Just because you’re not great at something does mean you shouldn’t try it. Whether you’re just starting your running journey, trying to get back into the swing of things, or preparing for a new challenge in any part of your life, getting the courage to step out of your comfort zone is a huge first step. And with the right soundtrack, maybe things can be a little easier. In this episode of The Runcast, John Richards shares songs from Tunde Adebimpe, Matt Berninger, Sparks and more to help you push yourself a little to feel better about life and the road ahead.

Soft Loft - “Leave the Light On”
Momma - “I Want You (Fever)”
Indigo De Souza - “Heartthrob”
Dazy - “Pay No Mind (To the Signs)”
Deep Sea Diver - “Shovel”
Tunde Adebimpe - “Drop”
Miki Berenyi Trio - “Big I Am”
Cults - “Crybaby”
Matt Berninger - “Bonnet of Pins”
Preoccupations - “Focus”
Sparks - “Do Things My Own Way”
Sea Lemon - “Stay”
The Weather Station - “Window”
Girl and Girl - “Okay”
Sharon Van Etten - “Idiot Box”

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The Runcast is back! DJ John Richards kicks off season four with new messages, motivation and most importantly GREAT music from the likes of Ben Gibbard, Sharon Van Etten, Deep Sea Diver and many more. Remember, one run can change your day, many runs can change your life. Let's get running!

Barry Can’t Swim - “Kimpton”
Yannis & the Yaw - “Rain Can’t Reach Us”
Tunde Adebimpe - “Magnetic”
Markus Nikolaus - “Enjoy the Pain”
Sea Lemon feat. Ben Gibbard - “Crystals”
Sharon Van Etten - “Southern Life”
Maz - “Kiss Kiss Boom”
Ribbon Skirt - “Cellophane”
Deep Sea Diver - “Billboard Heart”
Blondshell - “T&A”
The Convenience - “I Got Exactly What I Wanted”
Hamilton Leithauser - “Knockin Heart”
Waves Crashing - “Parts of Me”
Adwaith - “Miliwn”
Goat - “Nimerudi”
Martin Luke Brown - “This is Me Now”

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The Runcast is back for season four! John Richards has some great mixes to inspire and motivate you on your run while discovering new music. As always, you can expect a new mix every two weeks. We’ll have a guest mix from DJ Kevin Cole, exclusive tracks from live on KEXP sessions, and so much more. We can’t wait to share it all with you.

We love hearing about how you use The Runcast, so while we’re getting ready for the new season, feel free to reach out at [email protected]. Keep running, and see you soon!

New episodes start on Friday, May 30.

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This Marathon Runcast has you covered, whether you're embarking on a 26.2-mile journey or accomplishing a different kind of marathon. We're grateful to have you as part of this community. Keep running. You are not alone.

1. Unwed Sailor - “Bend the Air”
2. M83 - “Amnesia (Rachika Nayar Remix)"
3. The Asteroid No. 4 - “Rescue” 
4. Ohr - “Afterglow”
5. Ride - “Last Frontier”
6. Trentemoller - “Dreamweavers”
7. George FitzGerald - “Gleams”
8. Runner - “Eleven”
9. Gift - “Going in Circles”
10. Gift - “Later”
11. Gift - “Wish Me Away”
12. New Age Healers - “All Wrapped Up”
13. Film School - “Influencer”
14. Crows - “Vision of Me”
15. Been Stellar - “Start Again”
16. Brimheim - “No Liver, No Lungs”
17. Brimheim - “Dancing in the Rubble”
18. The Haunted Youth - “Into You”
19. Kindsight - “Love You Baby All the Time”
20. Pet Snake - “Crashing”
21. Hana Vu - “Hammer”
22. Christian Loffler - “Ease”
23. Aurora - “Some Type of Skin”
24. Kelly Lee Owens - “Love You Got”
25. Flying Mojito Bros - “Glitter”
26. Goat - “Ouroboros”
27. Kiasmos - “Flown”
28. Kessoncoda - “X is Closer to A”
29. IDLES - “Dancer”
30. Heartworms - “Jacked”
31. Cold Cave - “Hourglass”
32. Flyying Colours - “Wavygravy”
33. Cults - “Crybaby”
34. Wishy - “Triple Seven”
35. Nada Surf - “In Front of Me Now”
36. Old 97s - “Where the Road Goes”
37. Pokey LaFarge - “Run Run Run”
38. Ducks Ltd - “A Girl, Running”
39. Deary - “The Moth”
40. Star Anna - “Pure Magic”
41. San Gabriel - “Going Nowhere”
42. Blondshell and Bully - “Docket”
43. Tinsley - “Distract Me”
44. Pink Breath of Heaven - “Blue is the Morning”
45. Jon Hopkins - “Ritual/Palace”

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We could not describe The Runcast better than Steve in Santa Rosa who says, "The music was an awesome match for a rural Sonoma County morning. The dappled light coming through a redwood grove was the start of a climb, when the tune playing hit an uplifting climbing beat. The music, the lifting fog and the serene setting was perfect." 

1. Jon Hopkins - “RITUAL (palace)"
2. Trentemøller - “Dreamweavers”
3. Ben Böhmer - “Hiding (feat. Lykke Li)”
4. Nation of Language - “Weak in Your Light (Classixx Remix)"
5. deary - “The Moth”
6. Wishy - “Triple Seven”
7. GIFT - “Later”
8. Angelica Garcia - “Color De Dolor”
9. GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - “Dud”
10. Kelly Lee Owens - “Love You Got”
11. urika's bedroom - “XTC”
12. LISASINSON - “Decidí Desaparecer”
13. San Gabriel - “Going Nowhere”
14. Pet Snake - “Crashing”
15. Hachiku - “Time Wasted Worrying” 

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It's our first-ever Shoegaze-themed Runcast, featuring songs picked by, and some even written by, Greg Bertens of Film School. In this episode he explains why running helped change his life for the better, how music plays a HUGE role in that, and why both have become spiritual for him. 

1. somesurprises - "Be Reasonable"
2. Flying Colours - "Wavygravy"
3. Mo Dotti - "For Anyone and You"
4. Laveda - "F***"
5. MØAA - "Diffuse"
6. Catch the Breeze - "Enemy"
7. Seablite - "Melancholy Molly"
8. Airiel - 'Your Lips, My Mouth"
9. Letting Up Despite Great Faults - "In Steps"
10. LSD and the Search for God - "Backwards"
11. Film School - "Influencer"
12. Pale Sun - “Gathering Lights”
13. Ringo Deathstar - “Gazin”
14. Chatham Rise - “Sugar”
15. New Age Healers - “All Wrapped Up”
16. Tanukichan - “Enough”
17. Memory Drawers - “Lovingly”
18. Pink Breath of Heaven - “Blue is the Morning”
19. The Asteroid No 4 - “Rescue”
20. Cheatahs - “Geographic”
21. Whitelands - “Setting Sun”
22. Soft Science - “Sadnesss”
23. Pinkshinyultrablast - “Holy Forest”
24. Film School - “Defending Ruins” 

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DJ, producer, AND runner Diplo joins The Runcast to share his thoughts on how DJing compares to running a marathon, how running affects his mental health, and maybe why you should consider running if you are on the fence. 

1. Diplo & Sleepy Tom - “Be Right There”
2. Diplo, French Montana & Lil Pump - “Welcome to the Party”
3. Major Lazer - “Watch out for This”
4. Fred Again, Skrillex & Four Tet -  “Baby Again”
5. M83 “Amnesia (Rachika Nayar Remix)
6. Ohr - “Afterglow”
7. Gift - “Going in Circles”
8. Been Stellar - “Start Again”
9. Melenas - “Bang" (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)
10. Rubblebucket - “Stella the Begonia”
11. Cold Cave - “Hourglass”
12. Heartworms - “Jacked”
13. Bear Garden - “Sunshine, Sunshine, Sunshine”

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DJ Alex guest curates a special "Pacific Notions" edition of The Runcast with a mix of ambient, neo-classical, post-rock, jazz, and blissful electronic songs to help guide your run. From getting into a meditative zone while warming up, to pushing yourself to pick up the pace with more propulsive picks, this beautiful and motivating mix spotlights the cinematic sounds DJ Alex shares every Sunday morning on Pacific Notions, but with an enhanced pulse to get your feet moving.

1. Tutara Peak - Kaleido
2. Holland Andrews - Aura
3. aus - Further
4. Oliver Patrice Weder - I'd Like the Birds to Teach Me How To Fly
5. Kelly Moran - Butterfly Phase
6. Immersion | Thor Harris - Rotations
7. Runnner - eleven
8. Jim Nópedie - winter sun through train window
9. Manatee Commune - Mosaic
10. Kiasmos - Flown
11. Affelaye - Dim Rumer
12. Aleksi Perälä - FI3AC2410109
13. Francisco Sonur - But
14. Kessoncoda - X is Closer to A
15. Kinkajous - Heliosphere
16. Skalpel - Together (Pejzaż Remix)
17. Nalepa - The Fountain
18. Leaving Laurel - and those guardian angels carried you away
19. Unwed Sailor - Bend the Air

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Inspiration from the hardest hitting drummer in music, Jon Beavis of IDLES, featuring motivation and insight on running, as well as a Runcast curated by Jon from his friends in Heavy Lungs, John (TimesTwo) and, of course, his band IDLES. 

1. IDLES - "When the Lights Come On"
2. Getdown Services - "I Wish It Didn't Bother Me"
3. Emma-Jean Thackray - "Say Something"
4. Surprise Chef - "Pash Rash"
5. Ezra Collective - “Life Goes On (feat. Sampa the Great)”
6. YOWL - “Virile Crocodile Sweat” 
7. Katy J Pearson - “Willow's Song” 
8. The Family Battenberg - “Fuzzy Features” 
9. Heavy Lungs - “Dancing Man” 
10. IDLES - “Danny Nedelko" (Live in London for KEXP's International Clash Day 2019)
11. IDLES - “POP POP POP”
12. JOHN(TIMESTWO) - “Service Stationed” 
13. NIJI and Moses Boyd - “Sounds of the City” 
14. IDLES - “Television (Live in London for KEXP's International Clash Day 2019)

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John Richards is back to fuel your run with messages about dogs, plus great music from Nilufer Yanya, Ride, Nada Surf and.. SQUIRREL!!!

1. Pokey LaFarge - Run Run Run
2. The Decemberists - Burial Ground
3. Apples with Moya - Contact
4. Early Internet - Pisces Season But All the Time
5. Nada Surf - In Front of Me Now
6. Ride - Last Frontier
7. Gift - Wish Me Away
8. Maxband - Lines
9. BODEGA - Tarkovski
10. Pure Hex - Fray
11. Good Looks - Self-Destructor
12. Been Stellar - Sweet
13. Nilüfer Yanya - Like I Say (I Runaway)
14. Warren Dunes - Freestyle Day Spa

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