World Cafe Words and Music Podcast

Episodes

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  feeble little horse's 'bitknot' sounds unmistakably modern 10.11.2026 23m

  The Pittsburgh band's latest album is glitchy, unpredictable and undeniably fun.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Jesse Malin reflects on his road back to the stage after a stroke 09.11.2026 40m

  Malin's new book is Almost Grown: A New York Memoir.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Broken Social Scene is in the business of making memories 06.11.2026 34m

  The band's latest album, Remember the Humans, is its first in nine years.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Margaret Glaspy on her latest album, 'I Am Both' 04.11.2026 26m

  We all know that too much screen time isn't good for you. Margaret Glaspy talks about how she reconnected with herself by unplugging, and how that shaped her new album, I Am Both.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Tune in to a mini-concert with Fantastic Cat 03.11.2026 18m

  The supergroup Fantastic Cat's latest album, Cat Out of Hell, is filled with irreverent and charmingly honest songwriting. Hear them perform a mini-concert on the latest episode of World Cafe.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Willow Avalon on her latest album, 'Pink Pocket Pistol' 02.11.2026 33m

  Willow Avalon is making room for a kind of country song where women can sing about more than just broken hearts. On her new album, she draws on the traditions of her rural Georgia upbringing.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Orville Peck on his latest album, 'Mule' 30.10.2026 29m

  Orville Peck is famous for wearing a mask, but his new album, Mule, is a deeply personal, vulnerable, chronological account of the year he got sober.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Low Cut Connie on his latest album, 'Livin in the USA' 29.10.2026 31m

  Low Cut Connie has always been about letting loose. But on Livin in the USA, frontman Adam Weiner wrestles with a country filled with fear and division.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Tune in to a mini-concert with Stephen Wilson Jr. 28.10.2026 25m

  The Indiana singer-songwriter is nominated for four Country Music Association awards at next month’s ceremony, including male vocalist and new artist of the year.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Like a pink-haired gladiator, Adéla enters the pop arena hellbent on victory 27.10.2026 28m

  From ballet school to Dream Academy, the Slovakian singer and dancer has been training her whole life for pop stardom.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Revisiting Funkadelic's 'Maggot Brain' 22.10.2026 11m

  World Cafe correspondent John Morrison talks about the way Jimi Hendrix influenced the band’s playing, and digs into some of the very specific, emotional direction George Clinton gave in the studio during the recording. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Metric on their latest album, 'Romanticize The Dive" 20.10.2026 46m

  The Canadian band talks about how their latest record looks back on the "indie sleaze" era, plus they play a stripped down set of songs.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Personal Records: Jen Agg 16.10.2026 34m

  The restaurateur and star of the new Food Network show Restaurant Impossible: Last Call shares the songs that shaped her. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  How a Midwestern landfill inspired Fruit Bats' latest album 15.10.2026 13m

  Eric D. Johnson, who performs as Fruit Bats, talks about making The Landfill.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  How being 'fake brave' helped The Army, The Navy find real confidence 13.10.2026 22m

  The bond between Maia Ciambriello and Sasha Goldberg, who perform together as The Army, The Navy, is at the heart of their debut album, Fake Brave Life.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  Before the Breakthrough: Selena 09.10.2026 12m

  For Hispanic Heritage Month, World Cafe is diving into the late Tejano performer's ascent to stardom.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  For Alabama Shakes, making music together again was like 'riding a bike' 09.10.2026 25m

  The trio returns with their first studio album in 11 years.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  How Brian Jackson reimagined some of his legendary work with Gil Scott-Heron 08.10.2026 25m

  Jackson and Scott-Heron created some of most memorable protest music of the early '70s, through the duo’s combination of jazz, soul, funk and spoken word poetry. Fifty years later, Jackson’s new album, Now More Than Ever, revisits some of their most iconic songs.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  The Womack Sisters leaned on each other to keep their musical ambitions alive 07.10.2026 20m

  BG, Zeimani and Kucha Womack are music royalty — nieces to Bobby Womack and the granddaughters of Sam Cooke. Their debut album comes after a series of  tragic setbacks.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy
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  John R. Miller takes to the road on 'The Great Unknowing' 06.10.2026 37m

  Miller's new album is a sort of travelogue inspired by his years as a traveling musician, but it’s also an exploration of quieter moments.See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.NPR Privacy Policy