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Esculent A podcast on our podcast, or esculent’s esculenceEsculent is an idea - and one that can be applied, theorized, even rehearsed. This week we self-reflect on the aims of the podcast with host Dr. Elizabeth McQueen and editor Stacey Baran. Tasting: Strength tea from Harbor Herbalist Viewing: Esculent outtakes Host: Dr. Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann Esculent is brought to you by Professor Charlotte Bitekoff and the Darrel Corti Endowed Professorship in Food, Wine and Culture at University of California, Davis.

2025-11-1740 min

Esculent Multisensory worlds in the work of Candice Lin, with Professors Hsuan Hsu and Sal NicolazzoWhat happens when art invites us to taste through touch, smell, or atmosphere? Professors Hsuan Hsu and Sal Nicolazzo join the podcast to discuss the interdisciplinary work of artist Candice Lin, whose material and multisensory practice challenges colonial ideas of consumption, and esculence in the present. Together, they consider how smell, tactility, and duration expand the sensory boundaries of art and literature, through smelly close-reading. Tasting: An iteration of Alison Knowles “Make a Salad” (1962-) Viewing: Season 1, Drops of God (Apple TV, 2023) Host: Dr. Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Rona...

2025-11-1046 min

Esculent *Live* Black Food Futurisms with Nia LeeOur second live episode, culinary artist Nia Lee joins Esculent following the debut of her performance installation, THE ARCHIVE IS THE BIRTHSEED OF OUR DREAMS at the Manetti Shrem Museum. We discuss a tasting of a miracle berry, or Synsepalum dulcificum with audience reflections on sweetness as a means to understand Lee’s concept of Black Food Futurism. Host: Dr. Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann Esculent is brought to you by Professor Charlotte Bitekoff and the Darrel Corti Endowed Professorship in Food, Wine an...

2025-11-0339 min

Esculent Sounding Culinary Time with Heidi RossIf culinary art is already an “art,” then what does it mean to have an art practice that uses food? Culinary artist Heidi Ross joins us to begin our season on Artists to share more about her somatic practice, relationship to the culinary world, and sonic explorations. Tasting: An iteration of Alison Knowles “Make a Salad” (1962-) by Elizabeth McQueen Reading of: The Futurist Cookbook by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1932) Host: Dr. Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann Esculent is brought to you by...

2025-10-2734 min

Esculent Season 5: ArtistsSeason 5, Artists is finally here. We launch into conversations with artists whose medium is food, matter, and other things esculent. Host: Dr. Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann Esculent is brought to you by Professor Charlotte Bitekoff and the Darrel Corti Endowed Professorship in Food, Wine and Culture at University of California, Davis.

2025-10-2701 min

The Costumes of Hollywood S1E12 Elizabeth Taylor: Cleopatra 1963This week we are discussing the 1963 film Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor. Coleen asks more questions about fabrics that claim to be real gold, and Larry shares some really good trivia about Elizabeth Taylor and the movie, while Coleen delves into two of the three Oscar winning Costume Designers careers. She even dusted off her Italian skills to research an article. Thanks for listening, and if you do watch this four-hour movie, just know that there's an intermission, and that it was supposed to be eight hours!You can see more images of this costume at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠costumesofhollywood.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠For more info and updat...

2025-08-3144 min

Esculent Building an Archive: 3500 Episodes with Chef Martin YanThousands of television episodes leave a mark – not only on digital archives of our food media-saturated world – but on the host, the performer, as well. In the final episode of our second season with chefs, we speak with Chef Martin Yan, the host of Yan Can Cook. We discuss Chef Yan’s decades of work wth PBS, the importance of culinary education, not only entertainment, and the development of his archive with UC Davis Library. We are joined by Food & Wine Curator Audrey Russek, and just barely scratch the surface on all the mediums, stories, and impacts that Chef Martin...

2025-06-1137 min

Esculent A 15th-Century Chef and a Recipe for Menjar Blanc de Carabasses with Professor Daniela Gutiérrez FloresCan we tell the story of a chef from 1490? Join podcast regular Professor Daniela Gutiérrez Flores as we attempt to recreate a recipe from Mestre Robert, a 15th-century chef and the author of Libre del Coch, the first printed cookbook. Join our reenactment where we speculate salt use, concern over squash cooking, and a huge sensory disagreement over rose water. Tasting & Viewing: Menjar Blanc de Carabasses by Mestre Robert in Libre del Coch Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann This p...

2025-06-0430 min

Esculent The Poetry of the Thinnest Slice of Bread in Animation History with Baker Jim FranksWell-baked bread is an art in and of itself, but in this episode, we look at a few representational mediums of yeasty dough: poetry, photography, and animation, as forms that give new light to a thousand-year-old practice. Baker Jim Franks discusses his new book of poetry, Existential Bread (Drag City, 2025), and one of my favorite animations of food ever, evoking faint memories for both of us, just like a whiff of a good loaf. Jim Franks’ book is out now, with a cover designed by podcast favourite Jordan Rundle of Dazer! Tasting: Minh Phan’s Juju...

2025-05-2727 min

Esculent A Sensory Education through Nixtamalization with Chef Emmanuel GalvanI first smelled the freshly nixtamalized masa from Emmanuel Galvan of Bolita at the Gilman Wine Block, where the tender, vegetal umami scent carried above the crowds right into my nose. This episode, we focus on technological and labor challenges of nixtamalization in the present, specifically right in Berkeley – complicating the many ways nixtamalization makes corn esculent. Tasting: Tessier Wine’s Pinot Noir Viewing: “Memory,” the dish with tortillas from The Menu (2022) Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann This podcast...

2025-05-2028 min

Esculent Restaurant Doors and Roasting Ducks with Chef Brandon JewWe are back with a dive into the archive featuring Chef Brandon Jew of Mister Jiu’s restaurant in San Francisco - featuring historic menus and historic buildings, and how this influences canonical Chinese American recipes like Peking Duck. We kick off Season 4: Chefs Pt. 2 with our literary inquiries into the work of Chefs, and how words, archives, and texts make the esculent. Tasting: A whiff of UC Davis Special Collections Viewing: Yan Can Cook: Winter Melon, Steamed Sea Bass, and Black Bean Chicken, aired on PBS in the 1980s Stay up to da...

2025-05-1324 min

Esculent Season 4: Chefs, Part 2Season 4, Chefs is here: we revisit the dynamic role of the chef in popular culture through culinary literatures, from 15th-century cookbooks to PBS television series. Tasting: A Russell Stover head of an Easter Bunny (context provided, sort of). Stay up to date with Esculent on our Instagram Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann This podcast is supported by the UC Davis Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food at the Intersections.

2025-05-1202 min

Esculent The Idea of Solutions with Professor Julie GuthmanCan baking brownies save the planet? I’m a little embarrassed I even wrote this question out, but this rhetoric exemplifies the argument of our esteemed guest’s new book: The Problem with Solutions: Why Silicon Valley Can't Hack the Future of Food (UC Press, 2024). For our final episode of this season, we are joined by Julie Guthman, Distinguished Professor of Community Studies Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. We discuss my favorite food film, shifts in university pedagogy, and how to conceive of doing good while maintaining critical thinking. Tasting: Renewal Mill Brownie Mix

2025-04-0834 min

Esculent Imagining Authenticity with Professor Ignacio M. Sánchez PradoAuthenticity. An idea that has plagued many conversations on food. This week, we are joined by Professor Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, the Jarvis Thurston and Mona van Duyn Professor in Humanities at Washington University in St. Louis. We interrogate the role of authenticity in constructing Mexican national identity through another culinary idea: that of the taco. We discuss the taco’s malleable history across regions, including Taco Bell. Stay tuned for Professor Sánchez Prado’s upcoming book on the taco and modernity! Tasting: Taco de machado con huevo by special guest Professor Daniela Gutiérrez-Flores V...

2025-04-0133 min

Esculent The Idea of Real Food with Professor Charlotte BiltekoffHow are processed and natural contested categories - rather than objective definitions- of food? These questions are at the center of Professor Charlotte Biltekoff’s new book, Real Food, Real Facts: Processed Food and the Politics of Knowledge. Joined by a special guest, Dan Polsby of Best Friends Wine, to introduce our tasting and complicate “real” wine, we discuss food science, industry, and the Food Inc. documentaries. Tasting: Sfera Bianco, 250mL can Viewing: Trailers for Food Inc. (2006) and Food Inc. 2 (2024) Stay up to date with Esculent on our Instagram Host: Elizabeth McQueen

2025-03-2536 min

Esculent Thinking Indigeneity with Fabiola Santiago and Mi OaxacaWe start off our third season featuring a conversation with Fabiola Santiago of Mi Oaxaca, exploring how indigenous knowledge is linked with mezcal and the colonial exploitation that occurs within Oaxaca today. From Mexico’s tourism board to the role of service and hospitality workers in disseminating knowledge around mezcal, this season, we are all about the big ideas that shape the esculent. Viewing: Mexico Tourism Board’s 2014 campaign for Oaxaca, “Live it to Believe it” Tasting: Kalawashaq Wine Cellars from Camins 2 Dreams Stay up to date with Esculent on our Instagram Host...

2025-03-1926 min

Esculent Season 3: IdeasBack again. This season hosts four thinkers, shaping and questioning the ideas that make food esculent. Reading: Excerpt from Professor Kyla Wazana Tompkins' new book, Deviant Matter (NYU Press, 2024) Tasting: Kermit Lynch Wine Merchant: 2023 Coteaux du Loir Rouge “Cuvée du Rosier” Stay up to date with Esculent on our Instagram Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann This podcast is supported by the UC Davis Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food at the Intersections. Season 3 is supported by Professor...

2025-03-1203 min

Esculent Celebrity Chefs and Artful Eating with Professor Paul FreedmanThe celebrity chef is not a modern concept, as we discuss with Paul Freedman, Professor of History at Yale. Joined by podcast regular Professor Daniela Gutiérrez-Flores, we discuss early modern history, how food comes in and out of fashion, and what artistry might indicate in food history. And the conclusion of Season 2: Historians! Professor Freedman specializes in medieval social history, the history of Catalonia, comparative studies of the peasantry, trade in luxury products, and the history of cuisine. His latest books are The Splendor and Opulence of the Past: Studying the Middle Ages in Enlightenment Catalonia (Co...

2025-02-1832 min

Esculent A taste of history with Professor Jeffrey PilcherWhat does it take to understand food historically? This episode takes a philosophical turn as Jeffrey Pilcher, Professor of Food History, joins the podcast to discuss what it means to study, write, and taste food history. Jeffrey Pilcher is a Professor of History and Food Studies at the University of Toronto, Where he directs the Culinaria Research Centre. He is the author of several books, including Food in World History, 3d ed (2023) and Planet Taco: A Global History of Mexican Food (2012), and the newly released Hopped Up: How Travel, Trade, and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity (2024).

2025-02-1126 min

Esculent Corporate Power and a visit to Disneyland’s Mission Tortilla FactoryCorporate power is a relentless force in shaping how and what we eat. Join us this week with Professor Enrique C. Ochoa, author of the upcoming book México Between Feast and Famine: Food, Corporate Power, and Inequality, to discuss the role of corporations in constructing a thread of Mexico’s culinary history. Enrique C. Ochoa is Professor of History and Latin American Studies at California State University, Los Angeles Viewing: Disneyland’s Mission Tortilla Factory (2001-2011) Tasting: Arbol de Fuego by Vinos Pijoan Stay up to date with Esculent on our I...

2025-02-0425 min

Esculent Productive Plants, Pacific trades with Professor Andrés ReséndezMuch of food history is a history of trade: how crops, plants, and tastes move around the world. Professor Andrés Reséndez discusses a trade route often overlooked in the 16th and 17th centuries, that of the Manila Galleons, one that can be overshadowed by the intellectually exhausted narrative of the Columbian Exchange. We also eat corn puffs. And an extra special reading by poet Rick Barot from his book, The Galleons. Professor Andrés Reséndez is a professor of history at the University of California, Davis. Reséndez specializes in early European exploration and colon...

2025-01-2833 min

Esculent Is meat modern? Esculent animals with Professor Marcy Norton.Is meat modern? We explore this question and more with a historical dive into human relations with animals across the Atlantic from 1492 (yes, that 1492). Professor Marcy Norton (University of Pennsylvania) brings insights from her new book, The Tame and the Wild (Harvard University Press, 2024) We discuss colonialism, Western concepts of esculent, and pre-colonial Indigenous life with animals in the Americas. Tasting: Impossible Meat Viewing: Shina Nova’s TikTok page Professor Marcy Norton (Ph.D. Berkeley) is a historian of the early modern Atlantic World, with a focus on Latin America and Spain. Along wit...

2025-01-2125 min

Esculent Handing the world a kola nut with Dr. Shantel GeorgeWelcome to Season 2: Historians! Dr. Shantel George visits Esculent from the University of Glasgow to discuss the history of the Kola nut, West African spirituality in food history, and community in research. Tasting: Coca-cola Viewing: Series finale of Mad Men, Season 7, Episode 14 (AMC) Read more about Dr. George’s research and publications Stay up to date with Esculent on our Instagram Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann This podcast is supported by the UC Davis Mel...

2025-01-1429 min

Esculent Season 2: HistoriansWe are back! Season 2: Historians, is here. Join us for six episodes exploring food history: from research methods to turning points in the history of chefs to influential commodities and more. Read more about Dr. Amr Shahat's research. Stay up to date with Esculent on our Instagram Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann This podcast is supported by the UC Davis Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food at the Intersections.

2025-01-0701 min

Esculent Season 1: ChefsA belated season trailer - we're still getting the hang of it. Listen to find out why season one begins with chefs, and get a hint at what is coming up in 2025! Cooking with Beer on Emeril Live, Food Network (Season 1, Episode 13, 2002) Chef's Table, Netflix (Season 1, Episode 1, 2015) Stay up to date with Esculent on Instagram Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Support from Jenevieve Bohmann This podcast is supported by the UC Davis Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar, Thinking Food at the Intersections.

2024-12-2304 min

Esculent Towards Transparency with Chefs Norma Listman and Saqib Keval of Masala y MaizOur first live podcast welcomes Chefs Norma LIstman and Saqib Keval. Join us as we taste their historically complex dish of fermented peanuts, the first dish served at their restaurant, Masala y Maiz. Our conversation covers their commitments to radical transparency and rethinking the restaurant model, as well as the limits of representation in a capitalist system, including in their most recent appearance on Netflix's Chef's Table. This one is extra long, and extra good. Check out Masala y Maiz and stay up to date on their Instagram. Stay up to date with Esculent on I...

2024-12-1754 min

Esculent "Raise your hand if you know what esculent means" with Professor Daniela Gutiérrez-FloresWhat does esculent mean? Why is it the title of this podcast? And what is the seminar that is funding this project? Professor Daniela Gutiérrez-Flores joins Elizabeth McQueen to unpack the word, and why thinking about the esculent might be useful in approaches to food justice, especially in humanities research. This episode is also a preview for the in-person research colloquium, Reimagining the Past through Food Justice, at UC Davis, December 6-7, 2024. Tasting: Handheld Pies, Davis Rebop Episode: Oakland Community School Huey P. Newton Interview Cooking Against the Grain Library Exhibit (Online version)

2024-12-0333 min

Esculent Cantaloupe Seeds and Colonialism with Chef Minh PhanA pinch of this and a pinch of that captures my conversation with Chef and Artist Minh Phan. We discuss her methods of fermentation all the way to rethinking efficiency in her anti-colonialist mindset. Tasting: Los Angeles River Wine Company, Palomino, 2022 Spam Jingle thanks to Janine Sun Rogers Follow Minh Phan on Instagram LA Times Article: This Michelin-starred chef wants to feed people. So she closed her restaurants Stay up to date with Esculent on Instagram Host: Elizabeth McQueen Producer: Stace Baran Theme by Ronan Delisle Audio Sup...

2024-11-2637 min

Esculent Heat of the Hearth with Chef Martin DraluckOur inaugural episode features a tasting and conversation with Chef Martin Draluck of the Black Pot Supper Club, with a tasting of the inaugural whiskey from Uncle Nearest, the first black-owned whiskey distillery in the U.S.. It honors Nathan 'Nearest' Green, a formative distiller enslaved to Dan Call. Join us as our host Elizabeth McQueen talks with Chef Martin Draluck about the hearth in early American cooking techniques, performing for the camera in Netflix's High on the Hog, and what it means to reconstruct enslaved culinary histories. Tasting: Uncle Nearest 1856 High on the Hog...

2024-11-1923 min

Jobshare Revolution: Flexible Work for Work-Life Balance [ENCORE] Unlocking Job Share Academy’s Full Potential: Insights from Student Elizabeth McQueen"You can be ambitious AND you can spend a lot of time with your family AND you can be successful, you just have to figure out HOW you want to do it and WHO you want to do it with. Job Share Academy opened my eyes to the fact that it can look a lot of ways. If you're willing to put in the work, you can make something cool happen." - Elizabeth McQueenSTUDENT ELIZABETH MCQUEEN SHARES JOB SHARE ACADEMY’S FULL POTENTIAL WITH US.As the doors to Job Share Aca...

2024-09-2023 min

Jobshare Revolution: Flexible Work for Work-Life Balance A Look Inside Job Share Academy with Elizabeth McQueenGo behind the scenes of Job Share Academy with program alumna Elizabeth McQueen. "You can be ambitious AND you can spend a lot of time with your family AND you can be successful, you just have to figure out HOW you want to do it and WHO you want to do it with. Job Share Academy opened my eyes to the fact that it can look a lot of ways. If you're willing to put in the work, you can make something cool happen." - Elizabeth McQueen Work Muse online training & coaching program ...

2024-05-3023 min

Workplace Perspective Raising the Bar at Workplaces Everywhere!®Episode #128 – Making Time to Connect: Elizabeth Grace Saunders-LukasikIn today's episode, Teresa talks with Elizabeth Grace Saunders-Lukasik about "Making Time to Connect." Elizabeth is the founder and CEO of Real Life E, a time management coaching company that empowers individuals who feel guilty, overwhelmed, and frustrated to feel peaceful, confident, and accomplished. She was named one of the World’s Top 30 Time Management Professionals by Global Gurus. Teresa and Elizabeth talk about how to connect with fellow employees when you work in person, hybrid, or virtual without getting too personal. Elizabeth gives her tips for connecting with employees, but also how to stay productive. They also discuss how hybrid...

2023-11-1420 min

Beauty Call Podcast Dr. Elizabeth Barlow: Make mental health part of the conversation!About Dr. Elizabeth Barlow, LICSWDr. Barlow founded InKind Mind Inc with the vision that everyone should have access to quality, convenient mental health services. She has devoted her career to creating a world in which everyone experiences the highest quality of mental health services, regardless of their background or financial situation. Elizabeth is a military spouse and first generation college grad, As Mrs. Mississippi United States, she is committed to helping others find the courage to speak out about their mental health and break the stigma. To help and learn more about mental health...

2023-09-0131 min

Points South Points South Live: The Deer and Elizabeth McQueenIn this episode of Points South Live, pioneering, transcendental indie folk band The Deer performs songs from their new release The Beautiful Undead live at Long Play Lounge East in Austin, TX. Bandmates Grace Rowland, Michael McLeod, Jesse Dalton, Alan Eckert, and Noah Jeffries join KUTX host Elizabeth McQueen to chat about making music during the pandemic, reconnecting with live audiences, and processing grief through their songs.Points South Live is a series of live events featuring music and conversations with artists, finding resonances in creators' craft, experiences, and communities. This Points South Live event w...

2022-09-2936 min

The Pro-Ish Podcast Episode 14 Elizabeth Le, Pro-Ish Olympic WeightlifterOn this episode of The Pro-Ish Podcast I was joined by Elizabeth "Liz" Le. Join us in talking about mental health in sports and taking care of your self. It's interesting that we take a complete opposite direction to time management but the important thing is finding something that works for you. Liz and I really got to delve into the big differences in our sports and of course the commonalities. I'm glad I got to gain a better understanding of Olympic Weightlifting and I hope you guys learn something too! I hope you enjoy this episode a...

2021-07-2359 min

The RE/MAX Hustle Podcast Episode 68 - Elizabeth McQueen (Luxury Real Estate, Selling a $23M Estate)Elizabeth McQueen (RE/MAX Crest Realty, Vancouver, BC) specializes in luxury properties and has proven to be an excellent negotiator and advocate for her clients over the past three decades, consistently keeping her in the top 5% of REALTORS at the Vancouver Real Estate Board. Elizabeth’s tight global connections have allowed her to power through the often-complex transactions that result from seven or even eight figure real estate deals. Recently, she sold a $23 Million property in Vancouver known as Redwood Estate, and she did so in 16 days.

2020-12-0813 min

Austin Art Talk Elizabeth McQueen - The Importance of Music & Art, Aggressive Positivity, & Transformational Songs"What’s the thing that people turn to when you are in the middle of this confusing and terrifying time, and whats the thing that brings relief? It’s Art. It’s music, it’s seeing films, it’s watching TV shows, it’s looking at visual art. These are the things that can bring us out of all of these feelings that can be really overwhelming, and can bring us into the current moment. Which is really where a lot of peace lies. I think the arts are essential, especially during this time.” Elizabeth McQueen is a singer-so...

2020-05-1952 min

This Song This Song: Beth Ditto (Rerun)In this rerun from 2018, Beth Ditto, former lead singer of the band Gossip, talks about how Nina Simone’s “Mississippi Goddam” helped her grapple with complex feelings about her home state, Arkansas. She also talks about returning home after heartbreak and explores making her first record “Fake Sugar.” Every Thursday at 7pm CT, KUTX hosts a weekly Netflix Party featuring a different music documentary. Check it out here. Last week’s movie was What Happened, Miss Simone? and inspired the re-run of this episode discussing Simone’s music and its lasting resonance. Starting this week they’ll be watching the do...

2020-04-3021 min

This Song This Song: Liz Phair (Rerun)In this rerun from 2018, Liz Phair describes how the 1980s rock song “I Wanna Destroy You” by The Soft Boys put her in touch with her youthful desire to destroy something. We also hear Phair share what it was like to revisit her early 90’s songs on the recent Girly-Sound to Guyville tour. Plus, she shares a bit of parenting wisdom with host Elizabeth McQueen. Phair has a new record, Soberish, coming out this summer. Listen to this episode of This Song The post This Song: Liz Phair (Rerun) appeared first on KUT...

2020-04-1626 min

This Song This Song: John Prine (Rerun)Beloved American singer-songwriter John Prine is on many people’s minds right now. He is currently in stable condition on a ventilator due to symptoms from COVID-19. Our hearts go out to him and his family. This episode, recorded live in 2018 at Waterloo records, is a testament to Prine’s creativity, kindness and generosity of spirit. In it, he explains how Bob Dylan’s “The Lonsesome Death of Hattie Carroll” changed his life and goes in-depth on his own songwriting process for his album “The Tree of Forgiveness. Listen to this episode of This Song Watch to the f...

2020-04-0229 min

This Song This Song: Thao and The Get Down Stay DownOn March 10th, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down released a new single called, “Temple” along with an accompanying video. 6 days later residents in the San Francisco Bay Area, where lead singer, songwriter and guitar player Thao Nguyen lives, were ordered to shelter in place. In this episode, Thao talks to host Elizabeth McQueen about the inspiration behind the new song and what it was like to release music during a pandemic. She also shares how making her upcoming record, also called Temple, helped prepare her to address her sexuality publicly and to create a safe space in her...

2020-03-2637 min

This Song This Song: Kathy ValentineKathy Valentine, bass player in the seminal 80s all-girl rock group the Go-Go’s, recently wrote a memoir titled All I Ever Wanted. In the book, Valentine explores her unconventional childhood, her time with the Go-Go’s, and her journey to sobriety. In this episode of, Kathy explains what “Sunshine of Your Love” by Cream taught her about herself when she was 9 years old, describes how she found her creative process as an author and details how music and storytelling intersected in her new book. Kathy Valentine’s April Book Tour dates are currently being rescheduled, but you can buy...

2020-03-1928 min

This Song This Song: St. Vincent (Rerun)In this episode, St. Vincent explores how music from early Disney films helped her lay the foundation for beauty and wonder in her own life and work. “All that stuff, it’s your first introduction to magic…You know I think like, every kid wishes they could be in a cartoon. Like you wish so deeply that your reality could transmutate into that world, and music is the closest you get to come to it.” She also explains why she approached the songs on Masseduction with a Disney-esque lack of irony. “That was just sort...

2020-03-0200 min

This Song This Song: MetricEmily Haines and Jimmy Shaw from Metric talk about hearing “Teardrop” by Massive Attack early in their musical partnership and how it inspired them, terrified them and helped them find a collaborative way of making music that still works for them today. “I remember listening to that song…and just feeling like..it was sort of a mix between feeling like anything was now sonically possible, and that I would never achieve anything. Because I felt like it had gone to the heights and depths of what I hadn’t known existed, which is an enlightening and somehow taki...

2020-03-0215 min

This Song This Song: Jackie Venson (Rerun)In this rerun of an episode originally recorded last February, Jackie Venson explains how seeing “Don’t Cry For Me Argentina,” from the movie “Evita,” changed the way she listened to music and the way she saw herself. Then she describes her journey from classical pianist to blues guitarist. It’s a tale of soul expanding love, self crushing doubt, and musical perseverance. Listen to this episode of This Song Venson will be co-hosting the Austin Music Awards on March 11th at ACLive at Moody Theater. Get your tickets here. 📸 Tristan Ipock Listen to...

2020-03-0229 min

This Song This Song: Introducing The Song Confessional Podcast!This week we have a special treat for you! A full episode of the new Song Confessional Podcast! The Song Confessional project began when Austin artists Walker Lukens and Zac Cantanzaro outfitted a trailer like a Catholic confessional and asked people to come in, and tell anonymous “confessions.” Then they took their favorite stories and gave them to musicians, who wrote and recorded songs based on the tales. In the podcast you hear it all, the confessional, the song, and an interview with the songwriter. In this episode you’ll hear a tale of family, weed and secrets...

2019-12-1245 min

This Song This Song: Devendra BanhartDevendra Bahnart talks about how hearing “Just Another Diamond Day” by Vashti Bunyan while busking on the streets of Paris comforted him with a feeling of motherly love that he still turns to today. He also explains how themes of motherhood, love, fear and compassion show up on his latest record “Ma.” “It’s like once you’re heartbroken, it’s not like ‘That’s it, never gonna be heartbroken again.’ Once you’re not lonely it’s not like ‘That’s it, okay I did it.’ Once you go through a day without making mistakes it’s not like ‘That’s it, end of mist...

2019-11-2124 min

This Song This Song: King PrincessIn this episode, Mikaela Mullaney Straus aka King Princess describes how listening to “Cosmic Dancer” by T. Rex as a kid made her feel seen. And she explores how anthemic rock bands, along with artists like Prince and Tina Turner helped her understand her gender and showed her how music could transport the listener to another place and time. “It’s about throwing people into a world. It’s about putting people into something that’s like completely separate from reality.” 📸 Greg Noire Listen to This Episode of This Song Check out King...

2019-11-1419 min

This Song This Song: Matt and KimIndie electronic duo Matt and Kim talk about how “The Mullet Burden” by The Dillinger Escape Plan showed them how intense music could be. Matt: “I did not even realize that music could be as extreme as that was. Like if I thought that music could be turned up to 10 , it was like, oh wait, you could actually turn up to 12 — there’s like 2 more notches on this thing that I didn’t even know existed.” The couple also explores how they’ve tried to bring that same kind of intensity to their music, especially their live shows...

2019-11-0722 min

This Song This Song: La Marisoul from La Santa CeciliaLa Marisoul, lead singer and songwriter for the band La Santa Cecilia explains how Mercedes Sosa’s version of “Yo vengo a ofrecer mi corazón” by Fito Páez helped her understand what a powerful tool music could be for connection and healing. “I can feel myself connected to the earth when I hear her. I feel relieved. I feel like I’m being held by a motherly force…holding me in melody and words that I need.” This sentiment is reflected in La Santa Cecilia’s latest, self titled release. The record was written during a ye...

2019-10-3123 min

This Song This Song: ShuraShura is a British singer, songwriter and producer who’s latest record Forevher documents her experience of falling in love with the woman who is now her girlfriend. On this episode, she sat down with host Elizabeth McQueen on the Bonus Tracks stage at the Austin City Limits Festival to explain why “Only Shallow” by My Bloody Valentine terrified her and intrigued her. They also talk about how she went from a teenage musician who was, in the words of her father “allergic to the idea of a chorus” to a writer who excels in writing catchy pop choruses. Shura also...

2019-10-2425 min

This Song Introducing The Breaks!This Song host Elizabeth McQueen has been helping produce a new podcast called The Breaks. Every Saturday from 10pm-1am, Confucius and Fresh host a hip-hop show on KUTX called The Breaks. And now every Monday at 2pm the world can hear highlights from their wide ranging conversations about all things hip-hop, Austin’s hip-hop and R&B scenes and their lived experiences in the Live Music Capital of the World on The Breaks podcast. In this episode of The Breaks, Confucius and Fresh discuss Joe Budden’s beef with Charlamange tha God. From there they call out Au...

2019-10-2234 min

This Song This Song: FINNEASSinger, songwriter and producer Finneas O’Connell not only writes and produces music with his sister Billie Eilish, but also makes his own music under the name FINNEAS. He just released a solo EP called Blood Harmony. Listen as he explains why he loved “Holy S**t” by Father John Misty from the moment he heard it and how the song helped understand that when it comes to songwriting, nothing has to be off the table. “My general rule with songs — it’s the rule I follow with Billie, it’s the rule I follow with every other artist I...

2019-10-1718 min

This Song This Song: Carrie Brownstein from Sleater-KinneySleater-Kinney’s 9th album “The Center Won’t Hold” came out in August. The album, which was produced by St. Vincent, finds the band exploring lots of new sonic territory. Listen as Carrie Brownstein explains how “Stay” by Rihanna inspired her to write the last track on the new record,”Broken.” Plus, you can hear why she doesn’t think of this album as a sonic departure for the band, but instead sees it as a product of the band’s expanded musical vocabulary. Check out Sleater-Kinney’s Tour Dates Buy and/or Listen to “The Center Won...

2019-10-1013 min

Charleston Time Machine Episode 129: Grief, Crime, and Mercy in Colonial Charleston: The Story of Elizabeth McQueen, Part 3Sentenced to hang in 1747, Elizabeth McQueen cried out for mercy from the Charleston jail. Her personal grief and Indian customs had been misrepresented as willful murder. Reviewing the facts of her case, the governor and his advisors were drawn into the chasm between patriarchal law and the realities of a woman’s life on the colonial frontier.

2019-10-0439 min

Charleston Time Machine Episode 128: Grief, Crime, and Mercy in Colonial Charleston: The Story of Elizabeth McQueen, Part 2Accused of having murdered her newborn child, Elizabeth McQueen was arrested and transported to Charleston to stand trial in 1747. Contemporary documents allow us to reconstruct many of the experiences she endured, from incarceration within the prison under the care of a hot-tempered marshal, to the colony’s makeshift courtroom in a tavern where a brief trial condemned her to an ignominious death.

2019-09-2735 min

Charleston Time Machine Episode 127: Grief, Crime, and Mercy in Colonial Charleston: The Story of Elizabeth McQueen, Part 1When an unmarried young woman of Native American ancestry lost a newborn child in 1747, her white neighbors on the South Carolina frontier interpreted her grief as a mask for clandestine guilt and summoned the law. Today we’ll begin to reconstruct the story of Elizabeth McQueen’s journey from “innocence and sobriety” to arrest, humiliation, and incarceration in colonial Charleston.

2019-09-1925 min

This Song This Song: Meredith GoldsteinMeredith Goldstein is host of the Love Letters podcast, the love advice columnist and entertainment writer for the Boston Globe and one of host Elizabeth McQueen’s oldest and dearest friends. In this episode she explores all the reasons she loves the sexy, pleading desperation of “Father Figure” by George Michael. Listen to this episode of This Song Read the Love Letters Column Listen to the Love Letters podcast And now, for Meredith Goldstein’s “Pleading Playlist!” George Michael was particularly incredible at writing songs about pleading for physical...

2019-03-0218 min

This Song This Song: Dana Falconberry (rerun)February is “Love Austin Music Month” and to celebrate This Song is re-running this episode with singer and songwriter Dana Falconberry. In it she talks to host Elizabeth McQueen about the profound impact that being in the band “Peter and the Wolf” had on her when she first moved to Austin. It’s two Austin musicians, talking how Austin Music changed their lives. Enjoy! Listen to the episode of This Song Subscribe via the Podcasts App, iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as they...

2019-01-3016 min

I Love You So Much: The Austin360 Podcast Ep 64: KUTX podcast host Elizabeth McQueen on the power of songsAddie Broyles and Deborah Sengupta Stith check in with Elizabeth McQueen, the singer, musician and KUTX DJ who produces “This Song, that invites musicians to talk about a song that changed their life. Addie, Alyssa and Statesman newsroom favorite Gary Dinges wax poetic about the “Cooking by Ear” podcast, a video game called DONUT COUNTY and Austin’s newest radio station, Hot 95.9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2018-11-1434 min

This Song This Song Extra: Janelle MonáeJanelle Monáe talks to host Elizabeth McQueen after her performance at the Austin City Limits Music Festival about music, love and voting. Today, October 9th is the last day to register to vote in Texas in order to be eligible to vote on November 6th. Check out kutx.org/voteOur sister station KUT did an article on Everything You Need to Know to Register to Vote in Texas.📸 Gabriel C. Pérez/KUTX Subscribe via the Podcasts App, iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon a...

2018-10-0907 min

This Song This Song: Liz PhairLiz Phair describes how The Soft Boys “I Wanna Destroy You” put her in touch with her anger and talks about what it’s been like to revisit the music she wrote for the Girly-Sound tapes and Exile in Guyville. Plus she gives host Elizabeth McQueen insight into motherhood. Liz’s Phair’s Exile in Guyville turned 25 this year. To mark the anniversary the record has been re-released along with the early demos she made when she called herself Girly-Sound — the project is called Girly-Sound to Guyville 📸 Elizabeth Weinberg courtesy of the artist Listen to this e...

2018-10-0327 min

This Song This Song: John PrineSongwriting legend John Prine just released, “The Tree of Forgiveness,” his first record of original material in 13 years. He sat down with host Elizabeth McQueen at a live taping of This Song at Waterloo Records to talk about Bob Dylan’s “The Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll,” songwriting, empathy, and why he had to sequester himself in a hotel to write for the new record. 📸 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon Listen to this episode on stitcher Subscribe via the Podcasts App, iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as the...

2018-06-2029 min

This Song This Song’s 100th Episode! Elizabeth and Lisel McQueenIt’s This Song’s 100th Episode!!!! To celebrate we’ve made it a family affair. Host Elizabeth McQueen gets interviewed by her 8 year old daughter Lisel about how Rebecca Sugar’s “Here Comes a Thought” from Steven Universe expanded her idea of what songs can do. Then Lisel explains to Elizabeth how “Peace and Love on the Planet Earth,” also from Steven Universe, blows her mind and is helping her process big ideas like, Peace, War, Death and Birth and the fact that the earth may explode some day. And Antonette Masando, creator of the She’s the Boss podcast and ...

2017-09-1325 min

This Song This Song: Collie BuddzWhat’s really going on with reggae? In this episode, Collie Buddz gives host Elizabeth McQueen a crash course in Sound Clash, Dubplate, Conscious Reggae, and shares the impact Garnet Silk’s song “Lord Watch Over Our Shoulders” had on his music. Hear how the genre has transformed the songwriting, sampling, beat making and lifestyle of this week’s artist and see some of your favorite classic songs in a whole new light. Subscribe via the Podcasts App, iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as they come out. ...

2017-08-2320 min

This Song This Song: Nathaniel Rateliff“I just remember how graceful the words were, how easy the melody was, and how every line was perfect and thought out,” says Nathaniel Rateliff of Leonard Cohen. Hear how Cohen’s measured and thoughtful poetry, the stream of consciousness lyrical prowess of Bob Dylan, and the rollicking tunes found on The Basement Tapes caused Nathaniel Rateliff and his longtime friend Joseph Pope III to find the balance between sharing songs of meaning and significance and just having a good time with friends. Subscribe via the Podcasts App, iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This S...

2017-08-1617 min

This Song This Song: The MastersonsChris Masterson and Eleanor Whitmore spend most of their lives on the road, both as members of Steve Earle’s band, The Dukes, and as the husband and wife duo, The Mastersons. Their discussion with Elizabeth touches on Daniel Lanios’ late night landscapes; the harmonies of Emmylou Harris, The Louvin Brothers and The Jayhawks and how one Johnny Gimble fiddle solo changed their lives and shaped the sound of their latest record “Transient Lullaby.” Photo: Gabriel Cristóver Pérez/KUTX Subscribe via the Podcasts App, iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song d...

2017-07-1923 min

This Song This Song: Wild Belle“I felt like the room was on fire with this electrifying love.” These are the words Natalie Bergman, half of the group Wild Belle used to describe the Radiohead show she witnessed in Mexico City mere days before her This Song interview. Together with her brother Elliot, the siblings explain to Elizabeth how crucial the audience is to their music and how both witnessing and playing shows in Mexico heightened their awareness of this important notion. Subscribe via the Podcasts App, iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as the...

2017-05-3120 min

This Song This Song: Real EstateAlex Bleeker and Martin Courtney of Real Estate have picked the same song by the same artist. What are the odds? Their talk with Elizabeth is an in depth look the quiet beauty of “Look At What The Light Did Now” by Little Wings (aka Kyle Field) and how their love and respect for the song and the artist who wrote it have inspired them both. These two guys should definitely be in a band together. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as they come out....

2017-04-0516 min

This Song This Song: SpoonSpoon pretty much owned the SXSW Music Festival this year and during that week Britt Daniel and Alex Fischel stopped by and talked with Elizabeth McQueen about from where they drew their inspiration for their new release “Hot Thoughts.” During the conversation they touched on Bruce Springsteen’s elevating sax solos, the guitar energy of The Wipers, Dr. Dre’s synth sounds and how audio — and not necessarily lyrics — can transmit powerful emotions. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as they come out. Listen to Song...

2017-03-2920 min

This Song This Song: Hard ProofAustin’s Hardproof is extra special to us at Team This Song. Their song “Mahout” begins and ends every episode of our podcast so we consider them part of the family. They have just released their new record “Stinger” on Modern Outsider Records and when they came to KUTX to talk with Elizabeth about it, band members Joe Woullard, Stephen Bidwell and Jason Frey described the magic they found in the music Fela Kuti, Bad Brains and saxophonist Shabaka Hutchings. Listen to Hardproof’s Studio 1A session here. Listen to Hardproof’s My KUTX Subs...

2017-03-1420 min

This Song This Song: Andrew BirdAndrew Bird knew “For The Sake Of The Song” by Townes Van Zandt already, but when he re- listened to it recently he realized how much he related to the lyrics on a personal level. His conversation with Elizabeth touches on how much the song affected him, how it inspired him to write in a less encrypted manner and some of the downfalls of exposing his most intimate experiences in his work. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as they come out. Watch Andrew B...

2017-02-0117 min

This Song This Song: RauryOccasionally in the course of a lifetime we experience songs that open our lives, change our lives and sometimes even save our lives. Raury, a singer and songwriter whose work blurs the boundaries between Folk, soul, r & b, hip-hop and pop, describes to Elizabeth how, as a young teenager, his hearing “My World” by Kid Cudi did all that for him. The young artist then sends his own message of support and love to his hero, who has recently experienced some dark days. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to y...

2017-01-2516 min

This Song This Song: Tegan and SaraWe are going a little crazy this week — in a good way. Only one artist interview for the whole episode but it is a doozy. Best yet? Perhaps. Elizabeth sat down with Tegan and Sara and got a fantastic insight into twin sister dynamic, The Smashing Pumpkins‘ Siamese Dream, Phil Collins melodies, teenage bedrooms, finding self-identity, how to be the change and (for all of you songwriters) the secret to writing a hit pop song. These women have a particularly vibrant and articulate way of voicing their perspective and fighting the good fight. Listen in and catch their buz...

2016-12-0729 min

This Song This Song: Eric Earley & Brian Koch of Blitzen TrapperBlitzen Trapper’s Eric Early (pictured holding the chicken) was raised in a small, Oregon community watching no MTV and learning to play and listen to music from his father. His musical trajectory was permanently altered by R.E.M. and their breakout album “Out Of Time.” In this episode he tell Elizabeth about how Michael Stipe’s poetic lyrical approach spoke to his own circumstances and inspired his craft. Then bandmate/drummer/actor Brian Koch (pictured holding the dog) tells a tale of his family who did very little to encourage his music and how he was inspired by hidden ra...

2016-09-2832 min

This Song This Song: Thor // MisimplicityWe think that Thor Harris is an Austin treasure. As a musician, visual artist, wood craftsman, plummer and bon vivant, he often embodies what is great about our city. In this segment he takes Elizabeth on a brief tour of progressive rock and gives a shout out to Yes and other stalwarts of the genre. He also explains why he dislikes most classical music and what music inspired his new, hypnotic project, Thor And Friends. Then Grace London and Zoe Czarnecki from the Austin band Misimplicity describe how Elliot Smith and a bass concerto by Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf have hel...

2016-09-1437 min

This Song This Song: Dion // Amanda CevallosAmerican rock and roll icon Dion describes how he, one night, heard the soul and rhythm of Hank Williams drifting out of his family radio and was forever changed. Add to that a dose of Jimmy Reed live at the Apollo and you’ve got the birth of a rock pioneer. Later, Austinite Amanda Cevallos talks country with Elizabeth (who can talk some country) and they bond over their love of Waylon Jennings and Texas dancehalls. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered to you as soon as they come out. ...

2016-08-2400 min

This Song This Song: Sunflower BeanInspiration can come from anywhere. For Brooklyn-based Sunflower Bean the source of that inspiration spans four decades: Brian Wilson (“He’s as good as Mozart”), Devo (“The perfect band”), Beach Fossils (“The punk home-recording CD), and Tonstartssbanht (“It’s impossible to describe”) all help to form this band’s direction and sound. Hear the band tell Elizabeth tales of musical discovery, club scenes with a social conscience, what makes a perfect combination of art and commerce, and the attraction of listening to a musical genius’ decent into darkness. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of This Song delivered...

2016-07-2731 min

This Song This Song: BØRNS // Calliope MusicalsIt’s ELO Mania on This Song! First is BØRNS who first discovered ELO as a kid and returned to the group’s not-so-simple chord changes as an adult. He talks to Elizabeth about “Turn To Stone,” Jeff Lynn’s writing style, guilty pleasures and how he approaches the songwriting process. Next up is Carrie Fussell and Josh Bickley from Austin’s own Calliope Musicals. Carrie picks “Tightrope” as her song but quickly gushes about the entire ELO album “A New World Record” and how it guided her through her tough times and helped develop a new artistic direc...

2016-06-2200 min

This Song This Song: San Fermin // El TuleComposer, songwriter and San Fermin bandleader Ellis Ludwig-Leone first heard Paul Simon’s album Graceland when he was five years old. He was entranced by the lyrics and the sounds so much so that he is still affected and influenced by that record today. Listen as he describes why he loves the record and how it’s stuck with him throughout his musical journey. Then John and Tracy Dell from the Austin band El Tule give host Elizabeth McQueen a lesson in cumbia and explain how music by bands like La Sonora Dinamita, Celso Piña, and Fruko y sus Teso...

2016-06-1500 min

CRAFT-ish Podcast with Vickie Howell Episode 13: Singer/Musician, Elizabeth McQueenFor this week’s show I sat down with singer, musician and KUTX DJ, Elizabeth McQueen. Elizabeth talked to me about what it was like touring with an iconic Texas Swing band, about her experience singing a duet with Willie Nelson for a Grammy Nominated album, how motherhood might have changed her career focus, but not her creative prowess, and how projecting Prince videos on her dress during a live performance fulfilled a longtime dream. For Show Notes, go to: www.vickiehowell.com/craftish

2016-06-1500 min

This Song This Song: Eugene Mirman // Ringo DeathstarrEugene Mirman may not be a musician per se, but his new comedy record “I’m Sorry, (You’re Welcome)” is a 9 Volume, 7 LP set of comedy that includes music in the form of meditations and erotic soundscapes. Listen as he explains to Elizabeth McQueen why he chose to incorporate music into his latest release and stage show and talks about the music that inspires him…or doesn’t. Then Elliot Frazier and Daniel Corborn of Ringo Deathstarr talk about how hearing Nirvana and Rage Against the Machine when they were kids helped them see that they could make music...

2016-03-2228 min

This Song This Song: SXSW Extra! Butch VigProducer and Garbage drummer Butch Vig is in town for SXSW to promote the “The Smart Studios Story,” a documentary about the studio he ran with Steve Marker in Madison Wisconsin where Nirvana’s Nevermind, was recorded. Butch sat down with host Elizabeth McQueen to talk about how seeing the Who perform “My Generation” on the Smothers Brothers made him want to be become a drummer, and showed him the kind of energy he would later help others capture in the studio. Along the way talks about what it means to be a producer, how Garbage got started and the beauty of Smar...

2016-03-1818 min

This Song Sylvan Esso // SIP SIPIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn of Sylvan Esso to talk about the joys of Soul Coughing. Then, Taylor Wallace talks to Jack Anderson, Isaac Winburne and Andrew Fontenot of the band SIP SIP about their influences, which range from Kool and the Gang and Stevie Wonder, to Tool. Hear SIP SIP Live in Studio 1A here Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of “This Song” delivered to you as soon as they come out. The post Sylvan Esso // SIP SIP appeared fi...

2015-11-2434 min

This Song Oddisee // Mike Harmeier of Mike and the MoonpiesIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen talks to Oddisee about Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” a song that taught him that music can serve both the body and the mind. She also speaks to Mike Harmeier of Mike and the Moonpies about how hearing records by Ryan Adams and Wilco at the right time in his life helped him broaden his ideas of what he could do with his music. Check out Oddisee’s Studio 1A Performance Download a live version of Oddisee’s song “That’s Love” from our “Song of the Day” Feature. Ch...

2015-11-1725 min

This Song Thom Green of Alt-J // UmeIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with drummer/producer Thom Green from Alt-J to discuss his musical influences from Nirvana to Yamaneko. And the members of the band Ume each talk about a musical experience that helped them figure out what they wanted to accomplish with their music. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of “This Song” delivered to you as soon as they come out. The post Thom Green of Alt-J // Ume appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

2015-11-1025 min

This Song Tame Impala // Mark Creaney of Sounds del MarIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Kevin Parker of Tame Impala to talk about how a Led Zeppelin song helped him see that rock and dance music weren’t necessarily separate from one another. And Mark Creaney of Sounds del Mar explains how a live version of a song by the Band opened him up to the idea that he could put everything that he loved into his music. See Sounds del Mar perform “Vidal Sassoon” live backstage at ACLfest on VuHaus. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of “...

2015-10-2727 min

This Song Kelsey Wilson of Wild Child // Riders Against the StormIn this Episode of “This Song” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Kelsey Wilson from Wild Child to talk about how a Nina Simone song taught her about the power of emotion and freedom in music. Then she talks with Qi and Chaka from Riders Against the Storm about the thematic power of Ibeyi’s “River,” and about their process behind their own remix of the song. Hear Riders Against the Storms “River” Remix on Soundcloud Download Riders Against the Storm’s “River” Remix as part of the KUTX Song of the Day feature Hear the full versi...

2015-10-1235 min

This Song Glen Hansard // Gina Chavez (Episode 13, 2015)In this episode of “This Song” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Glen Hansard to talk about a song and an extraordinary experience around that song that made him know, for sure, that he would be a musician. She also talks to Gina Chavez about a genre she heard in Argentina that hit her in the center of her being and helped her find her artistic voice. Check out videos from Glen Hansard’s Studio 1A performance on Vu Haus. Check out a video about the making of “Didn’t He Ramble.” Check out Gina Chavez’s...

2015-09-2836 min

This Song Moving Panoramas — Leslie Sisson, Karen Skloss and Rozie CastoeIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with the members of Moving Panoramas. Leslie Sisson, Karen Skloss and Rozie Castoe all talk about songs that changed them and contributed to the sound of Moving Panoramas. You can here the Moving Panorama’s My KUTX DJ set here. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of “This Song” delivered to you as soon as they come out. The post Moving Panoramas — Leslie Sisson, Karen Skloss and Rozie Castoe appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

2015-09-1435 min

This Song Holly Miranda // Johnny Goudie // David RamirezIn this episode of “This Song,” Taylor Wallace sits down with Holly Miranda to talk about how a song she heard as a teenager opened her up to being open. Elizabeth McQueen sits down with musician and “how did I get here” host Johnny Goudie to hear about a song from his teens that made him long for longing. And KUTX Artist of the month for August, David Ramirez, tells Elizabeth about a song he fell in love with in 4th grade that still inspires him today. Listen to Holly Miranda’s studio 1A performance here Download her live version of “A...

2015-08-2838 min

This Song Max Frost // NakiaIn this episode of “This Song” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Max Frost and Nakia to talk about songs that helped them find their artistic voices. You can hear Max Frost’s studio 1A Performance from June 6, 2015 here You can see the video of Nakia singing with Sharon Jones here Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of “This Song” delivered to you as soon as they come out. The post Max Frost // Nakia appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

2015-08-1427 min

This Song Laura Marling // Todd WolfsonIn this Episode of “This Song,” host Elizabeth McQueen sits down with singer-songwriter Laura Marling and photographer Todd Wolfson to talk about songs that gave them a greater understanding of freedom and transcendence. You can hear Laura Marling’s Studio 1A performance here. You can download Laura Marling’s cover of Towne’s Van Zandt’s “For the Sake of the Song” as part of our “Song of the Day” feature here. You can check out the work of Todd V Wolfson here. You can find out when the next Todd Family Music Series at...

2015-07-3127 min

This Song CrooksIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with most of the members of the Austin outlaw country band Crooks. Guitar player Ryan Goebel, Trumpet and percussion player Doug Day, accordion player Anthony Ortiz Junior, drummer Joey Bybee and songwriter/guitar player Josh Mazor all talk about all the various influences they bring to their raucous mix of country, rock and conjunto. Crooks have a new record out called Wildfire, and might be coming to your town to play a show! You can check out their tour schedule here. Listen to the Crooks live Stu...

2015-07-1734 min

This Song Brennen Leigh // Noel McKay // Lisa PankratzIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with country music collaborators Brennen Leigh and Noel McKay to talk about musical experiences they had as kids that are still influencing their lives today. And she talks to drummer Lisa Pankratz about a classic song that inspires the way she approaches her music. You can check out Brennen Leigh’s Indiegogo campaign for the project where she sings the songs of Lefty Frizzel here. You can listen to the songs from Brennen Leigh and Noel McKay’s studio 1A Session here You can list...

2015-07-0300 min

This Song Toro y Moi // Gordon MoakesIn this episode of “This Song” Elizabeth sits down with Chaz Bundick, aka Toro y Moi aka Les Sins, and Gordon Moakes, who played bass with Bloc Party and now plays with Young Legionnaire. He also has a podcast called Exploded Drawing, where artists talk about one of their favorite 90’s records. Both musicians spoke about songs and records that showed them the possibilities of where they could take their music. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of “This Song” delivered to you as soon as they come out. The post Toro y Moi...

2015-06-0520 min

This Song Hal Ketchum // Pokey LafargeOn this episode of “This Song,” Elizabeth McQueen sits down with Hal Ketchum to hear how the music of Van Morrison has inspired him since his days as a teenage drummer playing rowdy clubs. And Pokey LaFarge talks about how Lefty Frizzel’s imperfect yet compelling singing influenced his own music. Subscribe via iTunes or Stitcher to get the new episodes of “This Song” delivered to you as soon as they come out. The post Hal Ketchum // Pokey Lafarge appeared first on KUT & KUTX Studios -- Podcasts.

2015-05-2015 min

This Song This Song: Magna CardaOn this episode of This Song, Elizabeth McQueen sits down with the members of Magna Carda — Megz Kelli, Dougie Do, Eric Nikolaides, Derek Van Wagner and Michael Gonzales — and hears about each of their important songs–everything from the Soulquarians to Sir Duke. Magna Carda has a new record out called Like it Is, which you can download for free from Bandcamp. This Song was recorded by Cliff Hargrove and edited and produced by Elizabeth McQueen with help from David Sanger. The theme song is “Mahout” by Hard Proof. Listen on iTunes The post...

2015-03-3016 min

Pratfalls of Parenting Elizabeth McQueen | Pratfalls of Parenting Ep 118“There is the parent that I want to be and there is the parent that I am.” Musician Elizabeth McQueen talks about taking new babies on the road as a touring musician and what it’s like to transition to staying in one place. She shares great stories about trying to entertain young children while traveling […]

2015-02-2400 min

The Best Ever You Show Elizabeth and Katie Live with actress Janice McQueen WardJoin Elizabeth and Katie for a special one hour show with Janice McQueen Ward.

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