All episodes of The Wind

Episodes

How a small sonic boom came to represent homelessness in Reno, and how the city responded to unhoused people taking up sonic real-estate. // Utility, aesthetic language, 911 tape and the search for Reno’s master whip maker.

Published 03/08/22

The Cobra, The Fuse and The Woman at the End of The World (with Kiko Dinucci)

Listening to 3 pieces from Brazilian guitarist Kiko Dinucci. Samba, repetition, resistance and change. Plus, a primer on regime change and presidential politics in Brazil ahead of the 2022 election.

Published 02/22/22

Hell Walk

The future of big box stores, and an exploration of the "hell walk". Music from The Staples in Roseville, CA by People with Bodies, and a conversation with Emily Pratt in the dining room of a Wendy's.

Published 01/18/22

Why to Build an Aeolian Harp (with John Luther Adams)

An interview with composer John Luther Adams.

Published 01/04/22

How to Build an Aeolian Harp

Trying to pull music from the sky by building a harp out of a felled aspen tree.

Published 01/04/22

The Disintegration Loops

Listening to The Disintegration Loops during wildfire season -- a review of William Basinski’s seminal album as a meditation on looping thoughts, physical disintegration, and fire.

Published 12/21/21

Year 2 • Prologue

An introduction to Year 2 of The Wind.

Published 12/09/21

Bonus Episode: Jessica Bruder (Nomadland)

A conversation with Nomadland author Jessica Bruder from February 2020.

Published 03/09/21

Epilogue

Thank you for listening to Year 1 of The Wind.

Published 02/02/21

A Shout Across the Valley

How did the mythic western cowboy learn to yodel?

Published 01/26/21

Time Flies

A fountain of youth, Hermeto Pascoal, a clock store - written and recorded by Eleanor Tullock

Published 01/19/21

Coyote

An ode to the coyote.

Published 01/12/21

Baixo

Emily Pratt and I get trapped in a necropolis in São Paulo, then speak to bassists Joe Lally of Fugazi and Sandra Coutinho of legendary Brazilian punk band Mercenárias.

Published 01/05/21

Interlogue

A quick tour of the office, as it snows on my desk.

Published 12/22/20

A Tale of Two Mountains

Two peaks named for the confederate president, and their path through a bureaucratic (re)naming process.

Published 12/15/20

A Hobo, A Tramp, A Bum

A quest to find the difference between a hobo, a tramp and a bum. We head to the train yard and ask around. Then, receive some clues on a cassette tape from legendary train artist buZ Blurr (Colossus of Roads). Oh look, there's our train now.

Published 12/08/20

They/Them

How gender neutral language is working for non-binary people, and how it’s developing in English, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Portuguese and Hebrew.

Published 12/01/20

Frontier Music

Western Films as America’s origin story, and why they sound the way they do. Featuring Gary Farmer, Rion Amilcar Scott, Jeff Grace and Kathryn Kalinak. (Dead Man, The World Does Not Require You, Meek's Cutoff, How the West was Sung)

Published 12/01/20

Prologue

An introduction to The Wind.

Published 11/17/20