Podcasting

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).

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. You can find the 90 or so episodes of both podcasts archived at https://otc.steelwagstaff.info/.

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. I was sad that I had to stop making the show when I took a full-time job. I’ve archived old episodes and publish monthly Spotify playlists to the ‘What I’m Listening To‘ section of my blog.

Other Appearances

In 2019, I appeared as a guest on Terry Greene’s Gettin’ Air podcast and talked about my career in open education. You can listen to the full episode below:

In the summer of 2014, I appeared on my friend Ariel Wood’s radio program Beyond the Breakwater, where I read 3 of my poems and played some music: