Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
Sampha is a singer, songwriter and producer from London. His first album, Process, won the Mercury Prize in 2017. He’s collaborated with artists like the XX, Kendrick Lamar, Drake, and Solange. If you saw the Song Exploder Netflix show, Sampha was in the Alicia Keys episode, for the song they did together as a duet. This year, in October 2023, Sampha put out his second album, Lahai. And for this episode, I talked to Sampha about the song “Spirit 2.0.” Coming up you’ll hear the original demo, and some early voice memos.
Sampha recruited some collaborators for the song, like producer Pablo Diez-Reixa, aka El Guincho, who won a Grammy for his work on Rosalia’s first album; plus Yaeji; and Lisa Kaindé, from Ibeyi. But the song “Spirit 2.0” first took shape when Sampha was by himself, at home.
For more, visit songexploder.net/sampha.
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey rewatch the 1982 classic ‘An Officer and a Gentleman’ because they’ve got nowhere else to go! They continue “Wait, This Movie Made HOW Much Money??” month by rewatching the romantic hit starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, and Louis Gossitt Jr. and directed by Taylor Hackford. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Puh! I’m not quite sure if this is meant as a parody. If it is: ok, but it’s really over the top with lots of CGI and unnecessary action. I don’t know. A weird one.
A fantastic story (basically) about a teacher – who seems to be the only sane adult at that school – get singled out and blamed for what’s wrong at a school. It’s tragic and Leonie Benesch plays this absolutely brilliantly. The other cast is fantastic, too. So, I liked this a lot, and for some reason I thought this could have been longer and not be so open-ended.
The Ringer’s Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Van Lathan steal from the rich and pod for the poor as they kick off “Wait, this movie made HOW much money?” month with a rewatch of ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves,’ starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. Producer: Craig Horlbeck Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Radiolab
• WNYC Studios
Song Exploder
• Hrishikesh Hirway
I think one of the hardest things there is to do in music is to write a love song that expresses something real. I read that the song "Liar" by Paramore was written by Hayley Williams, the singer of the band, about her longtime bandmate Taylor York, and about the feelings she started to realize she’d had for him. Paramore has been a band for over 20 years, since Hayley and Taylor and Zac Farro, who plays drums, were all young teenagers. Paramore’s won a Grammy for Best Rock Song, and they have multiple platinum albums. But with all that history, Taylor and Hayley only recently became a couple. "Liar" is a song off of their most recent album, This Is Why, which came out in February 2023. So I talked to Hayley, Taylor and Zac in their studio about how their song first came about and what it means to them.
For more, visit songexploder.net/paramore.
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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan recorded this podcast just for Damien. It’s all for you, Damien! It’s time for Richard Donner’s 1976 horror film, ‘The Omen’—starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, and Harvey Spencer Stephens. Producer: Craig Horlbeck t Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
We've teamed up with The Conflict podcast to answer your questions. These include Russia's role, the reaction from Israel, and what we can all do to be part of the solution.
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Struck A Nerve – the Death Metal band I joined last year as a bass player – will be playing live for the first time in November. Here are the Infos:
Bands:
24. November 2023
Underground
Bundesallee 268 - 274
42103 Wuppertal
Start: 20h
Price: €12 VVK, €18 AK
Now, I only need to get my arm fit again…
I'm not too much convinced about the premise: that Laurie – 40 years later – is still obsessed with Michael, and how he escapes (of course!) exactly on Halloween. And then it all peaks in this Home-Alone-ish finale.
But the suspense and slasher-action, the visuals, the soundtrack, the cast, is pretty good, I must say. So I still ended up well entertained.
