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Ethan Brown is one of my favorite human beings on the planet.
He joined me 20 months ago for Episode No. 14 (which you should totally check out), and he's back again for the second installment of Wu-T…
Reaching this milestone shouldn't go unmentioned and so it shan't; I'm pretty gosh-darn jazzed.
The year it took to get this thing alive and breathing felt like two, and the two years of recording epi…
Mike Garry is a son, a brother, a dad, a businessman, a podcaster, a friend to many, and he's my guest for The Wayne Gretzky Episode, a.k.a., #99.
Mike and I connected via a pair of mutuals, and sitti…
Christie Smerchek is a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife, a mom, a dental hygienist, and a top-notch Taylor Swift fan.
I'm absolutely thrilled that she was willing and able to join me for the secon…
Peregrine Honig is a daughter, a sister, a wife, an aunt, a friend to many, and an artist (or so she's told).
She's also my guest for Episode No. 97.
And before you read any more about her, please know…
I had the pleasure of meeting Shawn M. Stewart when we convened to record Episode No. 96 of Badass Records, and what a delight our conversation was.
Shawn is a son and a brother and a husband and a fa…
I'm so very excited about this episode for a variety of reasons.
For starters, it's the first installment of the Becoming a Swifty series that I hope has a number of future guests (Note: Number two's …
Mr. Mojo Risin'!
Yes, yes, it's Episode #94, featuring the astute-and-talented Andrew Morris, ladies and gentlemen.
What an absolute treat.
I can't tell you how excited I was to become acquainted with t…
Please give it up for #KCgirl, April Lemon, y'all!
Yes, yes. It's Episode No. 93, and it's one heckuva party, for sure.
April and I go back a few clicks to the early 2000s, when we were doing the hospi…
Dan Jones, Dan Jones, Dan Jones.
What an absolute treat it was to meet the Squidmaster himself and chat a little bit about his life, his journey as a musician, and a few of his favorite records along …
What's crackin', y'all?
If you read these on the reg', thank you. I appreciate you.
You might know that I'm prone to screw things up from time to time when a) interviewing, b) recording, c) producing, …
It's the Ryan O'Reilly episode, y'all...#90!Okay. Silliness? Check. Now let's get the gaffe outta the way. In a nutshell, I was so excited to have this week's guest in the chair that I literally forg…
Sometimes I nerd out and assign the jersey number of one of my favorite (current or former) players from one of my favorite teams to the episode I'm posting about. So, for Episode No. 89, the default…
Don't tell my guest from Episode No. 29 (as he is a hater through and through), but -- but -- it's the Tony Gonzalez episode!That' right. Rollin' along towards the big podcasting c-note, here we are …
What up?Back with another solo episode, and this time we're checking out Medeski, Martin, & Wood's 1996 release, Shack-man.It's an all-time fave, and I had a blast diving in to it.Thank you for stopp…
Nineteen eighty-six was wild. The Royals had just won their first World Series. We watched the Space Shuttle Challenger launch on a wheeled-in A/V cart (with its top-shelf television). Saturday Night…
It's Episode #85! It's Marc Boerigter! It's Don Denkinger! It's...it's...Shwaggy Roaches!Yes, yes, my friends. Stoney-Doom! was in the house talking band life, Kansas cannabis law reform, and some of…
Steve Tulipana is a son and a brother and a husband and a musician. He's also the co-owner of recordBar and miniBar, as well as partner in Lemonade Park. Last but not least, he's my guest for Episode…
Being sensitive has got to be one of the oddest characteristics about being a human.During my correspondence via D.M.s (as a total stranger) with Til Willis, I had a small moment of panic. It was the…