In this episode, Rick connects with Jim Morrison, the Lead singer of The Doors. The poet, writer, and filmmaker is cited as "one of the most influential frontmen in rock history."
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Feb 2023
Deep Cuts: Classic Rock and Hair Metal with Professor and Guitarist Jesse Kavadlo
Jesse Kavadlo is the classic “renaissance man” – literature and humanities professor, author of acclaimed books and articles, President of the Don DeLillo Society, fantastic husband and father…AND self-taught guitarist and vocalist with Top Gunz, one of the most popular 1980s roc ... Show More
1h 7m
Oct 2024
Musician Laraaji on the origin of creativity
Sean revisits his interview with musician Laraaji, a pioneer of new age music who has recorded more than 50 albums since he was discovered busking in a park by Brian Eno. Laraaji and Sean discuss inspiration, flow states, and what moves us to create.
This is the second conversati ... Show More
47m 6s
Aug 2025
724 The Stranger by Albert Camus (#22 Greatest Book of All Time) | Christopher Isherwood (with Jake Poller) | Postcard from a Listener in Yunnan
Put on your black turtleneck! Jacke starts the episode with a look at #22 on the list of The Greatest Books of All Time, The Stranger by Albert Camus. Then he talks to Jake Poller about British and American novelist and playwright Christopher Isherwood, whose Goodbye to Berlin wa ... Show More
1h 1m
Nov 2023
The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame's latest inductees, and Bill Watterson's return
On the eve of Snow’s Informer and Bran Van 3000’s Drinking In L.A. being inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame, music critics Dalton Higgins and Stuart Berman look back on the impact these two acts and their music had on pop culture then and now. Plus, author and pu ... Show More
24m 19s
May 2024
David Duchovny: His Journey from PhD Student to The X-Files, Why He Writes Novels and Music, and Failure as a "Rich" Experience
David Duchovny sits down with Guy to talk about his wide-ranging creative life. He describes the “gut instinct” that led him to drop out of a Yale literature program and pursue acting; his iconic roles as Agent Mulder in The X-Files and Hank Moody in Californication; why he write ... Show More
1h 3m
Nov 2021
Led Zeppelin's "Thank You" is a love letter from a grateful Robert Plant
<p>“Thank You” by Led Zeppelin, released on their incredible second album, shows the softer side of Robert Plant. Written for his wife at the time, Maureen, it says the heartfelt things that we often find difficult to express, and it came at a pivotal time for the band. Listen to ... Show More
9m 41s