On this day, five years ago... Yo! That's My Jawn: The Podcast was born....
In honor of the anniversary, Nate shares an unreleased segment from his season four chat with Zach Eastman.
Thank you to everyone who has ever listened to this silly little show put together by a guy in his basement with delusions of grandeur.
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Nate has a chance to sit down with singer/songwriter David Wilcox for a chat about his new album, The Way I Tell The Story & MORE! They talk about David's childhood, learning guitar at 18, his early songwriting, starting to play out at open mic nights, Joni Mitchell, cutting his teeth busking in Philly on South Street, Nightshift Watchmen, being prolific, what it was like being signed to a major label, major vs. indie releases, the Pandemic, his Custom Songs service, The Way I Tell The Story, working with Michael Selverne, the Bryn-Mawr show cancellation, and what it's like releasing music in 2025. Then, David takes a dive into The Jawntlet!
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"Better Nate than never...." Nate is back with a fun hang with the brother & sister creative team, Samantha & Tommy Gongol! They chat about their childhood, the genesis of the Flash In The Pan web series, doing a web series over a sitcom, casting the roles of their parents, wrapping production, using social media to promote a web series vs. music, using the single "Flash In The Pan" as the theme song for the show, the announcement of Samantha's upcoming solo EP, deciding to release an EP over an album, their acting & writing backgrounds, the status of Marian Hill, as well as Samantha & Jeremy's appearance on Switched On Pop. Then, both Samantha & Tommy take a run at The Jawntlet!
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Nate gives an update on the recent delayed episode releases and ponders out loud about the generative AI band with hundreds of thousands of streams on Spotify. Then, Nate sits down with David Lowery (Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven). They talk about David's childhood living across the world as a son of a member of the Air Force, how music entered his life, the move to California and exposure to neighborhood bands, forming the band Sitting Ducks that eventually became the band Camper Van Beethoven, Johnny Hickman, the timing of the 40th anniversary release of Telephone Free Landslide Victory, A Cracker Retrospective, and Fathers, Sons & Brothers, releasing music in 2025, the music industry in the 90s, streaming, Substack, Emily White, releasing the three EPs that would become Fathers, Sons & Brothers on Bandcamp, non-commercial radio, tour plans, the reactions to Fathers, Sons & Brothers from family, and the song "Everybody Get a Fucking Day Job." Then David partakes in The Jawntlet!
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After an extended break Nate returns with an all new episode! He is joined this week by Kevin Hanson (The Fractals, Huffamoose) for a chat about the new EP, Rescue & MORE! They talk about growing up in Washington, moving to Philly, learning guitar, playing in jazz bands as a teen, the gutting of funding for public school music education, the state of young guitar players, the formation of Huffamoose, winning the Pepsi Battle of the Bands and performing at Woodstock '94, signing with Interscope Records, the music industry in the 1990s, releasing music in 2025, the Philly scene in the '90s, the Kevin Hanson Trio record, re-recording "Bullseye," playing with Jay-Z for the Fade to Black farewell show at Madison Square Garden, The Roots, Questlove, the Rescue EP, "Christopher Walken," the upcoming show at the Falser on July 24th with Hymn For Her, physical releases, and making human connections in a digital world. Then, Kevin finds himself in The Jawntlet!
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Nate caps off his run of weekly episodes with a conversation with the writer/director of the new film O'Dessa, Geremy Jasper. They discuss growing up in New Jersey, the path from music to film, finding and appreciating different styles of music, the Fever, Outlaws, myths and epics, what influenced O'Dessa, making such an original film in the current landscape of film, casting Sadie Sink in the lead role, writing the music for the film, early drafts of the screenplay, reactions to the film and playing in Philly. Then, Geremy strums his way into The Jawntlet!
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Nate's back with a chat with Canadian singer/musician, Art d'Ecco. In a dense chat, they talk about the Non-COMMvention, WXPN, growing up in Canada, how Beethoven led him to piano, the early Art d'Ecco music, his first album, Day Fevers, producing, how the two months he spent in New York City birthed Serene Demon, the lack of movements in contemporary music, the Rocky Horror Picture Show, the "Disco Sucks" and anti-Glam movements of the late 70s, how people's relationship with music has changed, cellphones, being present in the moment and happy accidents. Then, Art dives into The Jawntlet!
Nate is joined this week by Nick Hexum of the band 311. They chat about Philly show memories, his early music memories, learning how to play piano and pivoting to guitar, Fish Hippos, how prolific band was early in their career, the range of music in the 90s, the end of Capricorn Records, "Love Song" and the 50 First Dates soundtrack, the NIck Hexum Quintet, Waxing Nostalgic and the EP release plans, playing in the same lineup for almost 40 years, his tech startup SKP, the streaming industry, the 311 Cruise, 311 Day and the Tiny Desk Concert. They, Nick makes his way through the Jawntlet!
Nate chats with entrepreneur/technologist Benji Rogers. They talk about meeting years ago at Fergie's Pub, growing up in a family of music industry managers, getting into music, the true purpose of streaming, the CD-R and MP3 era, Bandcamp, content collapse, the give & take of technology, Substack, Sureel.AI and attribution, and how it has been received by the industry. Then, Benji hangs out for The Jawntlet!
Nate's back with an all new chat with the team behind the new nine part HBO documentary Celtics City, director Lauren Stowell and producer Gabe Honig. They chat about Nate's Sixers fandom, Lauren's SC Featured piece The Dutch Destroyer, finally getting t share the doc with the world, how the doc handles the racial dynamics of Boston & the NBA, the weight of telling this story, favorite teams, their favorite eras the covered, how the Celtics as a team transcends the free agency era, anticipating the Celtics fan reaction to the documentary & what's next.
Nate sits for a chat with Master puppeteer and Animatronic Designer, Dave Barclay to chat about his new autobiography, My Life With Animatronics. Movies, Puppets and Beyond. They discuss Dave's childhood growing up in England, his parents's puppetry group, his desire to get into film and special effects makeup, Yoda and bridging puppetry and animatronics, how Mark Hamill got him into the film industry, the gravity of working on Empire Strikes Back, joining the Henson Company on The Dark Crystal, performing Jabba the Hutt in Return of the Jedi, practical vs. CG, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, collaboration, the Labyrinth sequel and the legacy of the original, the Outabody rig, the memoir, unsung heroes, Mauldrix, and working on the Secret Life of Pets ride at Universal. Then, Dave tries his hand in The Jawntlet!
Nate is back with a recap of the Eagles victory in Super Bowl LIX before a great conversation with singer/songwriter Andrew Dost. They talk about theDead Milkmen, growing up in Michigan, unfinished projects, Andrew's musicalColumbus!, recognizing and growing from early missteps, scoring for film, finding himself musically after the dissolution offun., playing theMetal Bubble Trio material live, going to college for journalism and advertising, the desire to write a musical, theAlly Coalition, and his song"Holding Onto" ft.theMiND. Then, Andrew steps up to the Jawntlet!
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Sexy Season Six!! Nate is back riding high from the Eagles heading back to the Super Bowl with a great chat with keyboardist/producer/composer, Corey Bernhard! They chat about growing up in Massachusetts, the music that played around the house when he was a kid, learning the piano, children's resilience with failure, playing Phish and Led Zeppelin in early bands, becoming a Jazz head, writing sheet music, moving to Philly, forming Killiam Shakespeare, playing with Bilal, the Okayplayer boards, the Killiam Christmas EP, going solo, the collab project with the Bul Bey, the pandemic, joining the Late Show Band, A Blessed Leap Into Eternity, taking a different approach in creating the album, tour plans, playing with Charlie Hall for his Invisible Ink shows at Solar Myth, backing Rachel & Vilray and playing with the magnificent DJ Jazzy Jeff. Then Corey takes a run at The Jawntlet!
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Nate sends off 2024 with a recap of the year and a long list of Thank Yous for his friends, family, contributors and listeners....
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Music: "Auld Lang Syne" by T. Bless & the Professionals
Nate delivers the audio version of his yearly ukulele singalong livestream, 'Twas the Jawn Before Christmas 5!
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Nate is joined once again by his pals, James and D.X. Ferris to once again chat about Christmas. This season, they tackle some Christmas likes and some Christmas dislikes. So fashion yourself a glass of eggnog, settle down by the fire and enjoy!!
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DXMas XXX: 30, Flirty & Thriving (2024)
Nate kicks off his return with a quick update on Oops! All Bards, 2OLD / 2NEW, the WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century wrap up show on Your Next Favorite Band, and the upcoming fifth 'Twas the Jawn Before Christmas. Then Nate sits for a quick chat with actor/writer/director Jack Huston to talk about Jack's directorial debut, Day of the Fight!
Back with an all new episode, Nate makes a plea for you to vote on November 5th before sitting down for a chat with comedian/musician/writer/podcaster/actor Dave Hill. They talk about the RISK! Podcast, growing up in Ohio, Sons of Elvis, signing to Priority Records, the Higher Learning soundtrack, meeting Flava Flav, entering the comedy world, being a hyphenate and finding time to do so, the formation of Valley Lodge, Eddie Eyeball, the upcoming show at PhilaMOCA (11/8), opening for the Michael Shannon/Jason Narducy REM shows, performing at Phish's Mondegreen Festival, podcasting and the new show Axe Lords, favorite guitar players, appreciating technique, Van Halen, and power-pop. Then Dave jumps through The Jawntlet!!
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Nate is back and talks about this week's Philly Music Fest and Inside Hustle networking event before sitting down with Emmy award winning filmmaker Kristi Jacobson, director of the new Max documentary Louder: The Soundtrack of Change. They talk about Kristi's connection to Philadelphia, growing up in New York, how studying Sociology at Duke led her to direct documentaries, her first film American Standoff, getting her start on documentary sets, the genesis of Louder, choosing who to showcase in the doc, Linda Ronstadt, the challenges of African Americans in the genre of country, Kathleen Hanna, the Tracy Chapman/Luke Combs Grammys performance, the use of duality in the film, and honoring our ancestors, both past and present. Then, Kristi steps up to The Jawntlet.
Back with an all new episode, Nate gives a quick recap of WXPN's XPoNential Music Festival before sitting for a long awaited chat with Josh Ostrander of Mondo Cozmo! They talk about the Mondo Cozmo show at the Ardmore Music Hall the night before COVID Lockdown, the return AMH show, growing up in Bucks County, Southampton, eating shit & powering through, music he heard around the house, Nirvana, Hendrix and the early days of learning guitar, admiring and then joining Trip 66/Ty Cobb/The Cobbs, how piano playing has affected his writing, working with Mark Rankin on It's PRINCLIPLE!, cutting 70 demos down to the 10 songs that appear on the album, how the song "It's PRINCIPLE!" almost didn't make the album before becoming the title track, playing the new songs live, the upcoming Philly Music Fest performance at Underground Arts, "Bitter Sweet Symphony," "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," releasing his sophmore album New Medicine during the pandemic, Springsteen's New York Times shout out, using Brett Kavanaugh's name in a lyric, music videos and contemporary attention spans, social media, blogs, 2OLD / 2NEW, finding new music and Grammy cut off week. Then, Josh tries on The Jawntlet!
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