Season 6

January 03, 2025

Remembering Janis Stockhouse, The Great Band Director

A recast of Kirk's 2019 interview with his beloved high school band director Janis Stockhouse, who died unexpectedly last week. May she rest in peace, and swing forever.

December 27, 2024

"Fingertips" by They Might Be Giants [Recast]

Kirk picks apart not one, not two, but twenty one micro-songs by the great They Might Be Giants.

December 13, 2024

"Babylon Sisters" by Steely Dan [Recast]

Here comes that Santa Ana wind again, blowing us right into the slightly skewed world of Steely Dan.

November 29, 2024

"I Will Always Love You" by Dolly Parton [Recast]

It takes an extremely strong song to top the charts three separate times in three separate decades, but "I Will Always Love You" is just such a song.

November 15, 2024

"Barracuda" by Heart [Recast]

It's time for the hardest rocking song ever written about sea life, as Kirk takes a deep dive into Heart's 1977 body-shaker "Barracuda."

November 01, 2024

"Space Oddity" and "Starman" by David Bowie [Recast]

Let the children lose it, let the children use it, and let all the children join in for Strong Songs!

October 18, 2024

"Think" by Aretha Franklin [Recast]

Let's go back, let's go back, let's go way on back to that time Aretha Franklin recorded one of her best songs.

October 04, 2024

Rediscovering Stevie Wonder, with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn

Kirk talks with Wesley Morris and Josh Gwynn about the endless world of Stevie Wonder.

September 27, 2024

Stevie Wonder: Music of My Mind [The Wonder of Stevie]

A cross-post of the first episode of "The Wonder of Stevie," a new podcast series from Higher Ground and Pineapple Street Studios.

September 20, 2024

"September" by Earth, Wind & Fire [Recast]

Ba de ya! Say that you remember! Ba de ya! Dancing in September!