RiYL
Recommended if You Like: longform conversation with musicians, cartoonists, writers and other creative types.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 726
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Episode 227: Annalee Newitz
Every so often, my work obsessions bleed into my extracurriculars, and Annalee Newitz was more than happy to help me geek out about robotics. We sat down a few months back in New York, while she was …
00:50:00 |
Sun 06 Aug 2017
Episode 226: Manchester Orchestra
In 2014, Manchester Orchestra released Hope, a new album with an identical track listening as its predecessor, Cope, released the same year. The two albums represented dramatically different musical …
00:45:46 |
Sat 29 Jul 2017
Episode 225 (Bonus): Mike Diana
Here’s a conversation recorded a while back and initially intended for publication. While the story never actually appeared in print, the subject matter was just too interesting to let it languish, s…
00:36:20 |
Wed 26 Jul 2017
Episode 224: Julien Fitzpatrick
Comics are hard — doubly so when you live in a place like New York, where holding down a day job is a necessity. By their early- to mid-30s, most opt to pack it in. It’s not a personal failure or fla…
00:54:44 |
Sun 23 Jul 2017
Episode 223: Kate Stables (This is the Kit)
Kate Stables’ Earl of Lemongrab wallet is on the table when I sit down for our interview at Baby’s All Right — so naturally, we spend the first several minutes of the conversation discussing Adventur…
00:44:36 |
Wed 19 Jul 2017
Episode 222 (Bonus): Francoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman (Resist)
On the heels of the second issue of Resist, we hopped on the line with publishers Francoise Mouly and Nadja Spiegelman to discuss the free comics protest newspaper. The first issue arrived alongside …
00:19:56 |
Wed 12 Jul 2017
Episode 221: Tim Kasher (of Cursive, The Good Life)
No Resolution is an album about heartbreak. It’s raw and real, delving into break ups and fears of settling down, topics that Tim Kasher is set to explore even more deeply in his upcoming film of the…
00:58:45 |
Sat 08 Jul 2017
Episode 220: Catherine Burns
Of course Catherine Burns has a good story about getting her current gig. It involves MTV and 9/11 and parents in Alabama who were slightly befuddled that their daughter had moved from a planned care…
00:58:58 |
Mon 03 Jul 2017
Episode 219: Frank Santoro
When I hit up cartoonist Jim Rugg before a quick three day trip to Pittsburgh, he sent his apologies. He was leaving town the same night I arrived, but helpfully sent along a list of fellow cartoonis…
00:47:30 |
Tue 20 Jun 2017
Episode 218: Ashley Bez
Before it helped elect a president who teetered on the bring of nuclear war with every subsequent tweet, Twitter was an important testing ground for young comedians, honing their one-liners 140 chara…
00:49:32 |
Sat 10 Jun 2017
Episode 217: Scott Westerfeld
Scott Westerfeld didn’t move to New York expecting to become a writer. He’s dabbled in politics, music and software design, but after 18 novels, it’s pretty safe to say that he’s found his calling. O…
01:02:04 |
Sun 04 Jun 2017
Episode 216: The Coathangers
Everything is running about an hour late, and the opening band has already started by the time two-thirds of The Coathangers show up back stage for the interview. Complicating things even further, ba…
00:26:38 |
Sun 28 May 2017
Episode 215: David Lloyd
We’re back from a brief hiatus for a conversation with cartoonist David Lloyd. Recorded at an Irish Pub a few blocks from the MoCCA Fest art show that brought him into town, Lloyd discusses his on-go…
00:50:50 |
Mon 22 May 2017
Episode 214: R. Sikoryak
“My method is slowly eliminating my style from the work,” R. Sikoryak explains during our long and wide-ranging interview. As with nearly every other creative pursuit, style is one of the key element…
00:59:54 |
Mon 01 May 2017
Episode 212: Frank Stack
“I’m a Texan and I don’t dislike Texas,” Frank Stack explains. “But I don’t like those sons of bitches.” The artist’s first major work sums up his feelings toward attitudes in the Lone Star State. Fi…
00:56:43 |
Mon 10 Apr 2017
Episode 211: Ryan Walsh (of Hallelujah the Hills)
You’re bound to raise some fan suspicion when the first track off your new album A Band Is Something To Figure Out has a title like “What do the People Want,” particularly when the thing is released …
00:55:42 |
Mon 03 Apr 2017
Episode 210: Gareth David (of Los Campesinos!)
“[Depression] is something I’m comfortable with now,” Los Campesinos singer Gareth David explains during our conversation backstage at the Warsaw in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. He’s remarkably open and fun…
00:47:21 |
Sun 26 Mar 2017
Episode 209: Tim Kinsella (of Joan of Arc)
“We never make a decision because we want to alienate the audience,” Tim Kinsella explains. “But we also never make a decision according to what we think the audience wants.” That sums up the musicia…
00:47:16 |
Sun 19 Mar 2017
Episode 208: Ahmed Gallab (of Sinkane)
After touring around with prominent outfits like Yeahsayer and Of Montreal, Sinkane’s Ahmed Gallab really come into his own on 2012’s Mars. The breakout record found the multi-instrumentalist embraci…
00:59:34 |
Sun 12 Mar 2017
Episode 207: Tommy Stinson and Chip Roberts
Tommy Stinson is exhausted. It’s the tail end of a long day of interviews, with appearances on high profile outlets like Fox News, and the Bash & Pop frontman isn’t not entirely sure he’s going to ma…
00:30:06 |
Thu 09 Mar 2017
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