Sharon Van Etten is always learning and evolving. In this episode, she speaks on Love More, a vulnerable and heart-breaking song about a friendship that saved her life; and the ways that her life has changed since recording it. 

George Clinton is an incomparable legend. With his musical identity forever linked with his style, George’s history, mantras, and the future of funkadelic are all on the table when discussing the political groove, Chocolate City.

Get ready, The Jump’s second season is coming soon. All new episodes available on August 11th

This week Neko Case joins Shirley from backstage on her first night of tour, to talk about the isolation of growing up under thick cloud layer of the Pacific Northwest, finding family on the road and the importance of Ukrainian Folklore, including the character that inspired her song The Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.

Dave Macklovitch - AKA Dave 1 - has a very cerebral take on creating music...which makes sense considering he’s a PHD candidate in French Literature at Columbia University.  This week the ever stylish Dave 1 sits down with Shirley to talk about devouring music biographies,  the toll the life of a rock and roll star can take on a person’s mental health and the exact right lab settings that gave birth to what Dave considers the quintessential Chromeo song: 100%.

This week Shirley sits down with Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs to talk about what it’s like to perform in front of unimaginably large crowds when you’re the shyest person you know, and the emotional video shoot for what would become a career-defining hit: Maps.

This week, the electrifying Esperanza Spalding tells Shirley why she rejects the myth of overnight success and how people’s perceptions of Veruca Salt’s character in Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory are misguided.

This week Big Boi joins us from the world famous Stankonia Studios, to talk about his constant hunger for music, the importance of family, and the inspiration that Git Up, Git Out provided not only himself, but the entire Dungeon Family crew.

At 25, Mike Hadreas wrote his first song, Learning. It’s a delicate and beautiful, haunting piece of music; but for Mike, the vulnerability it unearthed became his superpower. This week Mike sits down with Shirley to talk about what led him to music, the strength he derives from writing and performing, the song that started it all.

Introducing The Jump, a new podcast from Mailchimp. Coming to a podcast provider near you on June 24th.