We're over in China again and revisiting with our previous guest and friend "Peter". The young man talks about his new found faith and some of the more interesting times in Chinese history and how it compares to America's.

Normandy, France, setting in motion the bloody business of retaking

Northern Europe away from the Nazis. A nightmare where over 4000 Allied

soldiers were slaughtered on the first day alone, one man lived through

that the longest day to visit us Back By the Woodpile.

Mr. Ivy Agee Jr, with some help from his wife and grandson, shares

pieces of his incredible story of survival and determination to fight

till the end.

Almost all the music you hear today is a descendant of jazz music.

But sadly it’s time in our mainstream American culture has come and

gone. But there are still keepers of the spirit, including this weeks

guest Back by the Woodpile,

simply known as Jazzman. Even in his youth, jazz music’s popularity was

beginning to wane which might’ve been a boon to Jazzman’s quest:

collecting and preserving all things associated with jazz. The archivist

lets us ride shotgun in a drive by glance of the music that

revolutionized the world in more ways than one.

There’s still some torch-carrying musicians out there mostly off

the radar that both know the roots of the music and respect it enough to

push it to new directions, much like the long-dead rule-breakers they

admire. Greg Garing

we believe is one of those fellers and he’s so dedicated, he’s about

killed himself trying to keep it alive. In bad health, friends of Garing

have set up a GoFundMe project to help this ragged troubadour get well. And on one of his better feeling days, Greg came Back by the Woodpile to share a few of the multitude of stories he’s picked up and live throughout his career.

When it comes to Taoism, there’s few bright lights like Dr. Livia Kohn.  A lecturer, author, publisher and a major translator of many obscure ancient texts, Dr. Kohn dropped by the In the Corner Back by the Woodpile podcast to share a little wisdom and talk about her own personal journey within the way.

Most folks know The Ramones as a 70’s band but the guys made some

great records in the 1980’s that we could say ended up in the proverbial

roller rink dumpster. Not wanting to let these great tracks get

forgotten, Cat Taylor comes In the Corner Back by the Woodpile to let us in on every album the Ramones put out in those glorious ten years and the somewhat sordid stories behind them.

great records in the 1980’s that we could say ended up in the proverbial

roller rink dumpster. Not wanting to let these great tracks get

forgotten, Cat Taylor comes In the Corner Back by the Woodpile to let us in on every album the Ramones put out in those glorious ten years and the somewhat sordid stories behind them.

Come listen in to more philosophical badminton In the Corner Back By the Woodpile

where art might be tangled up with spiritual disability, the pros and

cons of truth and choosing to die indifferent or full of love.

PhreakNIC is a hacker gathering that’s been going on for nearly twenty years strong. One of the founding organizers JonnyX comes In the Corner Back by the Woodpile to chat about the organization’s history, highlights and a couple of wild stories to make your screen shot blush.

Come on back to our favorite decade where this time around we ruminate on our major crushes and how they played out on the roller rink, China awakening and seeing the Ramones at any cost!