins
Ranked #4
Episode #236: I'm In A Band
Episode #236: I'm In A Band
The Demands. Nightlight. Amazing Man Band. Iridescent Dreams. The Benson Ashe. These are the most legendary bands you've... Read more
4 Nov 2015
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36mins
Ranked #5
Episode #235: Aaron Wolfe – ‘Just Like Heaven,’ Dinosaur Jr.
Episode #235: Aaron Wolfe – ‘Just Like Heaven,’ Dinosaur Jr.
Aaron Wolfe, a writer and filmmaker once short-listed for an Academy Award for his film Record/Play, uses the Dinosaur J... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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21mins
Ranked #6
Episode #234: Tyler Coates – ‘All Too Well,’ Taylor Swift
Episode #234: Tyler Coates – ‘All Too Well,’ Taylor Swift
Deputy Editor for The Decider Tyler Coates talks a particularly bad breakup, and how, when you lean almost entirely on P... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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21mins
Ranked #7
Episode #232: Dennis Dunaway – ‘School’s Out,’ Alice Cooper
Episode #232: Dennis Dunaway – ‘School’s Out,’ Alice Cooper
Dennis Dunaway, bassist for Alice Cooper and 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee, tells us the story behind how the... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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27mins
Ranked #8
Episode #230: Amy Linden — ‘We’ll Inherit the Earth,’ the Replacements
Episode #230: Amy Linden — ‘We’ll Inherit the Earth,’ the Replacements
Music journalist Amy Linden tells the story of her first interview with The Replacements in 1988–and how it came at a ti... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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27mins
Ranked #9
Episode #228: Brian Silliman — ‘Do You Hear The People Sing,’ (Les Miserables)
Episode #228: Brian Silliman — ‘Do You Hear The People Sing,’ (Les Miserables)
Actor Brian Silliman (look for him on this season of Orange in the New Black) on how sports and musical theater do not m... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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24mins
Ranked #10
Episode #224: Interview with Chi Chi Valenti, Creator of Night of 1000 Stevies
Episode #224: Interview with Chi Chi Valenti, Creator of Night of 1000 Stevies
In this special episode, Dana interviews Chi Chi Valenti — the Empress of NYC nightlife and creator of the legendary Ste... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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34mins
Ranked #11
Episode #223: Jason Jude Hill — ‘Ring of Fire,’ Johnny Cash
Episode #223: Jason Jude Hill — ‘Ring of Fire,’ Johnny Cash
Filmmaker Jason Jude Hill may not like the song Ring of Fire, but sometimes a song you hate can lead you to the person y... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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24mins
Ranked #12
Episode #218: Dana Rossi — “The Next Episode,” Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
Episode #218: Dana Rossi — “The Next Episode,” Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg
Soundtrack Series creator and producer Dana Rossi, and her story about the perils of dating people you work with in rest... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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27mins
Ranked #13
Episode #216: Best of Soundtrack Series 2014
Episode #216: Best of Soundtrack Series 2014
A first crack at The Legend of Zelda. The importance of keeping your voice even as everything else changes. A special hi... Read more
2 Nov 2015
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32mins
Ranked #14
Episode #247: Mo Daviau
Episode #247: Mo Daviau
Mo is the author of the revered novel Every Anxious Wave--which is the best of everything having to do with music and ti... Read more
1 Jun 2016
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37mins
Ranked #15
Episode #246: Isaac Oliver
Episode #246: Isaac Oliver
Isaac Oliver is the author of the critically acclaimed memoir (in other words--one of NPR's Best Books of 2015) Intimacy... Read more
10 May 2016
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30mins