Hunkered In The Bunker
44 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsDan Bern's "Hunkered In The Bunker" podcast series began during the first days of the Covid-19 Quarantine and quickly grew into a never-ending series of free-form, interactive transmission between the artist and his fans. There are theme shows, hundreds of original and cover songs, both new and old(many played for the first time during the show, some written the same day), kid's shows, guest shows with other artists piped in on a live feed, spoken word/readings as well as art shows and physical challenges, all corralled by his crack producer/engineer Larry.
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Episodes
2020/04/18 "Moon"
March 10, 2021 07:42 - 2 hours - 205 MBGood Evening and Good Morrow(depending on when you read this...and if you are fans of Milton. If not, Good Morning, I guess) to you all. This week's second installment is the evening show from way back on April 18th where the secret word was "Moon"...wait, this isn't Pee-Wee's Playhouse. Man, remember Pee-Wee's Playhouse? Brilliant, right? I loved that talking chair and especially...wait, I'm losing track here. Back to the Bunker "Moon" show. And what a show... The lunar magic is everywhere ...
2020/04/18 "Hunkered Kids"
March 10, 2021 06:49 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is another two parter. The first part was the afternoon "Kids show" with Lulu. Everyone is in fine form as we get songs about baseball, tropical trees, various methods of preparing cooked poultry as well as two new songs about the HITB cat, Coco. There is a reading of "Cleaver the Gronk" and it's all capped off with a Jell-O Snarfing face off. Stakes are high this week in the Bunker so tie on your regulation snarfing bib* ,settle in and as alwa...
2021/02/13 Hunkered Top 10 -1 (Storytellers Edition)
February 27, 2021 08:42 - 2 hours - 156 MBThis week's installment(s) of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is a special treat wherein we break with protocol and say "screw the calender" and jump ahead to the recent, Bunkernista created/curated top 50(well...top like 200 plus) Bernsteinn song list series of shows Dan put on once he Zoomed with the Bunker Family and got to see not only a puppet show(how many artists can say that of their fanbase?) but also an intricately curated and meticulously organized list of favorite songs. He was moved to...
2021/02/06 Hunkered Top 20 - 11 (Storyteller's Edition)
February 27, 2021 08:30 - 3 hours - 267 MBThis week's installment(s) of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is a special treat wherein we break with protocol and say "screw the calender" and jump ahead to the recent, Bunkernista created/curated top 50(well...top like 200 plus) Bernsteinn song list series of shows Dan put on once he Zoomed with the Bunker Family and got to see not only a puppet show(how many artists can say that of their fanbase?) but also an intricately curated and meticulously organized list of favorite songs. He was moved to...
2021/01/30 Hunkered Top 30-21 (Storyteller's Edition)
February 27, 2021 08:20 - 2 hours - 172 MBThis week's installment(s) of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is a special treat wherein we break with protocol and say "screw the calender" and jump ahead to the recent, Bunkernista created/curated top 50(well...top like 200 plus) Bernsteinn song list series of shows Dan put on once he Zoomed with the Bunker Family and got to see not only a puppet show(how many artists can say that of their fanbase?) but also an intricately curated and meticulously organized list of favorite songs. He was moved to...
2021/01/25 Hunkered Top 40-31 (Storyteller's Edition)
February 27, 2021 08:14 - 1 hour - 92.4 MBThis week's installment(s) of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is a special treat wherein we break with protocol and say "screw the calender" and jump ahead to the recent, Bunkernista created/curated top 50(well...top like 200 plus) Bernsteinn song list series of shows Dan put on once he Zoomed with the Bunker Family and got to see not only a puppet show(how many artists can say that of their fanbase?) but also an intricately curated and meticulously organized list of favorite songs. He was moved to...
2021/01/21 Hunkered Top 50-41 (Storyteller's Edition)
February 27, 2021 08:03 - 2 hours - 172 MBThis week's installment(s) of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is a special treat wherein we break with protocol and say "screw the calender" and jump ahead to the recent, Bunkernista created/curated top 50(well...top like 200 plus) Bernsteinn song list series of shows Dan put on once he Zoomed with the Bunker Family and got to see not only a puppet show(how many artists can say that of their fanbase?) but also an intricately curated and meticulously organized list of favorite songs. He was moved to...
2020/04/17 "Hunkered Goddess"
February 15, 2021 01:02 - 3 hours - 275 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" finds Dan answering the call of "The God show was great but where the Sam Hill is the Goddess show???" Well, here it is and this show is phenominal and loaded with treats. Starting with a "long note" warm up segment where we learn about Bernsteinn's penchant for holding a note so long that he passes out and yet still manages to continue playing in a trance-like state (I wanna see One Direction do that). The Goddesses are on full display tonight...
2020/04/16 Hunkered "God"
February 08, 2021 06:00 - 2 hours - 196 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" finds Dan taking on quite the topic...none other than God. Something like this can be tricky. Especially since Dan had recently narrowly avoided a Fatwa for allegedly/heroically harboring the producer/refugee/burro guru "Harry" in the Bunker (For the record, Harry's disappearance and Larry's emergence occuring on the same day, and the fact that they had similar skill sets as well as bearing a striking resemblance to each other is merely coincid...
HITB PODCAST Bonus Show 2: 1997/11/25 Cyrano's, Anchorage, AK
February 04, 2021 07:07 - 1 hour - 87.1 MBGreetings to the Bunker-nistas. Here's a little something from the vault to enjoy. I was just listening to this one myself the other day and was thinking of sharing it eventually so when I had the delay posting the Easter ep of HITB Podcast recently, I thought it would be a good time to share it. While there has never been an official time/date scheduled for new eps, it has become the thing that late Sunday night I fire up the Bunker Midwest Satellite Office's mainframe and post/write up tha...
2020/04/12 "Hunkered Easter Sunday"
February 02, 2021 07:40 - 3 hours - 176 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" finds us sharing Easter Sunday with Bernsteinn. It is a real classic episode of the Bunker for many reasons. Here are some just of the necessary boxes it ticks to establish itself as a "classic". First, there is a great mix of songs...new and old, popular and deep cut, originals and covers, topical and completely random; Next, there are a lot of extended and reimagined versions of songs, unique to the specific performance; Then there are great ...
2020/04/11 "Hunkered Road Trip"
January 25, 2021 07:34 - 2 hours - 161 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" was the evening show of this day back in April 2020 and it was the "Road Trip" special. We are not gonna dive into descriptions or pour over setlists here. I think the very spirit of this one is best served by just jumping in and going for the ride. I almost didn't type the setlist below but that would be silly. (Actually, I can't NOT mention the beautiful suite of songs/reading near the end of the show...Tonight I'm Coming Home ->"On the Road"...
2020/04/11 "Hunkered Kid's Show # 5"
January 25, 2021 06:42 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" was the first of two shows performed that day and was the 5th Bunker Kid's Show with Lulu guesting throung the entirety of the show.It was a shorter show but it still managed to include a reading from "Cleaver the Gronk", a matzo flick challenge, a ukelele bust out as well as some tips from Lulu on making "Holiday Eggs". We are also treated to a tune from the Stinky & Dirty song cycle even though Dan's marketing/financial/legal team and "Dirty...
2020/04/11 "Hunkered Kid's Show # 5"
January 25, 2021 06:42 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" was the first of two shows performed that day and was the 5th Bunker Kid's Show with Lulu guesting throung the entirety of the show.It was a shorter show but it still managed to include a reading from "Cleaver the Gronk", a matzo flick challenge, a ukelele bust out as well as some tips from Lulu on making "Holiday Eggs". We are also treated to a tune from the Stinky & Dirty song cycle even though Dan's marketing/financial/legal team and "Dirty"...
2020/04/10 "HITB 20"
January 18, 2021 09:28 - 2 hours - 215 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" deals with shoe money, plungers and matzo flicking not to mention the debut of the long considered lost, one and only(the we know of) collaboration between Mr. Bernsteinn and none other than John Winston Ono Lennon himself. We are currently waiting to hear back from the Apple thugs on just how it will be credited..."Lennon/Bernsteinn" or Larry's suggestion of alphabetical "Bernsteinn/Lennon". There is also a third option submitted by Sean Lenno...
2020/04/09 "Hunkered Easter/Passover Extravaganza"
January 11, 2021 07:44 - 1 hour - 150 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" was the Easter/ Passover show(later dubbed "extravaganza" mid show by Bernsteinn himself). This show was chock-a-block full of holiday magic and wonder including but not limited to songs about Ol' Peter Cottontail, Soft Boiled Eggs, Matzo Ball Soup, Jerusalem(with Mountains of Olives...shout out to the Bunker Buds), Passover as well as some amazing tales of the history of Moses...from parting the Red Sea to his later work in Vegas as a Croupier...
HITB PODCAST Bonus Show "March 2004 NYC" 1C
January 03, 2021 10:23 - 1 hour - 157 MBWell, this is just a little thank you to the Hunkered in the Bunker regulars who help make this this so vibrant and unique. We here in the Midwest HITB Podcast HQ/Production office thought it would be a fun change of pace to open up the vault and present some fun live classics from Dan way back in the days where we all could be in a room and enjoy music in person. I wanted to pick something from a period that was, like it is now, a very unique and polarizing time in our world and therefore a...
HITB PODCAST Bonus Show "March 2004 NYC" 1B
January 03, 2021 10:12 - 3 hours - 262 MBWell, this is just a little thank you to the Hunkered in the Bunker regulars who help make this this so vibrant and unique. We here in the Midwest HITB Podcast HQ/Production office thought it would be a fun change of pace to open up the vault and present some fun live classics from Dan way back in the days where we all could be in a room and enjoy music in person. I wanted to pick something from a period that was, like it is now, a very unique and polarizing time in our world and therefore a...
HITB PODCAST Bonus Show "March 2004 NYC" 1A
January 03, 2021 09:59 - 2 hours - 213 MBWell, this is just a little thank you to the Hunkered in the Bunker regulars who help make this this so vibrant and unique. We here in the Midwest HITB Podcast HQ/Production office thought it would be a fun change of pace to open up the vault and present some fun live classics from Dan way back in the days where we all could be in a room and enjoy music in person. I wanted to pick something from a period that was, like it is now, a very unique and polarizing time in our world and therefore a...
2020/04/05 "HUNKRD15"
January 03, 2021 08:51 - 1 hour - 164 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" was the 6th episode in just 5 days. It seemed like Bernsteinn as well as the listeners were starting to realize this was an entirely new paradigm for experiencing live music and that it was/would be far more immersive and interactive than ever before. Change was already in the air but the addition of the Super Glue(brand TBD) sponsorship to the already prestigeous bank of support from R.F.B, the Eye Juice people as well as the Warm Liquids fol...
2020/04/04 PM "Hunkered Covers"
December 21, 2020 08:56 - 2 hours - 123 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" needs no great explaination. It's the special Covers show. Ever wonder what a great college radio station(like WFUV for example) would sound like if they couldn't secure rights but still wanted to play songs by the Beatles, Bruce, Prine, Dar Williams, Leonard Cohen and Common Rotation? Well, they'd probably recruit Monsiuer Bernsteinn to just play everyone's songs for them. Well, here's what that would resemble... Also of note: this was the onl...
2020/04/04 AM "Hunkered Kids #4"
December 21, 2020 07:23 - 1 hour - 63.5 MBThis week's installment of HITB is a double feature. Here is presented for your enjoyment, one deluxe kid's edition of the Bunker with the entire show co-hosted by Lulu Bern and she kicks it into gear bringing a touch of class with a rendition of Ludwig Van's glorious bagatelle, "Für Elise". We are also treated to several readings as well as some high stakes peanut flicking. Bernsteinn songs mingle with Johnny Cash in a way that bridges the universal gap between Stinky and Dirty and the Man...
2020/04/03 "Hunkered 14"
December 15, 2020 08:41 - 2 hours - 160 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" not only gives us Bernsteinn feeling loose and throwing out a few big medleys (with songs from Bruce, Bob, George Strait, Leiber & Stoller) as well as several more Dylan covers mixed in with another batch of originals, both live staples as well as deep cuts but we also learn just who was in the house(or Bunker). So Sit back, enjoy(in this case...the Dutch feed is particularly well done. All praise be to Larry) and as always...Stay Hunkered Ple...
2020/04/02 "Tennis"
December 07, 2020 07:20 - 1 hour - 107 MBString up the rackets with some natural gut and put on you fanciest headband...It's time for the Hunkered In The Bunker Tennis special. From Tie Breaks to the weather in Madrid, Novak Djokovic's celiac health to the materials used on Jack Kramer's fucking racket(there's a fiver to the swear jar)...well, all questions will be answered. And if they aren't one can always ask the waitress... So until next week, Stay Hunkered... Please help support all here at Hunkered In The Bunker: PayPal dbh...
2020/11/27 100th Show (pt. 3)
December 06, 2020 11:44 - 2 hours - 129 MBThis week's installment of HITB is a special treat for the holiday season from the HITB Podcast gang. Instead of the releasing next episode chronologically, we at the Bunker HQ wanted to celebrate not only the holiday season that is upon us but also celebrate the 100th episode of Hunkered In The Bunker by releasing this epic show that clocks in at OVER 7 HOURS! Due to the length, the episode will be broken into 3 parts that will all be released at the same time. There isn't much to say about...
2020/11/27 100th Show (pt. 2)
December 06, 2020 11:24 - 2 hours - 137 MBThis week's installment of HITB is a special treat for the holiday season from the HITB Podcast gang. Instead of the releasing next episode chronologically, we at the Bunker HQ wanted to celebrate not only the holiday season that is upon us but also celebrate the 100th episode of Hunkered In The Bunker by releasing this epic show that clocks in at OVER 7 HOURS! Due to the length, the episode will be broken into 3 parts that will all be released at the same time. There isn't much to say about...
2020/11/27 100th Show (pt.1)
December 06, 2020 10:55 - 2 hours - 133 MBThis week's installment of HITB is a special treat for the holiday season from the HITB Podcast gang. Instead of the releasing next episode chronologically, we at the Bunker HQ wanted to celebrate not only the holiday season that is upon us but also celebrate the 100th episode of Hunkered In The Bunker by releasing this epic show that clocks in at OVER 7 HOURS! Due to the length, the episode will be broken into 3 parts that will all be released at the same time. There isn't much to say about...
2020/03/29 Hunkered 8?
November 30, 2020 07:08 - 2 hours - 121 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" needs no great explaination (other than the ep title...the numbering was sometimes handled in a very zen fashion, at times itself it's own abstract piece of art). This show is Dan showcasing some of his most trusted warhorses. Songs that could be counted on on both sides of the microphone (Jerusalem, Chelsea Hotel, Black Tornado, Wasteland) to never disappoint as well as some that became the mark that it was going to be a special night (Lightni...
2020/03/28 PM "Everett Ruess Wilderness" Show
November 23, 2020 09:12 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBThe second installment of the day is Dan's nearly complete recreation("Glorious World" get skipped... possible due to the political pressure put on Larry by some nefarious forces we won't get into here) of Dan's tribute album to the amazing work of Everett Ruess, 2012's epic "Wilderness Song". There are plenty of great readings and additions to the songs during this show that add some new perspective to the work as well as an intense Peanut Challange towards the end of the show. This show is...
2020/03/28 A.M. Kids Show
November 23, 2020 08:30 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBThis week's Hunkered installment is a double feature. Here is the morning "kid's show" installment and man...does Dan and Lulu ever bring the heat! From Halsey Hall to Stealing Signs to Hen Party to Clark The Dog, this show is a pot pourri songwriting fire! If you ever wanted to go from Bob Dylan to Stinky and Dirty to the Beatles...well, this is the show for you. And just listen to those dynamic recordings. Larry REALLY comes into his own here... So until the evening show recorded a few hou...
2020/03/27 Hunkered 08
November 16, 2020 00:10 - 1 hour - 101 MBThis week's Hunkered takes us on a nice, heartfelt ride through some of Bernsteinn's more well known concert(remember those) workhorses like "Chelsea Hotel"(which has a big fun intro), "Tiger Woods", "Wasteland", "Turning Over" and "I Need You" while not short-changing the deep cut “Bunk-Heads” and delivering the glorious "Sweet Sweet Bagels of Montreal". A Cover of Bruce's “Highway Patrolman” and a couple of readings from Yeats' “Second Coming” adds to the weight of the show, setting the ta...
2020/03/26 Opening Day!
November 09, 2020 08:27 - 2 hours - 153 MBHo Hoooo! Man, this was a great show. Opening Day! This was like Eight Men Out, Pride Of The Yankees, Bang The Drum Slowly, Bad News Bears, The Natural, Field Of Dreams, Major League and Ken Burn's Baseball all rolled into one beautiful mustard stained, peanut shelled, beer soaked, cracker jack sticky loveletter to the gorgeousity that is the first day of the MLB season...except there wasn't one this year. So this show meant EVEN MORE! I don't need to hard sell this one. It's all here. The f...
2020/03/22 Hunkered #7
November 03, 2020 07:26 - 2 hours - 129 MBThe "seventh" episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is in many ways one of the first Hunkered's to truly feel like what it has since turned into. And that's not easy to pinpoint but the Hunkereds(what the American press is calling the fans of the show. However in Larry's native Turkey, they are knows as "Sığınak Manyakları Hunker" which roughly translated means "Bunker Maniacs Who Hunker") it's something they know when they hear/see it. Maybe it was the new contracts signed with both Kombucha ...
2020/03/21 PM "Hunkered6"
October 26, 2020 09:12 - 1 hour - 87.5 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker", we are treated to an electric version of Smartie Mine, the ever illusive "LEM Duo" pairing of Jerusalem and Haarlem(not that one...the other one), a Prayer for the faithful from St. Patrick(which is always helpful) as well as a run through of "World War" that took 3 tries to complete due to technical difficulties (but Bernsteinn forged on through, leading by example and displaying tremendous fortitude in these uncertain times. I think that the...
2020/03/21 Hunkered AM Kids Show
October 19, 2020 07:43 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBWetty Car Poops... Doctor Toots... Stinky & Dirty? Either this means NOTHING to you or it made you sit up in your chair and take notice. Either way, tune in and enjoy the magic that is the Hunkered In The Bunker Kid's Show with Lulu. This week you can brush up and swimming techniques or extoll the virtues of fried chicken and hamburgers. Or if you want to know more about Tommy John Surgery or how many taters Barry Bonds clunked in 99...this is the show for you. Stay Hunkered Please help su...
2020/03/20 "Hnkrdnthbnkr5"
October 13, 2020 05:16 - 1 hour - 81 MBOn this week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker", we find our hero sharing some more Quarintine Wisdom on an extended "Til the Quarantine is Through" while not losing sight of the things that really matter like glory(a peanut flicking challenge), discusing Andrew Calhoun songs, wishing Mena a happy 8th birthday and an impromptu cello lesson(sans cello) all the while playing favorites like Wasteland, Breathe and Little Russian Girl. Lulu even drops by the Bunker set and jams a little on the...
2020/03/17 "HappyStPaddysDayHunkered" GREEN EDITION
October 06, 2020 09:24 - 59 minutes - 54.2 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" finds our hero deeply entrenched in the service of Blarney. Ol' Daniel McBernsteinn paints the bunker green with songs that share the common thread of the color of heather, emerald and shamrocks...and once a year, the Chicago River. Dan covers a wide range of people from Woody Guthrie to Green Day to Henry VIII(Yes, that one) on this episode while still squeezing in some modern plague wisdom("Quarantine Me") and a poetry reading from HITB favor...
2020/03/16 "Hunkered ?" or "Europe"
September 28, 2020 07:01 - 1 hour - 98.5 MBThis week's episode of "Hunkered In The Bunker" is sort of the first "themed" Hunkered...and that theme is "the old country". Well, "countrIES." Dan unfolds a musical map that takes us from Holland ("Haarlem"...not that one, the other one) to Italy ("Election Day In Italy") to Germany ("Reeperbahn" as well as a song we can't seem to remember the name of. Feel free to shoot us a message if you know it. You might get some "Hunkered Turtle Wax" if supplies last *) to France (Comme Vous le Faite...
2020/03/15 "Hunkered Volume 3? 3 or 4"
September 22, 2020 10:01 - 2 hours - 120 MBThis week "Hunkered In The Bunker" continues to spead it's proverbial wings with a mix of the recent quarantine themed songs, long time concert favorites (Chelsea Hotel, New American Language, Too Late to Die Young), less played deep cuts(Thanksgiving Day Parade) and covers (Bob's "Freight Train Blues" and Woody's "Pretty Boy Floyd" as well as a mash up of both the English and German versions of The Beatles' "I wanna Hold Your Hand") as well as poetry readings and an excerpt from Dan's book ...
2020/03/14 PM Hunkered # 2
August 24, 2020 23:13 - 2 hours - 128 MBThis week "Hunkered In The Bunker" continues to address the COVID crisis with some sound advice in song form with new hits like "Social Distancing" and "Wash Your Hands" and classics (from the previous night's broadcast) like "Quarantine Me"(up the charts with a bullet). Older songs like "Neutrinos Have Mass" and "Jesus' House" take on new meaning in the wake of the current biological scare. So tuck in, pop open a wet-wipe and enjoy a brief harmonica lesson, enjoy some readings by friend of ...
2020/03/14 AM Hunkered Kids Show #1
August 10, 2020 07:10 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBThis installment was recorded about 12 hours after the previous day's Hunkered In The Bunker, and is the first Hunkered Kid's Show. This time Dan teams up with Lulu Bern for a spin through some of the Bernsteinn kid's catalog. Today we get songs that deal with everything from washing your hands(the gravity of this song cannot be overstated it the early days of the Covid), swimming(might not seem important until one thinks of the alternative) and stealing signs(now, as to wether this is right...
2020/03/13 Hunkered # 1
August 10, 2020 06:21 - 1 hour - 64.2 MBThis week, we go back to the beginning. This is the maiden voyage of the good ship "Hunkered In The Bunker". At 8:02 PM PST, Dan Bern armed only with some guitars, songbooks, warm liquids and 2 brave crew members Lulu and Larry, set off to bring hope to a nation(and planet) in the early days of the Covid-19 Quarantine. It was the beginning of a deep dive into his vast(and ever expanding) songbook as well as covers, readings and the occasional physical challange. Equal parts folk show, poetry...
2020/06/07 Hunkered In The Bunker: Songs of Redemption
July 20, 2020 07:38 - 2 hours - 126 MBThis week, Bernsteinn follows his "Songs of Resistance, Hope and Change" episode with another "theme show". This show originally aired on the 7th of June and again contained a setlist loaded with songs of redemption by Dan as well as a diverse range of artists from U2, Prince, and Marlo Thomas to Tracy Chapman, The Sex Pistols and KRS-ONE! We here at Hunkered In The Bunker thought this show along with the show immediately preceding it would be a a good way to kick off the "Hunkered In The Bu...
2020/06/04 Hunkered In The Bunker: Songs of Resistance, Hope & Change
July 20, 2020 07:23 - 2 hours - 160 MBThis week, Bernsteinn brings us songs of resistance, hope and change. This show originally aired on the 4th of June while the country was not only months into a pandemic and the resulting quarantine but also in the midst of social upheaval that was set off by the murder of George Floyd by the Minneapolis PD and the inaction of the PD administration dealing with the officers responsible for Floyd's death. This show is packed with not only Dan's songs of resistance but with the songs of artist...