All episodes of Walter Martin Radio Hour are available at waltermartin.substack.com.
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In When I Was Seventeen, we talk about the music and art that moved us at that pivotal age—and how it pushed us toward our wildest dreams of becoming musicians.
My guest this week is Matt Berninger, solo artist and lead singer/lyricist of The National.
We spend about ten minutes on the age of seventeen, then dive into an hour of wide-ranging conversation: first shows, bands forming, the early 2000s in NYC, breaking into the music scene, songwriting, lyric writing, and how to keep a band together for decades.
Along the way we get into Ministry, The Thompson Twins, Brainiac, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Morrissey and plenty more.
This a selected public episode of Walter Martin Radio Hour — a weekly deep-dive radio show about music, records, and the strange emotional life we build around listening. The show is hosted by Walter Martin, a lifelong musician and songwriter (The Walkmen, solo work, film & TV).
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These are standalone, episodes chosen from the larger archive. The full show — including weekly music episodes, handmade playlists, interviews, Classical Club, and the complete back catalog — lives at waltermartin.substack.com
This is the front door. The whole house is over there.
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