Radio + Podcasts

I love independent and community-supported radio. I have very happy memories of making a couple of amateur podcasts and hosting a student radio show in grad school.

What I've Been Listening To

Monthly curated playlists of favorite tracks

14 Songs [November - December 2024]

January 1, 2025

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Another 77 Songs [October 2024]

November 1, 2024

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47 Songs [June-September 2024]

October 1, 2024

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71 Songs [May 2024]

June 1, 2024

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30 Songs [January-April 2024]

May 1, 2024

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60 Songs [December 2023]

January 1, 2024

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Mixtapes

An assortment of mixtapes I've made as gifts for family and friends over the years. A lost art.

Adrianne Lenker & Buck Meek & Big Thief

July 8, 2017

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Laurel's B-Day Mixes [Disc #29]

January 5, 2016

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Laurel's B-Day Mixes [Disc #28]

December 29, 2015

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Laurel's B-Day Mixes [Disc #27]

December 22, 2015

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Laurel's B-Day Mixes [Disc #26]

December 15, 2015

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Laurel's B-Day Mixes [Disc #25]

December 8, 2015

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Steel's Magnolias

For several months in 2012, I hosted Steel's Magnolias, a weekly music show on WSUM (91.7FM in Madison), the University of Wisconsin-Madison's student radio station. On each episode I'd play an hour or two of music organized around a single shared theme. Sadly, I had to stop making the show when I started a full-time job at the university. You can listen to old episodes below:

Show 21: Holiday Music

December 13, 2012

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Show 20: Thanksgiving!

November 29, 2012

Show 19: Tumblrweeds at Year's End

November 15, 2012

Show 18: Still Tumbrling After All These Years

November 8, 2012

Show 17: Tumblring Through the Year

November 1, 2012

Show 16: The Colors of the Rainbow: Blue

October 25, 2012

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Off the Chain Podcast

In January 2015 I started making a Off the Chain with Dave & Steel, a DIY podcast with my old college roommate Dave Jenson. We ran it as a ramshackle variety show, with regular segments dedicated to things Dave loves (action movies, incredible feats of human endurance, children’s books), things I love (terrible haircuts, unusual names, documentary films) and things we both love (sports, music, & literature).

Episode 77: The Last One

Episode 77 • August 4, 2017

Episode 76: Physics Hair

Episode 76 • July 6, 2017

Episode 75: Ken, Yakov, and an Ornamental Hermit Walk Into a Bar ...

Episode 75 • June 23, 2017

Episode 74: Lawyer Up

Episode 74 • May 8, 2017

Episode 73: Mark Davis' "Rube Do"

Episode 73 • April 4, 2017

Episode 72: Market This!

Episode 72 • March 16, 2017

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Theme Songs Podcast

After 70+ episodes of Off the Chain, we retired the show and started making a new music-themed podcast called Theme Songs, which ran from August 2017-March 2018. We typically invited old friends on the show as guests, giving us an excuse to catch up with them as much as anything else.