Podcast: The Steer

Hosted by Joshua James Amberson, Karleigh Frisbie Brogan, and Jeff Alessandrelli in Portland, Oregon, The Steer features leading musicians talking about their favorite writers and books and leading writers talking about their favorite musicians and albums. Conversations often go elsewhere and following each talk is a playlist of songs or sounds discussed during the interview. New episodes drop every two weeks.

Essayist Andre Perry

Joshua and Jeff talk to Andre Perry about listening to Kendrick Lamar live in Iowa City, making music in San Francisco, the nuances of The Grateful Dead, co-founding the Mission Creek Festival, and his debut essay collection Some of Us Are Very Hungry Now.

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Kyle Morton–Playlist

Music from the Kyle Morton episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Tracks from Kyle’s solo album What Will Destroy You are featured, as well as a few from Kyle’s band Typhoon.

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Songwriter Kyle Morton (of Typhoon)

Joshua and Jeff talk to Kyle Morton, Typhoon frontman Kyle Morton and noted solo musician, about reading history; growing up in Salem, Oregon; the nuances of good lyric writing, among other far-flung topics.

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Performance Artist & Memoirist Gabrielle Civil

Joshua and Jeff talk to writer and performance artist Gabrielle Civil about Prince, Bjork, Solange, how to both define and come to terms with success, and her new book Experiments in Joy, longlisted for the Believer Book Award in the non-fiction category.

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Gabrielle Civil–Playlist

Music from the Gabrielle Civil episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include Prince, Digable Plants, Bjork, Nina Simone and Solange, among others.

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Season 2 Intro

New Steer co-host Joshua James Amberson and Jeff Alessandrelli discuss the upcoming season of their music/writing podcast/radio show The Steer.

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Season 1 Outro

The Steer says goodbye to Season 1 of the show and talks about what’s coming up in Season 2.

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Dream Poet Mathias Svalina

Jeff talks to Mathias Svalina, poet and proprietor of the Dream Delivery Service, about deodorant, Michael Crichton, Mary Roach, Virginia, bicycling, solitude, being a college radio disc jockey, traveling vs. staying in one space mentally and physically, and music. A lot about music. At the end Mathias also reads some of his “choice” dreams—stick around for it.

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Mathias Svalina–Playlist

Music from the Mathias Svalina episode of The Steer, as heard on www.Dublab.com and KZUT 99.1 FM Los Angeles. Artists include UUVVWWZ, Boyracer, FKA Twigs, and Shudder To Think, among others.

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Writer & Multimedia Artist Felicity Fenton

Jeff talks to ambidextrous author and artist Felicity Fenton about 21st century social media stratification and the potential for freedom, why Yoko Ono deserves all the praise she gets and then some, and how traveling can paradoxically make an artist feel a greater sense of home. Listen until the end when Felicity also reads from her amazing essay User Not Found!

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