Episode 82- Doug McDiarmid (WHY?). Doug comes over Yoni’s house for a long overdue podcast. The two sit in the kitchen and chop it up about Psychology, Doug’s early musical upbringing, piano lessons, self-motivation, Led Zeppelin, 90’s alt rock, high school, the pre WHY? and early WHY? years, and relationships or lack there of.

Episode 81- John Curley (Afghan Whigs) & Josiah. Yoni and Josiah head over to John’s studio, Ultrasuede, in Cincinnati for a talk. They discuss the recording process for the new Whigs album, John’s musical upbringing and how he started on bass and as an engineer/producer, wearing the musician hat vs. the engineer hat, the Whigs’ […]

Episode 80- Milo & Busdriver (Hellfyre Club). While Milo (Rory) and ‘Driver (Regan) are on tour in Cincinnati, Yoni invites them for a conversation in the park. They discuss Milo’s beginings, their fathers, work flow, collaboration, their record label/crew, Hellfyre Club, pop music, race issues, I Love Makonnen, and Kanye.

Episode 79- Ron Babcock. Stand up comedian, Ron is in Cincinnati headlining a comedy show. Yoni attends and then invites Ron over to talk in the morning. They talk about Ron growing up in ex-mining town, Scranton, his foray into stand up on a Semester-at-Sea cruise ship, the comedy magazine he used to publish, being […]

Episode 78- Mirah (Zeitlyn). Before Mirah’s show in Cincinnati, Yoni pulls her into his parked car for quick getting-to-know-you chat. They talk about Mirah’s idea for a new band she wants to form, how she got started songwriting, Yoni’s first experiences with Mirah’s music, Mirah now vs. when she started, working with Phil Elverum, self-releasing […]

Episode 77- Seb. Old friends, Sebastian and Yoni get together at Seb’s condo in Cincinnati for a chat. They talk about record collecting, DJing, daily psychotherapy, cancer, al-anon, “new age flaky pseudo-science”, positive vibrations, and divination.