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Ep. #931: Franz Nicolay

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Franz Nicolay from the Hold Steady is here to discuss his new book, Band People: Life and Work in Popular Music, once living in Toronto and how couples in the creative arts and humanities support each other, balancing passion and pragmatism in the music business, how musicians tend to communicate and miscommunicate, getting credit and valuing cultural labour, whether musicians can truly jam remotely, what’s next for his writing and music work, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #917: Heather O’Neill

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Heather O’Neill returns to discuss her latest novel, The Capital of Dreams, a fairy tale about a young girl fleeing a genocidal invasion in a fictional European region, armed only with a pivotal piece of outspoken literature penned by her infamous mother while accompanied by a talking, opinionated goose, how the book’s socio-cultural and political themes echo WWII, but also resonate with current events, and the erasure of citizens and their culture, how Heather’s difficult upbringing and complicated relationship with motherhood and parenting are reflected in this work, why tea and teacups work as a metaphor, cultural capital and the black market, an extensive Canadian tour, new projects, other future plans, and much more.    

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Ep. #907: Sunset Rubdown

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Spencer Krug discusses Always Happy to Explode, which is the first Sunset Rubdown album in 15 years, the various islands he’s called home and why he appreciates the solitude of island living, how touring can impact musicians and create interpersonal obstacles, why his bands tend to take long breaks, why his latest songs might relay so much empathy and contemplation about the impact that working has on life, things to listen to while running, fantastical storytelling and rewatching legacy TV shows, going back on tour, a Wolf Parade update, other future plans, and much more.  

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