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Bit Depth
by Santiago Ramones
Deep conversations with interesting people. Santiago Ramones gets to know people on a deeper level: Why they do what they do and why they believe what they believe. Bit Depth lies at the intersection of creativity and philosophy, striving to establish a culture of nuance, empathy, and growth. A musician himself, he speaks with other musicians, creatives, outliers, and any sort of interesting person interested in deep conversation.
Episodes
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365 - Hunter Heretik; queer transgressive Oklahoma alt-pop artist
Hunter Heretik, the artist formerly known as Hunter Blake, makes transgressive alt-pop. His music encompasses a lot of genres and feelings, but it all comes from his perspectives growing up in Oklahoma as a queer Puerto Rican. We talked about the rebrand from Hunter Blake to Hunter Heretik, what...
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364 - Media Literacy with Dalton Stuart, Director of Operations at Oklahoma Film Exchange
My conversation with Dalton Stuart (he/him) continues and we talk about some of my favorite media, how the film industry is changing, and how some people simply don't understand what media is actually saying. I wanted to cite the source for the claims I made about the production of the…
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363 - Dalton Stuart, Director of Operations at Oklahoma Film Exchange
Dalton Stuart (he/him) is the Director of Operations at the Oklahoma Film Exchange, a local microcinema dedicated to preserving and celebrating film and building community and culture on Film Row in Oklahoma City. Dalton is also a member of the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle and is one of the...
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362 - Alana Anderson, Co-owner of Mycelium Gallery; Part 2
Alana Anderson is a multidisciplinary artist and business owner. She co-owns Mycelium Gallery, a woman-owned and family-owned art space. On this one, we take our time with the deep Bit Depth questions, and then dive back into art and what it's like owning a community-oriented gallery and…
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361 - Alana Anderson, Co-owner of Mycelium Gallery; Part 1
Alana Anderson is a multidisciplinary artist and business owner. She co-owns Mycelium Gallery, a woman-owned and family-owned art space. You've heard from Barclay, now you get to hear from Alana. Her story is a bit different. In fact, these episodes are a bit different, too. Alana's story is so...
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360 - Making Art and Experiencing It with Clay Bar (Barclay Howarth)
The way that we experience art affects how we interpret art. The way that we make art affects the way it comes into being. All this and more in this episode with Barclay Howarth, aka Clay Bar, multidisciplinary artist and business owner. She co-owns Mycelium Gallery, a woman-owned and…
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359 - Barclay Howarth, aka Clay Bar, Co-owner of Mycelium Gallery
Barclay Howarth, also known as Clay Bar, is a multidisciplinary artist and business owner. She co-owns Mycelium Gallery, a woman-owned and family-owned art space in Oklahoma City. It's much more than a gallery, though. It's overflowing with community art, classes, events, live music, and more....
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358 - Hypothetical Retrospective with Mackenzie Laehn
Hypothetical is shapeshifting fiction. It's an anthology of stories that blur the line between what's real and not real. In this episode, Mackenzie Laehn and I talk about the album itself, as well as the fun stuff surrounding the album, its creation, and the experience of it. You’ll get to hear...
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357 - Bit Depth Deep Dive and Retrospective with Mackenzie Laehn
Bit Depth has existed since March of 2016. In that time, I've done 356 episodes. I've learned a lot about podcasting during that time. From November of 2023 to June of 2025, there were no episodes published on Bit Depth. I owe you an explanation for that. Mackenzie Laehn, as a big fan of the...
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356 - Meteorology and Music with Brett Fieldcamp
On the second episode with Brett Fieldcamp, we discuss Oklahoma weather, our local music scene, Brett's musical influences, and much more. Brett Fieldcamp is the owner of Oklahoma City Free Press, as well as the human behind Meteorology, his musical project where he gets to meander in loops,...
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355 - Brett Fieldcamp (Meteorology)
Bit Depth interviews are back! Brett Fieldcamp is the owner of Oklahoma City Free Press, as well as the human behind Meteorology, his musical project where he gets to meander in loops, electronics, and guitar expressions. He also hosts On The Scene, a radio show on KGOU where he interviews locals...
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354 - Hypothetical - 14 - Hypothetical
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every month, I’ve been breaking down every element in each track on the album, and this is the last one. “Hypothetical” is the final track on Hypothetical. This track is the culmination of years and...
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353 - Hypothetical - 13 - Letting Go
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Letting Go” is the thirteenth track on Hypothetical. It has featured vocals…
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352 - Hypothetical - 12 - The Vicious Cycle
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "The Vicious Cycle" is the twelfth track on Hypothetical. It's the story of an...
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351 - Hypothetical - 11 - Trauma
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. “Trauma” is the eleventh track on Hypothetical. I wrote it at ACM@UCO for a...
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350 - Hypothetical - 10 - Without Us
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. “Without Us” is the tenth track on Hypothetical. I wrote it when I was in high...
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349 - Hypothetical - 9 - Late
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. “Late” is the ninth track on Hypothetical. This song is an apology, in a variety...
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348 - Hypothetical - 8 - Right Now
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Right Now" is the eighth track on Hypothetical. It's a rock song about being…
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347 - Hypothetical - 7 - Replacement
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Replacement" is the seventh track on Hypothetical. It's about no longer being...
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346 - Hypothetical - 6 - Space Heat
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Space Heat" is the sixth track on Hypothetical. It's a grunge track about a…
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345 - Hypothetical - 5 - Ghost
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Ghost" is the fifth track on Hypothetical. It takes place in a haunted hotel.…
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344 - Hypothetical - 4 - Too Cold
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Too Cold" is the fourth track on Hypothetical. It's about longing for a lover's...
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343 - Hypothetical - 3 - Koi
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every episode, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. "Koi" is the third track on Hypothetical. It's about being a fish. You can…
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342 - Hypothetical - 2 - Star Destroyer
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every month, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. There's fourteen tracks, so we'll be doing this for over a year. The second track…
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341 - Hypothetical - 1 - Bit Depth
Hello, and again, welcome to Bit Depth. I'm Santiago Ramones. I have an album called Hypothetical. Every month, you will hear me break down every element in the next track on the album until I've run out of tracks. There's fourteen tracks, so we'll be doing this for over a year. The first track…
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340 - The Lunar Laugh: In The Black & Retrospective
The Lunar Laugh was a power pop band based in Oklahoma City. Their final album, In The Black, was released on November 3rd, 2023. The album features Jared Lekites (guitar, vocals), Connor Anderson (guitar, vocals), Campbell Young (guitar, vocals), Triston Lightner (bass, vocals), and Levi Sherman...
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339 - No Justice No Peace; Chris Prather, Kenneth Ray Woods, Megan Prather; One-Act Opera Engaging with the Effects of Police Brutality
No Justice, No Peace is a one-act opera composed by Chris Prather and co-written by Kenneth Ray Woods and Megan Prather that presents the real-life effects of police brutality on families and communities, specifically following one fictional family. We talked about how the opera began as a...
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338 - Compost Adjacent (Folksy duo of Ryan Smith and Nicholas Allen)
Ryan Smith and Nich Allen met doing compost-adjacent things. When Nich heard Ryan play his music, he knew he wanted to play music with him, somehow. They’ve been playing together for some time. They both frequent the Red Dirt Poetry Open Mic, at which I was playing, too. I actually know Ryan...
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337 - Artificial Intelligence and Music with Benjamin Rosfeld
Benjamin Rosfeld is back and we mostly talk about artificial intelligence, but we also end up talking about music. Some things we touch on include ChatGPT, personhood and life, the nature of the algorithms we’re dealing with, free will, ethics surrounding artificial intelligence, video games…
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336 - Benjamin Rosfeld; Composer, Performer, Keys and Vocals for SHIFT
Benjamin Rosfeld is a composer, performer, and listener. Their primary instruments are piano and cello, but they are also an avid electronic musician and has a number of synthesizers, along with a modular synth system they’ve built. You can see them playing around Oklahoma City for various...
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335 - Love as a Construct with Rowan Weathers
Rowan Weathers and I discuss love: loving intentionally, passionately, actively, with friends and romantically. We also talked about the dating scene of today, participating in communities, friends, the gray areas of romance and friendship, therapy and what can come from it, and our own queer...
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334 - Rowan Weathers; "Jackass of All Trades"
Rowan Weathers is a self-proclaimed “Jackass of All Trades”. They draw, do improv, comedy, write poetry and scripts, music- a lot of stuff! Because of this, we don’t just get into the things themselves, but we get into the communities surrounding those things. We also talked about spirituality…
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333 - Medium is the Message with Caleb Collins
Caleb Collins returns and we talked about comedy in media, metamodernism, how the medium of media affects the message, nuance, and the Taking Back Sunday/Brand New beef in the 2000s. You can follow Caleb Collins on Instagram here: https://instagram.com/fosterbread The song playing at the end of…
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332 - Caleb Collins; Comedian
Caleb Collins is a comedian. He hosts an open mic night at Fair-Weather Friend Brewery on Mondays. We talked about comedy, how he got into it, what it’s like in Oklahoma City, and the usual Bit Depth philosophical mumbo-jumbo. Get to know Caleb Collins! You can follow him on Instagram here:...
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331 - Music Business with Stefani
Stefani Heller is a producer, manager, and audio engineer, among other things. She started Heller Music Group, started Women In The Studio, and this is her third time on Bit Depth. We talked about what she’s done since the last time she was on, like working at Castle Row, managing artists, going…
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330 - Making Electronic Music in Ableton Live with exmaxhina
Uh, oh. We’re getting into the weeds here. exmaxhina and I compare and discuss music production techniques in Ableton Live. We also talked about hearing loss, making albums, fears, goals, and more! You can find exmaxhina and his things here: https://distantether.com/ The track by him playing at…
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329 - exmaxhina; Dark lofi glitch producer
“Dark lofi dreams. Fragments of a memory. Producer from Oklahoma City with influences from artists like Bonobo, Emancipator, and trxxshed. From eerie soundscapes to vibing melodies, exmaxhina becomes a prime flavor in a new space. Pioneering a unique sub-culture of low fidelity music, exmaxhina...
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328 - Jabee; Rapper, Eastside Pizza House
Hello, 2023! Bit Depth is not dead and I’m excited to kick it off with the one and only Jabee! “Jabee is a rapper from Oklahoma City whose music, according to Chuck D. from Public Enemy, ‘has the potential to change the world.’” Now Santiago’s words: He also helped bring Eastside Pizza House to…
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327 - Generation Lossless
Chase Hampton, also known by his artist name, Generation Lossless, is a composer, producer, and musician from Enid, Oklahoma. He has been on the podcast before, a long time ago, but a seemingly common theme in this podcast is “getting people on the podcast that have not yet emerged from the...
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326 - Lighten Up with Jordan Vargas of Burl
Jordan Vargas of Burl is back and we talked about cultural expectations, dealing with prejudiced and racist people, musical opinions, the nature of consciousness, and just taking it easy and not making a big deal out of things that aren’t worth your time or energy. Granted, we’re speaking from a...
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325 - Jordan Vargas (Burl)
Jordan Vargas is a musician, songwriter, producer, and Burlian, as in he fronts the band Burl. He also makes and enjoys beer quite a lot. We talked about music, guitar, the music industry and business, spirituality, morality, and beer. Get to know Jordan Vargas of Burl! You can find Burl things…
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324 - Creative Spark with Jaz
Jazmin Bryan is a podcast producer at Possibilities, Inc. She’s also a musician at heart, and she aims to bring communities together through education, advocacy, and a reunion of spiritual/healing practices through the arts. This time, Jaz asked most of the questions, so I ended up talking more.…
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323 - Jazmin Bryan (Podcast Producer)
Jazmin Bryan is a podcast producer at Possibilities, Inc. She’s also a musician at heart, and she aims to bring communities together through education, advocacy, and a reunion of spiritual/healing practices through the arts. We talked about music, podcasting, DJing, community, morality, religion,...
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322 - Noise with TickSuck
Warren Realrider, TickSuck, is back and we talked about noise - getting into it, the culture surrounding it, the performance of it, and other stories Warren has about it. I surprised myself with how much I could talk about noise. Enjoy this fun conversation! You can find links to Warren’s stuff...
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321 - Warren Realrider (TickSuck); Noise artist
Warren Realrider, also known as TickSuck, is a Pawnee/Crow noise artist. I had the pleasure of playing the same night as TickSuck at The Sanctuary and got to experience Warren's cool sounds in person. We talked about visual art, his upbringing being surrounded by art, sound art, Pawnee culture,...
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320 - Patriarchy and Systems with Chloe-Beth
Chloe-Beth is back and we talked about… chairs? And systems, patriarchy, how religion contributes to patriarchy, The Handmaid’s Tale, Roe v. Wade being overturned and how she feels about it, psychology, and more! You can find her and her things on her website: https://www.chloebethmusic.com/ Her...
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319 - Chloe-Beth (Singer-Songwriter)
Chloe-Beth is a singer-songwriter in Oklahoma City who “possesses some kind of innocent wisdom”, which are the words of the person that wrote the bio on her website, and I agree. We talked about music, growing up in church, going to school at ACM@UCO, singing, writing songs, spirituality…
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318 - Arting with Nicole Poole
Nicole Poole, executive director of SPARK! Creative Lab, is back and we talked about art as a transformative practice, what music and art is, my background in music education, improvisation, creation, living as an artist, and more! You can find out more about SPARK! Creative Lab here:...
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317 - Nicole Poole (SPARK! Creative Lab)
Nicole Poole is a visual and performing artist, live composer, producer, speaker and educator working across the fields of advocacy, arts and public engagement. She is the founder and Executive Director of SPARK! Creative Lab, a member of Oklahoma Contemporary Art Center’s Performance Committee.…
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316 - Miscellaneous Writings (Sample Rate 12)
I’ll be honest - I haven’t been prioritizing Bit Depth in the way that I’d like. There wasn’t an episode last week. Sometimes scheduling issues happen. Sometimes I’m being lazy. By putting this out into the ether, I’m holding myself accountable to prioritize this thing. This is my fault, and I’m...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Deep conversations with interesting people. Santiago Ramones gets to know people on a deeper level: Why they do what they do and why they believe what they believe. Bit Depth lies at the intersection of creativity and philosophy, striving to establish a culture of nuance, empathy, and growth. A musician himself, he speaks with other musicians, creatives, outliers, and any sort of interesting person interested in deep conversation.
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Deep conversations with interesting people. Santiago Ramones gets to know people on a deeper level: Why they do what they do and why they believe what they believe. Bit Depth lies at the intersection of creativity and philosophy, striving to establish a culture of nuance, empathy, and growth. A...
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