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Orphans of GodA Kiss of Life | A Michael Knott Series Vol. 2🎙️ A Kiss of Life | A Michael Knott Series | Vol. 2In this second installment of our special tribute series, A Kiss of Life, Spun Counterguy and Todd A . Zeller sit down with two special guests who knew and admired Michael Knott in very personal ways, longtime friend and songwriting partner Rick McDonough, and Jason Dean, former co-host of Reality Rock Radio Program and Rock of Love in Southern California.Rick shares heartfelt memories of his decades-long friendship and creative collaborations with Michael, reflecting on their work together over the past twenty years, the songwriting process, and the d...
2025-10-0847 min
Orphans of GodA Love Letter To A Band Called LoveSong | Part 2 | With Filmmakers Ron Strand & Jerry StanleyOrphans of God Hosts: Todd A. Zeller & Spun CounterguyIn Part 2 of our deep dive into the legacy of LoveSong, Todd and Spun along with Ron & Jerry, explore the period when the band began winding down their collaborative work and moving into solo careers or other callings. We reflect on how each member continued to influence the world musically, spiritually, and culturally beyond the band’s heyday. The episode also examines LoveSong’s enduring impact on Contemporary Christian Music (CCM), tracing threads from their pioneering sound to today's worship and Christian pop genres.There is conv...
2025-10-0241 min
Orphans of GodA Kiss of Life | A Michael Knott Series Vol.1Welcome to A Kiss of Life: A Michael Knott Series, Volume 1, hosted by Spun Counterguy and Todd Anthony Zeller. In this limited-run tribute series, we explore the life, faith, songs and artistry of the late Michael Gerard Knott. Our debut episode features an in-person conversation recorded about a year ago at a greasy spoon diner in downtown Salem, Oregon where Zeller sat down with podcast guest Robert Freeman during the raw early months of grief following Knott’s passing.Robert, an Oregon IT professional turned indie vinyl curator, spearheaded the rerelease of Knott’s iconic firs...
2025-08-2635 min
Orphans of GodUs Kids | An Alternative Music Rebellion | Documentary Update with Spun-Todd-JohnIn mid July Spun Counterguy sat down with Us Kids film producer, John Smeby & director - editor Todd A. Zeller for a brief yet informative progress update. John was visiting Todd in Oregon for this conversation. We chat about the process of post production, the origin of the Us Kids concept and more, and even Carman makes a cameo appearance.Listen to Orphans of God on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Rumble, Brophisticate, Podbean and more. Special thanks to Spun Counterguy for audio editing and to Dan Russell and Fingerprint Records for the use of the Mark...
2025-07-3051 min
In the Corner Back By the WoodpileSpun Counterguy talks horror, writing, parables and theology with Derek Luptak
Derek Luptak talks with author Spun Counterguy to talk about the inspirations behind the horror anthology Nest of 'Em. Including Skeleton Key, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Picture of Dorian Gray, Southern Gospel, Chinese folklore and more.
2024-10-3144 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #284: The Ten Tracks Mixtape Tasks II
Here's part two of filmmaker Todd Zeller's talk with Spun Counterguy regarding his 1980s fantasy homage, The Ten Tracks Mixtape Tasks!
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2023-02-2135 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile 283: The Ten Tracks Mixtape Tasks I
Your host Spun Counterguy wrote a book called The Ten Tracks Mixtape Tasks and filmmaker Todd Zeller talks to him about it, including questions from readers.
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2023-02-0147 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #274: The Life of Una Mae Carlisle
Spun Counterguy sets out to present the most thorough biography to date of jazz singer, songwriter and pianist Una Mae Carlisle, including her adventures in Europe just as the clouds of World War II were gathering, the world’s spotlight put on her thanks to Fats Waller, her recording careers with Leonard Feather and Joe Davis and her desperate attempt to record and perform as much as possible before her looming death.
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2022-08-2459 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By The Woodpile #273: In Search of Una Mae Carlisle
The singer and songwriter Una Mae Carlisle is a name tragically lost to modern memory. On this first of two episodes, Spun Counterguy talks about how he discovered the woman and her music and the places it’s taken him.
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2022-08-1340 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #235: Ride Around VII Boonville, Indiana
We're out riding around, picking up stories and getting the lay of the land, this time in Boonville, Indiana. And here to give us a tour of this place you never heard of is Spun Counterguy's own father. He'll tell us about the lengths folks will go to eat a Long John Silvers meal, a small town sport that happens to be a federal offense, a murder connected to a massage parlor and the crises of getting ripped off for 7 cents.
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2020-12-1038 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #227 In Conversation with Steve Scott II
Musician and poet Steve Scott is back, this time to talk about the cultural and spiritual developments that he got to witness in 1960's and 70's Britain.
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2020-08-0651 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #226: In Conversation with Steve Scott I
Musician and poet Steve Scott comes Back By The Woodpile to talk about not only the messages and history of the Gospel of John but the artistry found in the book as well.
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2020-07-241h 07In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #225: Jaime Prater's Seach for Home
Documentary director Jaime Prater talks about his film “No Place To Call Home” which explores the over 70 children and teenagers who claimed to have been abused at the Jesus People USA commune in Chicago, Illinois. Prater relays his own experience of abuse, the making of the film, the fallout of its release and the current condition of his own faith.
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2020-07-0352 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #224: Fluorescent Decade on a Hill XIX
We're back in the 1980s talking baseball, football, soccer, karate and one family's escape from communist Vietnam.
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2020-06-2645 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #223: Songs From a Roller Rink Dumpster XVI
We're back in our favorite decade to talk Prodigal, Bourgeois Tagg and Steve Scott, all with help from TrueTunes.com's John J Thompson!
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2020-06-2059 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #222: Communes and Cabarets with Jace Seavers
Artist and musician Jace Seavers tell his epic story of living nearly a decade in the Jesus People USA commune in Chicago. Consisting of good memories and nightmares both, the experience would affect his thinking and art for the rest of his life. Includes stories of Steve Scott, Daniel Amos, Cause and Effect, Crashdog, The Crossing and Rez Band.
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2020-06-111h 20In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #221: Faith, Governance and History with Brian Smith
Law and Liberty's Brian Smith joins us to talk about religion, government, history, objectivism and integralism, how they can get along and how they often don't.
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2020-06-0351 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #220: That to Which We are Tethered V
On this episode we hear from one man who watched his church attempt to reach a historically discriminated against group of folks, which apparently required a discrimination of a new kind.
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2020-05-2629 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #219: Tryna Herd Cats XXVIII
The nature of silence, not being fond of children, recognizing one's own deficiencies, the laying-low wisemen and much more are what we get up to talking about on this philosophical discussion Back By the Woodpile.
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2020-05-1847 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #218: Tryna Herd Cats XXVII
Knowing others through their written words, trapped inside of time within a small room, enemies using your past words against you and other troubles are what's at hand on this philosophical episode of In the Corner Back By the Woodpile!
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2020-05-0551 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #217: Fluorescent Decade on a Hill XVIII
The 1980's had their share of parties, fights and bullies, of which we're going to get a earful via another ensemble guest episode!
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2020-04-2045 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn The Corner Back By the Woodpile #216: Ride Around VI- Evansville, Indiana Again
We're back in Evansville, Indiana getting a tour of an long-gone electrical motor shop where the characters, life lessons and laughs were plentiful.
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2020-04-091h 02In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #215: Helping Without Hurting
There's so many charities and government programs that might give some aid but in the process foster dependency or encourage fraud. One organization has become successful of helping some of the most hopeless folks transform themselves and escape the cycles of drugs, poverty and low expectations. Peggy Gardner of Greater Faith Community Action Corporation shares both stories of failure and success but some of the formulas they've found that works. Mrs. Gardner also shares what happens when a black woman decides to have breakfast with klansmen.
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2020-03-3142 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #214: Homer's The Odyssey
Educator Derek Luptak lets us ride sidecar in alongside Ulysses and his crew as he gets in a tangle with cyclops, sirens, goddesses, bad weather, time, terrible decisions, just to name a few. In the process we learn about heroes, home, cancel culture, Oh Brother Where Art Thou?, Juana Rosa Pita and so much more.
(Penelope by Matt Andrews)
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2020-03-231h 00In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #213: The Jeju Island of Sea Women with Lisa See
Author Lisa See comes Back By the Woodpile to give us a history lesson on the Jeju Island, the Haenyeo women divers and how it ties to her book The Island Sea Women.
(Memorial to the victims of the 4.3 Incident)
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2020-03-1340 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #212: A Fluorescent Decade on a Hill XVII
We're going back to school, sharing mostly stories of teachers- the good, the bad and the foxy- we had back in the 1980's!
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2020-03-0533 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #211: The Blood Letters of Lin Zhao
Lin Zhao was an enthusiastic member of the Chinese Communist Party but in time her comrades would sentence her to death. Professor Xi Lian comes Back By the Woodpile to tell the story of this important figure for the hope of democracy in 21st China.
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2020-02-261h 07In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #210: Brenton Dickieson's Great Divergence within the Great Divorce
Brenton Dickieson of A Pilgrim in Narnia comes Back By The Woodpile to talk about C.S. Lewis, his work The Great Divorce and how it factors to Christianity's challenges of today.
2020-02-1659 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #209: Ricardo Pau-Llosa II
Professor Ricardo Pau-Llosa returns back to the Woodpile to share some of his poetry, his thoughts on some of his art collection and on the default politics of artists.
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2020-02-0750 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #208: Fluorescent Decade on a Hill XVI
Stories of working in the 80’s! On farms, in restaurants, grocery stores and in even at space camp.
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2020-01-3150 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #207: That to Which We are Tethered IV
(Meal with sinners by Sieger Köder)
Travis McCool of Table Gathering joins us using the previous In The Corner Back By the Woodpile episode to talk about where the ground lays between being engaged with the world without losing one's soul in the process.
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2020-01-1651 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #206: That To Which We Are Tethered III
Talking about two histories: the progressive Christians of the early 20th century compared with the progressive Christians of now. It's a bit of a grim get together featuring Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Charles Darwin, Walter Rauschenbusch, Henry Emerson Fosdick, Leopold and Loeb, Helen Keller, Richard Rohr, U2 and a whole lot more!
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2020-01-161h 10In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #205 Tryna Herd Cats XXVI
Deferred dreams, liars enslaved by their words and the tyrants in all of us is what we're talking about on this philosophical episode!
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2020-01-1254 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #204: Genealogy Research with Taneya Koonce
Taneya Koonce comes on the podcast to talk about her adventures in genealogy. We'll talk about shaking stories out of the family tree, the challenges of getting information of those with ancestors that had been enslaved, Alex Haley and much more.
(Jim and Carrie Turner family)
(Searching for gravestones)
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2019-12-3139 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #203: Randy Layton
Randy Layton of Alternative Records talks about his times with the 77's, Steve Scott, Keith Green, 2nd Chapter of Acts, 2lb Planet, Robert Vaughn and more!
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2019-12-1845 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #202: Attorney Marcell Felipe
Marcell Felipe the both founder of the Inspire America Foundation- an organization dedicated to promoting democracy in Cuba and the Americas- and the Chairman of the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora in Miami, Florida which showcases and documents the history, culture, and contributions of the Cuban exile community.
Join us as we get some insight into those organizations in addition to learning of individuals important to the cause of human rights and liberty, such as Monsignor Bryan O. Walsh, Jorge Mas Canosa, Dr. Óscar Elías Biscet and many others.
2019-12-0442 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #201: Moxie Heart II
Racism- where it is and where it isn’t is what Checo Perryman comes Back By the Woodpile to discuss on this week episode!
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2019-11-2450 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #200: Journey to the West II
Jim R. McClanahan of Journey To the West Research returns to the Woodpile to talk all about Sun Wukong! Including his many accessories, weapons, names, link to the Hindu god Hanuman, the classic novel Outlaws of the Marsh and his appearance in Gene Yang's American Born Chinese.
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2019-11-151h 04In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #199: Cuban Study Institute
Dr. Jaime Suchlicki of the Cuban Study Institute comes Back By the Woodpile to talk Jose Marti, Eduardo Chibás, Jewish-Cuban History, the current state of Cubans on the island and more.
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2019-11-0832 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #198: That to which we are Tethered II
More theological talk regarding mystery, certainty, progressive Christianity, culture, politics, Richard Rohr and God.
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2019-10-2941 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileStories from the Edge of Dark II : It Feels Us Watching
Another weird tale involving creatures eating out of rural burn barrels, a boy preacher and electronically measurable hate directed at Woodrow Wilson.
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2019-10-2149 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #197: Songs from a 1980s Roller Rink Dumpster XV
Degarmo, Key and The Altar Boys get championed on this 80’s (mostly) look-back episode. And John J Thompson of TrueTunes.com is the funky fresh feller to help us!
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2019-10-1150 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #196: Cigar Snob Nicolas Jimenez
Cigar Snob Magazine’s Nicolás A. Jiménez joins us to talk the history of cigars, Cuba, politics and a little about his own adventures both outside and within the publication.
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2019-10-0154 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #195: The Commonwealth Policy Center of Kentucky
The Commonwealth Policy Center an organization which organizes around particular legislative issues such as abortion, religious liberty and fiscal responsibility. Executive Director Richard Nelson comes Back By the Woodpile to talk not only about the Center’s philosophy and accomplishments but also of his own “adventures” so to speak in having a giant a target on his back by many in disagreement with his work.
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2019-09-2441 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #194: Haitian History Lesson
Haitian history is what we're learning all about on this episode and the Haitian Heritage Museum's Eveline Pierre is our professor! Join us as we talk the Arawak, slave revolt, Toussaint Louverture, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, Frederick Douglass, Haitian-Americans and much more!
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2019-09-1646 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #193: Bay of Pigs Veteran Bill Muir
Bay of Pigs Veteran Bill Muir reflects on his life in Cuba before Castro, his work in the underground while the Communists ruled the country, the invasion itself and the years since.
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2019-09-0355 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #192: Nicolas Guitierrez, Sugar and Cuba
Nicolas Guitierrez is a Cuban American lawyer who was directly involved in the drafting, passage and enforcement of the Cuban Liberty & Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 1996, aka the Helms-Burton law. As President of the National Association of Sugar Mill Owners of Cuba, Mr. Guitierrez comes on the podcast to educate us on not only the history of Cuban sugar, but the theft and mismanagement of the industry on the part of the Castro dictatorship, in addition to other related issues.
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2019-08-2646 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #191: Bill Lurwick's Days of Radio
Radio personality Bill Lurwick comes Back by the Woodpile to talk Joe Walsh, Rich Mullins, Tim McGraw, Danny Gokey, U2 and more!
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2019-08-1638 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #190: Old Timey Shanghai Pop III
The final installment of our exploration of the old Shanghai pop music from the 1930's and 40's. This time Laszlo Montgomery of the China History Podcast helps us know better the stories of Zhōu Xuán (周旋) Lǐ Xiānglán (李香兰/Yamaguchi Yoshiko/山口淑子) and Yáo Lì (姚莉) and how they intersected with Yao Min, Chén Gēxīn, Yán Huá, Frankie Laine, Robert Stack, Deforest Kelly, Wolfgang Fraenkel and the Palestinians.
2019-08-1233 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #189: Ricardo Pau-Llosa
Poet, writer, professor, art collector and critic Ricardo Pau-Llosa comes Back By the Woodpile to talk all these things and more!
(A young Ricardo with Rufino Tamayo)
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2019-08-0359 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #188: Old Timey Shanghai Pop II
We're back with China History Podcast's Laszlo Mongomery in early 20th Century Shanghai to talk about the singers Lí Lìlì (黎莉莉), Jiang Qing (when she was 藍萍), Bái Hóng (白虹), Bái Guāng (白光), Gōng Qiūxiá (龚秋霞) and Yīngyīn (莺音).
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2019-07-2927 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #187: Old Timey Shanghai Pop
Laszlo Montgomery of the China History Podcast comes Back By the Woodpile to talk the music scene of 1930's and 40's Shanghai. Li Jinhui, The Bright Moon Song and Dance Troupe, Teddy Weatherford, Buck Clayton, Li Minghui are just some of the major players we feature who made that city above the sea swinging sound!
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2019-07-1532 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpilePatches of a Second-Hand Planet III: The Cold Man, Old Head & Jota
A few more stories from the Second-Hand Planet, including "The Cold Man and Old Head" and "Jota's and our lack of introspection".
(artwork by Huxley King)
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2019-07-1226 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #186: Amplifying the Muted Voices of Cuba IV
A brief history of Cuba including Spanish rule, the revolutionary work of Jose Marti, the dictatorships of Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro and Che Guevara, Operation Peter Pan, author/historian Carlos Eire, Chinese-Cubans and Twitter censorship. Guest Alberto de la Cruz of Babalublog.com explains all!
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2019-07-0334 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #185: Ideology and History Within Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop music during certain time periods has conveyed various messages and beliefs. Professor Kalonji McClellan gives us a run through as to where some of these ideological sources emanate, such as Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Dubois, The Nation of Islam, Moorish Temple, Nuwabians, Gods and Earth and more.
In addition, musicologist Dirk Allman shares a personal story involving a red Moorish fez.
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2019-06-2746 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #184: That to which we are Tethered
An essay followed by a discussion regarding God, mystery, agnosticism, desert monks, heresy, race relations and a bunch of other stuff all set off by a quote by Friar Richard Rohr.
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2019-06-201h 18In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #183: Journey to the West
Journey to the West is an epic piece of Chinese literature of which researcher Jim McClanahan comes Back By The Woodpile to give us a thorough introduction!
Help Jim by participating in his Journey to the West Survey!
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2019-06-0759 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #182: Car Restoration, Quartet Singing and Hex Removal
Keith Harris comes Back By the Woodpile to talk car restoration, Southern Gospel, Satanists and school bus driving!
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2019-05-3143 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #181: Ride Around V - Evansville, Indiana
Evansville, Indiana is located on the bottom of Indiana and we're going to take a tour of the town via some of the personalities from back in the day!
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2019-05-2337 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #180: Tryna Herd Cats XXV
Transforming and transmitting pain, grateful for the moments, lamenting the finite, aping other’s spiritual actions, forgiving the undeserving and the towel people are all discussion in this episode’s philosophical exchange!
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(artwork by Lost7)
2019-05-171h 04In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #179: Recording Silence and other Sounds
Audio engineer Matt Hamilton comes Back by the Woodpile to talk about his work in the film industry, his adventures around the world, the philosophy of Viktor Frankl, experimental guitar work and getting schooled by Robert Fripp.
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2019-05-1054 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #178: Songs from a 1980s Roller Rink Dumpster XIV
Simple Minds, Flock 14 and The Choir are what's on tap on this episode of 1980's music we're dusting off! And to help us do it is TrueTunes.com's John J Thompson!
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2019-05-0248 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #177: Door of Hope IV
Reverend Marvin Hightower returns Back By the Woodpile to talk about his involvement with the Door of Hope crises pregnancy center, the time his mother tried to abort him, his views on the pro-choice/pro-life debate, American race relations and the joy and pain of fatherhood.
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2019-04-2628 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #176: Songs From a 1980s Roller Rink Dumpster XIII
Forgotten jams from the like best ever decade! This time around Cat Taylor helps us discuss the careers of The Professionals, Q-Feel, Divinyls, EG Daily, Guadalcanal Diary and Diesel.
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2019-04-1957 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpilePatches of a Second-Hand Plantet II: Going Down with Brick Bulb Town
Welcome to Brick Bulb Town where you'll meet folks like Swuandy Howtoefah, Farnky Smearcake, Clunk Shoetoucher the Jerk Kicker General, Ting Tap the tinker twister and the adorable Plubby. But against the nightmares of scraping sounds, all is not all is right in the town and Swuandy is determined get to the bottom of it!
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2019-04-1245 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #175: Door of Hope III
Martha Stevenson, a volunteer counselor at Door of Hope crisis pregnancy center, talks about helping those recovering from poor choices, sexual abuse, drug addiction, abortion and much more.
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2019-04-0750 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #174:Tryna Herd Cats XXIV
Philisophical haggling of ideas! On this episode we talk the safety of loneliness, the last thoughts before execution, courage to protect others at one’s own risk, the rotten meat of nightmares, the arogance of youth, the energy of youth and much more.
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2019-03-291h 03In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #173: April 19th, 1775 II
The exciting conclusion of the events that set off the American Revolutionary War, in addition to some insight into life around the Lexington Tourist Center and the uncanny of correlation between the infamous day and a recent immigrant to the United States.
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2019-03-2228 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #172: April 19th, 1775 I
The events of April 18th and 19th 1775 around the Boston, Massachusetts area set off events that would shake the world order and enshrine the concepts of liberty and democracy within the minds of nearly all peoples afterwards. June Baer of the Lexington Historical Society relays for us this epic story hurling seemingly ordinary soldiers, farmers, radicals and businessmen into extraordinary circumstances.
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2019-03-1543 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back By the Woodpile #171: From 天津市 to the Bluegrass State
A story of one woman's journey from Mao's Revolutionary China to rural Kentucky.
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2019-03-0539 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #170: Cri Cri El Grillito Cantor
Cri Cri El Grillito Cantor was a Mexican musician who sang to millions of children, telling stories of mice, ducks, ants and many other creatures who had problems not unlike humans. Guest Grace Guerra comes Back by the Woodpile to recall the Little Singing Cricket and how it colored her adolescence in Southern Mexico.
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2019-02-1827 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #169: Door of Hope II
Tanya Bowman of Plans 4U Youth Organization talks not only her time working for The Door of Hope crises pregnancy center but how they ended up helping her deal with a dark secret.
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2019-02-0833 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #168:Amplifying the Muted Voices of Cuba III
Artists in Cuba are unable to express themselves freely without fear of reprisals from the Communist government. To help us learn their names and stories Babalublog.com’s Alberto de la Cruz tells us about such individuals as El Sexto, Tania Bruguera, Lia Villares, Luis Manuel Otero, Yanelys Nuñez and others. In addition we talk the New York Times propagating Cuban propaganda, the Cuban influence in Maduro’s Venezuela and the Democratic Socialists of America.
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2019-02-0227 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpilePatches of a Second-Hand Planet I: Maki Miem vs the Kuuk of Kurnum
A story about a hunter charged with overthrowing a kingdom of wolves located within the caverns of a large mountain covered by bark.
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(artwork by artist unknown)
2019-01-301h 31In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #167: Frantic Derek Sorrells II
Derek Sorrells returns to conclude the story of his drumming career, including his stints with The Frantics and London Calling (with Jaime Rowe) and his meeting with a tall caped demon named Gene Simmons.
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2019-01-1749 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #166: Frantic Derek Sorrells
Drummer Derek Sorrells drops By the Woodpile to talk about his time keeping the time for artists Johnny Q Public, Miss Angie, The Frantics, Homesick and others.
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[Correction: We stated that Oran Thornton wrote "Jesus Freak" when in fact he played on "Jesus Freak". Lo siento.]
2019-01-1246 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #165:Door of Hope I
Door of Hope is a pregnancy center which welcomed us in to talk about their services to both women and men finding themselves in the midst of parenthood. Director Mack Wells gives us the history of the facility, some stories of success and failure and discusses the polarizing issue of our times: abortion.
2019-01-0437 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #164:Dirk Allman's Nostalgic Christmas
Vintage Christmas records and the history behind them are on the Corner Woodpile turntables today! Boogie Woogie Santa Claus, Buon Natale, I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day, Silent Night and a few others are explained by our old friend Dirk Allman!
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2018-12-2135 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #163: Ride Around IV- Jamaica Plain
Jamaica Plain is a unique little neighbor of Boston where some major American Revolutionary action went down, national politicians were (and still are) knighted at a local bar, reformers were made and a craft brew named after a Son of Liberty was born. And to help us learn all about the place is Jamaica Plain Historical Society president Gretchen Grozier!
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2018-12-1033 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #162: Aaron A Train Smith II
Aaron A Train Smith returns to talk of his education in drumming, his stints with The 77s, Romeo Void and Rich Mullins and of his faith and philosophy.
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2018-11-301h 17In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #161: Aaron A Train Smith I
Legendary Drummer Aaron A Train Smith stops by the Woodpile to talk about the early days of his career involving The Temptations, The Undisputed Truth, Norman Whitfield, Chuck Jackson, Miroslav Vitous, Wah Wah Watson, The Jackson Five and others!
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2018-11-2059 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #160: Tryna Herd Cats XXIII
Philosophical hashing outs Back by the Woodpile this episode, talking hating in others what we despise about ourselves, jump starting self awareness, clean moon observations, dancing with the divine via creative acts and noisy humanity. (artwork by Henkkab)
2018-11-161h 03In the Corner Back By the Woodpilein the Corner Back by the Woodpile #159: Moxy Heart
Domestic violence, domestic terrorism, coercion, intimidation, manipulation and everything in between is what we’re going to dive into Back by the Woodpile on this episode. We’ll do so with guest Checo Perryman, the director of Human Empowerment and Leadership Programs (HELP), an organization dedicated to the research, design and installation of safety management training programs for compassionate verbal and physical intervention techniques.
2018-11-091h 00In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #158: Black American History Lessons with Kalonji McClellan
Black American history is on tap Back by the Woodpile this episode! Helping us is Kalonji McClellan who talks Hubert Harrison, Booker T Washington W.E.B. Dubois, Birth of a Nation, pseudo history and much more.
2018-11-0254 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #157: The Life of Randy Scruggs
Randy Scruggs was a seminal musician, producer and songwriter touching so many many lives and careers in his sixty-something years on this planet. His daughter, Lindsey Scruggs comes back by the Woodpile to share some of her better memories of her father, whom passed away earlier this year.
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2018-10-2633 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #156: Bill Monroe's Museum
Bill Monroe's got a new museum honoring his life and music and so we bring the Woodpile over to Rosine, Kentucky to have a look-see!
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2018-10-2129 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileStories from the Edge of Dark I: Southern Gospel Quartet Witch Fighters
Something sinister is pulling 1950’s Mid-South farmers and teenage girls down towards carnel ruin and using gospel music to do it. Find out how by listening to an original tale by Spun Counterguy just in time for the creepy month of October.
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2018-10-151h 34In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #155: Hightower Conversations
Reverend Marvin Hightower comes Back by the Woodpile to discuss some of the issues covered in his book “Overcoming Identity Crisis” including finding our true purposes, putting other people's agendas ahead of our destinies, the wild goose chase pride gets us off on, getting out when the getting is good and how Mr. Hightower’s mother tried to kill him twice.
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2018-10-0451 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #154: Chocolate Bread Coffee Jesus
John J Thompson talks about what fed into the writing of his book "Jesus, Bread and Chocolate: Crafting a Homemade Faith in a Mass Market World"!
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2018-09-2145 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #153: Amplifying the Muted Voices of Cuba II
Alberto de la Cruz of Babalublog comes Back by the Woodpile to talk the plight of musicians inside and out of Cuba's repressive regime, including Celia Cruz, Arturo Sandoval, Buena Vista Social Club, Pitbull, Los Aldeanos, Amaury Gutierrez, Porno Para Ricardo and Paquito D'Rivera among others.
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2018-09-1425 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #152: The Songs of Bill Luther
Songwriter Bill Luther comes Back by the Woodpile to talk about the struggle and the songs that come of it, ultimately landing him hits by Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, Mark Wills and others.
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2018-09-061h 15In the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #151: Songs from a 1980s Roller Rink Dumpster XII
Randy Stonehill rocked and crooned throughout our favorite decade and radio promotions wizard Chris Hauser is Back by the Woodpile to tell us about his time working with the singer-songwriter!
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2018-08-3138 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn The Corner Back by the Woodpile #150: Tao of Tao XI - Livia Kohn and Taoist China
Taoist Scholar Livia Kohn returns Back by the Woodpile to talk about her new book Taoist China, which is a look at the current state of the practice and wisdom tradition as it lives under the eye and fist of the Communist Party.
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2018-08-2339 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #140: 1980's Roller Rink Dumpster X
Overlooked and forgotten tracks from our favorite decade! DJ Mindub joins Spun Counterguy to talk 80's tunes by The Twins, New Musik, The Essence, Quincy Jones, Chaz Jankel and Fiat Lux.
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2018-05-3144 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #136: Tao of Tao X - Weren't We Supposed've Turned Back There?
Final chapter of Spun Counterguy's Taoist adventures in China and America! This time around: sleeping on belts and dreaming of snakes, your value based on where you're standing, America's romance with dictatorship, one eyed massages and desire for the unattainable.
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2018-05-0143 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #124: Fluorescent Decade on a Hill XIV
Ronald Reagan's years as US president during the 1980s is commented on and discussed by armchair history watchers Mac Daddy McWilliams and Spun Counterguy. The Marine bombing in Beirut, Reagan's assassination attempt, jump-starting the economy, the air traffic controller strike and Iran-Contra are some of the main points the boys ramble on about.
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2017-12-1744 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn The Corner Back by the Woodpile #117: Tao of Tao VI Weren't We Supposed've Turned Back There?
Adventures in China all in pursuit of the Tao! Spun Counterguy tells stories and proverbs both ancient and modern all in his quest to know less than he already knows.
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2017-09-2245 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileIn the Corner Back by the Woodpile #106: Good Time Collegiates II!
Keeping it in the family, Spun Counterguy interviews his father about all his adventures and mishaps in the mid-1960s while being in the Southern Gospel group, The Collegiates. Junky tour buses, breaking into churches, waking the ferryman and recording in funeral homes and water wells- it's all there!
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2017-06-1659 minIn the Corner Back By the WoodpileLegend of the like Totally Epic Journey Quest I : Brouhaha in Boonville pt. 1!
A role-playing game set in the 1980's! Music lover/aspiring dancer Roxy Forest, football jock Corey McFly and computer geek Nick McNasty join gamemaster Spun Counterguy for a trek into the heart of the neon decade. Join them as they seek love, music and liberation from tyrannical older sisters!
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(courthouse photo courtesy of Ken Alvey/graphics by Mindub)
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2017-03-0141 min