Episodes
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Grace Bowers on Slash, Gibson, and Booking Her Own Gigs at 17
From the archives Grace Bowers thought her "Sweet Child O' Mine" video was terrible. Gibson saw it and offered her an endorsement. In this 2023 conversation from the World Saving Podcast archives, Grace tells Andy how Slash made her pick up a guitar at nine, how discovering B.B. King sent her…
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Mihali: Life Beyond Twiddle | From the Archives
We're opening the World Saving Podcast archives for this conversation with Mihali. Andy talks with the Twiddle frontman about losing his father at eight, finding sobriety, and the deeply personal stories behind songs like "Lost in the Cold" and "When It Rains It Pours." They also get into…
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Nick & Andy
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! Andy's back and he's reading French love poems in Central Park now, we guess. Nick has some concerns. The boys reunite to talk about Andy's…
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BONUS EPISODE w/ Kanika Moore and Matt Jalbert (Tauk)
Andy's back from hiatus, Kanika Moore wants child support for their musical baby, and TAUK's Matt Jalbert is stepping out on his own. First, Nick catches up with Kanika about her new duet with Andy, "Perfectly Yours," finding new dimensions in her voice, and why TAUK's clean tour bus and...
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Arts Fishing Club on Walking to Nashville and Going Viral for Hot Dogs
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out Arts Fishing Club's Chris "Toph" Kessenich joins Nick Gerlach on Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast to talk about walking from Maine to...
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Erika Reacts | Phish Fan Gatekeeping, Pink Floyd, and Retro Video Games
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! Why does a woman dancing at a Phish show make so many people angry? Erika Reacts joins Nick Gerlach on Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast to...
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She's Singlehandedly Changing the Definition of KAREN | Respect Your Elders
Karen is 77, originally from Brooklyn, and has absolutely no interest in speaking to your manager. She'd rather have a Jameson on the rocks and tell you about Woodstock, outrunning the cops on a motorcycle, and why you should never marry a cowboy. On Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast, this...
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Old Crow Medicine Show's Ketch Secor Gets Honest About Country Music | Andy Frasco
Old Crow Medicine Show frontman Ketch Secor joins Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast for a candid conversation about country music, the American dream, and what musicians owe their audiences. This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired…
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Water Tower's Kenny Feinstein, Bluegrass Culture, Playing by the Freeway and Backing John C. Reilly
Water Tower's Kenny Feinstein convinced 311 frontman Nick Hexum to rehearse at an LA freeway off-ramp with one microphone, no monitors, and cars for an audience. Nick was nervous at first. By the end, he wanted to come back the next day.' This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO...
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Mike Gantzer on Joining Andy Frasco & the U.N., Family Life & All Those Rumors
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! Nick sits down with guitarist Mike Gantzer to talk about joining Andy Frasco & The U.N., the rumors connecting him to Umphrey's McGee, and…
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Lindsay Lou Gets Real About Addiction, ADHD and Life on the Road
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! Lindsay Lou joins Andy and Nick for a wide-open conversation about building a home with Kyle Tuttle, creating stability after years on the...
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Nick and Andy | Grief, Andy Finding Himself Again & Goose vs. the Police
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! Andy Frasco returns to the World Saving Podcast for an honest conversation with Nick about grief, burnout, and trying to find himself again...
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Molly Tutttle
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! Molly Tuttle joins Andy Frasco for a wide-ranging conversation about growing up in a bluegrass family, becoming one of the best guitar…
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Mark Wystrach on Midland's Wild Early Years, Near-Death Experiences and More
From the archives: Midland frontman Mark Wystrach joins Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast for a wide-ranging conversation about the reality behind life in a successful band. This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips…
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Evan Honer Chose Music Over the Olympics
Evan Honer discusses his beef with Luke Bryan, being a D1 collegiate diver, doing backflips, and more in this archived interview with the World Saving Podcast. Moving some old interviews to the new channel to keep our new subscribers updated on some of your best interviews. This episode is…
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Hanson: ARCHIVE EP:
From the archives: Hanson joins Andy Frasco for a hilarious and surprisingly thoughtful conversation about growing up famous, surviving the music industry, and staying a band, and brothers, for decades. This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and...
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Darby Hudson, Australia's Most Interesting Thinker.
What happens when you spend 30 years chasing a dream that nobody else believes in? This week on Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast, Andy and Nick sit down with Australian author, poet, and internet philosopher Darby Hudson for one of the most inspiring conversations we've had. Darby opens up…
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Molly Tuttle
The archive interview from the Molly Tuttle episode is up this week. Andy and Molly get into a wide range of topics about her career and life. A very interesting. Fresh new episodes return next week.
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Yelawolf Has Lived a Thousand Lives
Yelawolf opens up like never before. From becoming friends with Mac Miller and sharing the stage with Nas in the Swiss Alps, to surviving homelessness, fishing in the Bering Sea, and one of the wildest heartbreak stories we've ever heard, this conversation goes everywhere. Before we get to…
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Respect Your Elders: Beverly and Tim
In this unforgettable episode of Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast, Andy sits down with two residents of Kavod Senior Life whose life stories are filled with resilience, heartbreak, humor, and hope. Beverly shares an incredibly emotional journey through childhood abuse, addiction, domestic...
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Rodrigo y Gabriela on Busking, Damien Rice & Starting From Nothing
This episode is brought to you by JamCut.IO (https://jamcut.io/). If you're a musician and you're tired of making clips all the time, check these guys out! Before we get to Rodrigo y Gabriela, Andy and Nick go down a rabbit hole about Charlie Crockett, outlaw country, authenticity, and whether...
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Vic Lagina Spills the Tea on the Adult Entertainment Industry
Hide your kids and hide your wife for this very different episode of the World Saving Podcast (NSFW) In this one Andy & Nick Interview Vic Legina, a former producer and director in the adult entertainment industry. Vic detailed his 20-year tenure, 16 years with Brazzers, and transitioning the...
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Band Change, Starting Over, and some Sports with Andy Frasco and Nick
Andy Frasco and Nick Gerlach are back with another unfiltered conversation covering life on the road, band dynamics, burnout, and everything happening in the jam scene. Andy opens up about major changes within his band, learning to communicate with new members, and the challenges of balancing...
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David Shaw of the Revivalists on Why Success Doesn't Make Life Easier
David Shaw (The Revivalists) joins Andy for one of the most honest conversations we've had in a long time. Instead of promoting a record, these two dive into the stuff that actually sticks with you: anxiety, fatherhood, burnout, creativity, taking risks, finding happiness, and what it means to...
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Corook on Internet Hate, Identity & Starting Over
Corook joins Andy Frasco and Nick Gerlach for a candid conversation about viral fame, online hate, creative burnout, and the year that nearly made them quit music. After receiving death threats during a headline tour and questioning whether they even wanted to keep making songs, Corook found a…
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Metalheads, Bluegrass Fans & Vegas Chaos with Torrin Daniels
On this episode of Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast, Torin Daniels from Kitchen Dwellers joins Andy and the crew for a hilarious conversation about metal music, bluegrass culture, touring life, Ireland, Planet Fitness memberships, blown-out knees, and one of the strangest Vegas weekends...
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Most Bands Are Playing It Safe and Why Things Feel Soulless with Tom Hamilton
Tom Hamilton of Joe Russo's Almost Dead joins Andy Frasco for a wide-ranging conversation about creativity, work ethic, the jam band scene, rock music, songwriting, and what it really takes to build a career in music. From living in a Chevy Lumina and grinding through 200-show tours to selling…
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An 84-Year-Old Nurse and a 67-Year-Old Entrepreneur Share Their Biggest Life Lessons | Respect Your Elders #1
Andy Frasco and Nick Gerlach launch a new series, Respect Your Elders, with two unforgettable conversations from Kavod Senior Life in Denver. Vivian, an 84-year-old retired nurse and writer, reflects on surviving a life-threatening illness, reporting on Hurricane Katrina, and why compassion still...
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Jackson Wetherbee onJay-Z Telling Him to Drop Out of College and Selling out Red Rocks
Jackson Wetherbee of The Elovaters joins the pod for one of the realest conversations we've had about what it actually takes to "make it" in music. From getting discovered by Jay-Z at 19… to getting dropped by a major label… to grinding bar gigs for nearly a decade while raising a kid… to finally...
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Brothers Comatose - Injuries, throwing up in bars and surviving tour
The Brothers Comatose join Andy for one of the wildest hangs yet, from sleeping in the woods after a tree branch punctured an eyeball, to puking mid-set at punk bars in San Francisco, to surviving the Bandwagon death trap on tour. The crew talks bluegrass revival, viral success with "Harvest…
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Steve Earle on Addiction, Raising an Special Needs Son, and His Incredible Career
Legendary songwriter, performer, and actor Steve Earle joins Andy Frasco on the show this week for an interview that spans his entire career. This deep dive touches on him running away from home as a kid, doing drugs at a young age, being a recovering addict, and his role as a parent to a son…
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Green Room Stories That Shouldn't Be Told w/ Nick, Andy, and Neal
We're heading to Mexico, and things immediately spiral. From insane green room moments to wild tour stories we probably shouldn't be telling, this one goes everywhere. Breastfeeding in the club, nitrous tanks showing up unannounced, sketchy deals, and the reality of what life on the road actually...
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Fights, Relapse, and Tour Chaos: The Real Life of Langhorne Slim
Langhorne Slim gets real in this one. He talks about getting kicked off a tour with the Violent Femmes after a drunken backstage meltdown, fighting his own bandmate in a parking lot, and the chaos of those early touring days. From there it shifts into the bigger stuff, including addiction…
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420 Livestream Special feat. Cooney, Damn Skippy, Jarv, & more
Join Andy Frasco and Nick Gerlach for a chaotic 420 livestream special of the World Saving Podcast. "My Whole Life Smells Like Weed." The episode kicks off with a live performance of a brand new weed anthem from bandmate Andrew Cooney, then dives into stories about nitrous, first-time weed...
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Jorma Kaukonen (Jefferson Airplane/Hot Tuna) on How He Survived It All
85-year-old rock legend, Jorma Kaukonen of Jefferson Airplane, joins the show for a wide-ranging, honest conversation about music, life on the road, and what it really means to keep going. From the wild early days of Jefferson Airplane to the evolution of Hot Tuna, this episode dives into the...
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Eugene Hutz of Gogol Bordello
Eugene Hütz from Gogol Bordello joins Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast for a wide-ranging, no-filter conversation on music, identity, and the state of the world. Eugene breaks down the real history behind the word "gypsy," how misinformation spreads, and why critical thinking feels like it's...
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Gym Etiquette, Existential Dread & Why Most Bands Fail w/ Andy Frasco, Nick, and Neal.
Andy Frasco and the crew dive into one of those episodes that somehow starts with gym etiquette and ends with a full-on reality check about life, music, and why people need to stop waiting around. From awkward gym interactions to debates about philosophy, retirement, and whether anyone actually...
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CJ Perry Talks WWE, Relationships & Mental Health
Pro wrestler CJ Perry gets REAL—and nothing is off limits. From cocaine jokes to Adderall crashes, mental health struggles, and relationship breakdowns, this is the side of wrestling you never see. CJ opens up about life inside WWE, insane travel schedules, Vince McMahon stories, and the pressure...
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Everybody Loves Raymond Creator, Phil Rosenthal, on Happiness, Travel, and Fear
Andy sits down with Phil Rosenthal, the creator of Everybody Loves Raymond and host of Somebody Feed Phil, for a deep, funny, and surprisingly real conversation about life, travel, and finding joy. Topics include: Overcoming fear of the unknown Why travel is the ultimate life hack, loneliness,...
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Marc Brownstein of the Disco Biscuits Responds to Former Drummer
Mark Brownstein joins Andy for a candid conversation about the recent Disco Biscuits split with their drummer, Allen Aucoin, and the public fallout around it. Mark shares his perspective on how things unraveled, including communication issues inside the band, the challenges of long-term creative...
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Fyre Fest Founder, Billy McFarland
Billy McFarland, the disgraced founder of Fyre Fest, joins Andy Frasco and Nick to talk about life in prison, his biggest mistake, his relationship with Ja Rule, Blink 182 lying, and much more in his crazy life and career saga. This is a quick-hitting, back-and-forth interview with tons of great...
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Andy Checks in from Mexico
We've got a quick update for you guys this week. Andy is at his new hotel in Mexico (he's safe) and wanted to check in with everyone. We'll be back with a regular episode next week!
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Ep 356 Magoo
Andy Frasco and Nick welcome rising bluegrass troublemakers, Magoo, to the World Saving Podcast for an interview that starts unhinged and then gets genuinely heartfelt. The conversation opens with tour-life, stories about the "rock band" era (opening for Buckcherry, shiny pants, chaos, ego, and…
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Ep 355 Nancy Wilson
This week on the World Saving Podcast, Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer Nancy Wilson joins Andy Frasco and Nick for an interview that covers the entire span of her career. They talk about scoring movies like Elizabethown and Almost Famous, being a trailblazing woman guitarist in a male-dominated…
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Wolves of Glendale on Opening for Tenacious D, Comedy Music, and Going Viral
Andy Frasco sits down with Wolves of Glendale for a wildly honest, hilarious, and surprisingly deep conversation about comedy music, blowing up online, and saying "yes" when the universe nudges you. They break down how Wolves of Glendale went from Berklee kids and side projects to opening for...
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NIck & Andy: Bands That Should Quit, Bad Managers, and the Wedding Grift
Andy Frasco and Nick ditch the guest format and go fully unfiltered on this episode of Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast, tackling one of the most honest conversations in the jam-band world, including who needs to quit and why. The episode spirals into a ruthless (and mostly bleeped) breakdown…
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Amigo the Devil on Losing Everything, and the Song That Came After (EP:352)
Amigo the Devil joins Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast for an honest conversation about grief, coincidence, creativity, and what happens when life resets you overnight. This episode starts with Andy and Nick setting the scene, then Danny opens up about losing his home in a fire, what it meant…
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Ep 351: World Saving Awards Ceremony
Ep 351: World Saving Awards Ceremony
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Holiday Special w/ Todd Glass and Friends (EP 350)
This two-hour holiday special of Andy Frasco's World Saving Podcast is a chaotic, honest, and hilarious end-of-year hang featuring deep laughs, uncomfortable truths, tour stories, and zero polish, exactly how this podcast is meant to be experienced. The episode includes extended conversations…
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Patton Oswalt on the meaning of life today, mushroom stories at Bonnaroo, his best advice, and much more
Patton Oswalt joins Nick & Andy for a really great interview that ranges from silly to profound. The meaning of life today Did Trump perform fellacio on Bubba? Todd Glass stories Grief and getting back on stage Living in a hallucination Eating mushrooms at Bonnaroo Patton's best advice Biggest...
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