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Jul 31, 20242 min read
Expand your vernacular
"I have a penchant in particular for elevating, playing, exposing works by underrepresented composers, in particular music by women,"...
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Jul 17, 20243 min read
How to be a great dancer
It's not all about the footwork In my conversation with Sherisa and Lydia from the Tapestry Folkdance center, they raised an important...
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Jun 19, 20243 min read
In the room where it happens
The unique challenges of folk music and amplification In the recent episode of Zeitgeist Radio, folk musician and audio engineer Brennish...
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Jun 5, 20244 min read
How to happy dance... with music theory
On last week's podcast episode, Rabbi Emily mentioned a musical concept I wasn't familiar with. Had you ever heard of the freygish scale...
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Apr 10, 20242 min read
Get your shoes in order... and your braids on
Anastasia Verdoljak performs with the Ethnic Dance Theater in St. Paul, MN. Here is their mission: Our mission is to foster understanding...
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Mar 27, 20242 min read
Information vegetable, animal, and mineral
When Marcy Irving isn't teaching Rock and Roll history at a local college or singing with one of the many groups in the Central Coast,...
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Feb 27, 20242 min read
Smergadine...?
One thing I loved about speaking with Arthur Breur in our recent episode (catch it here) was the feeling of endless possibility he has...
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Feb 13, 20246 min read
Making a smile in the world
A night at Tha Juice Joint "Tha juice joint more than anything is a community," says Melanesia Hunter in our interview on Zeitgeist...
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Jan 31, 20242 min read
How to prepare for a symphony concert
I love it when people pull back from the piddly nonsense in life and focus on what matters, Big Picture. This could be in relationships,...
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Jan 17, 20244 min read
My identity was formed with pizza
I asked you on social media how you typically listen to the radio, and the response was overwhelmingly at home. This honestly surprised...
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Nov 28, 20234 min read
Holiday break, and some announcements!
I'm going to be taking a break through the holiday season. Please use this time to catch up on episodes you might have missed. If you...
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Nov 7, 20232 min read
Shanties, Sustainability, and a new Set list for you
How an Executive Fish Wife makes sustainability fun “You can find me around campfires,” says Camilla. “I went from a piano player to an...
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Oct 25, 20233 min read
I reject your cattle call
From performance grind to running a music festival “It’s lonely to practice all the time,” says Dave on our recent Zeitgeist Radio...
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Oct 11, 20233 min read
The Mark Twain of the Santa Maria Valley
How a teacher is elevating voices through music and comedy in California “In Nashville you heard country in church, in Bakersfield you...
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Sep 27, 20232 min read
That's a banger
“If nobody's going to cast me, how about I just do something on my own and sell tickets,” says Heidi on our recent Zeitgeist Radio...
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Sep 12, 20232 min read
500 years of emotion
“There’s this idea that the fruition of Western music happened in the middle of the 19th century or something,” Paul says in our...
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Jul 31, 20233 min read
Whooping preaching and the roots of Black American music
"We about to get a little black history lesson in here," laughs Takenya Freeney Battle in our conversation on Zeitgeist Radio after I...
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Jul 17, 20234 min read
How to not get the cops called on your practice session
"It was like 3pm, and we were practicing jazz... and the cops show up at our house," says Billy in our interview on Zeitgeist Radio. "It...
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Jul 3, 20234 min read
Belly dance: Shattering the Patriarchy through Self-Expression and Body Positivity
In my conversation with Larissa a.k.a. Zaara on Zeitgeist Radio, she mentions the "exoticism of orientalism" that can happen in the...
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Jun 19, 20237 min read
So you're going to your first contra dance
Lindsey Dono is a contra dance caller based out of Washington State, and we had an awesome conversation on Zeitgeist Radio. As Lindsey...
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