Newly Discovered by the Kitchen Sisters: Recent Episodes
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Here are some podcasts that have captivated us lately. Girls, sounds, kitchens, archives. These are our beat.
We’re launching a new series, The Keepers, about activist archivists, rogue librarians, citizen preservationists, so this is way up our alley. If you’ve got “Archive Fever” this one’s for you.
Two different key moments in his life—just before leaving the Beatles in ’69 and just before his death in 1980. And music from his 1972 performance at Madison Square Garden with Stevie Wonder and Roberta Flack.
Here’s one of ours. From inside San Quentin, one of our own favorite episodes. “The guy asked me if I played stocks. I had never even heard the word before. He told me, he said, ‘This is where white people keep their money.’ And when he said that, I was like, ‘Whoaaa… I think I stumbled across something here.’”
Tape Op, the great recording magazine comes alive in a podcast. Just about everything Brian Eno has to say pricks up our ears.
Heritage Radio, the radio food network in a shipping container in the back of Roberta’s Table in Brooklyn, presents this podcast from Cherry Bombe magazine!
Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton. Here’s what they say about their show and here’s why we like it. “Everything from race, gender and pop culture to squirrels, mangoes, and bad jokes, all in one boozy show”
The New Inquiry creator, Ayesha Siddiqi’s podcast — American culture and values from an immigrant POV. This episode is with Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend.
Three American wars through the lens of coffee —Like the man said, “Nobody can soldier without coffee.”
This episode is just stunning. Moonlight is our favorite movies of the year. And this music just made it more so. Hrishi explodes the soundtrack. A little Radiotopia love.