Talkhouse Podcast

Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. Explore more illuminating shows on the Talkhouse Podcast Network.

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Jehnny Beth with Jenny Hval
Sexuality, violence, gender, anger, technology, love. Singer/actress/writer () and Norwegian experimental pop musician and author are both aesthetically very dark artists who brilliantly dissect these topics in their respective music and erotic...
81 min
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Scott Avett (The Avett Brothers) with Eef Barze...
Did you catch the first of our two podcasts this week? It featured Yrsa Daley-Ward reading her powerful new poem "Making The End," and Helado Negro in convo with Buscabulla. Check it out on talkhouse.com Today's show sees The Avett Brothers' Scott...
46 min
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Helado Negro with Buscabulla
Today's show opens with poet Yrsa Daley-Ward reading her new work "Making The End." Helado Negro and Buscabulla kicked off the Talkhouse Podcast Live on Insta series last month with this warm, thoughtful conversation. The old friends and regular...
51 min
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Joe Talbot (IDLES)
This week's show is a bit different from usual Talkhouse Podcast episodes. While it's nominally hosted by the legendary Alan McGee of Creation Records — the man who signed The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, and a lil ol' band called...
65 min
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Revisited: Fred Armisen and Mary Lynn Rajskub w...
We here at the Talkhouse Podcast have been nominated by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences for a Webby Award! Woo hoo! It’s in the category, and we got the nod for our musical episode with Snail Mail, Fred Armisen, and Mary Lynn...
46 min
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Jarvis Cocker with Stephin Merritt (the Magneti...
On this week's show, we pair two of the greatest living songwriters, artists who've reimagined what the form can look like, and what it can accomplish. The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt and ex-Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker each have great new music...
89 min
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Matt Berninger with Aimee Mann
This week on the show, we celebrate the wonderful Other Music documentary with two Grammy-winning artists: singer-songwriter Aimee Mann and the National's Matt Berninger. The two discuss the iconic record store and the creative importance of having...
48 min
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David Bazan (Pedro The Lion) with Joe Pera
Comedian Joe Pera (Joe Pera Talks With You) and singer-songwriter David Bazan (Pedro The Lion) have elevated self-aware open-heartedness and detailed observation of humanity into, well, art. When David discovered Joe's show, he fell for it hard, and...
56 min
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George Saunders with Dana Spiotta
Today’s episode is produced in collaboration with Murmrr Ballroom and Community Bookstore. We are so pleased to, for the first time on the Talkhouse Podcast, present two authors in conversation. And what authors! To celebrate George Saunders’ new...
64 min
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Revisited: Jeff Tweedy (Wilco) with Abbi Jacobson
This harrowing virus and quarantine have brought infinite terrible things with them. Still, I want to take a moment to celebrate a ray of sunshine — some truly incredible live-from-their-home sets from brilliant artists. “The Tweedy Show,” the...
53 min
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Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee) with Whitmer Th...
Singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield, aka Waxahatchee, and comedian Whitmer Thomas have each released perhaps the best work of their careers thus far in the past month or so: Waxahatchee with her new LP, Saint Cloud, Whitmer with his HBO comedy special...
65 min
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Black Thought (The Roots) with Wyatt Cenac
On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, we feature a very special conversation recorded live at On Air Fest in Brooklyn earlier this month between The Roots’ lead MC Black Thought (aka Tarik Trotter) and comedian Wyatt Cenac. The two friends...
47 min
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Revisited: Chuck D (Public Enemy) with Tom More...
With Public Enemy in the news recently, and Rage Against the Machine active this year, we were immediately reminded of this talk with Tom Morello and Public Enemy's Chuck D. A lot has changed since we recorded the new intro for this episode a week...
35 min
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A.C. Newman with Post Animal
A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers and Wesley Toledo, the drummer for psych/prog rockers Post Animal, are big fans of each other's music. When we paired 'em up for a Talkhouse convo, the guys were thrilled to dive deep on embracing irony and...
41 min
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Kelly Reichardt with Olivier Assayas
On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, two of the greatest living filmmakers, Kelly Reichardt and Olivier Assayas, sit down for an intimate conversation. Recorded last fall when Reichardt’s First Cow (in theaters March 6 through A24) and...
47 min
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Maria Bamford with Chris Gethard
On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, there’s a meeting of kindred spirits as Maria Bamford sits down with fellow stand-up Chris Gethard. Bamford and Gethard are both famous for having put their own mental health struggles at the center of...
47 min
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Robbie Robertson (The Band) with M.C. Taylor (H...
is a songwriter and guitarist who redefined American music with , redefined what a concert film could be with The Last Waltz, and redefined movie soundtracks via his scoring of critical films like Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, and, most recently,...
51 min
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Judd Apatow with David Duchovny
Today's episode is produced in collaboration with and .  Judd Apatow and David Duchovny absolutely adored their friend and collaborator Garry Shandling. Since Garry's death in 2016, Judd has been memorializing the game-changing comedian, first...
74 min
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Michael Shannon with Jason Narducy
Michael Shannon (Knives Out, The Shape Of Water) and Jason Narducy (Superchunk, Bob Mould) met while playing in a Lou Reed cover band put together by Robbie Fulks, and their friendship has only gotten more interesting from there.  On the...
56 min
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Revisited: Steve Albini with Jerry Casale (Devo)
This week on the show, we revisit a fan-favorite episode: legendary producer and musician Steve Albini, and the game-changing Devo's Jerry Casale. Enjoy! The Talkhouse Podcast recently headed out to the fantastic festival at Moreno Beach at Lake...
53 min
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Juliana Harkavy with Ryan Hurst
On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, we feature the second of our talks recorded live at last year’s LA Comic Con. Though the pairing of actors Juliana Harkavy (aka Black Canary on Arrow) and Ryan Hurst (best known as Opie on Sons of...
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Dev Hynes (Blood Orange) with Beverly Glenn-Cop...
Devonté Hynes, aka , had an incredible 2019. He dropped the mixtape Angel's Pulse; scored the critically acclaimed film Queen and Slim; released a classical album with Third Coast Percussion; directed a music video for Beck; and, as a fan,...
44 min
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Suzi Quatro with Donita Sparks (L7)
Suzi Quatro and L7's Donita Sparks are iconic rockers who have each paved the way for generations of women in music. And on today's show — for the first time ever — they meet! To celebrate the theatrical release of the documentary Suzi Q, which...
55 min
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Damien Jurado with Nick Thune
On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Podcast, singer-songwriter Damien Jurado and standup comedian and actor Nick Thune sit down together in advance of their upcoming joint “Sad Music, Sad Comedy” tour, which is hitting the East Coast this...
49 min
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The Best Moments of the Talkhouse Podcast (2019)
What a FOOKIN' TRULY RAD YEAR it's been here at the Talkhouse Podcast! Thx for being on this wild ride with us! As we hurtle towards 2020, I've been doing a bit of year-end tallying; can I share just a few stats with you? Please? Ok, thx. We released...
59 min