The Nerdologues Present: Blank Cassette
Blank Cassette is the podcast that revisits your mixtapes (or CDs, or playlists, or whatever) song-by-song and block-by-block to get the stories behind them.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 68
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2018
Ian's Playlist Shuffle
Ian Williams came to the show with a request to press shuffle on his tightly curated, massive Spotify playlist and chat about what came up. What resulted was a story about friends, family, relationsh…
00:36:00 |
Thu 02 Mar 2017
Charlie's Abercrombie & Bitch Side B
This week, on side B of his 2006 tape Abercrombie & Bitch, Charlie Madsen returns to discuss the timing of mixtapes, the unpredictability of pop music, his favorite artist of all time, and more!
For …
00:31:00 |
Thu 23 Feb 2017
Charlie's Abercrombie & Bitch Side A
This week, on the first Blank Cassette two-parter(!), LA-based writer Charlie Madsen shares side A of a 2006 tape, his first involving (then) popular music, and offers us insight into his visual meth…
00:30:00 |
Thu 16 Feb 2017
Kevin's Modern Love
This week, incredibly talented Chicago comics artist Kevin Budnik shares a playlist he made last Valentine's Day and discusses aesthetics, gender norms, nostalgia, genuine connection, and David Bowie…
00:25:00 |
Thu 09 Feb 2017
Tyler's A Fortnight from the Heart
Last year, Chicago comedian Tyler Snodgrass got to thinking -- shouldn't Valentine's Day have its own carols? Then he realized it did. Then he spent two weeks sharing his favorite power ballads on Fa…
00:30:00 |
Wed 01 Feb 2017
Amy's Sweet and Sour 16: Ode to the Forest Ranger
Turning 16's already a cultural milestone, but what happens when you add a taboo mix tape to it? This week, Chicago teacher Amy Bergeson shares this tape made for her by her older sister that introdu…
00:43:00 |
Thu 26 Jan 2017
Livia's Badass Chicks Vol. 2
This week, we're heading overseas for this podcast's first Skype interview with London music student, professional, fanatic, and mixmaker extraordinaire Livia Cruz, who runs the blog Made You a Mixta…
00:44:00 |
Thu 19 Jan 2017
Sharlene's Feathers and Dustings
If you're listening to this podcasts, chances are it's because in some way you feel that making mixes can be important. This week, Chicago designer Sharlene King shares a story of growing up in which…
00:44:00 |
Thu 12 Jan 2017
Ben's Volume 41 (Superman)
A few months ago, we talked to Ben Rathert about his passion for burning semibiographical Volume CDs throughout his life with an episode entitled "Ben's Volume 116." This week, he's back with Volume …
00:40:00 |
Thu 05 Jan 2017
Eric's 2016 Favs
Hey guys, Eric here. Usually this show is (hopefully!) a great way to learn about other people and their musical taste. But this week, I'm gonna make it all about ME. Here's this weird annual traditi…
00:40:00 |
Thu 29 Dec 2016
The Nerdologues' Holiday
Happy holidays, everyone! We thought we'd put our feet up and relax a bit this week with some seasonally appropriate music as chosen by the five members of the Nerdologues who aren't Eric (who of cou…
00:36:00 |
Thu 22 Dec 2016
Mike's This Is Soul
Six years ago, Chicago designer Mike Joosse challenged himself to create a playlist a week. Out of that project was born a fascination with the soul genre, something Mike had never really dived into …
00:41:00 |
Thu 15 Dec 2016
David's Breakups (for Michelle)
David Munk had a reputation as the "mix guy," a rep he totally leaned into, even going so far as to create a Mixtape Request Form on Google (seriously, check it out, it's amazing). This week, he shar…
00:38:00 |
Thu 08 Dec 2016
Claire's For My Love
Claire Friedman has had an incredible impact on Nerdologues podcasting over the years, so it felt right to do an episode about her mixes for her boyfriend Brad (unironically titled "For My Love") on …
00:35:00 |
Thu 01 Dec 2016
Happy Thanksgiving / There
Blank Cassette's taking the week off, but I didn't want to leave y'all in the lurch. As a great television theme song once said, "Thank you for being a friend." I hope you're all having a great holid…
00:02:00 |
Thu 24 Nov 2016
Joanna and Travis's Farewell to Mike N Molly's
A Blank Cassette first! This week, two guest mixologists, Joanna Troutman Bergkoetter and Travis Wayne Hurt (also known as DJsFutureBabyMrSweatersMommyDaddyDotCom), share the DJ set they used to say …
00:32:00 |
Thu 17 Nov 2016
John's What If...? Vol. 2 #44 (for Brett)
It's been a rough week, and this episode almost didn't happen. But it felt good to work on this one, an episode about using a mix to mourn and move on presented by guest John Craig, a tech wizard, co…
00:37:00 |
Thu 10 Nov 2016
Fin's Newvember
Creating monthly playlists to document not just one's musical tastes but one's life is a time-tested playlist trope, and on this week's Blank Cassette, Chicago theatrical talent Fin Coe shares one su…
00:27:00 |
Thu 03 Nov 2016
Bill's Rio Diamond 500 Mix
Technology always dictates how we incorporate music into our lives, and that's doubly true with mixes. This week, guest Bill Nielsen (a fellow podcaster from So Many Bits) looks back at the mix that …
00:30:00 |
Thu 27 Oct 2016
Andrew's Power Hour
The party mix is not a new concept, but Andrew, this week's guest mixologist, puts more thought into his than most. Here, Andrew explains the tradition of his immaculately edited power hour, includin…
00:21:00 |
Thu 20 Oct 2016
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