Race to the Bottom: Recent Episodes
Jon Reid
With abundant help from his callers, sure-footed host Jon Reid guides listeners on a rapid descent from the heights of absurdity to the profound depths of shared human experience.
Lots of love for G-BO THE PRO & DJ REI DOUBLE R, Thoughts on baseball, protest. The anatomy of a sample. Talk with Tom DiMenna on Cat Stevens.
W : Omelet Bar :: MJ : LeBron, lot's of music- samples, originals and copies, an ambitious political check-up
Lots of Miles Davis talk, a rousing political checkup, a chat with Chris Motta about cooking in quarantine, and Dr Dad on the Morale Curve.
Tiger talk and music Tom DiMenna. Community radio in the time of covid with Vance from Riffin'. Another deep voice message from Dr Dad. Lots of good music.
Count em 3 mashups. Continuing thoughts on Covid. A poem and interview with Saleem Hue Penny. March Sadness finalists announced.
The second annual March Sadness begins. A goodbye to the 47 candidates who dropped out this week. Thoughts on Biden vs Bernie.
Kent explores the plethora of musical references in LCD Soundsytem's song "Losing My Edge" A call from Tibbs. And an interview with Graham Masser from Bad Rabbits
Bob Ball has disappeared. Oscar talk. Post New Harmpshire Talk. A call from UNC Basketball Coach Roy William, fan of the show!!
Dr Dad has some Omelet Bar analogies. Do they hold up? Folk singer, Ed Heeghan, wants Jon to play his song; Jon can't do it.
Second inaugural freestyle show. Kent's in trouble for buying Braveheart. Terzel quotes Aerosmith. Gabe nominates The Boss. Tom dishes on life at his music venue.
New decade who dis? Thoughts on Hamilton. Travel stories. Thoughts on cancel culture. Stop singing the customer copy! Jay-Z is back on Spotify. Another round of sound. What's the worst thing Omelet Bar has done? Globalization to nationalism. Iran.
I’ve done 31 sound mashups for my radio show this year. They’ve spanned high to low, movies to politics, TV to hip-hop, jazz to literature, pop to classical, Spanish to English, French to Portuguese, ironic to sincere, nostalgic to obscure. I boiled everything down to an hour of sonic expression, which will air at 10am EST, this Saturday, on my radio show, Race to the Bottom. I’ve loved taking notes of every obscure song, movie quote, or meme that popped up during each week, and then forming that errata into some sort of aesthetic whole. This photo collage represents a tiny fraction of who you will hear.
Dr. Dad narrates his path away from the church and expounds upon how there is is "of God in everyone." J Clarkson speaks on his journey towards the church and the pulpit. Kent has a haunuka screenplay that he needs to GoFund. Terzel chimes in with the story of his own faith journey. An honest and heartfelt show.
This show was on fire. It burned up. Apologies for last week, recommendation for December RttB programing. Can Tom iron out his laundromat problems? Papa John spirals out. Kamala drops out. And the billionaires against the renegades.
Two mash-ups for the price of one. Democratic debate reactions. A renewed feud with talk radio host, who is defended by a caller named George.
Vance questions George Saunders' religious sincerity. Danny Dakota has a problem with his brother-in-law. Tom DiMenna breaks down his EP, You Know Me My Devil Says, track by track. Part One of Jon's long awaited Facebook screed.
Seth Rogen in studio! Shoutout to protesters in Chile. An amazing song from Tom DiMenna. Two, count em TWO mashups. Lot's of recommendations. Dr Dad's origin story. Goodbye Beto. Thoughts on health care. Bernie's call to action.
Jon embark on the first 100% unplanned improv show. Dr Williams counsels, Rosco crashes the studio. Chris formats. A caller from SC gripes about statues. Kent Koren sidekicks. Megan drops in. And a Facebook bot thanks and warns.
Recommendations, Apologies. Mashups. Good music. Thoughts on impeachment and the Kurds. Joe Buck sucks. Debate clips.
Two mashups: one composed, the other freestyle. Kevin from the Mets' sales office gives Jon the hard sale on season tickets. Joanna and Megan, from Crime Talk BK, discuss the various criminal justice reform plans of 2020 Democratic hopefuls. A hell of a show.
An existential show. Dr. Dad on parallels between Nixon's impeachment and today's situation and acceptance of death. RIP Jessye Norman. A dramatic reading of "The Age of Humanism is Ending" by Achille Mbembe. Lots of music.
Count 'em TWO mashups to start the show. An interview with steel pan wunderkind and composer extraordinaire, Jonathan Scales. Thoughts on impeachment and refugee admissions. One heck of a show.
Um challenge. Hubba Bubba. Frontload. Redound. Never compare your insides to someone's outsides. Climate march. Corn Pop. Beto's potty mouth. Farewell BdB.
Reflections on the big 4-0. Dr Dad doesn't believe in race. Howie keeps hope alive. Who smells the worst on the debate stage?
I'm your life coach. Mashups galore. Guest sponsor: Pizza Dojo. A plethora of recommendations. 20% tips for bartenders? What In The Crap ambivalence. Go with the safe choice?
Do we need an inciting incident? Ump/catcher relationships. Do you like crab Rangoon? Can special guest, Kent Koren be a friend? Cancel Dave Chappelle? Debate preview. Goodbye to Gillibrand.
The pros and cons of dunking one's breakfast breads into one's hot breakfast beverage, Mets talk, a great call from Dr. Dad, manufacturing consent, RIP to the cool Koch brother, calling HR on Joe Biden, and Kristen/Kirsten troubles.
Maine, baseball, trapped in a deprivation tank, Nova Scotia, Fredo, Hickenlooper Heartlight, recession!
Sounds mash-ups, thoughts on Season One, a couple favorite calls, and lots of fun stuff.
Where in the dog days of summer! Remember when Maureen Dowd freaked out on weed? Mueller 2020! A preview of the second Democratic debates. Good job, Dougie!
Can you have a pupu platter of religion? Growth mindset and standing desks. Toys that were outlawed. Cancel Clinton. RIP Eric Swalwell. Good dang show.
Michael Barbaro, from The New York Times podcast The Daily, joins Jon in studio to chime in on the week's exciting two nights of Democratic debates. Plus poetry, recommendations, apologies, cool music, and hot takes.
A walk on deep dive. Calls from Brian Ripken from Buzzfeed News, friend of the show Tom Dimenna, and our Anti-War Correspondent Dr. Dad. This show was fire. It burned up.
New music from Floating Action and Shane Parish. Thoughts on George Conway and Elizabeth Warren. A surreal call from Dr Dad.
Jon loses some sponsors, but Tom Logan comes to the rescue. Pastor Carl has some praise and some admonishment. And as always, a thorough political checkup sponsored by Johnny's Automotive.
The Word of the Day is discursive. Lot's of good music, recommendations, apologies, and digressions. Jon unpacks De Niro's letter to Mueller in the Political Checkup, brought to you as always by Johnny's Automotive.
Jon learns how to use the word "ancillary", sings a song of gratitude, has a million recommendations, embarks on a never-ending monologue, takes a call from Howie to recount a crazy couple weeks of Mets' baseball, and conducts a rousing rapid Political Checkup sponsored by Johnny's Automotive.
Will Bill de Blasio call the show?!? BJ Leiderman, renown NPR composer, asks for some help eliminating his new competition; Jon pledges to "podcast these fools." Plus, Dr. Dad has an extended metaphor about Joe Biden's role in saving the country from a disease. Lot's of good music and quotes from The Tempest!
Jon's Lyft driver tracks him down to tie up some unfinished business. Then Dr Dad calls from his men's group and passes the phone to Luigi. During the Political Checkup, sponsored by Johnny's Automotive, Jon evaluates the current political narrative of electability.
A heck of a show Brownie. Jon fills us in on his trip to New Mexico and returns with the trickster spirit of Kokopelli. A guy calls the show thinking its Spotify Tech Support and talks to Jon about how hard it is to keep up with the kids and their new music. A rousing Political Checkup sponsored by Johnny's Automotive.
Spring break! 420! A robust show with lots of music, thoughts, jokes, and ideas. As always, Jon conducts The Political Checkup sponsored by Johnny's Automotive. And a call from ex-NYC cop Bob Kruller, host of the upcoming Kruller Report Podcast, investigating dinners and donuts shops in the New York metro area.
Jon's niece Natalie is the first female RttB caller and she knocks it out of the park! Howie calls about The Mets. Dr Dad helps Jon run down the week in politics, including the apprehension of Julian Assange, sponsored by Jonny's Automotive. This last sentence is confusing, Jonny's did not sponsor the apprehension of Assange. Plus a world premier of a new song from Floating Action off of their upcoming album Old World Camels.
Spring has sprung and April is the cruelest month. A call from a representative of the Farm to _____ Association. Plus Dr Dad helps Jon with the Political Checkup, sponsored by Johnny's Automotive.
March Sadness Continues with some help from AOC, lots of great music, thoughts on the Mueller report.
Jon explains the rules for the March Sadness Tournament, unveils a new segment "What In the Crap?!?", Vance calls about his pizza ambivalence, a new environmental pledge from Johnny's Automotive, a Political Checkup on the exhaustion of polarization,and lots of great music. Good show!
A call from literary expert, Tompkins Wilder, a meditation on the politics of losers, and a call from Howie about the upcoming season of the New York Mets, lots of music, and much more.
Phone lines are down. Jon plays a bunch of music and explores why a certain Steve Winwood song gives him a deep sense of dread.
Race to the Bottom is back after an almost six year hiatus. Calls from Dr Dad and Cheryl, a parent of one of the climate activist kids who tried to sway Senator Feinstein toward supporting the Green New Deal.