All Episodes
Beginnings — 507 episodes
Episode 724: Jeff Mueller of Rodan, June of 44 and Shipping News
Episode 723: Ron Regé Jr.
Episode 722: Dusty Reske of Rocketship
Episode 721: Michael Edison Hayden
Episode 720: Doug Gillard of Guided by Voices, Cobra Verde and Many More
Episode 719: Felicia Douglass of Ava Luna, Dirty Projectors and Gemma
Episode 718: Josh Margolin
Episode 717: Big Harp
Episode 716: John Flansburgh of They Might Be Giants
Episode 715: John McEntire of Tortoise
Episode 714: Fatal Farm
Episode 713: Connor Armbruster
Episode 712: Julia Steiner of Ratboys
Episode 711: Amelia Fletcher of Heavenly
Episode 710: Mort Burke
Episode 709: cub
Episode 708: Mary Lattimore
Episode 707: Julianna Barwick
Episode 706: Elliott Kalan
Episode 705: Jen Bender of Cusp
Episode 704: Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon
Episode 703: Kassie Carlson of Guerilla Toss
Episode 702: Amy O
Episode 701: Claire Rousay
Episode 700: Brian Michael Bendis
Episode 699: Marc Hollander
Episode 698: David J. Roth
Episode 697: Thalia Zedek of Come, Live Skull and Thalia Zedek Band
Episode 696: Gina Birch of The Raincoats
Episode 695: Joelton Mayfield
Episode 694: Julia Kugel of The Coathangers
Episode 693: Hannah Frances
Episode 692: Anamanaguchi
Episode 691: Nick Dragotta
Episode 690: Dan Wriggins of Friendship
Episode 689: Peter Salett
Episode 688: Laura Ballance of Superchunk
Episode 687: Carson McHone
Episode 686: Mark Russell
Episode 686: Rory Blank
Episode 685: Selwyn Seyfu Hinds
Episode 684: Daniel Littleton of Ida and The Hated
Episode 683: Kelly Sue DeConnick
Episode 682: Michael DeForge
Episode 681: David Bazan of Pedro the Lion and Headphones
Episode 680: Tune-Yards
Episode 679: M(h)aol
Episode 678: Maia Friedman of Coco and Dirty Projectors
Episode 677: Mr. Fish
Episode 676: David Longstreth of Dirty Projectors
Episode 675: Kristin Hersh of Throwing Muses and 50 Foot Wave
Episode 674: Tina Halladay of Sheer Mag
Episode 673: John Davis of The Folk Implosion
Episode 672: Anders Nilsen
Episode 671: Daniel Warren Johnson
Episode 670: Jeffrey Lewis
Episode 669: Jack Pendarvis
Episode 668: Bob Mould
Episode 667: Jamie McKelvie
Episode 666: Josh Zetumer
Episode 665: Tim Midyett of Silkworm, Bottomless Pit and Mint Mile
Episode 664: Dave Holmes
Episode 663: Guy Maddin
Episode 662: David Cross
Episode 661: Seth Gordon
Episode 660: Sunroof
Episode 659: Brian Blomerth
Episode 658: Jason Aaron
Episode 657: Ed Herro
Episode 656: Brian Ennals and Infinity Knives
Episode 655: Fred Thomas
Episode 654: Jake Xerxes Fussell
Episode 653: John Pham
Episode 652: Tsunami
Episode 651: Roy Montgomery
Episode 650: Meredith Scardino
Episode 649: Rose Melberg of The Softies
Episode 648: Angry Blackmen
Episode 647: Kishi Bashi
Episode 646: Los Bitchos
Episode 645: Dylan Bizhikiins Jennings
Episode 644: Lia Kohl
Episode 643: Matt Bors
Episode 642: Mabe Fratti
Episode 641: Asher White
Episode 640: Doug Henwood
Episode 639: Colin Meloy of The Decemberists
Episode 638: Sour Widows
Episode 637: Marina Allen
Episode 636: Jim Mickle
Episode 635: Susan Coyne
Episode 634: Jeff Martin of Idaho
Episode 633: Vicky Farewell
Episode 632: Eric Earley of Blitzen Trapper
Episode 631: Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance
Episode 630: Chris Black
Episode 629: Peyton Pinkerton
Episode 628: Friko
Episode 627: Rafael Toral
Episode 626: Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura
Episode 625: Linda Smith
Episode 624: Dan Abnett
Episode 623: Mark Robinson
Episode 622: Madeline Link of PACKS
Episode 621: Andrew Kenny of The American Analog Set
Episode 620: Juel Taylor
Episode 619: ISMAY
Episode 618: Jonathan Lethem
Episode 617: Arnold Dreyblatt
Episode 616: Evan Dando
Episode 615: Tanya Donelly
Episode 614: Doug Bielmeier
Episode 613: J. Blakeson
Episode 612: Arone Dyer
Episode 611: Nina Nastasia
Episode 610: Jordan Morris
Episode 609: Matt Fraction
Episode 608: Mike Sweeney
Episode 607: Marnie Stern
Episode 606: Derek M. Ballard
Episode 605: Will Butler
Episode 604: A. Savage
Episode 603: Greg Rucka
Episode 602: Fat Tony
Episode 601: Rod Argent of The Zombies
Episode 600: Ben Edlund
Episode 599: Will Oldham
Episode 598: Geoff Garlock
Episode 597: Teenage Fanclub
Episode 596: Bush Tetras
Episode 595: Locate S,1
Episode 594: Jad Fair
Episode 593: Heather Trost
Episode 592: Matt Christman
Episode 591: David Bizzaro
Episode 590: Salami Rose Joe Louis
Episode 589: Rob Mazurek
Episode 588: John Grant
Episode 587: Zeena Parkins
Episode 586: J. Holtham
Episode 585: Half Gringa
Episode 584: Joey Alison Sayers
Episode 583: Bobcat Goldthwait
Episode 582: Carl Newman of The New Pornographers
Episode 581: Jeff Lemire
Episode 580: Rachel Brown of thanks for coming & Water From Your Eyes
Episode 579: Satomi Matsuzaki
Episode 578: Jerry Minor
Episode 577: Oren Ambarchi
Episode 576: Stimmerman
Episode 575: Kate Fagan
Episode 574: Farel Dalrymple
Episode 573: Avey Tare
Episode 572: Emma Paetz
Episode 571: Elina Löwensohn
Episode 570: Damian Abraham of Fucked Up
Episode 569: Terence Winter
Episode 568: Jim Zub
Episode 567: ALMA
Episode 566: Daniel Wyche returns
Episode 565: Sheldon Epps
Episode 564: Cliff Chiang
Episode 563: Breeda Wool
Episode 562: Kurt Wagner of Lambchop
Episode 561: Jerry Stahl
Episode 560: Homeboy Sandman
Episode 559: Bill Orcutt
Episode 558: Robin Holcomb
Episode 557: Tara Jane O'Neil
Episode 556: Microwaves
Episode 555: Tony Molina
Episode 554: Dear Nora
Episode 553: Kieron Gillen
Episode 552: Laura Veirs
Episode 551: Lean Year
Episode 550: Lincoln Michel
Episode 549: Attia Taylor
Episode 548: Karl Blau
Episode 547: Tim McIlrath of Rise Against
Episode 546: Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal
Episode 545: Half-handed Cloud
Episode 544: Britt Lower
Episode 543: Mike Allred
Episode 542: Casper Kelly
Episode 541: Pictoria Vark
Episode 540: Steve Keene
Episode 539: Kisskadee
Episode 538: Joe Rainey
Episode 537: Diane Coffee
Episode 536: Ryan North
Episode 535: Gabriel Kahane
Episode 534: Kelly Thompson
Episode 533: Frontperson
Episode 532: Linqua Franqa
Episode 531: Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes
Episode 530: Andrew Farmer
Episode 529: Dan Erickson
Episode 528: Lennon Parham
Episode 527: Cadence Weapon
Episode 526: Kevin Huizenga
Episode 525: Jim Starlin
Episode 524: Julie Doiron
Episode 523: Basia Bulat
Episode 522: Nels Cline
Episode 521: Martha Wells
Episode 520: Matthew Herd of Seafarers
Episode 519: John Linnell
Episode 518: Logan Lynn
Episode 517: Wendy Eisenberg
Episode 516: John Vanderslice
Episode 515: Robert Haimer AKA Artie Barnes
Episode 514: Daniel Wyche
Episode 513: Modern Nature's Jack Cooper
Episode 512: Rebecca Gibney
Episode 511: René Kladzyk AKA Ziemba
Episode 510: Lionlimb's Stewart Bronaugh
Episode 509: Brent Jennings
Episode 508: Cedric Noel
Episode 507: Ram V
Episode 506: Patrick Shiroishi
Episode 505: Katelyn Tarver
Episode 504: Buzz Osborne of Melvins
Episode 503: Keith Knight
Episode 502: David Thomas of Pere Ubu
Episode 501: Indigo De Souza
Episode 500: Arthur Mathews
Episode 499: McKenzie Chinn
Episode 498: Nite Jewel (Ramona Gonzalez)
Episode 497: Bill Oakley
Episode 496: Kath Myers
Episode 495: Terry Riley
Episode 494: Robert Popper
Episode 493: Joe Jack Talcum of The Dead Milkmen
Episode 492: Anna McClellan
Episode 491: Steve Aylett
Episode 490: Lou Barlow
Episode 489: Michaela Watkins
Episode 488: Melvin Gibbs
Episode 487: Isobel Campbell
Episode 486: Michael Cerveris
Episode 485: John Allison
Episode 484: Bonnie McKee
Episode 483: Trevor Kampmann AKA hollANd
Episode 482: Peggy Seeger
Episode 481: Clay Tarver
Episode 480: Matt Sweeney
Episode 479: Jana Schmieding
Episode 478: Bob Nastanovich
Episode 477: Jamie Stewart of Xiu Xiu
Episode 476: Hans-Joachim Roedelius
Episode 475: Tobin Sprout
Episode 474: Sarah Mary Chadwick
Episode 473: Bobby Previte
Episode 472: Ron D. Moore
Episode 471: Chip Zdarsky
Episode 470: James Yorkston
Episode 469: Frances Quinlan
Episode 468: Mark Little
Episode 467: Richard Dawson
Episode 466: Ian MacKaye
Episode 465: Mary Timony
Episode 464: Si Spurrier
Episode 463: Chris Hedges
Episode 462: Steve Conrad
Episode 461: Chad Clark of Beauty Pill
Episode 460: David Sirota
Episode 459: Diane Cluck
Episode 458: Thurston Moore
Episode 457: Silas Howard
Episode 456: Owen Pallett
Episode 455: Tim Smith of Midlake and Harp
Episode 454: Psalm One
Episode 453: Brian Gallivan
Episode 452: Shirley Collins
Episode 451: Josh Radnor
Episode 450: Mac McCaughan
Episode 449: Sabrina Ellis of Sweet Spirit and A Giant Dog
Episode 448: Andrew Becker
Episode 447: Sam Prekop
Episode 446: Jason Williamson of Sleaford Mods
Episode 445: David Hill
Episode 444: Shamir
Episode 443: Greg Saunier of Deerhoof
Episode 442: Ben Passmore
Episode 441: Dan Levy
Episode 440: Thao Nguyen
Episode 439: Rob Guillory
Episode 438: Jimmy Flemion of The Frogs
Episode 437: Michael R. Jackson
Episode 436: Dennis Callaci
Episode 435: Anna Burch
Episode 434: Jeff Parker
Episode 433: NIIKA
Episode 432: Larry Hankin
Episode 431: Sarah Bolger
Episode 430: Jamie Drake
Episode 429: Stephin Merritt
Episode 428: Josh Siegal
Episode 427: Ada Lea
Episode 426: Mikal Cronin
Episode 425: Alexandra Stréliski
Episode 424: Magdalene Visaggio
Episode 423: Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus
Episode 422: Cara Beth Satalino of Outer Spaces
Episode 421: Vagabon
Episode 420: Redd Kross
Episode 419: Punam Patel
Episode 418: Alexander Noice
Episode 417: Jim Gavin
Episode 416: Dre Babinski of Steady Holiday
Episode 415: Sasami
Episode 414: Bleached
Episode 413: Ellen Kempner of Palehound
Episode 412: Andy Hull and Kevin Devine of Bad Books
Episode 411: Nick Turner
Episode 410: Will Fox
Episode 409: Chris Cohen
Episode 408: H. Alan Scott
Episode 407: Anna Connolly
Episode 406: Michael Collins of Drugdealer
Episode 405: Natalie Palamides
Episode 404: Ben Cooper of Radical Face
Episode 403: Megan Neuringer
Bonus Episode 42: Andy Daly from 2014
Episode 402: Mike Deni AKA Geographer
Episode 401: Solomon Georgio
Episode 400: Scott Thompson
Bonus Episode 41: Aaron Burdette on TV Development
Episode 399: SOAK
Episode 398: Rosie Tucker
Episode 397: The Blow
Episode 396: St. Lenox
Episode 395: Alison Tatlock
Bonus Episode 40: Let's Get Metaphysical pilot
Episode 394: Adeline
Episode 393: Black Belt Eagle Scout's Katherine Paul
Episode 392: Kether Donohue
Episode 391: Chapman and Brocker Way
Episode 390: Nnamdi Ogbonnaya
Episode 389: Becky Thyre
Episode 388: Maria Taylor of Azure Ray
Episode 387: Amber Nelson
Episode 386: Tony Millionaire
Episode 385: Howard
Episode 384: Ohmme
Episode 383: Cirocco Dunlap
Episode 382: Allison Crutchfield of Swearin'
Bonus Episode 39: Mitski interview from 2016
Episode 381: Johnathan Fernandez
Episode 380: Aleksa Palladino
Episode 379: Keiko Agena
Episode 378: Todd Berger
Episode 377: Brian Evenson
Episode 376: Jon Gabrus
Episode 375: Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids
Episode 374: Liz Stokes of The Beths
Episode 373: Colin Newman and Malka Spigel (Wire, Minimal Compact, Githead, Immersion)
Bonus Episode 38: Couples Therapy
Episode 372: Glen David Gold
Episode 371: Nora Singh of Hit Bargain
Episode 370: Adam Zwar
Episode 369: Kara Brown
Episode 368: Colleen Green
Episode 367: Cecil Castellucci
Episode 366: Nocando
Episode 365: Amy Aniobi
Episode 364: D'Arcy Carden
Episode 363: Julia Wertz
Episode 362: Dan Gregor
Episode 361: Aisling Bea
Episode 360: Wayne White
Episode 359: Carson Mell
Episode 358: Anna Waronker of that dog
Episode 357: Josh Ruben
Episode 356: Ian Davis
Episode 355: Rachel Browne of Field Mouse
Episode 354: DeWanda Wise
Episode 353: Dean Wareham
Episode 352: Jo Firestone
Episode 351: Griffin Newman
Episode 350: Ryan Lott of Son Lux
Episode 349: Amy Hubbs
Episode 348: Tawny Newsome
Episode 347: Brandon Bird
Episode 346: James Urbaniak
Episode 345: Dana Gould
Bonus Episode 37: Naomi Ekperigin on Keeping Your Soul in Hollywood
Episode 344: Karl Schaefer
Episode 343: Jessica Gao
Episode 342: Sina Grace
Episode 341: Steve Dildarian
Bonus Episode 36: Katie Walsh on Being a Film Critic
Episode 340: Carlos Alazraqui
Episode 339: Javier Grillo-Marxuach
Episode 338: Eliot Glazer
Episode 337: Angelo de Augustine
Episode 336: Inara George of The Bird and the Bee
Episode 335: Annie Mebane
Episode 334: Cord Jefferson
Episode 333: Wand's Cory Hanson
Episode 332: Andrew Ti
Episode 331: Eli Valley
Episode 330: Latasha Alcindor
Episode 329: Jill Eisenstadt
Episode 328: Zhubin Parang
Episode 327: Miles Kahn
Episode 326: Mattie Lubchansky
Episode 325: Jeremy Pikser
Episode 324: Sam Sinyangwe
Episode 323: Isaac Oliver
Episode 322: Aye Nako's Jade Payne and Mars Ganito
Bonus Episode 35: A Beginnings Live Music Mixtape
Episode 321: Jen Goma of A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Episode 320: Joseph Kertes
Episode 319: Bill Scheft
Episode 318: Stephen Falk
Episode 317: Joel Church-Cooper
Episode 316: Damon Lindelof
Episode 315: Patrick Adams
Episode 314: Chris Leo of The Van Pelt
Episode 313: Ronny Chieng
Episode 312: Nathan Lee Graham
Episode 311: Negin Farsad
Episode 310: Caissie St. Onge
Episode 309: Amy Hoggart
Bonus Episode 34: Naomi Ekperigin asks Is Showbiz a Meritocracy?
Episode 308: Tim Kasher of Cursive
Episode 307: NE-HI
Episode 306: Jason Narducy of Split Single
Episode 305: David Harrington of Kronos Quartet
Episode 304: Mara Wilson
Bonus Episode 33: Jesse David Fox of Vulture.com on Comedy Journalism
Episode 303: Tim Kinsella of Joan of Arc and Cap'n Jazz
Episode 302: Nadia Sirota
Episode 301: Sammus
Episode 300: Chris Claremont
Episode 299: Joel Kim Booster
Episode 298: Matt Pond PA
Episode 297: Amber Ruffin
Episode 296: Josie Long
Episode 295: Roy Wood Jr.
Episode 294: Baron Vaughn
Episode 293: Mitski
Episode 292: Azie Dungey
Bonus episode 32: Andrew Ti on Irony and Appropriation
Episode 291: Matthew Shipp
Bonus episode 31: Naomi Ekperigin and Election Depression
Episode 290: Chioke Nassor
Episode 289: Tom Snyder
Episode 288: Affinity Konar
Episode 287: Anthony Atamanuik
Episode 286: Sasheer Zamata
Episode 285: Paul Hammer of Savoir Adore
Episode 284: Jen Spyra
Episode 283: Sarah Pappalardo
Episode 282: Beth Newell
Episode 281: Bhaskar Sunkara
Episode 280: Nato Green
Episode 279: Elaiza Santos of Crying
Episode 278: Sofia Alvarez
Episode 277: Suki Kim
Episode 276: Barbara Manning
Episode 275: Cole Escola
Episode 274: Adam Wade
Episode 273: Sarah-Violet Bliss and Charles Rogers
Field Guide episode 30: The New York Television Festival
Episode 272: Wes Miles of Ra Ra Riot
Episode 271: String Noise
Episode 270: Oli Chang of High Highs
Episode 269: Chris McCullough AKA Jackson Publick
Episode 268: Will Sharpe
Episode 267: Open Mike Eagle
Episode 266: Ohal Grietzer
Episode 265: Todd Goldstein of ARMS
Field Guide episode 29: Karan Bajaj on Writer's Block and Travel
Episode 264: Bonnie McFarlane
Episode 263: Josh Gondelman
Episode 262: Dylan Marron
Episode 261: Larkin Grimm
Episode 260: Scott "Spiral Stairs" Kannberg
Episode 259: Curtis Gwinn
Episode 258: Gareth Reynolds
Episode 257: Jacqueline Novak
Episode 256: Phil Matarese and Mike Luciano
Episode 255: Geneva Carr
Episode 254: Streeter Seidell
Episode 253: Alex Ross Perry
Episode 252: Rick Moody
Episode 251: Andrew Keoghan
Episode 250: Laura Cantrell
Episode 249: Xenia Rubinos
Field Guide episode 28: Making a TV Show w/ Naomi Ekperigin
Episode 248: Gabrielle Smith
Episode 247: Daniel Kibblesmith
Episode 246: Ed Askew
Episode 245: Mehran Khaghani
Episode 244: Kevin Barker
Episode 243: Aya Cash
Episode 242: Kurt Heasley
Episode 241: Anika Pyle
Episode 240: Ted Alexandro
Episode 239: Briana Marela
Episode 238: Marina Franklin
Episode 237: Leslye Headland
Episode 236: Ted Rall
Episode 235: Murray Miller
Episode 234: Jack Stansbury