• 10 minutes 23 seconds
    Episode 249: The Case of The Box

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    Music

    • A couple from Quincy Jones' score to The Mirage: Turtle's Last Leap and Boobie Baby.
    • The Jeweler from Bernard Hermann's score to The Day the Earth Stood Still. 
    • Topsy from the might Chico Hamilton Quintet. 
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    15 October 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 15 minutes 17 seconds
    Episode 125: Snakes!

    This episode was originally released in April of 2018.


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    Music

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    1 October 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 17 minutes 12 seconds
    Episode 248: The Last Game

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    Music

    • Why, Buzzardman, Why? by the great Alabastar DePlume.
    • Plantwood (Day) by Lynn Avery and Cole Pulice
    • Shut Up World (Extended) from Ben Sollee's gorgeous score to a movie called Maidentrip.

    Notes

    • I really enjoyed reading Ted Williams: The Biography of an American Hero by Leigh Montville.
    • If you're ever researching old baseball stuff, you want to head over to the site maintained by the fine folks at the Society for Baseball Research. There, you can read about Frank Howard, for instance. 
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    17 September 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 22 seconds
    Episode 247: Babies

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    Music

    • Yes/And plays In My Heaven, All My Faucets are Fountains
    • Two from Andrew Hewitt's score to Submarine: Jill Tate and Pamphlet
    • Plantasia by Mort Gerson
    • Steve Reich's Music for Pieces of Wood as performed by Smoke and Mirrors Percussion Ensemble
    • Library Chant from Michael Andrews' wonderful score to Me and You and Everyone We Know
    • Takahiro Kido's 3-Sized PF

    Notes

    • If you want to dive super deep into this topic, there's a fantastic history done by Patrick Feaster for the National Park Service. 
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    3 September 2026, 5:00 pm
  • 16 minutes 39 seconds
    Episode 246: Last Standing

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    Music

    • Migratory Birds by Western Skies Motel
    • Artifact 3 by Ryan Teague
    • Barcelona by Alex Kozobolis
    • Feel First Life by Jon Hopkins

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    20 August 2026, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 40 minutes
    A Song of Myself

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    Flashing back a decade to the recording of A Song of Myself Nate did in a hotel room in Phoenix ahead of the 2016 Presidential election. 

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    7 August 2026, 11:29 pm
  • 10 minutes 50 seconds
    Episode 66: White Heat/White Lights

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    This episode was originally produced in July of 2015. 

    Music

     

    * Under the credits is Harlaamstrat 74 off of John Dankworth's Modesty Blaise score.

    * The opening loop is from Mr. Knight from Coltrane Plays the Blues, which you should own. 

    * The violin piece is Occam II for Violin, a piece by Silvia Tarozzi, played by Pauline Oliveros.

    * Next up is Mikuro's Blues from the mighty David S. Ware' mighty Go See the World.

    * The amazing orchestral pieces is Triumph by Miguel Atwood-Ferguson and Carlos Nino from Fill the Heart- Shaped Cup 

    * Finally, there's 13 Ghosts II by Nine Inch Nails from Ghosts I-IV

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    22 July 2026, 10:35 pm
  • 21 minutes 57 seconds
    Rush, Hall, Bartlett, and Thornton

    This is a special episode commissioned by Aspen Ideas: Health and originally performed at the 2026 festival in Aspen, Colorado. 

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    Music

    • The Barr Brothers play Static Orphans
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    2 July 2026, 7:00 am
  • 13 minutes 25 seconds
    A White Horse

    This episode was originally released in 2016 in the days after the shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando. It is re-released every year on the anniversary of the incident.


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    12 June 2026, 3:17 pm
  • 14 minutes 47 seconds
    Episode 245: The Self-Believer, or Hasting by Musket and Sextant

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    Music

    • The Barr Brothers play Static Orphans
    • Resavoir plays Facets
    • We hear Le mort de l'enfant from Hikaru Hayashi's score to The Naked Island.
    • South Seas by David Pike
    • Trust in Me from Sould Flutes
    • Flowering Jasmine from Gidon Kremer
    • Tesko Mi Je Zabrovit Tebe from Branko Mataja. 


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    10 June 2026, 8:25 pm
  • 10 minutes 52 seconds
    Episode 244: Pathways

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    Music

    • Two (Duvet and Correspondences) from Laurie Torres' gorgeous album, Après coup.

    Notes

    • I implore you to get lost in the interactive map at livingnewdeal.org. And then go out in the woods.
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    23 May 2026, 2:50 am
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