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Ep. #1144: Richard Thompson

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Post date October 13, 2026
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Richard Thompson returns to discuss Hippies, Thugs and Heroes, making things work with his current music collaborators, including his grandson, inheriting talent and genetic predispositions, being a creative conduit, the fulfillment he gets from teaching at his annual Frets and Refrains songwriting and guitar camp near Woodstock, NY, observations about how music students learn to play via the internet, the significance of acquiring knowledge, being patient, and displaying empathy, the reflective nature of his new album and why we might be learning a lot about him from these songs, whether he may write another book, how a Fairport Convention anniversary may be celebrated in 2027, many solo and band tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1103: Jon Spencer

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Post date June 11, 2026

Jon Spencer returns to discuss his new album Songs of Personal Loss and Protest, making the trek to play shows in Canadian cities like Edmonton, the uncertain status of Jon Spencer and the HITmakers, how his new trio featuring Kendall Wind and Macky Bowman came to be and whether or not this band will have a name, the comprehensive Jon Spencer fan site, Pop Catastrophe, what it’s like playing in a band with/relating to much younger musicians, their tremendous musical knowledge and skills, writing these new songs collaboratively, digging into this fraught socio-political moment in time while also mourning the loss of loved ones, working with Deke Dickerson, American cultural erasure, marginalization, and Little Richard, exhibiting empathy for evil people, the artistic burden of doing promotional work that show promoters used to do, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1081: The New Pornographers

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A.C. Newman returns to discuss The Former Site Of by the New Pornographers, life in New York State, playing more mandolin in his home recording studio, R.E.M. snobbery, not knowing about a nearby Dry Cleaning show, and understanding fans who come and go, songs about grieving and newfound flower expertise and songs people misunderstand, spirituality and social media, how the song “Calligraphy” references the 2025 arrest of the band’s former drummer on serious criminal charges, accepting loss, touring line-ups and upcoming shows, other future plans, and much more.

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