The Third Story with Leo Sidran
By Leo Sidran
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THE THIRD STORY features long-form interviews with creative people of all types, hosted by musician Leo Sidran. Their stories of discovery, loss, ambition, identity, risk, and reward are deeply moving and compelling for all of us as we embark on our own creative journeys.
| Episode | Date |
|---|---|
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317: Janis Siegel and The Scent of Danger
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Mar 28, 2026 |
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316: Ben Sidran - Jazz and Modernism
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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315: Phoebe Katis
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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314: Keren Ann
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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313: Dan Pashman
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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312: Kurt Elling Returns
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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311: Cafe Central, Madrid
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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310: Remembering Phil Upchurch
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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309: Madison Cunningham
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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308: Theo Bleckmann
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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307: dodie
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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306: Vera Brandes
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Oct 19, 2025 |
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305: Jacob Jeffries
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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304: Leonor Watling
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Oct 04, 2025 |
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303: Stella Cole
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Sep 10, 2025 |
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302: Ben Sidran at 82
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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301: Mary Sweeney Returns
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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300: Moses Patrou
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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299: Joe Henry
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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298 - Aron!
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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297: Natalia Lafourcade
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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296: Terri Lyne Carrington
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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295 - pablopablo
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May 23, 2025 |
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288: Crossing the river - 20 years of "Al otro lado del rio"
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May 16, 2025 |
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294: Suzanne Vega
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May 10, 2025 |
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293: Arturo O'Farrill
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May 04, 2025 |
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292: Max Pollak
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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291: Raul Midón
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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290: Stephin Merritt (The Magnetic Fields)
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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289: Nels Cline
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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287: Steven Greenberg (Lipps, Inc.)
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Jan 31, 2025 |
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286: Makaya McCraven
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Jan 24, 2025 |
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Mary Sweeney (from 2018)
|
Jan 17, 2025 |
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285: Jacob Collier's First Interview
|
Jan 02, 2025 |
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284: Aaron Parks and Marta Sanchez
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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283: Samora Pinderhughes and Jack DeBoe
|
Dec 19, 2024 |
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282: Allan Tannenbaum
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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281: Maria Schneider
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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280: Ben Sidran | The Election
|
Nov 11, 2024 |
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279: Andrew Bird
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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278: Aaron Goldberg
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Oct 22, 2024 |
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277: Lucy Kalantari
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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276: Riley Mulherkar
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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275: Jesse Harris
|
Sep 03, 2024 |
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274: Ella Feingold
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May 28, 2024 |
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273: Paula Cole
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May 09, 2024 |
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272: Ben Sidran on Rainmaker
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Apr 30, 2024 |
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271: Shabaka
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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270: Jose James
|
Apr 08, 2024 |
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269: säje
|
Feb 07, 2024 |
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268: Ten Years of The Third Story - with Will Lee and Amanda Sidran
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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267: Keyon Harrold
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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266: Lau Noah
|
Jan 11, 2024 |
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265: Ani DiFranco
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Jan 02, 2024 |
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264: brad allen williams
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Dec 19, 2023 |
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263: Pete Min
|
Dec 05, 2023 |
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262: Clyde and Gracie Lawrence
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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261: Joey Alexander
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Nov 03, 2023 |
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260: Todd Sickafoose
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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259: Alan Lightman
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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258: Gregory Hutchinson
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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257: John "J.R." Robinson
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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256: Jake Lamar
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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255: Warren Zanes
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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254: Prateek Kuhad
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Aug 22, 2023 |
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253: Ben Sidran at 80
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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252: Laila Biali
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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251: Scenes from the Montreal Jazz Festival 2023
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Jul 14, 2023 |
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250: Brandee Younger
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Jun 27, 2023 |
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249: Theo Katzman
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Jun 13, 2023 |
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248: Ben Wendel
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May 17, 2023 |
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247: Beth Nielsen Chapman
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May 02, 2023 |
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246: Vijay Iyer
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Apr 11, 2023 |
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245: Christian McBride
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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244: Samara Joy
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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243: What's Trending
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Mar 07, 2023 |
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242: Braxton Cook
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Feb 21, 2023 |
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241: Andy Narell
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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240: Will Page (Tarzan Economics)
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Jan 24, 2023 |
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239: Rachael & Vilray
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Jan 10, 2023 |
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238: Best of The Third Story on The Art of the Story, 2022
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Dec 27, 2022 |
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237: The Ones That Got Away (2022 Holiday Edition)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Larry Goldings Revisited
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Dec 13, 2022 |
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235: Antonio Sanchez
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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234: Ibrahim Maalouf
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Nov 15, 2022 |
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Jorge Drexler
|
Nov 01, 2022 |
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233: Tyshawn Sorey
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Oct 04, 2022 |
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232: Daniel Lanois
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Sep 20, 2022 |
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Remembering Peter Straub
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Sep 13, 2022 |
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231: Cyrille Aimée
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Sep 06, 2022 |
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Creed Taylor from 2015
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Aug 30, 2022 |
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Louis Cato from 2018
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Aug 23, 2022 |
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230: Ben Sidran at 79
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Aug 14, 2022 |
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229: John Medeski
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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Noga Erez from 2020
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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228: Emmet Cohen
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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227: Umbria Jazz
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Jul 19, 2022 |
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226: Montreal Jazz Festival
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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Julian Lage from 2021
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Jul 05, 2022 |
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225: Stacey Kent
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Jun 28, 2022 |
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Donald Fagen from 2019
|
Jun 21, 2022 |
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224: Ryan Lerman
|
Jun 14, 2022 |
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Lionel Loueke (WBGO Studios Preview)
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May 31, 2022 |
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Eric Harland (WBGO Studios Preview)
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May 24, 2022 |
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223: Matthew Stevens
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May 21, 2022 |
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Bob Power (WBGO Studios Preview)
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May 17, 2022 |
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Jason Moran (WBGO Studios Preview)
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May 10, 2022 |
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222: Walter Smith III
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May 07, 2022 |
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Jon Batiste (WBGO Studios Preview)
|
May 03, 2022 |
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221: Michelle Willis
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Apr 16, 2022 |
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220: Nate Craig
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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219: Lauren Henderson
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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218: Jake Sherman
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Mar 22, 2022 |
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217: Melissa Aldana
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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216: David Poe
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Feb 22, 2022 |
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215: Amir ElSaffar
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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214: Adam O'Farrill
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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213: Benny Benack III
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Jan 09, 2022 |
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212: Lionel Loueke
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Jan 01, 2022 |
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211: Tyler Duncan
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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210: The Art Of Aging Gracefully
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Nov 27, 2021 |
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209: Martin Sexton
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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208: Mike Errico
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Nov 06, 2021 |
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207: Madison McFerrin
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Oct 19, 2021 |
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206: Peter Coyote
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Oct 12, 2021 |
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205: Monica Martin
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Oct 09, 2021 |
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204: The Legendary Nate Smith
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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203: Dan and Claudia Zanes
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Sep 18, 2021 |
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George Wein (from 2015)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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202: Joe Alterman
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Sep 07, 2021 |
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201: Antwaun Stanley
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Aug 22, 2021 |
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200: Ben Sidran at 78
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Aug 14, 2021 |
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199: Jon Lampley
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Aug 10, 2021 |
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198: Michael Bland
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Jul 11, 2021 |
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197: Philip Lassiter
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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196: Julian Lage
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Jun 13, 2021 |
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195: Michael Mayo
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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194: The Art Of Conversation
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May 30, 2021 |
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193: Roxana Amed
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May 15, 2021 |
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192: SG Goodman
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May 01, 2021 |
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191: Clyde Stubblefield
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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190: Bob Reynolds
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Covid Chronicles Vol. 1 - Reunion Episode
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Mar 28, 2021 |
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188: Leila Cobo
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Mar 21, 2021 |
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187: Imogen Heap
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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186: Boz Scaggs
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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185: Eric Harland
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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184: Rick Beato
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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183: Billy Martin aka illy B
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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182: Andres Levin
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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181: Rexx Life Raj
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Dec 23, 2020 |
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180: Duncan Sheik
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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179: Johnny Brennan (The Jerky Boys)
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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178: Louis Cole
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Nov 16, 2020 |
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177: Election 2020
|
Nov 09, 2020 |
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176: Cory Henry
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Oct 27, 2020 |
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175: Brian Krock
|
Oct 13, 2020 |
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174: Alec Hanley Bemis
|
Oct 05, 2020 |
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173: Jeff Cesario
|
Sep 18, 2020 |
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172: Philip Dizack
|
Sep 12, 2020 |
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171: Noga Erez
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Aug 31, 2020 |
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170: Ben Sidran
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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169: Eric Krasno
|
Aug 11, 2020 |
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168: Jochen Rueckert
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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167: Rudresh Mahanthappa
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Jun 30, 2020 |
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166: Lawrence
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Jun 21, 2020 |
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165: Louise Goffin
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Jun 13, 2020 |
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164: Jason Moran
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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163: Orlando le Fleming
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May 20, 2020 |
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162: Remembering Richie Cole
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May 12, 2020 |
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161: Becca Stevens
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May 04, 2020 |
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160: Josh Norek
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Apr 28, 2020 |
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159: Ron Sexsmith
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Apr 23, 2020 |
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158: Curtis Stigers
|
Apr 17, 2020 |
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157: The Covid Chronicles, Vol. 4
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Apr 07, 2020 |
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156: The Covid Chronicles, Vol. 3
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Mar 24, 2020 |
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155: The Covid Chronicles, Vol. 2
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Mar 19, 2020 |
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154: The Covid Chronicles, Vol. 1
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Mar 14, 2020 |
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153: Michael League
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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152: Bob Power
|
Feb 23, 2020 |
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151: Victoria Canal
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Feb 16, 2020 |
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150: Kat Edmonson
|
Feb 07, 2020 |
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149: Mark Hervey
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Feb 02, 2020 |
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148: Mark Guiliana
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Jan 23, 2020 |
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147: Gilles Peterson & Kassa Overall
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Jan 21, 2020 |
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146: Steven Bernstein, Peter Apfelbaum, Will Bernard
|
Jan 16, 2020 |
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145: Caleb Hawley
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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144: Ari Herstand
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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143: Glyn Johns
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Dec 25, 2019 |
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142: boice
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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141: Zev Feldman
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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137: Woody Goss
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Nov 28, 2019 |
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140: ALA.NI
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Nov 14, 2019 |
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139: Camila Meza
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Oct 30, 2019 |
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138: Ryan Scott
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Oct 16, 2019 |
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136: Jeremy Dauber
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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135: Peter Himmelman
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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134: Richard J. Davidson
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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133: Chris Potter
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Sep 02, 2019 |
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132: David Maraniss
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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131: Ben Sidran
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Aug 15, 2019 |
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130: Richard Julian
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Aug 08, 2019 |
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129: Donald Fagen
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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128: Joey Dosik
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Jul 08, 2019 |
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127: Ben Thornewill
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Jun 25, 2019 |
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Andre De Shields
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Jun 10, 2019 |
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126: Eli "Paperboy" Reed
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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125: Melissa Clark
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May 23, 2019 |
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124: Anya Marina
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May 14, 2019 |
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123: Sophie Auster
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May 01, 2019 |
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122: Kassa Overall
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Apr 16, 2019 |
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121: Cory Wong
|
Mar 12, 2019 |
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120: Jacques Schwarz-Bart
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Feb 19, 2019 |
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119: Aaron Parks
|
Feb 05, 2019 |
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118: Kenny Werner
|
Jan 18, 2019 |
|
117: Fred Hersch
|
Jan 04, 2019 |
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116: Rick Margitza
|
Dec 21, 2018 |
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115: Joe Dart
|
Dec 07, 2018 |
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114: John Fields
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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113: John Leventhal
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Oct 16, 2018 |
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112: Mary Sweeney
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Sep 30, 2018 |
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111: Nate Chinen
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Aug 22, 2018 |
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110: Howard S. Becker
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Aug 07, 2018 |
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109: Ben Wikler, Anat Shenker-Osorio, Dan Kaufman
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Jul 16, 2018 |
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108 - Lage Lund
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Jul 06, 2018 |
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107: Brendan B. Brown
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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106: Joe Goodkin
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Jun 07, 2018 |
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105: Donovan Woods
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May 31, 2018 |
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104: Nate Wood
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May 24, 2018 |
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103: Larry Klein
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May 14, 2018 |
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102: Dessa
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Apr 19, 2018 |
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101: Lorrie Moore
|
Apr 12, 2018 |
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100: My Wife
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Mar 31, 2018 |
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99: Larry "Ratso" Sloman
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Mar 21, 2018 |
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98: Noa and Gil Dor
|
Mar 08, 2018 |
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97: Louis Cato
|
Feb 12, 2018 |
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95: Liberty Devitto
|
Jan 25, 2018 |
|
95: Jon Madof
|
Jan 18, 2018 |
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94: Nadia Ackerman
|
Jan 10, 2018 |
|
93: Best of 2017 Vol. 2
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Dec 31, 2017 |
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92: Best of 2017 Vol. 1
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Dec 26, 2017 |
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Bonus - 53 Remembering Clifford Irving
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Dec 20, 2017 |
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91: Laura García Lorca
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Dec 13, 2017 |
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90: Americans in Paris
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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89: Ralph Simon
|
Nov 30, 2017 |
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88: Leah Siegel
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Nov 21, 2017 |
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87: Theo Katzman
|
Nov 15, 2017 |
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86: Jack Stratton (Vulfpeck)
|
Nov 08, 2017 |
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85: Settling the Underscore Vol. 4
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Nov 01, 2017 |
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84: Settling the Underscore Vol. 3
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Oct 24, 2017 |
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83 Bonus - Alex Weinstein
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Oct 20, 2017 |
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83: Settling the Underscore Vol.2_ls_rev1b
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Oct 17, 2017 |
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82: Settling the Underscore - Vol. 1
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Oct 10, 2017 |
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81: Jonatha Brooke
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Oct 03, 2017 |
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80: Mob Town Tour Vol. 4 - Art is what happened
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Sep 26, 2017 |
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79: Mob Town Tour Vol. 3 - Is jazz still regional
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Sep 19, 2017 |
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78: Mob Town Tour Vol. 2
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Sep 12, 2017 |
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77: Mobtown tour vol. 1 - The search for meaning
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Sep 05, 2017 |
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76: Morgan James
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Jun 09, 2017 |
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75: Peter Straub
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May 23, 2017 |
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74: Ryan Keberle (trombonist)
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May 04, 2017 |
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73: David Garibaldi
|
Apr 21, 2017 |
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72: George Colligan
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Apr 09, 2017 |
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71: Ryan Gruss (drummer, entrepreneur)
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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70: Ryan Hewitt (engineer, mixer, producer)
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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69: Remembering Tommy LiPuma
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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68: What is music therapy?
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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67: Alexis Cuadrado (bassist, composer, educator)
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Feb 16, 2017 |
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66: Adam Schatz (musician, presenter)
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Feb 09, 2017 |
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65: Duchess Trio
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Feb 02, 2017 |
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64: Benji Rogers
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Jan 26, 2017 |
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63: Ben Wendel
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Jan 19, 2017 |
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62: Michael Dorf
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Jan 13, 2017 |
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Episode 61: Spike Wilner
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Jan 05, 2017 |
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60: The election (Ben and Leo Sidran)
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Nov 10, 2016 |
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59: Kurt Elling
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Nov 06, 2016 |
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58: Ari Herstand - musician, songwriter, actor, writer
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Oct 12, 2016 |
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57 - Michael Feldman
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Sep 23, 2016 |
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55: Pat mAcdonald
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Aug 26, 2016 |
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55: Al Schmitt (Full Episode)
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Aug 11, 2016 |
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54: Adam Levy
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Jul 14, 2016 |
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53: Clifford Irving
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Jun 03, 2016 |
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52: Larry Goldings
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May 19, 2016 |
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Bonus Mini: Should I Move To Nashville?
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May 12, 2016 |
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51: On Prince (Paul Peterson, Ricky Peterson, Monte Moir)
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May 05, 2016 |
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50th Episode Special: Leo Sidran (podcast host, musician)
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Apr 19, 2016 |
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Ep. 49: Marc Webb (Director)
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Apr 01, 2016 |
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48: Gabriela Quintero (Rodrigo y Gabriela)
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Mar 17, 2016 |
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Butch Vig: Record Producer on working w/ Nirvana, Garbage, and the art of communication
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Feb 25, 2016 |
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Ep. 46: How to Get Nominated for a Grammy
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Feb 11, 2016 |
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Ep. 45 Jorge Drexler - Uruguayan songwriter on process, identity and empathy
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Jan 28, 2016 |
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44: Dave King "Commitment is an incredible thing"
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Jan 14, 2016 |
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Paris
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Nov 19, 2015 |
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42: Becca Stevens "I'm an emotional perfectionist"
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Oct 22, 2015 |
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41: Creed Taylor, Record producer at the crossroad of history and good taste
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Oct 08, 2015 |
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40: Howard Levy, Harmonica Player on How Rhythm, Melody, & Light are all the same thing
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Sep 24, 2015 |
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39: Musicians behind Late Show with Stephen Colbert
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Sep 09, 2015 |
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38: Addicted To Living In the Present Moment - The Trade Winds project
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Aug 27, 2015 |
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37: Inspiration Comes from Life at the Newport Jazz Festival
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Aug 13, 2015 |
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36: George Wein at 90 - Looking forward to the future
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Jul 30, 2015 |
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35: Welcome to Copenhagen
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Jul 16, 2015 |
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34: He started the website that you can't stop reading. Meet Peter Koechley.
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Jul 02, 2015 |
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33: Tommy LiPuma with Al Schmitt, Steve Gadd, Larry Goldings, Jacob Collier and Dean Parks
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Jun 18, 2015 |
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32: Sachal "I have a power to make my words count"
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Jun 03, 2015 |
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31: Peter Coyote, "Every other role but your authentic self has already been taken"
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May 21, 2015 |
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30: Guitarist Charlie Hunter on D'Angelo, limitation, and finding your voice
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May 06, 2015 |
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29: Gabriel Stulman, NYC Restaurateur, on Building Successful Businesses and Allowing for Failure
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Apr 23, 2015 |
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Episode 14 Redux: Greg Holden
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Apr 16, 2015 |
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Episode 28: Madeleine Peyroux
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Apr 09, 2015 |
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Episode 27: Alan Hampton
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Mar 26, 2015 |
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Episode 26: Falu
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Mar 05, 2015 |
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Episode 25: Alex Cuba
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Feb 19, 2015 |
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Episode 24: Bill Stewart
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Feb 05, 2015 |
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Episode 23: Doug Wamble
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Jan 22, 2015 |
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Episode 22: Jascha Hoffman
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Jan 08, 2015 |
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Episode 21: Steve Khan
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Dec 29, 2014 |
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Episode 20: Jacob Collier
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Dec 05, 2014 |
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Episode 19: Gil Goldstein
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Nov 13, 2014 |
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Episode 18: Jon Batiste
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Oct 29, 2014 |
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Episode 17: Adam Dorn (Third Story vs. Compared to What Conversation)
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Oct 14, 2014 |
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Episode 16: Janis Siegel
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Oct 06, 2014 |
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Episode 15: John Ellis
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Sep 18, 2014 |
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Episode 14: Greg Holden
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Sep 04, 2014 |
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Episode 13: Michael Hearst
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Jul 17, 2014 |
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Episode 12: André De Shields
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Jul 03, 2014 |
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Episode 11: James Farber
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Jun 19, 2014 |
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10: Emma Straub, Author
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Jun 05, 2014 |
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9: Rob Mounsey, arrange and composer
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May 22, 2014 |
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8: Jesse Harris, singer, songwriter, guitar player
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May 07, 2014 |
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7: Tatum Greenblatt, jazz trumpet player
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Apr 24, 2014 |
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6: Jo Lawry, singer songwriter
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Apr 10, 2014 |
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5: Matt Pierson, record producer
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Mar 27, 2014 |
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4: Michael Thurber, bassist, CDZA founder, composer
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Mar 13, 2014 |
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3: Daniel Levitin, Author of "This Is Your Brain On Music"
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Feb 27, 2014 |
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2: Michael Leonhart, trumpeter, producer, composer, arranger
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Feb 13, 2014 |
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1: Late Show Bassist Will Lee
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Jan 28, 2014 |