Full episode 746: This Is Just Some Songs Prologue Prologue Transcript Sean Cole guest hosts. A mix tape’s not-so-hidden message gets lost to the machine. (10 minutes) BySean Cole More in MusicView all 850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away Dec. 20, 2024 Act Two: What’s With These Homies Dissing My Girl? For years, Mike Comite has replayed in his head the moment when he and his bandmate blew their shot of making it as musicians. 811: The One Place I Can’t Go Sept. 29, 2023 Act Two: Killing Me Softly Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi has a tale about something he avoids at all costs, even though it seems to follow him everywhere he goes. (8 minutes) 796: What Lies Beneath Apr. 14, 2023 Act One: Music of the Night after Night after Night The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades. More by Sean ColeView all 775: The Possum Experiment July 8, 2022 Act Three: Never Hear the End of It Producer Sean Cole tells one of his favorite stories — about the ending of the book A Clockwork Orange. 766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING! Apr. 1, 2022 Act Two: Zoo Unto Others Sean Cole speaks to Washington Post reporter Siobhan O’Grady about her visit to the zoo in Kyiv. 763: The Other Mr. President Feb. 25, 2022 Act Three: Maybe Pay a Little Attention to the Man behind the Curtain Disinformation and propaganda works differently in Putin’s Russia than it did during the Soviet Union.
850: If You Want to Destroy My Sweater, Hold This Thread as I Walk Away Dec. 20, 2024 Act Two: What’s With These Homies Dissing My Girl? For years, Mike Comite has replayed in his head the moment when he and his bandmate blew their shot of making it as musicians.
811: The One Place I Can’t Go Sept. 29, 2023 Act Two: Killing Me Softly Producer Emmanuel Dzotsi has a tale about something he avoids at all costs, even though it seems to follow him everywhere he goes. (8 minutes)
796: What Lies Beneath Apr. 14, 2023 Act One: Music of the Night after Night after Night The musicians in the orchestra for Phantom of the Opera tell reporter Jay Caspian Kang about what it’s like to play the exact same music every single night—for decades.
775: The Possum Experiment July 8, 2022 Act Three: Never Hear the End of It Producer Sean Cole tells one of his favorite stories — about the ending of the book A Clockwork Orange.
766: Well Someone Had to Do SOMETHING! Apr. 1, 2022 Act Two: Zoo Unto Others Sean Cole speaks to Washington Post reporter Siobhan O’Grady about her visit to the zoo in Kyiv.
763: The Other Mr. President Feb. 25, 2022 Act Three: Maybe Pay a Little Attention to the Man behind the Curtain Disinformation and propaganda works differently in Putin’s Russia than it did during the Soviet Union.
