THE WANDERING WOLF

148- Amy Miller 2. While Amy is in Cincinnati for a stand up comedy engagement, she and Yoni get together at Yoni’s house for a talk about religion, the road, changing with age and age discrimination. Go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf to support.

147- Smut (Taylor & Andrew). Two members of Cincinnati rock band, Smut, head over to Yoni’s house one evening for a chat. They discuss eyeglasses conspiracies, staying with strangers on tour, performing as a local band vs. as a touring band, keeping your voice as a singer on tour, how Andrew and Taylor met, Smut’s collaborative writing process, music videos, Smut’s influences, day jobs and side hustles and ‘plan b’s, and being romantic partners in a band together. Go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf to support!

146- Barrie (Lindsay). On the tail end of a 6 week North American tour they did together, Barrie and Yoni sit down backstage at the Fine Line in Minneapolis for a talk. They discuss touring, writing in DAWs vs. on a single instrument, the songwriting and recording process, Barrie’s early music days, mixing, and her future plans and aspirations. To support, pledge at Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf !

145- Miles Joris-Peyrafitte (Film Maker). While Yoni is in Brooklyn on tour, he and Miles get together at Yoni’s Airbnb for a talk. With Yoni’s partner Grace, they discuss what Miles has been up to lately, directing as the writer vs. directing with another person as writer, working on his most recent feature, Dreamland, Yoni’s current existential crisis, their collaborative visual album, AOKOHIO, Miles’ performance artist mother and poet father and troubadour style upbringing, the anti-anxiety medication/weed/dog-ownership cocktail, smoking vs. Juuling, the Purple Mountains album, and the long game of art making. To support, go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf

144- Christian Lee Hutson. While Christian is in southwest Ohio to visit his father, he and Yoni take a moment to get to know each other at a city park in Cincinnati. They talk about Bob Dylan, career longevity, quantity vs. quality, Christian’s drug-fueled youth, living with his dad in a motel in Venice Beach, working with Conor Oberst and Phoebe Bridgers, writing in the car, knowing if your song is good or not, collaboration anxiety, and feeling self-conscious about one’s voice. To support the podcast head over to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf

143- R.A.P. Ferreira (FKA milo). While Rory (R.A.P.) is in Cincinnati on tour, he stops by Yoni’s house for a convo. They talk about social media privacy for children, the rap hustle, Rory changing names from milo to R.A.P. Ferreira and why, production value in concerts vs. making a proper living, Rory’s writing process, being a rapper vs. a different kind of songwriter, Rory running racists out of his record store, spirituality, offspring, and whimsy. Go over to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf to support the podcast!

142- Undertaker Katie. Yoni heads over to Katie’s Cincinnati apartment for a chat about her relatively new career as an undertaker. They talk about the responsibilities of Katie’s job, her reasons for going into mortuary science, putting make up on her dead grandmother when she was a teenager, Katie tells some gruesome stories from the field, some of the nuts and bolts of how the industry works, Katie’s ideal undertaking, Yoni’s ideal undertaking, and being haunted by a former Kroger coworker who Katie buried. Go on over to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf to pledge your support for the ‘cast!

141- Fog (Andrew Broder). Andrew flies Yoni to Minneapolis for a benefit series he puts on there. They spend some time together and have a talk at Yoni’s Airbnb. They discuss the themes for the residency, socioeconomic philosophies, the problems of our time, Andrew interviewing homeless people in a Minneapolis tent city, being an aging white guy in music in 2019, and the negative side of touring. Go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf to support the podcast!

139- Frankie Cosmos (Greta). While Yoni is on a trip to NYC, after an afternoon boardgame hang, he and Greta Kline get together for a chat at her Brooklyn apartment. They discuss the emotional labor of touring and if it is a desirable activity, Greta’s ambivalence about her music being out there widely spreading, her early Bandcamp recordings, dog ambitions, dropping out of college to tour, the album making process, collaboration, Greta’s family, Europe versus The States, heavy socializing as an introvert, depression/anxiety, exercising, meditation, video games, and habit tracking. Go to patreon.com/thewanderingwolf and pledge to support.

138- Told Slant (Felix). During a tour they are on together, Yoni, his brother Josiah and Felix Walworth get together for a talk at a Richmond, Virginia Airbnb. They discuss different ways of touring, Felix playing in their own project, Told Slant, versus playing in other peoples’ bands, capitalism and the built environment, Felix’s high school experience, gender and when and how Felix started to realize they were nonbinary, the recording process, and drumming styles. Go to Patreon.com/thewanderingwolf and support the podcast!