Best Sandy Smallens Podcasts (2025)

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Coming Soon: (The Monosyllabic Mini-)Season 2 1:49

1d ago1:49

1:49

We have a clutch of new shows coming very soon with names you might expect...or not.By Sandy Smallens

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When The Dust Settles 50:18

3M ago50:18

50:18

In August 2022, a year after Hurricane Ida had devastated Isle de Jean Charles, the first families moved to the resettlement site, The New Isle. As challenges over construction issues and affordability threaten the sustainability of the new settlement, a new state agency takes over management of the subdivision, bringing its own vision of what succ…

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Broken Promises 51:00

3M ago51:00

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Upon the receipt of the $48.3 million award, the state agency administering the grant, Louisiana’s Office of Community Development (OCD), learned that members of the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation were not the only people who called the disappearing Isle home — a fact that forced the OCD to change the resettlement plans. The Jean Charles Choctaw Natio…

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Ancestral Home 38:54

3M ago38:54

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It took Albert Naquin, the Chief of the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation, over 20 years and two failed attempts to move his tribe from Isle de Jean Charles, a tiny barrier island at the tip of Louisiana’s Terrebonne Parish. Since the 1950s, the Isle has lost 98% of its landmass. And with a federal grant of over $48 million awarded to the state of Louisi…

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"Leaving The Island" Trailer 4:55

3M ago4:55

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"Leaving The Island" investigates the first-ever resettlement of an entire community by the U.S. government due to climate change.By Audiation, Inc.

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“Cool World” by Chat Pile: The Bass-ic Review 16:04

3M ago16:04

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As we gear up for our next season of Four Strings and the Truth interviews, we’re introducing a new, more bite-sized feature: the Bass-ic Review. This is an analysis of new and recently released albums from the bottom up - i.e., from the point of view of the bass: the playing AND the player. And to kick things off, we’re focusing on the much-antici…

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“We are the most underrated and yet most important members of any band” with Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes) 1:05:22

3M ago1:05:22

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Brian Ritchie is our first guest whose primary instrument - the one that helped make his band Violent Femmes a household name - is an acoustic bass. Today we hear how all that came to be, the band’s path from busking on the streets of Milwaukee to rocking stadiums, and why their approach really hasn’t changed all that much. Along the way he tells s…

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Living Between The Songs with Klaus Flouride (Dead Kennedys) 1:00:39

3M ago1:00:39

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Dead Kennedys - the scabrous, Northern Cali-based band that taught the world how to stage dive - created some of the most indelible anthems in hardcore, naming and shaming those in charge and challenging its audience to face hard truths. The band’s gone through a few line-up changes in its 40+ years, but one constant has been the instrumental inter…

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Back on His Grind with David Wm. Sims (Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid, unFact) 52:36

3M ago52:36

52:36

He first caught our ears with the propulsive lines that drove Austin weirdos Scratch Acid; and then David Wm. Sims - and SA vocalist David Yow - decided to set it all on fire, joining forces with guitarist Duane Denison and drummer Mac McNeilly to form noise rock progenitors Jesus Lizard. Now, 26 years after their last studio album, the quartet has…

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WATT POWER with Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, dos, Il Sogno Del Marinaio, mssv, and a million other groups) 1:05:57

3M ago1:05:57

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You didn’t think we were gonna get through this season without a dispatch from the man in the van with a bass in his hand, did you? Coming to us live and shirtless from his home base of San Pedro, CA, Mike opines on the 40th anniversary of post-punk magna carta “Double Nickels on the Dime,” how he learned new ways to collaborate in the wake of band…

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Talking about Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions) with Dave Derby (Gramercy Arms, The Dambuilders, Lloyd Cole) 45:51

3M ago45:51

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When a planned interview with Bruce Thomas fell through for…reasons, we dusted ourselves off and decided to consult with bassist/songwriter/singer Dave Derby (Gramercy Arms, The Dambuilders), no slouch on the four string himself (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFcGRQROIt0). Dave and I volley our favorite BT performances - too many to name! - and r…

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When Inspiration Strikes with Colin Moulding (XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphear, TC&I) 43:34

3M ago43:34

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In South West England, in a town called Swindon, a group of disaffected youth would come together in the early 70s and create a body of songs over the next few decades whose indelible melodies and incisive lyrics would root themselves in your brain and never leave. Today’s guest, Colin Moulding, shook off XTC’s early affection for dissonance and co…

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Despair, Redemption, Legacy, Family and Keeping Going with Jah Wobble (Public Image Ltd, Invaders of the Heart, etc.) 1:01:42

3M ago1:01:42

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Generous with his time, expansive with his bass playing, and one of the funniest people I’ve ever spoken with, Jah Wobble sits down with a couple of his favorite basses to discuss the gestalt of his 45 plus years as a bass man and band leader. Musical instigator for the first (and best) couple of albums by John Lydon’s post-Sex Pistols combo Public…

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...And Now a Word From The Bass Master General with Karl Alvarez (Descendents, All, Massacre Guys) 48:04

3M ago48:04

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Grab your bonus cups and strap on your ear goggles (kinda mixing band references here) to drink of the wisdom of one Karl Alvarez, the fleet-fingered fellow who anchors and propels power pop deities Descendents (as well as their alter-ego combo, All, who are no longer active). As with many of our show’s guests, you could readily identify any of Kar…

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A Gentleman and a Ska-ler with Horace Panter (The Specials, General Public, The Dirt Road Band) 42:42

3M ago42:42

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(Do I really need to write any show notes after coming up with that title?) It’s time to pick it up with Horace Panter (nickname: Sir Horace Gentleman), the man whose elastic lines launched generations of skanking acolytes. From their shambolic/iconic “Saturday Night Live” performance in 1980 all the way through waves of reunion tours that ended af…

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He’s The Man with Graham Maby (Joe Jackson, Marshall Crenshaw, Freedy Johnston, Natalie Merchant) 44:19

3M ago44:19

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Sonic architect Graham Maby joins us to discuss his 50-something year career, which began with him fulfilling Joe Jackson’s vision for a bass-led pop combo, resulting in some of new wave’s most memorable songs. In addition to performing with a veritable Mount Rushmore of power pop auteurs - including Marshall Crenshaw and Freedy Johnston - the UK-t…

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Fingers of Fury (Road) with Kira Roessler (Black Flag, dos, AwkWard) 49:30

3M ago49:30

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Providing the rhythmic glue for Black Flag’s mid-80s heyday was just a starting point for bassist/songwriter/singer Kira Roessler. Now, an Oscar- and Emmy-winning dialogue editor (that’s half an EGOT!) based in LA, Kira still finds time - in 30-minute increments - to lay down intricate, dueling bass lines with her sometime bandmate (and ex-husband)…

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Feeding the Animal with Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics, Coriky) 53:43

3M ago53:43

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Beneath Joe Lally’s low-key demeanor beats the heart of an omnivorous low-ender, a restless composer, performer and, most recently, teacher. In an expansive conversation, the man whose bass lines launched 10,000 bands takes us through his musical upbringing, touching on the origins and status of DC hardcore standard-bearers Fugazi, his later-in-lif…

Podcasts Worth a Listen

Sandy Smallens Podcasts

Podcasts Worth a Listen

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Four Strings and the Truth

Sandy Smallens

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Leaving The Island

Audiation, Inc.

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Coming Soon: (The Monosyllabic Mini-)Season 2 1:49

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When The Dust Settles 50:18

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Broken Promises 51:00

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Ancestral Home 38:54

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"Leaving The Island" Trailer 4:55

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“Cool World” by Chat Pile: The Bass-ic Review 16:04

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“We are the most underrated and yet most important members of any band” with Brian Ritchie (Violent Femmes) 1:05:22

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Living Between The Songs with Klaus Flouride (Dead Kennedys) 1:00:39

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Back on His Grind with David Wm. Sims (Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid, unFact) 52:36

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WATT POWER with Mike Watt (Minutemen, fIREHOSE, dos, Il Sogno Del Marinaio, mssv, and a million other groups) 1:05:57

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Talking about Bruce Thomas (Elvis Costello & The Attractions) with Dave Derby (Gramercy Arms, The Dambuilders, Lloyd Cole) 45:51

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When Inspiration Strikes with Colin Moulding (XTC, The Dukes of Stratosphear, TC&I) 43:34

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Despair, Redemption, Legacy, Family and Keeping Going with Jah Wobble (Public Image Ltd, Invaders of the Heart, etc.) 1:01:42

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...And Now a Word From The Bass Master General with Karl Alvarez (Descendents, All, Massacre Guys) 48:04

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A Gentleman and a Ska-ler with Horace Panter (The Specials, General Public, The Dirt Road Band) 42:42

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He’s The Man with Graham Maby (Joe Jackson, Marshall Crenshaw, Freedy Johnston, Natalie Merchant) 44:19

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Fingers of Fury (Road) with Kira Roessler (Black Flag, dos, AwkWard) 49:30

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Feeding the Animal with Joe Lally (Fugazi, The Messthetics, Coriky) 53:43

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