Nov 2022

Common + John Legend

What happens when we take the writer away and ask two old friends and Oscar-winning collaborators to dive into what drives their music and their words? Today, we hear Common and John Legend discuss the emotional nature of collaboration and how their shared activism has connected ... Show More

32m 11s

Nov 2022

RM (of BTS) + Pharrell Williams

What happens when we take the writer away and ask two pop phenoms, from two completely different places and generations, to interview each other? On today's episode, Pharrell sits down with RM of BTS to talk about the price of fame, the keys to creativity, and why it's important ... Show More

34m 6s

Oct 2022

Finneas + Rick Rubin

What happens when we take away the writer and ask two groundbreaking producers, from two different generations, to interview each other? On this episode of Musicians on Musicians, Rick Rubin and FINNEAS talk about how they work in the studio, their listening habits, and the frust ... Show More

48m 33s

Sep 2024

Episode 1577 - Kathleen Hanna

Kathleen Hanna’s life and career exist at the nexus of punk rock, outsider art, photography and feminism. Now that she’s been able to put it all into her memoir, Rebel Girl, Kathleen talks with Marc about her upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, the music scene in Olympia, Washin ... Show More

1h 39m

Aug 2024

Kathleen Hanna’s Music is Her Message

Being “indie famous” is complicated, and Kathleen Hanna isn’t here to water it down. Her career making feminist punk music — most notably in the band Bikini Kill — meant she was attacked for her activism by some and objectified as a symbol by others. But Kathleen and her bandmate ... Show More

48m 44s

Feb 2021

Pearl: Janis Joplin, The Feminist Icon

The movement was called “Women’s Liberation”, and it pushed the needle of social change more rapidly than mainstream America was ready for in the late '60s and early '70s. The shift was palpable: The need for empowering feminist heroines prompted many Americans to look ... Show More

27m 10s

Jan 2021

Pearl: Janis Joplin Never Stopped Singing

In the Season 12 premiere, we hop a train heading back to the Summer of 1970, when Joplin and the Full Tilt Boogie Band led the historic Festival Express across Canada. It's a strange and wonderful journey that ends with Joplin's magnum opus. Join host Jill Hopk ... Show More

26m 49s

Jul 2025

How Punk Broke the Binary

When singer Debbie Harry helped form Blondie in 1974 she developed a unique stage persona to front the band. Though she may have appeared to fans as a hyper-femme caricature, Harry recalls her role as androgynous or "transexual" in her 2019 memoir Face It. In the third episode of ... Show More

1h 8m

Jun 2024

The Devil's Music 62: Cynthia B-Girl

Cynthia Ross is a musician, writer, poet and spoken word performer. Better known as her stage name Cynthia B-Girl, she’s a punk rock pioneer and one of the earliest of proponents of the underground scene in Toronto, Canada. In 1977, Cynthia and B-Girls singer Lucasta met at post- ... Show More

1h 8m

Jul 2024

Florence Welch Talks About Life on the Road

Across five studio albums, Florence and the Machine has explored genres from pop to punk and soul. Florence Welch, the group’s singer and main songwriter, is by turns introspective and theatrical, poetic and confessional. She sat down with <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/co ... Show More

20m 15s

Oct 2

INDIGO GIRLS AND MELISSA ETHERIDGE!!

Music icons, queer trailblazers, and our heroes—Indigo Girls and Melissa Etheridge—share the wisdom, humor, and heart that have carried them through decades of music and community. We talk about faith, the power of music to heal and connect, their advice for queer kids, and the l ... Show More

1h 23m

Kathleen Hanna + Syd