The Third Story
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The Third Story is a music podcast hosted by Leo Sidran. It has 20 episodes, with the latest published March 2026.
There are stories we tell ourselves. There are stories we tell our friends. There are the stories we tell strangers. There are stories we never tell.Somewhere, in the middle of all of this, is the Third Story. The intersection between the art and the craft, the living and the deceased, the personal and the professional…The place where all of these meet is the Third Story.The Third Story podcast features long-form interviews with musicians and members of the creative class, hosted by Leo Sidran. Their stories of discovery, loss, ambition, identity, improvisation, risk, and reward are deeply moving and compelling for all of us as we embark on our own creative journeys.Third Story Podcast is a 2024 Jazz Journalism Association Podcast of the Year Nominee. Third Story Podcast is a 2023 and 2025 Signal Award WinnerCheck out the rest of our lineup at WBGO Studios.
music ·en ·20 episodes
Ben Sidran, jazz, modernism, and the patterns behind music
Phoebe Katis: Still coming of age
Keren Ann: 'We are artists because of the process'
Dan Pashman on Building 'The Sporkful', One Forkful at a Time
Kurt Elling: Manifesting the Music
¡Viva la resistencia! A story of Madrid’s Cafe Central, going out of business in the same location for over 40 years
Remembering Phil Upchurch
All in Time and Suddenly: Madison Cunningham on the 'slow burn' of her career
Coding the Self: Theo Bleckmann on Finding Your Own Language
dodie: Growing Up Online
Vera Brandes on Köln 75
Jacob Jeffries on grief and groove
Leonor Watling on wearing many hats
Ben Sidran: 'Still auditioning at 82'
Mary Sweeney on the process of letting go and moving forward
Moses Patrou on songwriting, survival, and his new album 'Confession of a Fool'
Joe Henry's 'code of the road'
Sing like nobody's streaming: Aron!'s Vintage Pop
Natalia Lafourcade and the Theater of the Song
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