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Ep. #974: Niko Stratis

Niko Stratis discusses her wonderful new memoir-in-essays, The Dad Rock That Made Me a Woman, moving to Toronto by driving across Canada with a cat, Bruce Springsteen and fluid masculinity in rock, the ingenious, inspiring writings of Hanif Abdurraqib, living up to what we think our parents’ expectations of us are and honing a work ethic, love and addiction, Jon-Rae Fletcher and Kurt Cobain, physical torment and transness, Courtney Barnett and the Burning Hell, Richard Laviolette and the Community Theatre project, upcoming reading events, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #957: The Burning Hell

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Ariel Sharratt and Mathias Kom from the Burning Hell are back to discuss their new album, Ghost Palace, DIY home renovations and instructional videos on YouTube, writing songs about death and the apocalypse but in a super fun way, how we strangely can find time for leisure during horrible events and post through everything, sci-fi and prescient art, nostalgia, disassociation, and song lyric misinterpretation, the collaborative framework of this new album, its stunning artwork, replacing social media with physical zines, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #911: Richard Laviolette’s ‘All Wild Things Are Shy’

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All Wild Things Are Shy is Richard Laviolette’s final album and was released posthumously one year after he sought MAiD (Medical Assistance in Dying) on September 5, 2023. To provide more insight about its creation and Richard’s state of mind in writing and recording these songs while struggling with Huntington’s disease and the sudden onset of accelerated, severe symptoms, I organized a discussion with his partner and collaborator sophia bartholomew, the record’s lead instrumentalist, Rich Burnett, producer Scott Merritt, and artistic advisor and You’ve Changed Records label manager, Steven Lambke. We love Richard and will never forget him.

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