The Wind

Mar 13 2025 49 ep. 28 mins 247
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A podcast about listening made at a handmade desk in the mountains.

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Organist Edward Torres at the Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Mar 13 2025 30 mins  
Up the freeway a few miles from Downtown Los Angeles, the streetlights flicker on and I approach the warm glow of the Bob Baker Marionette Theater. Inside, I meet organist Edward Torres.

Henry Real Bird at the National Cowboy Poetry Gathering

Feb 12 2025 50 mins  
Off the train in Elko, Nevada we meet cowboy poet Henry Real Bird, former Montana Poet Laureate, teacher and bronc rider from the banks of the Little Bighorn. // The National Cowboy Poetry Gathering started in 1985, becoming an annual roundup of cowboys, ranchers, poets, artists and the many combinations therein, hailing from all parts the American west and sometimes beyond. On thi

Echo from Deep Valley with Ho Lan

Jan 13 2025 43 mins  
A song bounces from slope to slope, emerging from the valley as an echo. Just of out earshot from Spokane Falls we meet star Taiwanese yodeler, Ho Lan.

Jazmine (JT) Green in Brooklyn, New York

Dec 17 2024 42 mins  
The word “transit” comes from the Latin “transitus”, meaning to pass across or through. Off the subway in Brooklyn, down the stairs into the busy green room of On Air Fest, we meet Jazmine (JT) Green. || Ephemera, change, sound. ||

Alash Ensemble in Winnemucca, Nevada

Nov 20 2024 40 mins  
From the backroom of a Basque hotel in the Great Basin, Tuvan throat singing flows out through the bar, over the train tracks, and into the vast sagebrush steppes.

Year 5 • Prologue

Nov 15 2024 4 mins  
On occasion, the top of my desk blows off its legs.

Guest Episode: Twenty Thousand Hertz + Listener Survey

Aug 27 2024 28 mins  
LISTENER SURVEY: https://forms.gle/bN8VBWMfLEkNNbiW7 Plus, a guest episode from our friends at Twenty Thousand Hertz. The guest episode is called Dias Irae, and I think it works as a nice companion piece to Devil Music. If you like this ep, you can subscribe to 20khz at https://20k.org ! The Wind will be back in the fall -- thanks for listening.

99% Invisible / The Los Angeles Leaf Blower Wars (Announcement)

Jun 12 2024 2 mins  
I reported another episode for 99% Invisible. It’s called The Los Angeles Leaf Blower Wars. Listen in the 99pi feed, or on their website. ••• If you're new to The Wind: Start with: "Prologue" For politics of sound: "Whip Law" // "Judas Priest on Trial" Music: "The Demon who Eats Demons" (Nepali death metal) Music History: "Frontier Music" (western film scores) Fan Favs: "Co

The Crossroads

Jan 30 2024 34 mins  
In the season finale of Devil Music, we walk down to the crossroads to make a deal.

Satanic Panic | a conversation with Aja Romano

Jan 16 2024 26 mins  
I speak with Vox writer Aja Romano about the era of the Satanic Panic, and how it is still playing out. Lil Nas X to Punk and Heavy Metal, reaching back to blues musician Robert Johnson.