Labor: A Podcast by The Caribbean (DC)
10 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 10 years ago - ★★★★★ - 2 ratingsThe Caribbean, a band from Washington, DC, discusses the creative process and making it work with authors, other musicians, and creatives from across the spectrum.
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Episodes
Episode Ten: Ted Travelstead (Author, Comic)
August 31, 2014 16:02 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBPerhaps my favorite Labor episode yet. Ted is endlessly kind, funny, and insightful. This was a great and highly engaging conversation. Live from Brooklyn’s Fire Proof East.
Episode Nine: Rafael Alvarez (HBO’s “The Wire”)
March 03, 2014 22:02 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBWe did a live podcast event with Rafael at Atomic Books in Baltimore, a fantastic store that now has a great bar in the back. Rafael is always insightful, and, decked out in full Orioles’ regalia, has Baltimore, and storytelling,… Continue Reading →
Episode Eight: Johnny Temple (Akashic Books, Girls Against Boys)
November 02, 2013 19:25 - 57 minutes - 53.1 MBWe met with Johnny Temple at Akashic Books’ Brooklyn office for a conversation that covered noir, curating, selling books, the current state of affairs in print media (not the usual opinion you’d expect), and Akashic’s unique vision for what a… Continue Reading →
Episode Seven: Jeff Lyons (Used Wigs)
October 28, 2013 19:47 - 1 hour - 89.9 MBLike so many really funny people I know, I found Jeff Lyons via Twitter, and I’ve got to say, his batting average on there is in the .900 range. Even his tweet from the night of our interview, posted on… Continue Reading →
Episode Six: Heba Kadry
October 16, 2013 23:10 - 46 minutes - 53.2 MBBack to Brooklyn’s Splitty for another installment of Labor. This time we were joined by Heba Kadry, who’s been making a name for herself as go-to mastering engineer, helming numerous releases on Thrill Jockey records, and who recently made her major… Continue Reading →
Episode Five: Ian Williams (BATTLES)
October 01, 2013 18:25 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBThis episode finds us again in Brooklyn on the back patio of Splitty, a fine, feels-like-home place in Fort Greene. Ian joined us late afternoon and we chatted for over an hour about video editing (both above and a little… Continue Reading →
Episode Four: Kristopher Jansma
August 28, 2013 00:39 - 1 hour - 63.6 MBOnce again into the breach, or at least Brooklyn. This time to chat with Kristopher Jansma, whose debut novel, The Unchangeable Spots Of Leopards, has been garnering ample and well-earned praise. It’s a globetrotting affair, taking up residence on four continents.… Continue Reading →
Episode Three: Joe Meno
August 15, 2013 01:29 - 1 hour - 58.1 MBChicago author Joe Meno joined us for a live recording of Labor at Chicago’s City Lit Books in Logan Square on a gorgeous Saturday, August 3rd. Joe is a highly-regarded author whose novels have garnered acclaim from the New York Times,… Continue Reading →
Episode Two: Jesse Jarnow
July 14, 2013 16:59 - 1 hour - 70.9 MBOn an incredibly hot night in July, Michael, Dave, and Matt sat down with author Jesse Jarnow at Splitty in Brooklyn and talk about writing, the New York Mets, Yo La Tengo, the Dead, Johnny Bench, and socialism, in no… Continue Reading →
Episode One: Jonathan Evison
July 12, 2013 15:45 - 46 minutes - 63.8 MBMichael and author Jonathan Evison sit down at DC’s Comet Ping-Pong and discuss, amongst other things, songwriting vs. writing novels, community and how it’s better than fascism, drinking, first novels not actually being your first novel, ADD, and how failure is more… Continue Reading →