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This edition of The Roadhouse is laid out in big chunks. I’ve got a live set, a set that’s primarily West Coast blues, and a set from a pretty semi...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and KRCB 104.9


  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: The Roadhouse
I’ve got five artist debuts in the hour ahead – a little less than half the tracks. And, I’ve got some that we haven’t heard from in awhile. Altere...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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If I was to draw a road map of the hour, it would contain strong, evocative voices, a contrast between darkness and light, and a set featuring an i...

  • Added: Jan 18, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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I’ve got some interesting instrumentation this week, along with a very nice acoustic set and a set of classic blues artists live. Stomptown Brass, ...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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It’s a big variety in this hour of The Roadhouse, as you’ve come to expect. I’ve got young artists and old. I’ve got artists who are new to the sho...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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This hour suits the common ideal of a roadhouse to a tee. asey James, Nick Schnebelen, Lil’ Ed & The Blues Imperials, Jason Ricci, and Janiva Magne...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2018
  • Length: 59:54
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Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. I have to admit I kind of admire the courage it took for a producer to approve such an awkward title for...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 03:34
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Regular listeners to this show may be aware that I’m not a fan of most Christmas movies. Occasionally, though, I offer suggestions during the holid...

  • Added: Dec 31, 2017
  • Length: 04:19
Caption: Sophie Nikitas at the National Sports Center Velodrome in Blaine, Minnesota., Credit: Evan Frost
After watching bicyclists swoosh around the National Sports Center Velodrome in Blaine, KFAI's Sophie Nikitas joined them. Like the other cyclists,...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 05:08
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People often say that if you make good music, the fans will follow. So does good music rise to the top? And what is the top? Hear from Bandcamp's J...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 54:57
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A debate about whether Nolan’s Dunkirk whitewashes history is perfectly legitimate but seventy years after India’s Independence isn’t it also time ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
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Sometimes it seems 70 years after Independence India is just unable to shake off its suited and booted colonial hangover, as a recent Facebook post...

  • Added: Jul 31, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
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Quantum Mechanics seems to be at the bedrock of reality, but it’s tricky to study – because observing things in the quantum world affects them. In ...

Bought by WCNY, KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 6
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Extra-sensory perception seems like the stuff of fantasy, but should the possibility be taken seriously? In part one we ask, Can ESP Reveal a New R...

Bought by WCNY, KTSW 89.9, KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, KWMR and more


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 7
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It’s common to think of Brain and Mind as two separate things that can influence each other. But is that right? And how far can such influence go? ...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, WCPN, and KWMR


  • Added: Jul 11, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 5
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The Brain is an unfathomably complex organ, and science continually reveals more fascinating information about it. In part one, we ask: How Are Bra...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KREV-LP, KVNF and more


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:53
  • Purchases: 7
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We all feel like free agents on the inside: in control of our behavior, our decisions, our lives. But does that feeling reflect reality? In part on...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KWMR, and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 10, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 5
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We know that our Universe is unfathomably large, but could it be literally infinite in size? In part one, we ask: What Would an Infinite Cosmos Mea...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, KWMR, and WCPN


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:52
  • Purchases: 5
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Could it be that our Universe is not the only one? In fact, many scientists believe it is not. In part one, we ask: How Many Universes Exist? If we...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WPSU, WCPN, KREV-LP and more


  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 53:51
  • Purchases: 6
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The collaboration of American jazz artists such as Miles Davis and Art Blakey with French filmmakers in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Film schola...

  • Added: Jul 07, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
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It’s hard to imagine that everything we see and know – the entire, vast, incomprehensibly large universe – might one day cease to exist. In part on...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 53:51
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The idea of surviving our own physical demise has long obsessed us. But is there any way that our personal awareness could actually transcend physi...

Bought by KGOU, CHSR-FM 97.9, WCPN, KWMR, and KVCR


  • Added: Jul 06, 2017
  • Length: 53:49
  • Purchases: 5
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In November I released an interview with activist, Matthew Fox. This is a rebroadcast of that episode.

Bought by KPIP-LP and WETS


  • Added: Jun 29, 2017
  • Length: 57:58
  • Purchases: 2
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This hour suits the common ideal of a roadhouse to a tee. Casey James, Nick Schnebelen, Lil' Ed & The Blues Imperials, Jason Ricci, and Janiva Magn...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: Jun 24, 2017
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1
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There are two important points to remember for this edition of The Roadhouse: the blues are in good hands and they cover a lot of ground. I feature...

Bought by WJAB


  • Added: May 20, 2017
  • Length: 59:54
  • Purchases: 1