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Radio8Ball hosted by Andras Jones
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Radio8Ball is a musical divination podcast hosted by ANDRAS JONES. We answer questions (and question answers) by picking songs at random, and interpreting them like musical tarot cards. The questions come from our celebrity guests and the answers are performed by our featured songwriter. Featured guests have included: Viggo Mortensen, Fred Armisen, Jon Auer, Tig Notaro, Mose Allison, Eleni Mandell, Inara George, Allen Toussaint, Susanna Hoffs, John Trudell, Michael Ian Black, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, Jimmy Webb and hundreds of others. Radio8Ball has been around since 1998. We started on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, Washington and presented a live theatrical version of the show in cities across America between 2005 and 2016. We've been a podcast since 2016. You can download our Radio8Ball app from the iTunes App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radio8ball/id1326738822 It's filled with every song recorded in the history of the show and is your portal to the realm of The Pop O
Episodes
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Alan Abbadessa & Little Ghost
You thought we were done didn't you? I suspected something similar but it appears we still have some episodes left in our system. This one, recorded on 10/10/22 is with ALAN ABBADESSA features a question inspired by his latest project; a video game called LITTLE GHOST and the Kickstarter he's...
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R8B SEASON 3: THE APPening FINALE
This is the end of Season Three: The Appening.. Host Andras Jones assays the remains of this cloistered season which began on February 4, 2020 when R. Walt Vincent asked if he was worrying too much about the “novel” flu he was reading about coming out of China. And now we're closing it out with...
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Chuck E. Weiss: An Extremely Cool Memorial
There's a season finale with an explanation of our recent absence coming on 8/8. In this special episode we celebrate the life of Chuck E. Weiss who left us on July 20, 2021. Chuck was on Radio8Ball three times with... All Day Sucker -...
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Will Morgan of Meta Egg & WandaVision
Our 666th podcast episode is an exploration of the archetype of the devil, and its relationship to the high priestess. When WILL MORGAN of the Meta-Egg YouTube channel invited host ANDRAS JONES to join his show to discuss Marvel's new WandaVision series it opened up a sync-whole of blackness,...
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Aaron J. Leonard: The Folk Singers & The Bureau (with Randy Kaplan)
In the first Pop Oracle divination of Gregorian 2021 ANDRAS JONES welcomes AARON J. LEONARD, the author of The Folk Singers & the Bureau to engage some synchronicity and discuss the history of American Communists during the week of Trump's attempted coup. Featuring music from STEVE POLTZ, RANDY...
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Winter Solstice 2020 & Chris "Sandman" Sand (Season Three-The Appening-040-December 18, 2020)
Inspired by this week's episode of The World Is Wrong podcast, Andras Jones delves into Winter Solstice 2020 with an exploration of the value of generous conversations that takes us back in time with Mr. Jones & The Previous, Chris "Sandman" Sand and The Radio8Band (featuring Scott Taylor, Skyler...
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Paul Simon, STUFF & Kira Lynn Cain (Season Three-The Appening-039-December 9, 2020)
Boundaries and thresholds are on the agenda as ANDRAS JONES engages The Pop Oracle with a question inspired by this week's episode of THE WORLD IS WRONG podcast about Paul Simon's "One Trick Pony" film from 1980. Along the way there's music from KIRA LYNN CAIN, MYRA FLYNN, ABBY WEEMS & CAROLINE...
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Three Witches & Abby Weems (Season Three-The Appening-038-December 2, 2020)
ANDRAS JONES time travels back to 1999 to ask a question about an odd event he experienced when he was starring in "The Attic Expeditions" and attending Jon Brion's Friday night shows at Largo on Fairfax in Los Angeles. Along the way there's music and synchronicity with ABBY WEEMS of POTTY MOUTH,...
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Solo & Jim's Big Ego (Season Three-The Appening-037-November 26, 2020)
ANDRAS JONES engages The Pop Oracle with a question inspired by "SOLO: A Star Wars Story" which is this week's film on The World Is Wrong podcast. Along the way there's music from JIM'S BIG EGO, RECESS MONKEY, GOD GOES TO DENVER SEEKING LOVE, TRACY BONHAM & ANDRAS JONES. THE WORLD IS WRONG…
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Guiltfast 2020 & God Goes To Denver Seeking Love (Season Three-The Appening-036-November 19, 2020)
GUILTFAST is the practice of fasting from sundown the day before Thanksgiving until sundown the day of, during which we own the cost of our thanks. This week on Radio8Ball ANDRAS JONES engages The Pop Oracle to explore a personal question inspired by this week's episode of THE WORLD IS WRONG...
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Post-Election Day & Don Heffington (Season Three-The Appening-035-November 11, 2020)
ANDRAS JONES is melting down. If you're into that sort of thing you're going to love this episode featuring the music of DON HEFFINGTON, KARL BLAU & KODA CORVETTE. To hear ANDRAS's question join the Patreon campaign. $1 a month gets you the bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/radio8ball...
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Election Day & Karl Blau (Season Three-The Appening-034-November 3, 2020)
It's election day in the US and The Pop Oracle is getting to the quick of things in an episode that features DAVID ROVICS, KARL BLAU, RAINA ROSE, ELENI MANDELL and MR. JONES & THE PREVIOUS. To hear ANDRAS's question join the Patreon campaign. $1 a month gets you the bonus episodes:...
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Scott Taylor of The Hard Way (Season Three-The Appening-033-October 25, 2020)
SCOTT TAYLOR of Olympia's THE HARD WAY joins our Pop Oracle session to discuss last week's reading featuring his song "Invisible Girl" as the randomly chosen answer to JORDAN SUMMER's question on last week's show. In an episode that features music from SHMUSHKIN, JENNY JENKINS & SCOTT TAYLOR…
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Jordan Summers of All Day Sucker (Season Three-The Appening-032-October 21, 2020)
JORDAN SUMMERS of ALL DAY SUCKER joins our Pop Oracle session (with a brief appearance from his ADS bandmate MORTY COYLE) to discuss last week's reading featuring their song "The Girl With The Denim Eyes" as the randomly chosen answer to MUHAMMAD SEVEN's question. In an episode that features…
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Muhammad Seven (Season Three-The Appening-031-October 13th, 2020)
MUHAMMAD SEVEN joins our Pop Oracle session at the invitation of last week's guest CHRIS SAND. In an episode recorded while the Amy Coney Barrett hearings are taking place in Washington, DC music from ALL DAY SUCKER, THE WET SPOTS, GOD GOES TO DENVER SEEKING LOVE, and MUHAMMAD SEVEN & THE SPRING...
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Chris "Sandman" Sand (Season Three-The Appening-030-October 6th, 2020)
CHRIS "SANDMAN" SAND joins this week's Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES to discuss last week’s session featuring his song "Lower Case Blues". To hear ANDRAS's question join the Patreon campaign. $1 a month gets you the bonus episodes: https://www.patreon.com/radio8ball Featuring: The...
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The Attic Expeditions with ANDRAS JONES & CHRIS "SANDMAN" SAND (October 1, 2020)
ANDRAS JONES hosts an episode with himself and explores the legacy of his film "The Attic Expeditions" with music from CHRIS "SANDMAN" SAND, VEDA HILLE & BRITTA PHILLIPS. Featuring: The Radio8Ball Theme Song performed by MIRANDA LEE RICHARDS with Sammy Smith & Amy Raasch The Pop Oracle Song of…
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Bart Davenport (Season Three-The Appening-028-September 24th, 2020)Bart Davenport (September 24, 2020)
BART DAVENPORT joins this week's Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES to discuss last week’s session featuring a song from MIRANDA ZEIGER. This is a fun one featuring songs from JOHN EASDALE of DRAMARAMA, BRITTA PHILLIPS, ANDREA WITTGENS & BART DAVENPORT. To hear ANDRAS's question join the...
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The Death of RBG with ANDRAS JONES & MIRANDA ZEIGER (Season Three-The Appening-027-September 18, 2020)
When news of the death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg interrupts an already spiraling synchronicity show...well...this happens. MIRANDA ZEIGER performs The Radio8Ball Theme Song "Beach Bum" from Miranda Zeiger as the answer to a question with W. Morgan Sheppard:...
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Leah Abramson (Season Three-The Appening-026-September 11th, 2020)
LEAH ABRAMSON joins this week's Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES. Her song "Soft Parts" was the answer to JOSH GORDON's question on last week's episode. This episode syncs into sound walks, anti-semitism, trauma, division, archetypes, Vancouver, Biden, apps, Democrats and....9-11, as…
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Josh Gordon of Greta for Paul Plagens (Season Three-The Appening-025-September 5th, 2020)
JOSH GORDON joins this week's Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES on behalf of his Greta bandmate PAUL PLAGENS whose song "Lovesick Car" answered IAN MOORE's question on last week's episode. This is one of the powerful ones! It's full of ghosts. To hear ANDRAS's question please join the...
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Radio8Vault-Paul Plagens on KAOS (October 25, 2005)
The Pop Oracle handed host ANDRAS JONES a booking conundrum last week when the Radio8Ball app selected PAUL PLAGENS' "Lovesick Car" as the answer to IAN MOORE's question. This would mean that Paul is up as this week's guest. Very unfortunately, Paul died on August 7th of 2015 and we're still…
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Ian Moore (Season Three-TheAppening-024-August 17, 2020)
IAN MOORE joins this week's Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES to discuss how his song "Caroline" answered BRYAN CONNOLLY'S question on last week's episode. During the course of the session Ian and Andras talk about The Rolling Stones, The Beach Boys and the Steve McQueen film "Baby The…
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Bryan Connolly of The World Is Wrong podcast (Season Three-TheAppening-023-August 6, 2020)
BRYAN CONNOLLY and ANDRAS JONES are on the verge launching THE WORLD IS WRONG podcast where they champion films the world is wrong about. Bryan helps explore last week's musical divination with ALAN ABBADESSA and discusses the randomly chosen Pop Oracle song of the day from his fellow…
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Alan Abbadessa (Season Three-TheAppening-022-August 2, 2020)
ALAN ABBADESSA joins this week's Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES to discuss last week's reading with LOUISE GOFFIN, the song of the day by MEERNAA, and his new documentary film series HINDSIGHT 2020. Of course, Alan's got his own question for The Pop Oracle. Listen to the end to hear a...
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Louise Goffin (Season Three-TheAppening-021-July 28, 2020)
LOUISE GOFFIN joins this week's Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES to discuss how her song "New Year's Day" answered MIKE WILCOX's question on last week's episode. Along the way they talk about BART DAVENPORT's randomly chosen Pop Oracle song of the day, Landmark Education, Joni Mitchell…
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Mike Wilcox (Season Three-TheAppening-020-July 20, 2020)
Our 20th Episode of this season was recorded on 7/20/2020 with MIKE WILCOX calling in from Portland, Oregon after his song "Psycho Blues" came up as the answer to MARVIN ETZIONI'S question on last week's episode. Host ANDRAS JONES spent the day baking in an attic on the 51st anniversary of the...
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Marvin Etzioni (Season Three-TheAppening-019-July 16, 2020)
MARVIN ETZIONI is an illustrious and industrious producer/songwriter/musician who has been churning out tracks for decades under his own name, with Thee Holy Brothers, back in the late 80’s with the band Lone Justice and, in between, with a long list of artists, many of whom Marvin talks about on...
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Calvin Johnson (Season Three-TheAppening-018-July 9, 2020)
CALVIN JOHNSON of Beat Happening, The Halo Benders, Dub Narcotic Sound System, The Hive Dwellers and many other projects returns to the realm of The Pop Oracle. Invited by synchronicity the session ends up being over shadowed by proximity. Featuring music from Calvin himself, as well as MARVIN...
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Raina Rose (Season Three-The Appening-017-July 1, 2020)
RAINA ROSE returns to the realm of The Pop Oracle to help host ANDRAS JONES decipher her song "Sun Comes Back" as the answer to his question about "fathering" himself on last week's episode. It turns into a very northwest-y show with synchronistic appearances by RICKIE LEE JONES, MARY LOU LORD,...
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Andras Jones (Season Three-The Appening-016-June 22, 2020)
MR. JONES & THE PREVIOUS provided last week's answer to SYLVIA BLACK'S question with their song "Message For The Moon". Between that and COOPER WALKER'S song of the day "Suicide" our host ANDRAS JONES is ensconced in a seriously existential conundrum of a web of synchronicity. It's a happy/sad...
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Sylvia Black (Season Three-The Appening-015-June 15, 2020)
SYLVIA BLACK was chosen to be a guest on this show by a dream and a synchronicity when IRA MARLOWE was unable to attend. Her Pop Oracle session with host ANDRAS JONES was full of laughter and insight with discussions about philosophy, Andy Dick and space travel. Musically it's a very Jones-y show...
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James Combs (Season Three-The Appening-014-June 4, 2020)
JAMES COMBS of the band GREAT WILLOW has been on Radio8Ball many times under different names and in different roles. He joins host ANDRAS JONES for this session to discuss his song "To Know You Is To Save You" (recorded on Radio8Ball in Seattle in April of 2008) which was the randomly chosen…
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Pat Thomas (Season Three-The Appening-013-May 30, 2020)
PAT THOMAS is a writer (the author of books on The Black Panthers and about Jerry Rubin) and a drummer (in the band Mushroom). Pat joins this week's Radio8Ball episode with host ANDRAS JONES to discuss last week's answer from MIRANDA ZEIGER and gets engaged in a conversation about Abbie Hoffman,...
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Josh Troy (Season Three-The Appening-012-May 21, 2020)
JOSH TROY is a painter, a writer and the host of the yearly Maypole music festival in Los Angeles that our host ANDRAS JONES has been performing at since 1990. Josh joined the realm of The Pop Oracle to provide some context on Andras's song "Before The Show" that was the answer on last week's...
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Scott Weddle of Amelia (Season Three-The Appening-011-May 15, 2020)
SCOTT WEDDLE was in the band Portland band AMELIA when they were the guests on Radio8Ball on KAOS in Olympia in January of 2006. Their song "France" came up as the answer to JENNY JENKINS' question on last week's episode. It was a potent Mother's Day synchronicity. Scott joins this session with...
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Jenny Jenkins (Season Three-The Appening-010-May 11, 2020)
JENNY JENKINS of the bands Encyclopedia of Fun and Super Duo and the director of the film "Love Is Stupid" has been appearing on Radio8Ball since we started back on KAOS in '98. Jenny returns to the show to discuss how her song "Gator" answered CHRISTIAN GISBORNE's question on last week's episode...
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Christian Gisborne of Velvet Starlings (Season Three-The Appening-009-May 5, 2020)
CHRISTIAN GISBORNE (of Velvet Starlings) was last on Radio8Ball on March 23, 2019. He returns to the show to ask a question to The Pop Oracle and discuss how his band's song "Turning Point" answered BART DAVENPORT's question on last week's episode. It's rousing conversation featuring Radio8Vault...
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Bart Davenport (Season Three-The Appening-008-April 30, 2020)
BART DAVENPORT (of The Loved Ones, The Kinetics and Bart & The Bedazzled) has been a regular guest on Radio8Ball over the years. Bart joined this Pop Oracle session with ANDRAS JONES from self-quarantine in Los Angeles to discuss last week's musical divination featuring LOUISE GOFFIN and (after...
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KP & Johnny Hawthorn (Season Three-The Appening-007-April 22, 2020)
KP & JOHNNY HAWTHORN appeared on Radio8Ball as part of our JONI MITCHELL tribute episode of March 22, 2018. Their version of "People's Parties" came up as the answer to GABRIEL GORDON's question on last week's episode. KP & Johnny joined this Pop Oracle session with ANDRAS JONES from...
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Gabriel Gordon (Season Three-The Appening-006-April 15, 2020)
GABRIEL GORDON has appeared on Radio8Ball several times and his song "Paper Airplane" was the answer on last week's episode with ANNA HILLBURG. Gabriel and his partner CECILIE BECK have a new project called GATE 2 VENUS. They joined this Pop Oracle session with ANDRAS JONES from self-quarantine…
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Anna Hillburg of Dream Date (Season Three-The Appening-005-April 7, 2020)
ANNA HILLBURG was in the band DREAM DATE when she originally appeared on Radio8Ball. Since then she's released two solo LP's. Anna joined this Pop Oracle session with ANDRAS JONES from self-quarantine in Cloverdale, California to discuss how her song answered JOE KUJAWA's question last week and...
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Froseph aka Joe Kujawa (Season Three-The Appening-004-March 29, 2020)
JOE KUJAWA used to be know as FROSEPH. Now he's known simply as BREAKAWAY. He joined this Pop Oracle session with ANDRAS JONES from self-quarantine in Brooklyn to discuss how his song answered MORTY COYLE's question last week and ask his own question to The Pop Oracle in an episode that includes...
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Morty Coyle (Season Three-The Appening-003-March 25, 2020)
MORTY COYLE of the Hollywood band ALL DAY SUCKER has been on Radio8Ball many times over the years. He joins this session of Season Three: The Appening with host ANDRAS JONES to offer his insight into last week's reading and ask his own question to The Pop Oracle in an episode that features music...
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Chris "Sandman" Sand (Season Three-The Appening-002-March 16, 2020)
In the second installment of the third season of the RADIO8BALL podcast, host ANDRAS JONES is joined by phone from Missoula, Montana by CHRIS "SANDMAN" SAND whose poem "A Toast For Uncle Silver Tip" was the answer to R. Walt Vincent's corona virus question in our last episode. Six weeks later and...
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R. Walt Vincent (Season Three-The Appening-001-February 4, 2020)
Radio8Ball returns with Season Three: The Appening in which host ANDRAS JONES engages the Pop Oracle with his guests by asking questions to the Radio8Ball App. The App is filled with close to two thousand songs, recorded on Radio8Ball since 1998 by artists like Inara George, Jon Auer, Tracy…
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624: Andras Jones & Andras Jones (July 29, 2019)
Host: ANDRAS JONES R8B Theme Song performed by Andras Jones with Marshall Thompson (keys) and Dominic Genova (bass) Andras Jones – Producer/Editor Jeff Sudakin – Recording Engineer Tony Householder – Mixing Engineer/Graphic Design Carlo Velasquez – Digital Media Brought to you by Erica Russel...
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623: Chris Thompson & Andras Jones (July 24, 2019)
Host: ANDRAS JONES Guest: CHRIS THOMPSON R8B Theme Song performed by The Hard Way Andras Jones – Producer/Editor Jeff Sudakin – Recording Engineer Tony Householder – Mixing Engineer/Graphic Design Carlo Velasquez – Digital Media Brought to you by Erica Russel LINKS: RADIO8BLOG -...
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622: Eric Allan Kramer & Andras Jones (July 24, 2019)
Host: ANDRAS JONES Guest: ERIC ALLAN KRAMER R8B Theme Song performed by Andras Jones with Lili Haydn Andras Jones – Producer/Editor Jeff Sudakin – Recording Engineer Tony Householder – Mixing Engineer/Graphic Design Carlo Velasquez – Digital Media Brought to you by Erica Russel LINKS: RADIO8BLOG…
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621: David Pasquesi & Andras Jones (July 24, 2019)
Host: ANDRAS JONES Guest: DAVID PASQUESI R8B Theme Song performed by Andras Jones with Marshall Thompson (keys). Andras Jones – Producer/Editor Jeff Sudakin – Recording Engineer Tony Householder – Mixing Engineer/Graphic Design Carlo Velasquez – Digital Media Brought to you by Erica Russel LINKS:...
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Radio8Ball is a musical divination podcast hosted by ANDRAS JONES. We answer questions (and question answers) by picking songs at random, and interpreting them like musical tarot cards. The questions come from our celebrity guests and the answers are performed by our featured songwriter. Featured guests have included: Viggo Mortensen, Fred Armisen, Jon Auer, Tig Notaro, Mose Allison, Eleni Mandell, Inara George, Allen Toussaint, Susanna Hoffs, John Trudell, Michael Ian Black, John Doe, Exene Cervenka, Dave Alvin, Jimmy Webb and hundreds of others. Radio8Ball has been around since 1998. We started on KAOS 89.3FM in Olympia, Washington and presented a live theatrical version of the show in cities across America between 2005 and 2016. We've been a podcast since 2016. You can download our Radio8Ball app from the iTunes App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/radio8ball/id1326738822 It's filled with every song recorded in the history of the show and is your portal to the realm of The Pop O
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