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EPISODE · Dec 25, 2025 · 30 MIN

Jonathan Russell (The Head and the Heart): Seafood Boil

from Your Last Meal with Rachel Belle · host Rachel Belle

Jonathan Russell is one of the founding members (vocals, guitar) of The Head and the Heart, a band that organically formed at weekly open-mic nights at Seattle’s Conor Byrne Pub.  Russell didn’t grow up with happy memories around the dinner table. He tells host Rachel Belle about his natural inclination to eat alone, why a crab boil is the perfect meal for an introvert and how working in bars and restaurants changed the way he orders.  Rachel’s friend, Roz Ray, joins the show to share her best party strategies for shy and introverted people, and how to use food as a social glue! And Jonathan talks about why the six members of The Head and the Heart started seeing a therapist together. Thanks to the Seattle Symphony for setting up this interview!  Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media!  Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV showThe Nosh with Rachel Belle.   Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings.  Follow along on Instagram.   Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame. 

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Jonathan Russell is one of the founding members (vocals, guitar) of The Head and the Heart, a band that organically formed at weekly open-mic nights at Seattle’s Conor Byrne Pub.   Russell didn’t grow up with happy memories around the dinner table. He tells host Rachel Belle about his natural inclination to eat alone, why a crab boil is the perfect meal for an introvert and how working in bars and restaurants changed the way he orders.   Rachel’s friend, Roz Ray, joins the show to share her best party strategies for shy and introverted people, and how to use food as a social glue!  And Jonathan talks about why the six members of The Head and the Heart started seeing a therapist together.  Thanks to the Seattle Symphony for setting up this interview!  Become a Cascade PBS member and support public media!  Watch Rachel’s Cascade PBS TV showThe Nosh with Rachel Belle.   Sign up for Rachel’s (free!) biweekly Cascade PBS newsletter for more food musings.  Follow along on Instagram.   Order Rachel’s cookbook Open Sesame.

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Jonathan Russell is one of the founding members (vocals, guitar) of The Head and the Heart, a band that organically formed at weekly open-mic nights at Seattle’s Conor Byrne Pub.  Russell didn’t grow up with happy memories around the dinner table....

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