The Wandering Wolf Podcast with Yoni Wolf

142- Undertaker Katie. Yoni heads over to Katie’s Cincinnati apartment for a chat about her relatively new career as an undertaker. They talk about the responsibilities of Katie’s job, her reasons for going into mortuary science, putting make up on her dead grandmother when she was a teenager, Katie tells some gruesome stories from the field, some of the nuts and bolts of how the industry works, Katie’s ideal undertaking, Yoni’s ideal undertaking, and being haunted by a former Kroger coworker who Katie buried.

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141- Fog (Andrew Broder). Andrew flies Yoni to Minneapolis for a benefit series he puts on there. They spend some time together and have a talk at Yoni’s Airbnb. They discuss the themes for the residency, socioeconomic philosophies, the problems of our time, Andrew interviewing homeless people in a Minneapolis tent city, being an aging white guy in music in 2019, and the negative side of touring.

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140- Lala Lala 2 (& Grace). While Lillie (Lala Lala) is in Cincinnati to shoot a music video, she and Yoni and Yoni’s partner Grace sit down to talk in Yoni and Grace’s living room. They talk about crying, the effect of gender on showing emotion, tiny bangs, The Chasm and dead pop culture, Chicago vs. Cincinnati, struggling with live performance, self doubt, how money ruined music, and bad interviews. Go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf and pledge to support the podcast!

139- Frankie Cosmos (Greta). While Yoni is on a trip to NYC, after an afternoon boardgame hang, he and Greta Kline get together for a chat at her Brooklyn apartment. They discuss the emotional labor of touring and if it is a desirable activity, Greta’s ambivalence about her music being out there widely spreading, her early Bandcamp recordings, dog ambitions, dropping out of college to tour, the album making process, collaboration, Greta’s family, Europe versus The States, heavy socializing as an introvert, depression/anxiety, exercising, meditation, video games, and habit tracking. Go to patreon.com/thewanderingwolf and pledge to support.

138- Told Slant (Felix). During a tour they are on together, Yoni, his brother Josiah and Felix Walworth get together for a talk at a Richmond, Virginia Airbnb. They discuss different ways of touring, Felix playing in their own project, Told Slant, versus playing in other peoples’ bands, capitalism and the built environment, Felix’s high school experience, gender and when and how Felix started to realize they were nonbinary, the recording process, and drumming styles. Go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf and support the podcast!

137- Daphne Jo (Cam Girl). While Yoni is in Denver on tour, he and Daphne meet up for a talk. They discuss how she discovered Yoni’s music on a Unicorns message board in 2003, how Daphne became a cam girl after a major accident, how camming works for the lay person, making gobs and gobs of money, spending time irl with her clients, her romantic life, and keeping secrets from her parents.

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