Nathans & Roncast
By Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt
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Episodes: 88
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Each episode of the Nathans & Roncast features a deep dive into a single song. Hosted by Aaron Nathans & Michael G. Ronstadt, this podcast includes conversations with the artists, as well as subject matter experts about the real-life stories behind story songs you know and love.
| Episode | Date |
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All about "Esperanza," Aaron & Michael's new album
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Connie Kaldor: All in the family
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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Connie Kaldor on the power of live music
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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What Vance Gilbert has learned from cancer
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Mar 01, 2026 |
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Vance Gilbert on cancer, paying bills, and leaving space
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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James McMurtry never runs out of road
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Season 3: And so it begins
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Jan 11, 2026 |
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The Fire Within: Ronstadt Radio
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Nov 14, 2025 |
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Round Midnight: Ronstadt Radio
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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Papa Mike Ronstadt's "La Barca De Oro": Ronstadt Radio
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Ronstadt Cousins play Wild Mountain Thyme: More Ronstadt Radio!
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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Ronstadt Radio!
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Professor Louie remembers Garth Hudson
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Livingston Taylor: Life without a rear view mirror
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Crowin' around with Professor Louie
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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Livingston Taylor on being prepared and being of service
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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Z. Mulls' "Rumpelstiltskin, Dead at 95"
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May 30, 2025 |
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At summer's start, reflecting on its end (with Neysa Ricciardi)
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May 23, 2025 |
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Some thoughts on memorial songs
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May 15, 2025 |
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To bridge or not to bridge?
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May 09, 2025 |
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Oh baby: The word songwriters can't live without
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May 03, 2025 |
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Michael's tribute to Bobby Ronstadt
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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The beauty of near rhymes in songwriting
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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Why "This Land Is Your Land" is surprisingly subversive
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Spook Handy: Why "This Land is Your Land" endures
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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Angels & Aliens: How Michael connects two very different songs
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Just don't use this word in songwriting
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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Why 'Yellow Submarine' (and 'Sandwiches') spoke to young Michael
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Songwriting critique groups aren't just about the song
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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Serenity Fisher on writing music for the stage
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The Bob Dylan movie: Why it's so hard to capture songwriting on the big screen
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Feb 22, 2025 |
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When Linda Ronstadt covered Tish Hinojosa
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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"Canto De La Montaña": Tish Hinojosa's fantasy on a flying horse
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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How Tish Hinojosa became a songwriter
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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How can a song this unsettling be this beautiful?
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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"Prison Bible": John Flynn on prisoners' journey of self-discovery
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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John Flynn: A new year, New Beginnings
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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Why 'Hey Jude' is a song for the season
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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"Men and Rivers": Craig Bickhardt's reflection on our relationship with nature
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Talking "This Old House" with Craig Bickhardt
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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Giving thanks for Craig Bickhardt and his songcraft
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Live from Chicago, Elexa Dawson's "Blacksnake"
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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"All Along the Watchtower," live from Chicago
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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"Mother," Elexa Dawson's song about Mother Earth, live from Chicago
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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"Old Joe's Chair," live from Chicago
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Live from Chicago: Elexa Dawson's soul-stirring Native Americana
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Why Richard Shindell's "You Stay Here" packs a punch
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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"Love Out Loud": Burr Settles, who helped birth a quarter million songs
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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How to Make a Set List: Pacing and Balance
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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Why Burr Settles, founder of February Album Writing Month, doesn't like the "like" button
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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What I Like About You: Aaron & Michael Pick Our Favorite Songs
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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To FAWM or not to FAWM? Some thoughts on songwriting marathons
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Genuinely being yourself, unapologetically
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Buddy Mondlock & Wade Bates’ powerful song, “The Tower”
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Buddy Mondlock on writing a song about trauma (Part 1)
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Aug 27, 2024 |
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Elevate your songwriting with a plot twist
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Aug 20, 2024 |
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James Keelaghan, part 2: Squinting at the Mona Lisa
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Aug 13, 2024 |
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How James Keelaghan wrote "Cold Missouri Waters" (part 1)
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Why do we like a particular song?
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Jul 30, 2024 |
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"Twelve Tone Girl": A conversation with Kenneth Stewart about music's most befuddling genre
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May 08, 2024 |
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Dave Criddle's "Flabbergasted"
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May 02, 2024 |
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How to write a positive song about computers
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Apr 23, 2024 |
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Why do we vilify computers in song?
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Apr 16, 2024 |
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Serenity Fisher's "Winter"
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Peter Macdonald Blachly's "Vicksburg"
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Apr 02, 2024 |
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The classical side of Michael G. Ronstadt
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Mar 26, 2024 |
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Tim Reisert's "Oleander True"
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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"One Dollar Gloves": Gregory Hugh Brady, the man behind the magic
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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LisaBeth Weber's "Where the Sky Meets the Ground"
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Rachel Mousie's "I Can Do What You Can Do"
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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In Search of Our Dead Poet Co-Writer… "Evening" w/Peter Macdonald Blachly
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Feb 20, 2024 |
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Rob Lincoln's "Roosevelt's Around" (mini-episode)
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Feb 13, 2024 |
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Michael J. Ronstadt's "Wynken, Blynken & Nod" (mini-episode)
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Feb 06, 2024 |
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"Flatbush Sunset": Rory Costello on the Brooklyn Dodgers and Ebbets Field
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Jan 30, 2024 |
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Liz and Pete's "Back Home to Blue" (mini-episode)
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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Thar she blows?
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Jan 16, 2024 |
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Beth Kille's "All Is One" (mini-episode)
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Jan 09, 2024 |
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"Man and a Whale": Nick Pyenson, paleontologist and whale spy
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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Meghan Cary's "River Rock" (mini-episode)
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Dec 26, 2023 |
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Josh Hisle's "Son of a Roofer" (mini-episode)
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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"Sorry, Alan": George Dyson on Alan Turing
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Dec 12, 2023 |
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Suzy Ronstadt's "Red River Valley" (mini-episode)
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Dec 05, 2023 |
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"Let's Play in the Snow": Doug Hamilton
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Bobby Ronstadt's "My World" (special mini-episode)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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"Without the Cold": Alan Jay Prescott
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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"Dr. Joelson's Bag": Sally Hayman
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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"Hello World": Brian Kernighan
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Oct 17, 2023 |
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Welcome to the Nathans & Roncast!
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Sep 30, 2023 |