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THE WANDERING WOLF
by THE WANDERING WOLF
THE WANDERING WOLF is songwriter Yoni Wolf's ongoing collection of field recordings from the road, unscripted internal monologues, self-reflective moments, and in depth conversations with musicians, artists, comedians, and interesting people of all kinds. These episodes stand to chronicle Yoni's life as a traveling bard and those he crosses paths with out there in the wild world.
Episodes
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148- Amy Miller 2
148- Amy Miller 2. While Amy is in Cincinnati for a stand up comedy engagement, she and Yoni get together at Yoni’s house for a talk about religion, the road, changing with age and age discrimination. Go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf to support.
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147- Smut (Taylor & Andrew)
147- Smut (Taylor & Andrew). Two members of Cincinnati rock band, Smut, head over to Yoni’s house one evening for a chat. They discuss eyeglasses conspiracies, staying with strangers on tour, performing as a local band vs. as a touring band, keeping your voice as a singer on tour, how Andrew and...
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146- Barrie (Lindsay)
146- Barrie (Lindsay). On the tail end of a 6 week North American tour they did together, Barrie and Yoni sit down backstage at the Fine Line in Minneapolis for a talk. They discuss touring, writing in DAWs vs. on a single instrument, the songwriting and recording process, Barrie’s early music...
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145- Miles Joris-Peyrafitte
145- Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (Film Maker). While Yoni is in Brooklyn on tour, he and Miles get together at Yoni’s Airbnb for a talk. With Yoni’s partner Grace, they discuss what Miles has been up to lately, directing as the writer vs. directing with another person as writer, working on his most...
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144- Christian Lee Hutson
144- Christian Lee Hutson. While Christian is in southwest Ohio to visit his father, he and Yoni take a moment to get to know each other at a city park in Cincinnati. They talk about Bob Dylan, career longevity, quantity vs. quality, Christian’s drug-fueled youth, living with his dad in a motel…
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143- R.A.P. Ferreira (FKA milo)
143- R.A.P. Ferreira (FKA milo). While Rory (R.A.P.) is in Cincinnati on tour, he stops by Yoni’s house for a convo. They talk about social media privacy for children, the rap hustle, Rory changing names from milo to R.A.P. Ferreira and why, production value in concerts vs. making a proper…
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142- Undertaker Katie
142- Undertaker Katie. Yoni heads over to Katie’s Cincinnati apartment for a chat about her relatively new career as an undertaker. They talk about the responsibilities of Katie’s job, her reasons for going into mortuary science, putting make up on her dead grandmother when she was a teenager,...
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141- Fog (Andrew Broder)
141- Fog (Andrew Broder). Andrew flies Yoni to Minneapolis for a benefit series he puts on there. They spend some time together and have a talk at Yoni’s Airbnb. They discuss the themes for the residency, socioeconomic philosophies, the problems of our time, Andrew interviewing homeless people in…
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139- Frankie Cosmos (Greta)
139- Frankie Cosmos (Greta). While Yoni is on a trip to NYC, after an afternoon boardgame hang, he and Greta Kline get together for a chat at her Brooklyn apartment. They discuss the emotional labor of touring and if it is a desirable activity, Greta’s ambivalence about her music being out there...
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138- Told Slant (Felix)
138- Told Slant (Felix). During a tour they are on together, Yoni, his brother Josiah and Felix Walworth get together for a talk at a Richmond, Virginia Airbnb. They discuss different ways of touring, Felix playing in their own project, Told Slant, versus playing in other peoples’ bands…
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137- Daphne Jo (Cam Girl)
137- Daphne Jo (Cam Girl). While Yoni is in Denver on tour, he and Daphne meet up for a talk. They discuss how she discovered Yoni’s music on a Unicorns message board in 2003, how Daphne became a cam girl after a major accident, how camming works for the lay person, making gobs and gobs of money,...
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136- Hobo Johnson (Frank Lopes)
136- Hobo Johnson (Frank Lopes). Yoni and Frank sneak into the University of Cincinnati art school and find a quiet room to talk in. They discuss Frank’s early influences, how he got started making music, living in his car as a teenager, rap style, the writing process, Frank’s parents…
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135- Har Adonai (Adam Rosenfeld)
135- Har Adonai (Adam Rosenfeld). While Yoni and his brother, Josiah, are in Israel to play Meteor Festival, they hang with their childhood friend Adam and decide to have a chat on tape. They talk about Christian non-Jews living in Israel, how having a big family of 8 kids has changed Adam’s...
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134- Totemo (Rotem Or)
134- Totemo (Rotem Or). After playing Meteor Festival in northern Israel, Yoni meets up with Rotem in the hotel courtyard. They discuss festivals, touring, performance vs. recording, working within constraints, working with a producer, Rotem’s upbringing, her successful battle with breast cancer,...
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133- Hop Along (Frances Quinlan)
133- Hop Along (Frances Quinlan). When Hop Along play Cincinnati, Yoni takes the opportunity to do a podcast with singer/songwriter Frances. They talk about touring, the Philly scene, Frances’ early musical interests, a 2008 WHY? and Hop Along show at a Michigan Quiznos, working with Saddle…
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132- Japanese Breakfast
132- Japanese Breakfast. When Japanese Breakfast come to Cincinnati to play, Yoni takes the opportunity to meet up with song writer/producer, Michelle Zauner at the venue. They discuss Michelle’s recording history as Japanese Breakfast, as well as with her band Little Big League, career…
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131- Half Waif
131- Half Waif. Half Waif (Nandi Rose Plunkett) comes through Cincinnati to play a show. Yoni takes the opportunity to talk to Nandi. They discuss Nandi’s career trajectory thus far, her upbringing— musically and otherwise, the power of music, paper making, how to stay sane and creative in the…
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130- Lala Lala
130- Lala Lala. Yoni heads down to Nashville to the Frankie Cosmos, Florist, Lala Lala show. He and Lillie West (Lala Lala) step aside for a chat. They talk about extracurricular tour activities, rock climbing, bike riding, karaoke, Lillie’s musical genesis, sobriety, antidepressants, Lala...
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129- Gnash
129- Gnash. Yoni and Garrett (Gnash) meet up in Cincinnati for a hang and end up back at Gnash's tour bus for a talk. They discuss meditation, drinking/not drinking on tour, how Gnash got his start, his process, fame, building a lasting career in music, and the positives and negatives of the ego....
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128- Florist (Emily & Jonnie)
128- Florist (Emily & Jonnie). While on tour together, Yoni, Emily and Jonnie get together in a Ft. Collins hotel room for a chat. They discuss selling out vs. making a living, modular synths, recording process, advanced editing techniques, how Florist got a record deal, why some bands get more...
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127- Open Mike Eagle 2
127- Open Mike Eagle 2. In New Orleans, while on tour together, Mike and Yoni meet up for a talk. They discuss former projects on the south side of Chicago, the story surrounding Mike’s 2017 release “Brick Body Kids Still Daydream”, the indie rap world, social media strategies, the crack epidemic...
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126- Bridget Battle (Tweens)
126- Bridget Battle (Tweens). Yoni reaches out to Bridget for a talk to include in his video travelogue show pilot (also called The Wandering Wolf) about Cincinnati. They get together at Black Plastic, a Cincinnati record store, to discuss Bridget's super cool career path, her tours with The...
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125- Chuck Cleaver (Wussy)
125- Chuck Cleaver (Wussy). Yoni and Chuck meet up at legendary Cincy studio, Ulrasuede, for a talk for a Wandering Wolf TV pilot. They discuss growing up in small town Ohio, getting beat up in Cincinnati, working as a stone mason, how Chuck started in music, Ass Ponys, Wussy, and paying one's...
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124- Greg Saunier (Deerhoof)
124- Greg Saunier (Deerhoof). Greg, Yoni, and Yoni's brother Josiah meet up outside of a Cincinnati Deerhoof show to discuss recording, mixing, and producing on an extreme budget, touring on a extreme budget, chaotic work flow, touring with Red Hot Chili Peppers, keeping things fresh as an aging...
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123- Gabby Smith (O (Eskimeaux))
123- Gabby Smith (O (Eskimeaux)). While on tour together, Gabby and Yoni get together in Boston, backstage at the Sinclair, for a talk. They discuss Gabby’s upbringing in New York, changing her band name from Eskimeaux to O, the idea of trying to find her Tlingit birth family, her musical...
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122- Josh Carter (Phantogram)
122- Josh Carter (Phantogram). On a trip to LA, Yoni heads over to Josh’s bungalow for a hang. They get into a long conversation about work routine, writer’s block, Phantogram’s ever evolving process, songwriting conventions, various collaborations, drugs, weed in the studio, working in big…
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121- Sam Herring (Future Islands, Hemlock Ernst)
121- Sam Herring (Future Islands, Hemlock Ernst). Sam and Yoni meet up while Sam is in Cincinnati to pay a festival. They talk about Future Islands’ writing/recording process, pre-Future Islands band Art Lord and the start of Future Islands, the genesis of Sam’s rap career as Hemlock Ernst and…
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120- Astronautalis 3 (Andy Bothwell)
120- Astronautalis 3 (Andy Bothwell). Andy and Yoni get together backstage in Columbus, Ohio for a talk. They discuss Astronautalis' tour of all 50 states, politics in America and abroad, China, Dubai, and Andrew Jackson's many duels.
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119- Rabbi Matt Rosenberg
119- Rabbi Matt Rosenberg. Yoni and childhood friend, Matt, get together in Seattle to catch up on each other's lives. They discuss growing up Messianic, Matt's career path and being a young-ish Messianic Rabbi, grace and joy, Trump and Clinton, homosexuality, and extroverted spirituality.
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118- Tatiana Maslany
118- Tatiana Maslany. Yoni and accomplished actor, Tatiana (Orphan Black, etc.), get together at Yoni's AirB&B in Harlem for a getting-to-know-you chat. They talk about Tatiana's small town Canadian roots and beginnings in dancing and acting, nerves, improv, rap music, sneakers, and Kanye.
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117- Advance Base
117- Advance Base (Owen Ashworth). At the tail end of a tour they do together, Yoni and Owen (formerly Casiotone For The Painfully Alone) get together in Cleveland for a little talk. They talk about how Owen started out in music, recording, performing, religion, and touring.
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116- Andy Miller
116- Andy Miller. Visual artist and podcaster (Creative Pep Talk), Andy makes his way to a pool party Yoni is at in Cincinnati just before Yoni hits the road. They discuss art rap, inspiration, the creative process, the craft of songwriting, making polarizing art, and monetizing art.
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115- Duncan Trussell
115- Duncan Trussell. Yoni heads to Columbus, Ohio to check out Duncan's stand up gig. After, they meet for the first time in Duncan's bus and end up taping a chat. They philosophize about video games as reality simulation, artificial intelligence, the nature of time and space, color, LSD, and God.
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114- Becky Wolf 3 (Sister)
114- Becky Wolf 3 (Sister). While Becky is in Cincinnati for the holidays, the two siblings take some time to talk. They discuss having conservative parents, family dynamics, and dark matter.
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113- Sylvan Esso (Amelia & Nick)
113- Sylvan Esso (Amelia & Nick). While they are in Cincinnati to play Midpoint festival, Sylvan Esso and Yoni take some time out to talk in Sylvan Esso's tour bus. They discuss Nick's musical upbringing and participation in several semi-successful rock bands, Amelia's youth as a contortionist,...
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112- Pictureplane (Travis Egedy)
112- Pictureplane (Travis Egedy). While Yoni is in Denver, he meets up with Pictureplane in the park for a talk. They discuss Travis's early career, his process, his love of harshness, his clothing line, rap battles, fascism, and teenage pranks and antics.
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111- Ravi Zupa
111- Ravi Zupa. Yoni and old friend, accomplished artist, Ravi, get together during Yoni's weekend in Denver for Goldrush festival. They sit on a bench in the park and discuss monogamy vs. polygamy/polyamory, anger, God and religion, Ravi's family history, loss, being like a tree, and living up…
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110- Sole (Tim Holland)
110- Sole (Tim Holland). Yoni flies to Denver to play Goldrush festival. The afternoon before his performance he heads over to his old friend Tim's house to pay his respects to the twenty-plus year rap veteran and co-founder of anticon records. They talk about Sole's early years and current…
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109- Juiceboxxx
109- Juiceboxxx. While JB is in town Cincy for a show, Yoni and he meet up for an acquaintance making chat. They discuss JB's atypical career path, his upbringing in punk and hip hop, reopening the conversation around the Rap-Rock genre, conceptual art, outsider artists vs. artists with…
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108- P.O.S (Doomtree)
108- P.O.S (Doomtree). Yoni and Stef (P.O.S) meet up in Yoni's rental car outside of the legendary club, First Avenue in Minneapolis. They discuss Stef's upbringing, early influences, his high school punk bands, having a teenage son, his career arc, getting a kidney transplant and the trials...
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107- Sage Francis
107- Sage Francis. In the morning after Sage's show in northern Kentucky, Yoni and Sage meet up at a coffee shop for a talk. They discuss Sage's upbringing in Rhode Island, the span of his career to date, martial arts, relationships, hustling hard, early anticon label days, Sage's time with...
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106- Aaron Weiss (mewithoutYou) 2
106- Aaron Weiss 2 (mewithoutYou). While Aaron is playing in northern Kentucky, Yoni takes the opportunity to meet up for a conversation outside of a coffee shop. They talk about Aaron's impending child, DMT, monastic-style discipline, spirituality, prayer, gurus, and the tour lifestyle.
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105- Anna Stewart & Scott Fredette
105- Anna Stewart & Scott Fredette. While Anna is in Cincinnati for the weekend, the 3 friends meet up at Spring Grove Cemetery and after visiting Anna's grandmothers, they talk. They discuss mindfulness, being easier on yourself, fear, anxiety, and what their last meal would be.
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104- Ceschi Ramos
104- Ceschi Ramos. After Yoni's show in Hamden, Connecticut, Ceschi makes his way over to Yoni's hotel. The two old acquaintances, new friends, discuss Ceschi's rap career, his label Fake Four, doing prison time for a major drug charge, relationships over distance and time, and mental illness.
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103- (Blazer) Ramon Rivas II
103- (Blazer) Ramon Rivas II. After Yoni's show in Cleveland, which Ramon hosts, the two meet up at Yoni's hotel for a talk. They discuss music, comedy, Ramon's career, his upbringing, and romantic relationships.
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102- Austin Barga (Yoni's Old Friend)
102- Austin Barga (Yoni's Old Friend). While in Cincy for a few days, Austin stops by Yoni's house to catch up after not seeing each other for 17 years or so. They go over memories from Junior High and High School, discuss Austin's many outdoorsman activities and occupations, bilingual education,...
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101- Ryan & Addy Hall
101- Ryan & Addy Hall. After being invited to appear on Ryan's podcast, Tome to the Weather Machine, and Ryan agreeing to make it a dual release, Yoni heads over to Ryan and Addy's Cincinnati apartment for a talk. They talk about music, Ryan and Addy's time as Peace Corps volunteers in Swaziland,...
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100- Listeners' Calls
100- Listeners' Calls. As a celebrations for the centennial episode, Yoni takes calls from podcast listeners and discusses whatever subjects they want. They discuss love, recording, writing, and taking a zen approach.
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099- Health Scare
099- Health Scare. Yoni tells of the adventure of leaving Costa Rica early due to health problems, and spiritual growth through illness.
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Episode 98- Matias (Costa Rica)
Episode 98- Matias (Costa Rica). While in Costa Rica, Yoni meets many people, one of them being Argentine-born lifeguard/personal trainer/phys. ed. teacher, Matias. They discuss surfing, tides, life guarding, personal training, tourists, and Costa Rica.
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THE WANDERING WOLF is songwriter Yoni Wolf's ongoing collection of field recordings from the road, unscripted internal monologues, self-reflective moments, and in depth conversations with musicians, artists, comedians, and interesting people of all kinds. These episodes stand to chronicle Yoni's life as a traveling bard and those he crosses paths with out there in the wild world.
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