“Back in Love” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS Suki Waterhouse is a singer-songwriter, actress, and model from London. She released her first single in 2016, and her first album, I Can’t Let Go, in 2022, on Sub Pop. You might have seen her in the show Daisy Jones & The Six,…
Prince LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS My guest today is Ahmir Thompson, aka Questlove, the drummer and founding member of The Roots, as well as an author, a DJ, and an Oscar-winning film director. A song that changed my life is “Double Trouble” by The Roots, and the liner notes that…
“Victim of Luck” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS Metric is a band from Canada that was formed in 1998. They’ve won four Juno Awards, including Group of the Year. Rolling Stone included them in their list of the 50 Greatest Canadian Artists of All Time. In April 2026, Metric released their…
“Girls Like Girls” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS Hayley Kiyoko is a singer, songwriter, author, and director from Los Angeles. She was a child actor on Disney and Nickelodeon, and briefly in a girl group called The Stunners. But then, she started her career as a solo artist. In 2015, she…
“Faceshopping” by Sophie LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS My guest today is the actor Tatiana Maslany. One of the things I find so compelling about Tatiana and her career is that the roles that she plays often contain multitudes—literally. She played over 10 different characters-clones, but with distinct personalities-in the TV…
“Ripples in a Pond” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS Paul McCartney is a singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer whose career spans more than six decades. As a member of The Beatles and later Wings and then his own solo albums, he’s simply one of the most influential artists of all time.…
“Boy From School” LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS Hot Chip is a band from London made up of Alexis Taylor, Joe Goddard, Al Doyle, Owen Clarke, and Felix Martin. Their second album, The Warning, came out in 2006. It was nominated for a Mercury Prize, and named one of the best…
‘69 Love Songs’ by The Magnetic Fields LISTEN: APPLE · SPOTIFY · AMAZON · OTHER APPS My guest today is the bestselling author Emma Straub. Her books include This Time Tomorrow, Modern Lovers, The Vacationers, and more. And with her husband, Michael Fusco, she co-owns the beautiful Brooklyn bookstore Books Are Magic. I’m so thrilled…
Listen to the indie rock titans’ respective takes on “Barstool Blues” and “Like a Hurricane”
The pair reunite on Aiko’s new album Westside Whimsy