Episode 76- Dessa (Doomtree). On a tour rapper/singer, Dessa, and Yoni’s band WHY? are on together, the two new friends sneak off after soundcheck to have a talk in the tour van. They discuss Dessa’s teenage karaoke career, running away from home, her career writing creative nonfiction, Turkey, touring, diet, religion, philosophy, slam poetry, and […]

Episode 75- Daniel & David Smith (Danielson Famile) & Josiah Wolf. Right before a WHY? set at Union Transfer, the Smith bros. and the Wolf bros. get together for a quick talk in the tour van. They talk about growing up with a songwriter father, Danielson’s beginnings, being outsiders as Christians in the secular scene […]

Episode 74- Aaron Weiss (mewithoutYou). Yoni and Aaron meet up for a get-to-know-you talk backstage at the Union Transfer in Philadelphia before WHY? soundcheck. They discuss remaining autonomous within a relationship vs. giving yourself over, reaching towards monastic tendencies, spirituality, Aaron’s unique blend of Judaism/Christianity/Sufi Islam, they get meta and talk about the talk they […]

Episode 73- Liz, Josiah, Kiely, Jamey Brill. In Athens, Georgia for their friends’ wedding reception, Yoni, Liz, Josiah, and Kiely sit down outside at a cafe and discuss anxiety stifling creativity, focusing on an audience of one, writing words vs. music, psychoactive drugs vs. sober meditation, and learning how to be alone. Yoni’s friend since […]

Episode 72- Lou Barlow (Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr., etc.). Yoni and Lou are both in Indianapolis to play a festival with their respective bands, WHY? and Sebadoh. They take a moment out to get to know each other a bit in the basement of Joyful Noise label head, Karl’s basement. They talk about keeping it fresh […]

Episode 71- Ben Nicholson (Lightborne). Down at Lightborne (video production company) headquarters in Cincinnati, Yoni and Ben sit for a chat. The two discuss Ben’s upbringing, falling prey to a porn and eventual sex addiction after being molested as a young boy, finding spirituality in an intense way and discovering the gifts of the spirit, […]