Make a Mixtape with Zac Little (Zac Little)

Escaping Florida with Mary Akemon, political operative. 

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other associated disasters. We had a variety of audio issues during the recording this episode--part of what prompted me to shift to Zoom for a while--so please bear with it. 

I'd have called this episode DIGITAL ASH IN A DIGITAL URN if the title hadn't already been taken. Technology! Change! Growing up! It's all covered in today's episode. We talk to Jon Pernisek about food podcasts that don't exist, and to Mary Akemon about an ethnography of YouTube. We talk digital transition with Max Wallace, and white noise mashups with Christy Little. Along the way, Zac accidentally drives around for a week with a car full of scrap metal, aimlessly pokes around his DVD cabinet looking for meaning, and goes to funerals! 

THANK YOU all for listening, and for the kind words some of you send my way. It is the best thing. It makes me very happy. More episodes are coming soon, though probably not next week! XOXO -ZL

Recorded in July, October, and December 2021.

Special thanks to Crystal Paradis, Jules Good, and Morgan Little (for suggesting Mos Def's "Mathematics" for one of the interludes) 

A disorganized episode about being disorganized.

On today's episode: an interview with the actor/director/stage manager Robin Fowler (@robinfowler12 on instagram), in a crowded cafe, which is suddenly a very antiquated practice. What does COVID-19 mean for this show, and my recently re-assembled sense of creative self?

Music by George Barber (@georgebarbermusic on instagram)

new mixtape! this one is with Will Green, of the band/project Full Blown Meltdown!

here's a link to Will's songs on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rJrE1zK51LwsiZth7PLlb

here's a link to Will's (very fun) twitter page: https://twitter.com/FullBlownMltdwn

songs in this episode:

"party with villains" by full blown meltdown

"december" by collective soul

"smells like teen spirit" by nirvana

"stick up" by heart attack man

"hot dog" by super american & kaley doyle

"wrecking ball" by gillian welch

"i feel so" by box car racer

"where the streets have no name (songs of surrender)" by U2

"wrecking ball" by bright eyes

"king park" by la dispute

"art is hard" by cursive

"transatlanticism" by death cab for cutie

Morgan's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/themildrevolution/playlist/1xcmemS3qoq6wte1P2ZU25?si=dwc09l05R-WhrHjYmJwcKQ

Zac's playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/zaclittle/playlist/005FcMqJfYHdaHLlTAyD2H?si=cDiZ5rGvT6KK4Ea60Zvgeg

In today's episode, Morgan and Zac talk about OH HOLY FOOLS and ONE JUG OF WINE, TWO VESSELS -- probably the two albums they eached looked most forward to discussing, respectively, when this podcast started. They also decide, with 90% certainty, who is singing in "We Are Free Men," and then start a new religion based on the teachings of David Bowie.

Other topic include:

-Michael Pollan's show "Cooked"

-Black Mirror's "Bandersnatch"

-Paul Rust's bass guitar skillz

-Mac Miller (again)

-Cover songs they like

-Why it's OK to not know a song is cover

-Oboards, the Conor Oberst Reddit Board

-James Gunn

-What makes a song good for jamming

-Why "City Morgan" no longer wishes to "f**k" people

-Why Louis CK doesn't deserve another shot

-The Other Morgan Little

-How much it still sucks that Elliott Smith is dead

-A lot of stuff about drums and drummers

-Pedro The Lion's famous bassist

Thanks for listening!

Quitting therapy with Ryan O'Connor, filmmaker. 

"A Walk With Dad" on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/370343987

Good morning! Today's episode is about heroes, or role models, or prank comedians, or what have you. It features the voices of Jon Pernisek, Max Wallace, and Ryan O'Connor. (Apologies to Mary Akemon, who we will hear from in the next few weeks instead.) If you like this show, one way to support it is to buy something on zacharylittle.bandcamp.com, like the Pinch Hill Orchestra's new EP, which costs 1 dollar. I'm going to put it up for sale as soon as I post this episode. OK! Thanks for listening!

The Little Brothers are back with a better-organized show format which will be happening every-other-episode for a bit! 

Main discussion timecode breakdown:

Bright Eyes Reissue Project - 03:11

She-Hulk Episodes 1 & 2 - 21:00

Prey (2022 movie) - 39:00

an episode about progress (the real kind)

as of today, august 2nd, guardians of the galaxy volume 3 is on disney+ (at least in the usa), which seems like a great time to drop me and morgan's conversation about it from back when we'd both recently caught it in theaters. watch the movie, come back here, listen to our chat. or whatever, i mean, do what you want. it's a free country. 

episode includes the following mashups/songs

"i'm always chasing rainbows" - alice cooper

"solsbury hill" - peter gabriel

"solsbury hill/big bank" - peter gabriel x yg (zl mashup)

"dog days are over" - florence + the machine

"dog days are over/the hillbillies" - florence x baby keem (zl mashup)

"king kunta/come and get your love/encore" - kendrick lamar x redbone x jay z (zl mashup)

"that's right" - girl talk (spacehog sample)

"i'm always chasing rainbows" - jazz piano

"no sleep till brooklyn/sweet home alabama" beastie boys x lynryrd skynyrd (zl mashup)

Today's episode features MARY AKEMON, RYAN LEWIS, DELIA ROJAS, CHELSEA FISHER, and RYAN O'CONNOR. It's about mechanisms of memory, and museums, and art vs. artifacts, and the dangers of nostalgia. Familiar topics to long-time listeners of the show! Hope you like it! Have a good day. 

Today is Primary Day in New Hampshire, so it's time we talk about politics. First, Zac and Chelsea spend a little time talking about why politics and creativity make such an awkward creative fit for overly self-aware 28-year-olds. Later, Zac and Dan journey to ABC's Democratic Presidential Debate, where Zac talks to protestors, supporters, and reticent campaign staffers. Then, Zac, Dan, and Ian witness the icy wonders of the media filing room, and throw themselves into the Spin Room with the energy of a Martin O'Malley supporter.

Today's episode features the voices of Zac Little, Chelsea Fisher, Dan Freund, Ian Servin, many protestors and rally-goers, Hillary Clinton, Martin O'Malley, David Muir, Bernie Sanders, George Stephanopoulos, several campaign surrogates for the now-defunct Martin O'Malley campaign, Robby Mook, Barney Frank, Jeanne Shaheen, and Steven DiSalvo, president of St. Anselm college.  I think that's all.

It also features music from The Mild Revolution--whose "7 For 7" series is currently underway. Seven free songs over seven days! Follow them on Twitter @mildrevolution

We're back with a new episode of TLPZL today, and we're abandoning some old ideas! Fun! 

Think of this as a spiritual sequel to Spring Cleaning. We've got new stuff with old friends like Jon Pernisek and Paul Neafcy, weird found sound, and a meditation on the nature of extreme pain!

Communities & Consequences (I) - a film by Jay Childs https://vimeo.com/39533873

Music in this ep by Mackenzie Keefe (interlude), Morgan Little (organ), and Zac Little (variations on 'werewolves of london')

https://soundcloud.com/mackenziekeefe

Many thanks to Lori-Waltz Gagnon & Leadership Seacoast, Peter Francese, & Elena Piekut

Today's episode is a gosh-darn metaphysical journey! It has been in the works for a long time, and I'm excited to share it with you today. It features a lot of people, but first and foremost I have to thank Willy Hassell, host of Spirit Radio, for all of his help. You can listen to his show here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/spirit-radio-the-paranormal-experience/id852695947?mt=2

Special thanks also to Christina Little, Morgan Little, Sarah Campbell, Colby Baker, Don Perkins, David Murphy, and Fuji Berry, whose voices and work appear throughout the episode. Shoutout to Starlee Kine. 

Valerie Lofaso's writing can be found via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/ValerieLofaso/

Aleksandar Petakov's film work can be seen at http://www.petakovmedia.com/ His documentary from North Korea is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuRkZgBszDQ

Sherryl Comeau can be found at http://energyworkstudio.com/

Thomas D'Agostino's website is http://www.tomdagostino.com/

Jeremy D'Entremont can be found here: http://www.newenglandlighthouses.net/

Jeff O'Brien's (who I mistakenly refer to as "John" at one point! Sorry Jeff!) Facebook page is here: https://www.facebook.com/jeff.obrien.author

Seacoast Saucers Of New England's website is http://www.seacoastsaucers.com/

The Kitt Research Initiative is in Stratham, NH. Their schedule of events can be found at https://www.meetup.com/TheCenterNH/

Recorded at Strafford County Correctional Facility in March 2020. 

Hosts: Zac Little & Najee Brown

Interview subject: Chris Brackett

Additional audio featuring: Emmett Soldati

Special thanks: Lori Waltz-Gagnon, Carrie Conway, Crystal Paradis

Music by Zac Little

In today's episode, we talk about the some of the feature-length narrative films and documentaries we saw at the festival, and also chat about like, the overall vibe. Movies discussed at relative length include THE ARCHITECT, MA, THE EYES OF MY MOTHER, WIENER DOG, THE CINEMA TRAVELERS, and A WOMAN, A PART. We talk with festival goers and friends, actress Rae Dawn Chong (Jeff, Who Lives At Home), and the co-director of the excellent THE CINEMA TRAVELERS, Shirley Abraham. This episode features music by Zac and Christy Little, as well as Desparecidos and Fiona Apple. 

That's going to be the end of Season 2, folks. Thanks so much for all of your emotional and financial support. We have a lot of really awesome ideas for new episodes but it's going to take a while to put them together. I hope to have at least one more little thing before the end of the year, though. 

Good luck out there. Be good to each other. We'll be back soon. 

The first in a series! Morgan and Zac get together to each select 10 songs from 2003 to create a mixtape that represents the best and most on-brand (for us) songs of the year. 

I don't want to put the list of songs or a playlist in the video info yet because I think it's fun to listen along. But if you look back at this podcast in a couple of days I will edit this description to include one. 

Thanks for listening! 

Hey if you ever feel so inclined, you can now support the podcast w/ a donation at http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

Welcome to THE LAST PODCAST. In today's episode, we discuss the merits of bad ideas. Along the way, we conduct an audio review of office furniture, get lost in the city, and stage a radio play version of a claymation cartoon that will never exist. 

Today's episode features the voices of David Murphy, Ryan "PleasantRyan" O'Connor, Alex Christensen, Morgan Little, Christina Little, Karen Perkins, official podcast dog Shoshanna Orion Little, and various members of the band Except After Sea. 

A conversation about conversations about dying with Marsha Filion, Executive Director at Hospice Help Foundation. 

Featuring: Mackenzie Keefe, Morgan Little, Malikah McHerrin-Cobb, Jon Pernisek, The Spoon, Max Wallace, Sarah Wrightsman, Steve Hedlund, Becky Holt, & George Barber

Connecting the world with Suzana Mihajlica, painter, marketer, NHTP board member. 

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other associated disasters.

Refusing to pivot with Lori Waltz-Gagnon, executive director of Leadership Seacoast. 

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. The Last Podcast will return to regularly scheduled programming... eventually.

A new episode with Kevin Froleiks, AKA Goodbye Charlamagne https://goodbyecharlemagne.bandcamp.com/

Support the pod here: http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

Hello! Today on Triple Spiral, Zac and Morgan list their top spooky songs, TV shows, and movies. We recorded this one remotely due to illness, which is why different room tones keep popping in and out. It's rustic! 

Topics and timecodes:

What we watched when we had COVID

00:04:30 - She-Hulk (spoilers) (on Disney+)

00:09:40 - Last Night In Soho (on HBOMax)

00:14:30 - The Northman (on Amazon Prime)

00:17:41 - The Green Knight

00:20:07 - Dune (on HBOMax)

00:22:45 - Spiderhead (on Netflix)

00:24:50 - Everything Everywhere All At Once

00:30:30 - We Own This City (on HBOMax)

00:33:15 - Black Adam (light spoilers)

00:36:22 - Don't Worry Darling

00:39:16 - Triple Spiral: Spooky Songs

00:53:04 - Triple Spiral: Halloween/Horror TV

01:05:31 - Triple Spiral: Horror Movies

A conversation with Laurie Contrino about the arts, diversity, equity and inclusion. Also, some hand-wringing about the end of mask mandates. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajvQ9xY3_CM - Phoebe Bridgers, Noah Gunderson "Killer + The Sound."

We're back to finish up our discussion of the GOAT album, Lifted Or The Story Is In The Soil, Keep Your Ear To The Ground. Today, we are joined by our friend, the filmmaker and artist Paige Mazurek! 

This ep's Spotify Playlists:

Zac: https://open.spotify.com/user/zaclittle/playlist/66DRGBEv4gmnwsJPQnZ0Zx?si=NQlLU9UUQnOBFOmXy7OTpQ

Morgan: https://open.spotify.com/user/themildrevolution/playlist/2FfEOLCvJS6i4az23QyMCE?si=s2Kohq5oRmWnQOleKEOUyw

starting a new year feeling isolated and depressed, zac tries to find new ways to reach out and heal within. and then he slips on the ice and busts his ass while trying to return some runaway dogs.

Reaching out with John Burns, director of SOS Recovery Community Organization. 

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. The Last Podcast will return to regularly scheduled programming... eventually.

Happy New Year, everybody. 

TLPZL has a hotline now: Call 978-566-1704 and leave messages with questions and or comments. 

Staying in the streets forever with Paige Mazurek and Yaara Ben-Dor, artists & activists. 

We convened to discuss Paige's new project: https://nojusticenopeace.stream/

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone/zoom conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other associated disasters. 

if you ever feel like donating a few bucks to the podcast, that's great, hell yeah, do it up. money will go to hosting the pod/going to the movies.

 http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

You can take the VIA strengths survey that we talk about here: https://www.viacharacter.org/

Follow Zac's coffee shop on Instagram at @honeymooncoffeeco

a note about the new future of the podcast formerly known as the last podcast

how long can i keep this episode title up before robin pecknold sues me for vibe infringement?

https://soundcloud.com/djthicclizzy

https://zaclittle.substack.com/

Aaron's full mixtape: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0eH1UMSlOTfUmdcf4ekZIK?si=slziruMLS1SxPzmvIJnfLg

In other news, Tuesdays W/ Morgan is back -- first episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=320EfMDqCG0

Hey if you ever feel so inclined, you can now support the podcast w/ a donation at http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

"Oh god, are we going meta already?" - You. 

Only a little. Don't worry. 

Today on TLP, we talk about podcasts, and creativity, and the struggle to feel as though your art is worthwhile and has a place that makes sense in the context of history. Kinda heavy, right? There are jokes and stuff, too. But I have no illusions about the audience of this podcast. You are mostly creative people, and you understand creative struggles, and I hope that some of this is not only helpful to you but also can be maybe part of a longer conversation, facilitated by this podcast, as we proceed and go further and further up our own butts.

A person with whom I have vented about creative struggles for years is the talented and generous Jonathon Pernisek, and he is our guest for the majority of today's episode. I have a lot more stuff recorded with him, and probably will want to talk to him again soon anyway, so expect to hear more from him. And if you live in Chicago, go to his live show this Saturday! Tell him old Zacky sent you!

I'm writing a lot for someone who only has one good eye right now, so I'll say goodbye for now. XOXO. 

finding your way out at the end of the world - with morgan (nh) and toni (ukraine)

Najee Brown is one of the organizers for the Portsmouth United/Black Lives Matter gathering on June 7th, 2020, in Market Square, Portsmouth NH. Follow him on instagram @authoredby. 

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. The Last Podcast will return to regularly scheduled programming... eventually.

The wishlist for Cross Roads House.

Today's episode features the voices of David Connerley Nahm, Russ Grazier, Christy Little, and David Murphy. 

In today's episode, Zac moves a mattress.

Also, he talks to Russ Grazier about David Bowie's relationship to jazz, and to David Connerley Nahm about naming characters in novels and his time working with the band Sorry About Dresden.

Also, the whole thing is a prolonged exploration of the name David, and an awards ceremony for The Hall Of Davids, which is an award/psychic shrine to people named David all over the world.

Thanks to Russ, who is @rgrazier on twitter, and David Nahm, who is @DCNahm. David's novel, Ancient Oceans Of Central Kentucky, is on sale from Two Dollar Radio. Here's NPR's Review: http://www.npr.org/2014/08/20/339609587/the-depths-of-memory-and-pain-in-ancient-oceans

You can follow Christy at @christyelittle and David Murphy at @drmurphy29. Please be advised that he mostly livetweets Jeopardy. 

Some of the music from this episode (and previous episodes) can be found at http://zacharylittle.bandcamp.com. If you buy it you can use it for whatever you want. It's a great way to funnel cash to this fledgling organization we call a podcast.  

https://www.placework.studio/

https://zacharylittle.blogspot.com/

Music by Zac Little -- found sound track also contains excerpts from Boyfriend TV by Mackenzie Keefe

Having ice cream in the driveway with Meghan & Rachel, class of 2020. 

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. The Last Podcast will return to regularly scheduled programming... eventually.

this episode was recorded w/ friend of the pod tom -- a while ago. it was actually the first mixtape interview, before it was even a done deal that the podcast was changing over to this format more or less permanently. it was recorded a couple of days after i released an episode called "document drama/quarantine the past" and toward the end, we talk about it. 

tom's mixtape

boys of summer - don henley

echoes - pink floyd

for sure - future island

late night - ODESZA

all for the best - thom yorke

my girls - animal collective 

our house - CSNY

additional songs

boys of summer/what you need (zl mashup)

spiders (kidsmoke)/clubhouse (zl mashup)

i don't live today - jimi hendrix

a hard rain's a-gonna fall (live) - bob dylan

foxglove - murder by death (jam in the van version)

The boys are back to discuss Arcade Fire's double album REFLEKTOR, as well as to discuss the prospects of EVERYTHING NOW, Arcade Fire's recently-announced forthcoming record. 

Zac is in full-on Honeymoon mode with everybody's favorite Indie Arena Rock Band, but Morgan has since soured on The Suburbs. 

Along the way, they check in with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, discuss San Fermin's "Belong," contemplate the whole concept of Gorillaz, worry about the futures of Death Cab for Cutie and Vampire Weekend, and go pretty deep into the Orpheus myth -- especially the part where he dies from getting fucked to death. 

This episode is not sponsored by Blue Apron, Casper Mattresses, and Bonobos. 

Thanks to Scott and Scott, as always. 

Morgan's soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/themildrevolution

Today's episode features the voices of: MICHAEL STASIUK, RUSS GRAZIER, YAARA BEN DOR, and CHRISTY LITTLE. 

It features music from the PMAC TEEN JAZZ ENSEMBLE. 

Hi! Season three is finally starting! Thanks for sticking around. Today, we talk to the artist Michael Stasiuk in a conversation that was adapted from a talk he gave in December titled "Process & Inspiriation." We also talk to the director of the Portsmouth Music And Art Center, Russ Grazier, about what the school does and how he goes about arranging a jazz number. Finally, we talk to Yaara Ben Dor about her work as a Preservation Assistant and the strange way her work intersects with her past. 

I'll be posting some relevant images on zaclittle.tumblr.com today, but here are some other links:

http://www.michaelstasiuk.com/

http://www.pmaconline.org/

https://www.phillymagicgardens.org/

Yaara is on twitter @yaarabendor and Russ is @rgrazier. Christy is @christyelittle

Watch this conversation on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79a-ojNbWKw

organ music in this episode by Morgan Little

Today's episode features a lot of voices, but mostly mine. It's a story about what has been going on for pretty much the entire time I've been working on and releasing this podcast. In my mind, the unspoken star of the episode is our in-house organist, Morgan Little, who really tied this episode together. Special thanks to him, and to you, for sticking with this show for eight weeks. I'm really not used to working in such a long format with such regularity, and I hope you have enjoyed it so far. Have a good day. -ZL

Today's ep is a direct sequel to the last one, "Systemic Understanding." We talk to Sarah Wrightsman, the Executive Director of the Workforce Housing Coalition of the Greater Seacoast. We also talk to Steven Hedlund and Becky Holt of the Global Aquaculture Alliance, and check back in with Elena Piekut, assistant city planner in NH's only city doing anything right, Dover NH. 

We cover a lot of ground in this one, but really, it's about one question: how do you know that what you're doing is working?

Shoutout to my pal Fred Balas, who tipped me off to Sarah's many acronyms. 

America's favorite subpodcast is back! Today, Zac and Morgan talk about THE SUBURBS, as well as Chance The Rapper, Kanye West, The Magicians on ScyFy, Father John Misty, San Fermin, Conor Oberst, the state of print media, Max Weinberg, and more! Plus: Listener mail! 

We're on twitter @zacharylittle and @mildrevolution and tumblr http:// zaclittle.tumblr.com and http://themildrevolution.tumblr.com/

The last few episodes have had a lot of conversation and not a lot of solo Zac chatter. This episode is the opposite of that. It's kind of just one big closing monologue for this current batch of episodes, a.k.a Season 2.5. It covers a lot of ground, including:

Mad Men, David Rees, Experimental French writers, books about 90s screenwriters, the internet, videogames, knowing someone versus understanding them, Chopped, Roald Dahl, and more. 

It features music from Cat Power, Devendra Banhart and Drake, as well as a clip from The West Wing Weekly which itself includes a clip from The West Wing [Inception horn noise]. It features the voices of Max Wallace and Jake McKay. 

Come back next week for a two-hour episode of "Are Ye Talkin' Arcade Fire In May?"

Today's episode of the podcast covers a lot of ground: Led Zep or the lack thereof, noise, my grandfather's regrets regarding the non-contiguous U.S. States, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, illness, death, New York City in 2009, Jenny Lewis, my 30th birthday, and a lot more. I hope you like it. Thanks for listening. 

the year in review w/ morgan and zac!

hey so for 2024 i finally got my act together and opened a little tip jar for the pod. if you ever feel like kicking us a few bucks, please do so. money will go to hosting the pod/going to the movies.

 http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

Happy holidays! It's Christmas Eve, the perfect time to begin our discussion of Conor Oberst's discography, and a perfect excuse to start with 2002's A Christmas Album! It's a semi-official Bright Eyes recording and a collaboration between Oberst and Maria Taylor to benefit the Nebraska AIDS Project, which you can buy here:

https://saddle-creek.com/products/a-christmas-album

"Blood" by The Middle East: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjB2hbMYIXo

"Blood" by Gang Of Youths (shoutout to Mollie) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLTO3U5644A

The Live Album https://zacharylittle.bandcamp.com/album/the-live-album

today on the show is james beard-nominated chef david vargas. we talk about dads, kitchens, cars, bobby flay, and addiction. good ep.

there's also a mashup like midway through this episode that i had to make for story reasons but obviously deeply apologize for inflicting upon the world. 

you can financially support the podcast at http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

and emotionally support it at zaclittle at gmail dot com

Here's what your first year was like. 

In today's episode, we talk about power lifting, the bizarre contradictions of self-knowledge, and most importantly, how Aaron Sorkin deserves more credit. 

Today on The Last Podcast, we talk with Paul Neafcy, Jake McKay, and Max Wallace about art, nostalgia, studio pressure, Donald Trump, Fantastic Four, Back To The Future, Fight Club, and books. Plus: my favorite novels, and some stuff about David Foster Wallace. Thanks to everyone who has purchased the new PHO record, especially Delia. Thanks, Delia! Have a good week, everybody. 

In today's ep, we talk about weddings, and linguistic trends among the clergy. Then, we talk about a different sort of marriage: the marriage between still images (made possible by persistence of vision theory) known as MOVIES. Feature Film! Cinema! Old Tinseltoes! Is that a thing?

First off, Zac and Christy share theories in some field recordings from the New Hampshire Film Festival. Next, Zac has a lengthy chat with Paul Neafcy, author and videomaker.

Paul's novel THE PRINCESS AND THE FOOL is available now. Follow him on Twitter! @pneafcy.  

Now more than ever with Leslie Datsis, freelance media consultant.

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. The Last Podcast will return to regularly scheduled programming... eventually.

The boys are back to talk about the Desaparecidos album READ MUSIC/SPEAK SPANISH, a landmark record that shaped our political consciousness (We get rambling something fierce a couple of times). We also discuss Titus Andronicus, Justin Timberlake, the MCU, and the birth of Arlo Logan Little, Conor Oberst's newest and biggest fan. Share this podcast with the Bright Eyes fans in your life!

Today's episode is about endings, but also about beginnings, and holidays, and social media, and the Old Internet, and the Chef's Table, and Arlo's musical preferences, and La Blogotheque, and creative crises/depressive episodes (I have a hard time telling the difference).

Thanks for listening. The plan is to have a new episode ready every two weeks for a couple of months. 

Smiling under the mask with Tiffany Corlin, MD.

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. The Last Podcast will return to regularly scheduled programming... eventually.

A story about Rick Velardo. 

Season six finale. An interview with Rob Harbeson and a vaguely-connected little personal exorcism. Alternate title: "Don't Worry About The Government."

I remember initially thinking this season of the show would be 6 or 7 episodes long. This is episode 26. We might be back with Season 7 before the end of the year, but that sort of depends what happens next in the world.

Stay safe out there. Thanks for listening.  

In today's episode I talk with Tim Ayer, a lawyer with a civil rights background, about the legal overview at a protest. What should you do to protect yourself, how recording the police works, and how it should go if you are arrested or detained. 

1st upload June 6th 12:38pm - uncut interview

2nd upload June 9th 12:50pm - first 15 minutes cleaned up, no significant edits to content, theme music added

Final upload June 10th 1:00pm - more clean up and cuts, music added. Done!

Kayla's Mixtape: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/33MUnmF0B8UGr1dwIkgWkY?si=iFO1H2p4QeeHBmnYyBvWCA

The audio mostly gets choppy around big laughs. The rest of it is OK. But I also talk fast, so I would recommend reading along, just in case:

https://thelastpodcast.tumblr.com/post/185569056378/graduation-speech-transcript

Hey if you ever feel so inclined, you can now support the podcast w/ a donation at http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

One time I started writing a poem called DON DRAPER SELLS ME A USED CAR, which I never finished but here's what I got:

DON DRAPER SELLS ME A USED CAR

Don Draper slurred at us in a precovid conference room:

You must remember this.

For a moment we believed in the promise of a past we could trust, could hold aside, preserved.

I think all my earliest memories were actually home video

(You must remember this)

Recorded, and played back, ceaselessly against the past

So I picked up a camera and got in the business

of making false memories.

The old ones I once believed in are gone now

Dissolved on magnetic tape.

Teddy told me that "lacuna" means a hole in the bone

We use it to refer to a gap in the fossil record.

We assume it is there, though.

It has to be. 

a new episode of MAKE A MIXTAPE, a podcast by zac little

The New Hampshire Film Festival took place in October, and The Last Podcast team (me and Christy--Shosh was with her grandparents) was there to capture it all. This episode features conversations with festival-goers and filmmakers and was recorded entirely October 13-16. 

We discuss a lot of short films in this episode, and you don't need to have seen them to follow along--most of what we talk about pertains to filmmaking in general, and the examples don't really matter. But we have a long chat with the director Josh Peterson, and you can view the trailer for his film Forest Born here: https://vimeo.com/135806197

Other films we touch on include:

Crest Of The Hill, which you can watch in full here: http://livingwithalz.org/user_submitted_film/crest-of-the-hill/

Confessions Of A Cannabis Consultant--teaser here: http://markdugas.com/cannabis_consultant/

I'll try to post a complete guide to the episode at zaclittle.tumblr.com

We also discuss Food Fight and Peter And The Farm--two feature length documentaries. Peter And The Farm is available on VOD now. 

This episode features music by me and Christy, and also a little from Joanna Newsom, and features the voices of a lot of people, including our old friend Dan Freund and the director Shirley Abraham, who we will hear more from next week. 

Plus we'll talk about this f*****g election, and where the podcast goes from here. 

Arlo's Coming, a playlist by Christy Little 

Special thanks to DWH, WDH, and whoever made that bootleg recording of the Rilo Kiley show in VT circa '05. 

Hey everybody! So TLPZL Season 2 is still in progress! Lots of
irons in the fire, lots of audio being edited. But in the meantime,
Morgan and I recorded something special for you all last night, and
here it is! It's episode 1 of our comprehensive, encyclopedic,
May-only show about Arcade Fire. It's the only show where you will
hear about such things as: The members of the band, Canadian
colleges, thoughts on Kanye West, thoughts on money, and many other
things! Hope you enjoy it. New normal episodes soon!

On today's subpodcast, Little & Little discuss Titus Andronicus's new sound, Justin Timberlake in the woods, the use of punctuation in lyrics, times they've done a bad job encouraging the light within other artists, Tim Kasher, Marc Maron's revelatory performance in GLOW, and of course, the Bright Eyes album FEVERS & MIRRORS.

House band: ZL, ML, SC

New regular episode of The Last Podcast coming soon! Thanks for listening.

The Little Bros convene to discuss "Forced Convalescence," the latest Bright Eyes single.

"Michael Clayton" is available on HBO streaming services.

Bright Eyes Full Hearts Can't Lose is a subpodcast of The Last Podcast, which doesn't exactly cover the usual subject matter. 

Welcome to The Last Podcast! In today's episode, we talk about mortality. And the power of music! Today's episode features Mary Akemon, Max Wallace, and the author David Connerley Nahm. 

Topics include:

Melodies that transcend sketch comedy

Advice for (not) starting a band

Songs with twists

Punk rock in skate videos

Director/musician comparisons

How Blink 182 relates to 9/11 in my personal history

New episode next week!

w/ Najee Brown (@authoredby on instagram) and Robert Sapiro. Season six, episode one. 

https://www.youtube.com/@LostDoctor312/videos

Rambling Gambling Man - Bob Seger

I Was Made To Love Her - Stevie Wonder

Bombs Over Bagdhad - Outkast

Exile - Taylor Swift feat. Bon Iver

Hello It’s Me - Todd Rundgren

A Day In The Life - The Beatles

Duality - Slipknot

Semi-Charmed Life - Third Eye Blind

Living for the City - Stevie Wonder 

Today's episode features the voice of Effie Velardo and music by Zac and Christy Little.

making a mixtape w/ victoria carrington chávez (@wildandlee on instagram)

"I thought I already listened to the first episode of this podcast!" -You

Well, you're wrong! Allow me now to take you back to October 2015, when this episode is mostly set (there's a little timewarp at the end there, because I like to keep you on your toes). 

In today's episode, I wait at a library for my friend Dan, and talk about books with YouTube's Ophelia Dagger, who is actually a person named Chelsea Fisher, who has a novel that is coming out on March 1st. It's called WHEN WE WERE ALIVE, which is a dope title, and we'll talk more about it in a future episode (probably).

You can follow Chelsea on Twitter at @OpheliaDagger and you can follow Dan on Twitter at @MyFriendDan and I suggest you do both! 

I hope you are enjoying the show so far! Thanks for all the ratings and reviews! 

The Last Podcast is produced by Zac Little

Contact zaclittle at gmail dot com

You can financially support the podcast at http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

and emotionally support it at zaclittle at gmail dot com

today's guest is @mcellenj on twitter (okay, X, whatever)

thanks for listening! 

support the podcast at http://paypal.me/makeamixtape

today on the show: bowties, beyonce, tornados. and a method man/redman/99 red balloons mashup i'm pretty proud of.

Conversations about having COVID, Leonard Cohen, Radiohead, Paul Schrader, honest feedback, technical limitations + more. Plus a second attempt at something I was trying to express last time.

Conor Oberst gets the old band back together. 

Today, Morgan and Zac do a deep dive on their own record, RELATIVE ISOLATION, which you can hear wherever music is streamed. I hope this episode will be, primarily, just a fun listening experience to end the year (or begin the new one) but secondarily I hope it's something that helps other creative people in some way. I love hearing about process -- it always provides me with a jumping-off point for my own creative processes -- and obviously I hope you do too, since this is literally just 90 minutes of our chaotic and fun recording process. 

Good morning!

Today's episode is a little bit of something old, a little bit of something new. We talk to TIFFANY PUZA, General Manager of Operations for BAD LAB BEER CO. Then, Zac and MAX WALLACE talk about the modern security state. Plus, in a re-edited re-broadcast of episode 7, "Spring Cleaning," we hear from PAUL NEAFCY and JON PERNISEK while Zac and DAN FREUND travel to the Republican Presidential Debate. All that time travel is a lot to handle, so at the end, present-day Zac talks a little bit about personality types and gender roles. This episode is sponsored by Audible. Just kidding. Read a real book, you jerks!

If you've ever wanted to recommend this show to a friend who couldn't figure out how to access podcasts, good news! I've started adding back episodes to YouTube. http://youtube.com/rockandsockandrobot is where you'll be able to find them. 

Bad Lab's website: http://www.badlabbeer.com/

Paul Neafcy on Twitter: https://twitter.com/pneafcy

Max Wallace on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/HeySticks

Jon Pernisek on Tumblr: http://jonpernisek.tumblr.com/

Dan Freund on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myfrienddan/

When we talked about stuff! (Approximate time codes)

00:02:00 - The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special on Disney+

00:35:00 - Black Panther: Wakanda Forver

00:56:00 - Bright Eyes reissues (Lifted, I'm Wide Awake, Digital Ash)

If you be my Wendy, I'll be your Peter Pan--so come on Wendy, and come on, Spider-Man! It's time for the final (?) episode of ARE YE TALKIN' ARCADE FIRE IN MAY, in which Zac and Morgan argue incessantly over the messaging of Arcade Fire's preachy and beautiful new record, Everything Now. Along the way, we check in with Game Of Thrones (no spoilers!), Conor Oberst, Iron & Wine, St. Vincent, Grizzly Bear, and lots of other artists unrelated to the lads from Canada. Thanks so much to everyone who has supported this show and talked to us, and special thanks to our contest sponsor Delia! Anyway, do you like, uh, rock and roll music? If so, listen on!

Big ep today! We've got D.C.'s Leslie Datsis, Hollywood's Jake McKay, Europe's Ryan O'Connor, and Mary Akemon, who swears allegiance to no land. Plus, Paul Neafcy at the top, and DC Nahm (Ancient Oceans Of Central Kentucky) with a benediction at the close. Thanks for listening and for tweeting about this show to famous people. Thanks also to Christy Little for reminding me to upload this episode!

Quick note on spoilers! While we do talk about a bunch of TV shows, movies, and books in this episode, nothing in particular is really spoiled about ANY of them — sensitivity to spoilers—and where Zac P. and I have fairly different and yet complimentary philosophies about them —  in fact being a major topic of reflection here.

The only movie that I would say is significantly spoiled is The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones, the 1993 film. And we don’t talk about that until the very end of the episode, so like, if its on your list on Max and you haven’t quite gotten to it — first of all I totally get it —just jump off the episode when you get there. 

Songs in this episode:

• Crown on the Ground, Sleigh Bells
• Stay Down Man, Dan Reeder
• Stay Down Man, boygenius
• Various bits from the Succession and Station Eleven scores
• I’m Not Part of Me, Cloud Nothings
• Mashup of Time After Time, Cindy Lauper / Demon Time, Lil Yachty
• Mashup of Wayside/Back in Time, Gillian Welch, Lifetime Income, Larry June

Who is the power broker? What's a contessa? Who is that guy who played Dr. Manhattan who is also in Spotlight? Isn't Spotlight a great movie? How is the Snyder Cut real? These questions and many more are asked if not answered in today's pod, which is part two of our fast and loose series which is technically a recap show about Marvel's THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER -- this week's episode also includes a long discussion about Zack Snyder's Justice League, possible plotlines for Black Panther 2, and a summary of the comic book series Flashpoint. I recorded most of this episode sitting in my backyard, which is why you can hear so many birds. 

Intro music: "Major Leagues," Pavement

Outro music: "Flash Delirium," MGMT

zac traces the roots of his obsession with food tv back to a one-season bravo cooking show called "recipe for deception" and interviews its host, comedian/actor/writer max silvestri. we also discuss the potential and actual impact of receiving sudden, large sums of money, and zac details his plan to start living a healthier life. 

Staying consistent with Christina Fuller, high school science teacher. 

"On The Line" is a series of quickly-recorded and only lightly-edited phone conversations with artists, professionals, and other people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in different ways. The Last Podcast will return to regularly scheduled programming... eventually.

Today's episode is about love, and vaccinations, and the fundamental impossibility of understanding your own past self. 

Closing song: "International Women," Ivana XL

An experiment in the spirit of democracy.